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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fun fact: soldiers in the Roman Legions would find their maniples before battle and during exercises by pointing their phones at the SPQR codes held up by the standard bearer.

[โ€“] PugJesus 9 points 1 month ago

"Maniples" comes from the Latin "Manipulus", meaning "Handful", because your hand is full when raising the phone camera