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Here be dragons (en.wikipedia.org)

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"Here be dragons" (Latin: hic sunt dracones) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I love seeing those dragons on wow maps.

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