One of the weird grand reoccurrences in European history was that the Baltic nations were the last (or close) to adopt agriculture and also the last to adopt Christianity, both Middle Eastern innovations. It's this strangle place, this dead zone.
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Hannibal Lecter
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I could never figure out if charles bronson was all balt or part lipka tatar. He looks part mongoloid
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Three of the founders of Skype were from Estonia. The country seems to punch above its weight in tech.
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As do the Finns, which probably isn't a coincidence. Among Baltic speakers there seem to be very few accomplished people other than athletes and Marija Gimbutas. Any angry Lithuanian who reads this is free to correct me.
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