When I recognize the name of one of the hundreds of historical figures in Against the Day

[u/Djworklite]

[u/boulder95]

when someone mentioned the Mason-Dixon line

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“Notorious henchmen from the North, strike niggas where the Mason-Dixon line cross”-GZA

[u/Downtown-Purchase-75]

Tesla! Heard of that guy

[u/Djworklite → u/Downtown-Purchase-75]

lol for the record it was Ramanujan

[u/phenekus666]

When I recognize the Irish politician in Ulysses:

[u/ColdBroccoliXXX]

Mickey Rooney!

[u/Giles_Fully_GOATed]

*in any TP book

[u/Successful-Tie5386]

This was me when I found the Lovecraftian sequence in the book!