Plimpton 322 is the name given to a 3,800-year-old clay tablet discovered in Iraq in the early 20th Century by archeologist Edgar J Banks, the man believed to have inspired Indiana Jones. Over time this... continue reading
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YouTube description: View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-happened-to-the-library-of-alexandria-elizabeth-cox 2,300 years ago, the rulers of Alexandria set out to fulfill a very... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months ago • 824 views • 4:53YouTube description: Huttese, Klingon, Dothraki—it’s all Greek to me. Just a bunch of sounds. Right? Not if you listen closely. Some of these constructed languages, or “conlangs,” pass as real... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 week ago • 551 views • 4:32A more light hearted episode. On that solar eclipse hype train. I've never been so excited to literally not see something. Btw before someone's who's played aged of mythology chimes in, Mercury is a Roman... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months ago • 306 views • 3:20And before one of you fuckheads inevitably asks, no, jerry the goatfucker was not a real catholic saint.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 108 views • 4:59YouTube description: Octopus, platypus, walrus…there’s something about that –us ending that makes us hesitate when we want to make a plural. Here's what you need to know before you pluralize.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 270 views • 2:25"Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week, but the real roots of the crisis lie over a decade ago in the misguided idea of uniting a very diverse... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,173 views • 2:55"Why is the sky blue? It's a question that you'd think kids have been asking for thousands of years, but it might not be that old at all. The ancient Greek poet Homer never used a word for blue in The... continue reading
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