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Thursday 6 August 2020
Julian day 2459068.1455
Today’s date in 850 languages & dialects is now a 470-page book!
The Twelve Months of the Year in 850 Languages & Dialects
includes:
Introduction, The Languages, Lingo Factinos, Glossary, and Indexes for both alternate names and families. All by my close associate and severest critic, Kukisvoomchor !
NEWS
Shreya Siddanagowda’s transplanted hands mysteriously changed skin tone to match hers
Hidden chamber in Tut's tomb might be there after all
All hail: Princess Nina Döbler Menegatto is now Seborga's sole head-of-state.
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For ultra-short attention spans: Smoking Cantata by Sir Edward Elgar (1919)
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Rice University: We can now make graphene cheaply, from plastic trash
Forget Vantablack: MIT now has the blackest paint in the world
Gold leaf-wallpapered Mycenaean tombs discovered. Spectacular artwork.
The relative lack of hospitality you’ll find on North Sentinel Island
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Opening a time capsule from 1795 — video recorded live
3D printer can now switch between multiple inks up to 50 times per second.
Besting the screaming piha, here's the world’s loudest bird (video further down in the article)
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From Ulaanbataar: Guide to a traditional, lamb-based Mongolian meal
Approximate distance to the moon is currently
401,498 km (249,479 mi)
and it’s receding at about 87.2 km/h (54.2 mph).
It’s slowing down.
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