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Monday 9 December 2019
Julian day 2458827.3564
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
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
Starlite, that miraculous stuff invented by British tinkerer Maurice Ward? It exists.
History rewritten: 9000-year-old metropolis discovered near Jerusalem
DNA: Biblical Philistines were European, from as far as Iberia maybe
RAM revolution: Computers to use less power, no longer need to boot up
Extra muscle for “puppy dog eyes” evolved as survival benefit
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Graphene will change
everything
Now, exploring settlements in lost mini-continent of Doggerland
Approximate distance to the moon is currently
395,473 km (245,736 mi)
and it’s approaching at about 143.9 km/h (89.4 mph).
It’s speeding up.
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