Posts by majordopolis@socel.net
(DIR) Post #AR8PhDRxXNuh5vpKN6 by majordopolis@socel.net
2022-12-15T23:18:18Z
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The Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years without cutting down trees. In the 14th century, the extraordinary daisugi pruning technique was born in Japan. The cedar trees are pruned as if they are giant bonsai trees; the wood grows uniform, straight and without knots, perfect for construction. No trees are ever cut down.
(DIR) Post #ARZRkVILcYtpSVBuJk by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-01-06T22:26:59Z
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Wednesday, a deer walked into a store in Colorado. The shop owner gave her some cookies. After leaving the store, she returned after half an hour with her entire family.
(DIR) Post #ARZRnpTp1uTmvk8yno by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-01-04T03:08:19Z
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"were you in the military." I replied "yes."He said, "Afghanistan 2010?" Again, although surprised this time, I said slowly "yessss."He then told me that he recognized me, my injuries, and my face. He told me he never knew if I survived or not.Marc Vincequere is his name. He flys w United now. Crazy small world. He was the pilot that flew me out of Afghanistan."
(DIR) Post #ASFjKlGSa0ncHjM83c by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-02-01T23:44:41Z
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The underground city at Derinkuyu could be closed from the inside with large rolling stone doors. Each floor could be closed off separately.The city could accommodate up to 20,000 people and had amenities found in other underground complexes across Cappadocia, such as wine and oil presses, stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, and chapels. Caves were built in the Cappadocia region by the Phrygians in the 8th–7th centuries BC
(DIR) Post #ASUGMRWSy3DOKuguzg by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-02-09T01:06:11Z
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@grammargirl did that today. Including the filthy baseboards
(DIR) Post #ATqYAuSzMP1ZYYXLEm by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-03-19T23:46:37Z
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A Roman temple-theater complex rediscovered by chance on February 2000 in Monte San Nicola, Italy. Located on a tip of a mountain (about 450 m above sea level ), the complex dates back to the 4th century BCE
(DIR) Post #AYWNGmdqS2XI4F7Ywq by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-08-07T08:49:55Z
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This small carving of a water bird was created 33,000 years ago. Sculpted in mammoth ivory, it was found in the Hohle Fels cave in Germany in 2002 and it's the earliest known representation of a bird.
(DIR) Post #AZMlCHY3JtyUjbpYiu by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-08-29T17:40:22Z
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Artist Transforms Coffee Stains into Mischievous Little Monster Illustrationsa coffee stain might not seem like much, but to German illustrator Stefan Kuhnigk, there’s hidden creatures inside every obscure, brown smudge. The self-confessed caffeine lover turns random coffee spillages into all sorts of weird and wonderful monster characters.
(DIR) Post #AZMlCjPrhw3xAKDPqi by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-08-28T01:25:52Z
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The Lewis Chess Pieces (late 12th – early 13th Century AD), found in 1831, on a beach at Uig, Lewis, Scotland. Made in Probably Trondheim, Norway, from Walrus ivory and sperm whale tooth.
(DIR) Post #AZMlILbx7wVV4aXz0K by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-08-24T17:36:33Z
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1,200 stone sculptures with different facial expressions at the nenbutsu-Ju Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japanmore info: https://bit.ly/45FT54c
(DIR) Post #AZT0RpTpZQhiqH2wCm by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-08-25T20:55:48Z
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The Pazyryk Carpet - World's oldest intact carpet ever found, woven somewhere 2500 years ago and found frozen in a Kurgan in Altai Mountains in Central Asia.
(DIR) Post #Aa8l04tB9LvGBAxuwi by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-09-25T18:18:30Z
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Valonia ventricosa is one of the largest known unicellular organisms, if not the largest. This means that what you see in the image, a sea-algae that can get to 5 cm in diameter, is actually a single living cell.Read more: https://bit.ly/3tdeKmk
(DIR) Post #AciPJFyLqGxGkFm3Rw by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-09-01T20:10:23Z
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Roman aqueduct - Zaghouan, Tunisia The Zaghouan aqueduct was built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian in 122 to bring water from Jebel Zaghouan to Carthage. This section is near Tunis.Learn more: https://bit.ly/3swcYwh
(DIR) Post #Acj7gHIHUVRlUFsr5s by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-12-11T22:24:03Z
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#GhostApples - It's an unusual phenomenon where freezing rain coats rotting apples before they fall, then when the apple turns mushy it eventually slips out and leaves the icy shell still hanging on the tree
(DIR) Post #Ad4FpdCt8MyQT5iDSq by majordopolis@socel.net
2023-09-02T21:30:14Z
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this person may have been "more of a shaman-like figure who manipulated the powers of jaguars, snakes, and birds of prey like a shaman," Seki said. People may have turned to the shaman for answers or for help healing, and the shaman may have used his believed connection to the spiritual world to assist them."In other words, he must have had the ability to mediate between the spiritual and earthly worlds" https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3000-year-old-tomb-of-shaman-who-may-have-mediated-between-spiritual-and-earthly-worlds-found-in-peru?fbclid=IwAR2UPkam8e7IBlWgqVZivIacIONWa7Dd1O_3P1C3dOgGfXe6Fb4g0XjEgag
(DIR) Post #AhR3mH230Hd18jLkky by majordopolis@socel.net
2024-05-01T01:45:24Z
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@briankrebs my insurance guy just told me the same thing. rates have skyrocketed because of the astronomical costs of fixing computerized cars. He drives an old pickup truck with roll up windows. ...also...I probably use about 10% of the tech in my car.
(DIR) Post #AzwMmbd8wGOphdWc2S by majordopolis@socel.net
2025-11-05T16:08:39Z
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@aral his legacy: #Cheney was used as the poster child in this #TED talk about how to spot a liar https://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar