Today I learned +

[overgeeked]

Hmm. Can't verify that. Best to hold off.

 

[Cadence]

That "perseverance" only has two "r"s.

 

[trappedslider]

Egypt announces discovery of the lost tomb of King Thutmose II

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Rabulias]

Egypt announces discovery of the lost tomb of King Thutmose II

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922.

www.yahoo.com

As interesting as this news is, isn't it an example of "today everyone learned"?

 

[Autumnal]

It’s not an exclusive I.

 

[MarkB]

As interesting as this news is, isn't it an example of "today everyone learned"?

I only learned it today.

Still waiting to hear whether they found a large articulated ring-shaped structure in there.

 

[MoonSong]

I only learned it today.

Still waiting to hear whether they found a large articulated ring-shaped structure in there.

Oh I like a man of culture. n_n

 

[Bohandas]

what the... really? are these things safe to be planted next to other cultivars let alone be eaten? I mean there was an incident in my country involving cobalt-60 a long time ago, that contaminated tons of steel that became unusable and it was just from a single Rx machine.

IIRC I think you need rather intense radiation to make other things radioactive, intense enough that any seeds exposed to it would just be dead.

 

[Ryujin]

Today I learned that the writer friend who tried to option what eventually became his second novel in Hollywood, who mentioned that he'd been told to finish writing the screenplay by one of his film school teachers, because it was really good, was talking about DC Fontana

 

[MoonSong]

TIL (more like the the day before yesterday) that due to mistrust by the local inhabitants, the team that first meassured the height of the Himalayas had to do it from 240km away using only observation and trigonometry. They got the height of Mount Everest off by only 8 meters. Also that such a feat is impossible today due to so much pollution.