Pff. You call that flying?

Oh like you can hit reverse.esrever tih nac uoy ekil hO

I remember it was in the new books section of the school library and I was attracted to it immediately and spent the day reading it instead of paying attention in my classes. I need to read it again. Thanks for bringing it up!

I read that ages ago. Back in high school, in fact (I’m 46). I don’t remember it except the chapter where time is a flock of birds that you have to try to catch to stay youthful. The children can catch them but always let them go and the adults can never catch them.

Mindblowing. I never even thought of things that way!

It’s not in the toilet…

That’s actually smaller than I would have thought. I wouldn’t have expected our solar system to even be visible in comparison.

Wow.

Mercury arc valves remain in use in some South African mines and Kenya (at Mombasa Polytechnic - Electrical & Electronic department).

Amazing how we’re still using such old technology in some places when we have semiconductors.

That said, a microscope that generates its own light without electricity could be quite useful…

Shameful that this is so upvoted.

Good luck with the trials. I can understand the appeal of growing cotton for fiber use. I hope you don’t find it as annoying as my wife does. She sticks to wool and alpaca these days. She’s not allowed to get a sheep or an alpaca though. :D

Do you spin it yourselves too? My wife is a spinner, but she hates cotton because of how short the fibers are compared to animal hair. When she does it, she has a charkha for it, but she rarely uses it.

The Vikings expanded throughout Russia by using the Volga as a highway.

Aim for the head. Two taps.

Feed me, Seymour…

It’s 42, we told you. Stop asking.

I think the writers just couldn’t bear it.

Calling Schliemann and archaeologist is an insult to archaeologists. He didn’t care about doing anything but finding treasure and he just dug down, throwing everything important into the spoil heap, until he found gold. And then decided it had to be Priam’s gold even though he was absolutely wrong. He did similar things in Greece. He should not be celebrated.

I don’t know that you could necessarily develop the wheelbarrow without first having the concept of the wheeled cart.