Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Stuff below the fold

Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble

why gas and water bubbles in magna lead to explosive volcanic eruptions.

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Climate change is ongoing, but there are gaps in the western records.

A new examination of Arab records might fill in some gaps for the 8-10th century, One example: Three times it snowed in Baghdad, possibly due to volcanic caused cooling

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there is a joke that the US and the UK are two countries separated by a common language, since many words used for common objects are different.

Yet few English speakers realize the same thing is true for Spanish.

Now there is a song about it.


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Zenobia, the queen, the woman, and the legend...a book review here.

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If Otzi hadn't been murdered, he probably would have died of a heart attack...and they have the new "improved" chubby Otzi photo at the link, showing him looking like your average redneck beer drinking NASCAR fan.
photo© South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Photo Ochsenreiter
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Toy car found at Quoser from the Mardin Museum (Turkey) , dated back to 5500 BC.

(Photo: Cihan)

more here.

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