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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/watch-dire-wolves-brought-back-221338815.html We may yet see a wooly mammoth. Reading the comments debunking it is very interesting though.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4zl225g8o North Sentinel island and its inhabitants is kind of a running theme here on the house. The latest.

Something to consider. The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical consequences is hay. Nobody knows who invented hay, the idea of cutting grass in the autumn and storing it in large...

This guy is 96 and still alive. His grandfather was born in 1790. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/29/president-john-tyler-grandson-harrison/

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That is the basis of a few Sci-fi films (and Star Trek episodes)

None of the pre Columbus American civilizations used a wheel, for carts, spinning, pottery or indeed anything.

Today’s your mental day is it? As long as we know. In fairness I’d fake my own death to avoid you.

Sure it was.

More likely so it doesn’t inhibit their reversing in tunnels (which they do a lot)

Than what?

Not being able to see everything that is trying to to eat you is probably more terrifying.

No, they’re not very nice for the modern palate apparently. Re. The article, I had read somewhere that they were an importance source of vitamin C in medieval Europe, before oranges and other stuff started appearing.

There’s a few medlars around here in hedgerows and suchlike. With an actual dogs arse as a bonus.

I Europe it’s just tuna fyi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(horse) It blows my mind that the greatest horse that ever raced did so over 50 years ago.

I think its fair to say that whilst it’s an Italian dish, the US brought pizza to the world.

A two part Twitter thread on the Comanche, Texas Rangers and general good history stuff.

It’s not the end of the world.