Mildly interesting

[Mik]

Grunt. That was the origin. Grunts of happiness, or pleasure.

[jon-nyc]

So in other words, it’s a synonym of combobulated.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Man lives 36 years with twin living inside him.

https://www.historydefined.net/sanju-bhagat/

[George K]

@jon-nyc there are several channels on cable that talk about these medical oddities. Usually they're in impoverished countries with little/no access to healthcare.

Here, he went to a hospital in Nagpur, India in 1999. At that time the population was about 2 million. I would think that a city of that size would have access to a CT scanner, or at the very least an x-ray, so that a pre-op diagnosis could have been made.

With the possible tumor restricting Sanju’s respiration, Mehta got right to work and opened Sanju up.

That’s when things got weird. As soon as Dr. Mehta sliced into Sanju’s stomach, an unusual amount of fluid spilled out. Then he looked inside...

Yeah, that should not have been a surprise if they had taken a picture beforehand.

[taiwan_girl]

Wow! That is really weird.

[jon-nyc]

Ok so maybe in very limited contexts “pregnant people” is the right phrase lol

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

Is this the find in Israel? They found four Roman swords.

[Mik]

Oh, no, Germany. Not enough coffee yet to go beyond the pictures.

[jon-nyc]

Yeah plus this predates the Rome’s founding by a dozen centuries.

[George K]

For scale.

Looks like the handle is only about 5 cm long.

Small hands....

[jon-nyc]

Your periodic reminder that Trump hails from Germany.

[bachophile]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

Is this the find in Israel? They found four Roman swords.

Word is that they were Roman swords stolen and hidden by judean rebels. Dated to the second revolt. That’s against Hadrian in about 135.

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ancient-weapons-cache-judean-desert-scli-intl-scn/index.html

[jon-nyc]

Ok, a 1937 dollar is equivalent to $21 or so today. Still it’s remarkable.

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

Interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

"We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States..."

[Copper]

And with the stroke of a pen they rewrote history.

No more colonies.

If only they remembered to mention reparations for the descendants of the colonists 250 years later.

And no more calling names like yanks and chaps.

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

"Chic Lit."

LOL.