Catacombs of SaintĀ Gaudiosus
Are you ready for a journey into the macabre underbelly of Naples? Welcome to the Catacombs of San Gaudioso, where the dead don’t just rest – they put on a show! Nestled beneath the bustling Rione SanitĆ district, these 4th-century catacombs are a veritable playground for the morbidly c
Passage graves – neolithic luxury condos for the dead
Imagine you’re a Neolithic farmer with a flair for architecture and a penchant for dramatic burials. What do you build? A passage grave, of course! These stone-age structures are the ultimate “tight squeeze” for the dearly departed. A passage grave, also known as a passage tomb (be
Herma
Picture this: You’re strolling through a classical Greek agora, minding your own business, when BAM! You’re face-to-face with a square pillar sporting a head, maybe some pecs if you’re lucky, and ā oh, hello there! ā a rather prominent set of male genitalia at eye level. Talk a
Found this looking up the quaalude-associated anthranilic acid formerly known as vitamin L1
From the 5ā²-Methylthioadenosine Wikipedia page: Hecht found in 1937 that the body temperature ofĀ rabbits,Ā catsĀ andĀ guinea pigsĀ were lowered by 1 to 2 degrees after he gave them adenylthiomethylpentose at a dose of 0.2 g/kg. KĆ¼hnĀ et al.Ā replicated this inĀ guinea pigsĀ in 1941. That’s
Arsenic Etymology
arsenic (n.) late 14c., “yellow arsenic, arsenic trisulphide,” from Old French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from late Greek arsenikon “arsenic” (Dioscorides; Aristotle has it as sandarake), adapted from Syriac (al) zarniqa “arse