Fulminero t1_je4cta8 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 9:50 AM

Reply to TIL The oldest musical instrument in the world, a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute, is made from the left thighbone of a young cave bear. by gonejahman

There is something strangely melancholic about this. I can't help but imagine this person playing in front of a fire, their friends and loved ones sitting, eating and speaking their alien tongue.

They would never have imagined their instrument would survive them so long, a 60000 years old legacy.

Rest well, music man.

Fulminero t1_j9oqb49 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:24 PM

Reply to TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle

Based

Fulminero t1_j9oe54f wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:43 PM

Reply to TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer by Ok_Copy5217

The true cancer is the popups in the site you linked