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xiaorobear t1_ja0elw2 wrote
Reply to comment by Butterbrotbox in Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been a form of record keeping. by Rifletree
The word month is from the proto-indo-european word for moon. Or rather, moon and month were the same word/concept.
xiaorobear t1_j93dex7 wrote
Reply to comment by cherrypez123 in Why does the thyroid use iodine ? by geistererscheinung
Other animals are a good source!
Meat, eggs, and dairy all are good sources of iodine- and some organs especially liver. Apparently 1300 years ago someone in China had already figured out you could treat goiter by giving the patient ground up animal thyroid gland. Pretty cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goitre#History
Also apparently in more iodine-rich soil, plants uptake enough to also be a good source, probably where the animals at lower trophic levels are getting it.
xiaorobear t1_j7kjnyz wrote
Reply to comment by SocialWinker in (Virology) Has SARS-CoV-2 outcompeted all the other coronaviruses which have been called the ‘common cold’? by jsgui
There were articles about zoo animals getting Covid as well as pets in 2020, and I remember an article when a tiger died.
xiaorobear t1_itd7b0e wrote
Reply to comment by skyblueandblack in Human 'bog bones' discovered at Stone Age campsite in Germany by wishywashy9101
Just a funny little trivia fact, "la brea" means "the tar," so writing out the La Brea Tar Pits is like writing 'the the tar tar pits.'
xiaorobear t1_it9nvku wrote
Reply to comment by NoMoLerking in Library users—if I place a hold on a title that my local branch doesn’t have, will it be delivered to my local branch for me? by secretsofthedivine
You don't need a kindle or even an app anymore, you can just go to https://libbyapp.com/ and enter your library card info, and get out ebooks and audiobooks in your browser (though if you have a tablet/kindle it's convenient).
xiaorobear t1_jcyzasr wrote
Reply to comment by half3clipse in Saudi Arabia stone ruins were pilgrimage sites, where an ancient cult gathered to sacrifice animals about 7,000 years ago by marketrent
> Its not a coincidence that when animal offerings were burnt or etc, they were often parts we couldn't eat, or only a small part of the animals.
Of course it's not a coincidence, you can't take credit away from Prometheus tricking Zeus into choosing the inedible parts! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_at_Mecone
(ie a fun explanation for why, as you said, the humans get the best bits)