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Re:Phylogenetic analyses uncover ancient roots of Indo-Europ... by JoeAltmaier on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:21AM (#23870725)
That story is strange - its pretty easy to separate mixed sand and rice. Toss it in a sieve for instance. Or just toss it - they are different densities and will naturally separate.

Or heat the sand! The rice pops and will trivially be separable.

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Re:Phylogenetic analyses uncover ancient roots of Indo-Europ... by gumby on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:38AM (#23870958)
It’s a children’s story and I think most kids are used to seemingly pointless tasks
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Re:Phylogenetic analyses uncover ancient roots of Indo-Europ... by JoeAltmaier on Monday July 20, 2020 @11:00AM (#23898473)
Yeah but folks have been popping rice in hot sand for millennia. Its apparently the oldest recipe known! So children should have seen it done daily. Hm.
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