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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by wayvey on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:08PM (#39267203)
Where can I read more about this? Frankly I'm a bit surprised that I've never heard about this considering how shocking it sounds.
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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by klyrs on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:11PM (#39267240)
Wild, isn't it? Hands down my favorite historical fact learned in 2023.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown

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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by aruggirello on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:31PM (#39267515)
Wild? Wait until you read about people actually eating mummies and corpses

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mummy-eat...

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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by klyrs on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:40PM (#39267617)
Wow. I like aged cheese but that is a bridge too far.
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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by boffinAudio on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @04:37AM (#39272518)
The things Futurama made me look up on Wikipedia...
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