A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience.
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
Science & Futurism
* "Israeli, Swiss scientists use DNA storage to keep helpful data in objects" (2019-12-10, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/11/c_138621322.htm) [archive.is/dC8Td]: Israeli and Swiss scientists have developed a method to store essential and useful data in DNA that is implanted in everyday objects, a senior Israeli scientist said Tuesday.
Yaniv Erlich, chief scientist of the Israeli hi-tech company MyHeritage and professor at Columbia University in New York City, conducted the current work as an independent scientist in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.
In their study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the scientists were able to store information as in a computer's memory.
This method can be used to store instructions of printing three-dimensional replicas, repairing objects and more to keep patients' medical data within implants, and even hide information in human bodies in non-toxic silica beads.
The Israeli-Swiss team inserted synthetic DNA that they created in the lab into a plastic rabbit.
This DNA, encapsulated in silica beads that protect it, encoded its own 3D printing instructions.
"We actually created a non-living object that has its own blueprint. We cut a tiny piece from the bunny's ear, extracted the DNA, decoded the instructions, and replicated a new bunny", Erlich explained.
The scientists also concealed a full movie on ordinary glasses, by encoding the movie on DNA, encapsulating with silica beads, and mixing the beads with plexiglass.
They then retrieved the movie by scraping a tiny piece of material from the lens and extracting the DNA.
According to Erlich, the findings could also serve as a basis for self-replicating memory, which is a necessary condition for self-replicating robots.
===*===*===
Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]
* "Shedding light on dark matter: Scientists claim new evidence of ‘5th force’ of physics" (2019-12-11, rt.com/news/475585-fifth-force-physics-particle-x17/) [archive.is/iq9eU]
---
* "Blinking Celestial Lights Prompt Researchers to Ponder Possibility of Alien ‘Communication Lasers’ ; Although there have been an estimated 150,000 examples of vanishing lights known as "red transients" over several decades, astronomers are still struggling to explain the cause. The truth, thought by some to be 'out there', might change our understanding of astrophysics and universe, some researchers assert" (2019-12-17, sputniknews.com/science/201912171077601174-blinking-lights-alien-communication-lasers/) [archive.is/jGaU8]
---
* "Astronomers discover secret behind ‘super-puff, cotton candy worlds’ in outer space" (2019-12-20, rt.com/news/476490-astronomers-secrets-cotton-candy-worlds/) [archive.is/tYzWG]
---
* "Escaping MARTIAN WATER creates ‘proton auroras’ which may unlock mystery of planet’s missing oceans" (2019-12-17, rt.com/news/476073-mars-hydrogen-cloud-proton-auroras/) [archive.is/ahwJb]
---
* a photo showing a silhouette of a passenger jet against the Moon, with Aristarchus Crater prominently glowing (2019-12-14, news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-14/Looking-to-the-sky-Chinese-airplane-parts-supplier-goes-global-MpP21nl3va/index.html) [archive.is/f9kCA]
---
NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.
* "Two Huge Asteroids Each Capable of Destroying Entire City Heading Towards Earth - Report; Celestial objects and space debris hit our planet almost on a daily basis; however, they don’t pose any danger to humanity, as only enormous meteors or asteroids are able to reach the Earth’s surface and not burn up in the atmosphere. That is where the main characters in our article come in – the huge 2019 XF and enormous 216258 (2006 WH1)" (2019-12-17, sputniknews.com/science/201912171077599745-two-huge-asteroids-each-capable-of-destroying-entire-city-heading-towards-earth---report/) [archive.is/MkL12]
* "Russia to track EARTH-THREATENING asteroids from robot-inhabited nuclear-powered polar Moon base" (2019-12-17, rt.com/russia/476082-russia-moon-base-asteroids/) [archive.is/9bkMi]
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Ancient News
* "Surprising Stone Age Knowledge Revealed on a Mammoth Bone Bracelet" (2018-02-16, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/surprising-stone-age-knowledge-revealed-mammoth-bone-bracelet-009602) [archive.is/z6CdX]
- image caption: Bracelet from Mizyn.
[begin excerpt]: Another ancient calendar
However, this is not the only Paleolithic complex where the oldest calendar was found. In 1871 a Paleolithic station was found between the villages of Dukhov and Ginci (now Lubensky district of the Poltava region), excavations of which began in 1873 by the Lubsky archaeologist and teacher F. I. Kaminsky.
All the attention to this parking lot attracted academician Vladimir Vernadsky. As the researcher of the antiquity of Poltava Oleksandr Suprunenko, V. Vernadsky began researching the monument in 1915. During the expedition of the Natural History Museum of the Poltava Province, excavation was granted of one of the dwellings of Ginci late Paleolithic stables, organized by V. M. Shcherbakivsky which produced ancient materials.
The excavations of the Ginci parking are carried out to this day, and the most valuable find, which was found there is an engraved tusk of a mammoth aged 10-15 thousand years. On the basis of studies by the American historian and archaeologist Alexander Marshak, it was found that the alternation of long and short marks on tusks is a lunar calendar which reflects the observation of the primitive man in the phases of the moon.
Unfortunately, at a key moment, the artifact was lost. One version of the reason for this is the monument was destroyed by the fire that arose after a bomb attack during the Second World War. According to another version, the artifact was destroyed even earlier, during the citizens-war of 1918-1920, or exported abroad for preservation in 1922, when the researcher of the aforementioned parking lot, V. Shcherbakivsky emigrated to Prague.
Historians and archaeologists still cannot understand why the original hunters have a calendar, and how they knew the exact time of the phases of the moon and the period of rotation of the Earth around the Sun, which is equivalent to a year. But this riddle remains to be solved. [end excerpt]
---
* "Neolithic Wall is the World’s Oldest Sea Defense System" (2019-12-21, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/neolithic-wall-0013039) [archive.is/Y8Qqj] [begin excerpt]: In Israel, archaeologists have found evidence of what could be the oldest sea defense wall. The Neolithic wall is up to 7000 years old and was built by a community as they battled against rising sea levels. The find illustrates how an ancient group of people struggled with climate change and their efforts ultimately failed.
The discovery was made at the site of a Stone Age settlement by a team of Israeli and Australian archaeologists at Tel Hreiz on Israel’s Carmel Coast. The site now lies in shallow waters and is one of a number of submerged Neolithic villages in the area. There have been numerous important finds at Tel Hreiz, including a stone cist grave , stone structures, and bowls. [end excerpt]
---
* "Chewing Gum Reveals Look of Neolithic Scandinavian" (2019-12-17, ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/neolithic-scandinavian-0013016) [archive.is/e1Rrz]
* "Neolithic 'Chewing Gum' Assists Scientists In Revealing DNA of Stone Age Woman; A unique scientific discovery was made by researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, as they have succeeded in extracting the DNA of an ancient human from a portion of 5,700-year-old 'chewing gum' found during archaeological excavations at Syltholm, east of Rodbyhavn in southern Denmark" (2019-12-18, sputniknews.com/society/201912181077602976-neolithic-chewing-gum-assists-scientists-in-revealing-dna-of-stone-age-woman/) [archive.is/p4iYT]
---
* "Ice Age Hunger Gamer Ötzi’s Bowstring Is Identified" (2019-12-19, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/otzi-bowstring-0013029) [archive.is/cXhjy]
---
* "Mohenjo Daro "Faceless" Indus Valley City Puzzles Archaeologists" (nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/mohenjo-daro/) [archive.is/LOats] [begin excerpt]: The city lacks ostentatious palaces, temples, or monuments. There's no obvious central seat of government or evidence of a king or queen. Modesty, order, and cleanliness were apparently preferred. Pottery and tools of copper and stone were standardized. Seals and weights suggest a system of tightly controlled trade. [end excerpt]
- Note: Of course, the concept of "primitive communism" is lost on these archaeologists. It's not economic egalitarianism as production at that point could not produce abundance, but without an obvious class-based construction (a temple, a castle), these city-dwellers probably accumulated "capital" and distributed it among themselves, so it may perhaps have been as egalitarian as any pre-industrial complex society could've been. Also note, no evidence of human sacrifice.
---
* "Minoan Monkey Business: Fresco Links Greek Island With Asia" (2019-12-16, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/minoan-monkey-0013011) [archive.is/tsn5A]
- image caption: Minoan Monkey art in Akrotiri, Greece.
---
* "Half of Western European men descended from one Bronze Age ‘king’ " (2016-04-25, telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/25/half-of-british-men-descended-from-one-bronze-age-king/) [archive.is/fP73X]
---
* "Photo: World’s First Disposable Cup Will Appear at London’s British Museum; What is believed to be the first ever single-use cup in history will be displayed at the British Museum in London later this month as part of its 'Rubbish and Us' display" (2019-12-17, sputniknews.com/environment/201912171077593363-photo-worlds-first-disposable-cup-will-appear-at-londons-british-museum/) [archive.is/cTkh1]
- image caption: World’s First Disposable Cup Will Appear at London’s British Museum
---
Egypt. Ascending the Pyramids, circa 1900s
---
* "Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years; Greek historian’s description of ‘baris’ vessel vindicated by archaeologists at sunken city of Thonis-Heraclion" (2019-03-17, theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/17/nile-shipwreck-herodotus-archaeologists-thonis-heraclion) [archive.is/j48n7]
---
* "Massive Roman Shipwreck Dating Back to Time of Jesus Christ Discovered off the Coast of Greece; In October, a scientific team from the Balearic Institute of Maritime Archaeology Studies found another Roman cargo ship with jugs containing olive oil and perfectly preserved garum sauce or an ancient form of ketchup" (2019-12-18, sputniknews.com/society/201912181077604720-massive-roman-shipwreck-dating-back-to-time-of-jesus-christ-discovered-off-the-coast-of-greece/) [archive.is/iZSSh]
---
* "2,500-Year-Old Carpet is Stunning Reflection of Advanced Culture of the Pazyryk Nomads" (2018-03-30, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/2500-year-old-carpet-stunning-reflection-advanced-culture-pazyryk-nomads-021858) [archive.is/mWGyv]
- image caption: Pazyryk horseman. Circa 300 BCE. Detail from a carpet in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
This was found to be from Armenia, the kingdom of Urartu
---
* "Has the King Arthur Gene Been Traced? If stories of King Arthur and his knights are based on real people their DNA markers should still be with us today. New DNA research has perhaps found the King Arthur gene" (2018-01-17, ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/has-king-arthur-gene-been-traced-009451) [archive.is/OjhrA]
---
---
* "The Confusing Horned Helmets Depicted in the Oseberg Viking Age Tapestries" (2018-02-08, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/confusing-horned-helmets-depicted-oseberg-viking-age-tapestries-009564) [archive.is/XlOj6]
---
* "Bearded Gods of the Americas Were Jesus Resurrected?! Maybe. But Why is the Plumed Serpent Ubiquitous?" (2017-09-07, by Brien Foerster, ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-americas/bearded-gods-americas-were-jesus-resurrected-maybe-why-plumed-serpent-021606) [archive.is/swZN1]
- image caption: Moche ceramic vessels depicting bearded men.
---
* "The True Aryans: Who Were They Really and How Were Their Origins Corrupted?" (2017-11-03, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/true-aryans-who-were-they-really-and-how-were-their-origins-corrupted-009075) [archive.is/WlD7u]
---
* "Mysterious Easter Island ‘heads’ REALLY did help turn bad soil fertile, study says" (2019-12-16, rt.com/news/476037-easter-island-heads-growing-food/) [archive.is/N4LI9]
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Science & Futurism
* "Israeli, Swiss scientists use DNA storage to keep helpful data in objects" (2019-12-10, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/11/c_138621322.htm) [archive.is/dC8Td]: Israeli and Swiss scientists have developed a method to store essential and useful data in DNA that is implanted in everyday objects, a senior Israeli scientist said Tuesday.
Yaniv Erlich, chief scientist of the Israeli hi-tech company MyHeritage and professor at Columbia University in New York City, conducted the current work as an independent scientist in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.
In their study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the scientists were able to store information as in a computer's memory.
This method can be used to store instructions of printing three-dimensional replicas, repairing objects and more to keep patients' medical data within implants, and even hide information in human bodies in non-toxic silica beads.
The Israeli-Swiss team inserted synthetic DNA that they created in the lab into a plastic rabbit.
This DNA, encapsulated in silica beads that protect it, encoded its own 3D printing instructions.
"We actually created a non-living object that has its own blueprint. We cut a tiny piece from the bunny's ear, extracted the DNA, decoded the instructions, and replicated a new bunny", Erlich explained.
The scientists also concealed a full movie on ordinary glasses, by encoding the movie on DNA, encapsulating with silica beads, and mixing the beads with plexiglass.
They then retrieved the movie by scraping a tiny piece of material from the lens and extracting the DNA.
According to Erlich, the findings could also serve as a basis for self-replicating memory, which is a necessary condition for self-replicating robots.
===*===*===
Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]
* "Shedding light on dark matter: Scientists claim new evidence of ‘5th force’ of physics" (2019-12-11, rt.com/news/475585-fifth-force-physics-particle-x17/) [archive.is/iq9eU]
---
* "Blinking Celestial Lights Prompt Researchers to Ponder Possibility of Alien ‘Communication Lasers’ ; Although there have been an estimated 150,000 examples of vanishing lights known as "red transients" over several decades, astronomers are still struggling to explain the cause. The truth, thought by some to be 'out there', might change our understanding of astrophysics and universe, some researchers assert" (2019-12-17, sputniknews.com/science/201912171077601174-blinking-lights-alien-communication-lasers/) [archive.is/jGaU8]
---
* "Astronomers discover secret behind ‘super-puff, cotton candy worlds’ in outer space" (2019-12-20, rt.com/news/476490-astronomers-secrets-cotton-candy-worlds/) [archive.is/tYzWG]
---
* "Escaping MARTIAN WATER creates ‘proton auroras’ which may unlock mystery of planet’s missing oceans" (2019-12-17, rt.com/news/476073-mars-hydrogen-cloud-proton-auroras/) [archive.is/ahwJb]
---
* a photo showing a silhouette of a passenger jet against the Moon, with Aristarchus Crater prominently glowing (2019-12-14, news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-14/Looking-to-the-sky-Chinese-airplane-parts-supplier-goes-global-MpP21nl3va/index.html) [archive.is/f9kCA]
---
NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.
* "Two Huge Asteroids Each Capable of Destroying Entire City Heading Towards Earth - Report; Celestial objects and space debris hit our planet almost on a daily basis; however, they don’t pose any danger to humanity, as only enormous meteors or asteroids are able to reach the Earth’s surface and not burn up in the atmosphere. That is where the main characters in our article come in – the huge 2019 XF and enormous 216258 (2006 WH1)" (2019-12-17, sputniknews.com/science/201912171077599745-two-huge-asteroids-each-capable-of-destroying-entire-city-heading-towards-earth---report/) [archive.is/MkL12]
* "Russia to track EARTH-THREATENING asteroids from robot-inhabited nuclear-powered polar Moon base" (2019-12-17, rt.com/russia/476082-russia-moon-base-asteroids/) [archive.is/9bkMi]
===*===*===
Ancient News
* "Surprising Stone Age Knowledge Revealed on a Mammoth Bone Bracelet" (2018-02-16, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/surprising-stone-age-knowledge-revealed-mammoth-bone-bracelet-009602) [archive.is/z6CdX]
- image caption: Bracelet from Mizyn.
[begin excerpt]: Another ancient calendar
However, this is not the only Paleolithic complex where the oldest calendar was found. In 1871 a Paleolithic station was found between the villages of Dukhov and Ginci (now Lubensky district of the Poltava region), excavations of which began in 1873 by the Lubsky archaeologist and teacher F. I. Kaminsky.
All the attention to this parking lot attracted academician Vladimir Vernadsky. As the researcher of the antiquity of Poltava Oleksandr Suprunenko, V. Vernadsky began researching the monument in 1915. During the expedition of the Natural History Museum of the Poltava Province, excavation was granted of one of the dwellings of Ginci late Paleolithic stables, organized by V. M. Shcherbakivsky which produced ancient materials.
The excavations of the Ginci parking are carried out to this day, and the most valuable find, which was found there is an engraved tusk of a mammoth aged 10-15 thousand years. On the basis of studies by the American historian and archaeologist Alexander Marshak, it was found that the alternation of long and short marks on tusks is a lunar calendar which reflects the observation of the primitive man in the phases of the moon.
Unfortunately, at a key moment, the artifact was lost. One version of the reason for this is the monument was destroyed by the fire that arose after a bomb attack during the Second World War. According to another version, the artifact was destroyed even earlier, during the citizens-war of 1918-1920, or exported abroad for preservation in 1922, when the researcher of the aforementioned parking lot, V. Shcherbakivsky emigrated to Prague.
Historians and archaeologists still cannot understand why the original hunters have a calendar, and how they knew the exact time of the phases of the moon and the period of rotation of the Earth around the Sun, which is equivalent to a year. But this riddle remains to be solved. [end excerpt]
---
* "Neolithic Wall is the World’s Oldest Sea Defense System" (2019-12-21, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/neolithic-wall-0013039) [archive.is/Y8Qqj] [begin excerpt]: In Israel, archaeologists have found evidence of what could be the oldest sea defense wall. The Neolithic wall is up to 7000 years old and was built by a community as they battled against rising sea levels. The find illustrates how an ancient group of people struggled with climate change and their efforts ultimately failed.
The discovery was made at the site of a Stone Age settlement by a team of Israeli and Australian archaeologists at Tel Hreiz on Israel’s Carmel Coast. The site now lies in shallow waters and is one of a number of submerged Neolithic villages in the area. There have been numerous important finds at Tel Hreiz, including a stone cist grave , stone structures, and bowls. [end excerpt]
---
* "Chewing Gum Reveals Look of Neolithic Scandinavian" (2019-12-17, ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/neolithic-scandinavian-0013016) [archive.is/e1Rrz]
* "Neolithic 'Chewing Gum' Assists Scientists In Revealing DNA of Stone Age Woman; A unique scientific discovery was made by researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, as they have succeeded in extracting the DNA of an ancient human from a portion of 5,700-year-old 'chewing gum' found during archaeological excavations at Syltholm, east of Rodbyhavn in southern Denmark" (2019-12-18, sputniknews.com/society/201912181077602976-neolithic-chewing-gum-assists-scientists-in-revealing-dna-of-stone-age-woman/) [archive.is/p4iYT]
---
* "Ice Age Hunger Gamer Ötzi’s Bowstring Is Identified" (2019-12-19, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/otzi-bowstring-0013029) [archive.is/cXhjy]
---
* "Mohenjo Daro "Faceless" Indus Valley City Puzzles Archaeologists" (nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/mohenjo-daro/) [archive.is/LOats] [begin excerpt]: The city lacks ostentatious palaces, temples, or monuments. There's no obvious central seat of government or evidence of a king or queen. Modesty, order, and cleanliness were apparently preferred. Pottery and tools of copper and stone were standardized. Seals and weights suggest a system of tightly controlled trade. [end excerpt]
- Note: Of course, the concept of "primitive communism" is lost on these archaeologists. It's not economic egalitarianism as production at that point could not produce abundance, but without an obvious class-based construction (a temple, a castle), these city-dwellers probably accumulated "capital" and distributed it among themselves, so it may perhaps have been as egalitarian as any pre-industrial complex society could've been. Also note, no evidence of human sacrifice.
---
* "Minoan Monkey Business: Fresco Links Greek Island With Asia" (2019-12-16, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/minoan-monkey-0013011) [archive.is/tsn5A]
- image caption: Minoan Monkey art in Akrotiri, Greece.
---
* "Half of Western European men descended from one Bronze Age ‘king’ " (2016-04-25, telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/25/half-of-british-men-descended-from-one-bronze-age-king/) [archive.is/fP73X]
---
* "Photo: World’s First Disposable Cup Will Appear at London’s British Museum; What is believed to be the first ever single-use cup in history will be displayed at the British Museum in London later this month as part of its 'Rubbish and Us' display" (2019-12-17, sputniknews.com/environment/201912171077593363-photo-worlds-first-disposable-cup-will-appear-at-londons-british-museum/) [archive.is/cTkh1]
- image caption: World’s First Disposable Cup Will Appear at London’s British Museum
---
Egypt. Ascending the Pyramids, circa 1900s
---
* "Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years; Greek historian’s description of ‘baris’ vessel vindicated by archaeologists at sunken city of Thonis-Heraclion" (2019-03-17, theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/17/nile-shipwreck-herodotus-archaeologists-thonis-heraclion) [archive.is/j48n7]
---
* "Massive Roman Shipwreck Dating Back to Time of Jesus Christ Discovered off the Coast of Greece; In October, a scientific team from the Balearic Institute of Maritime Archaeology Studies found another Roman cargo ship with jugs containing olive oil and perfectly preserved garum sauce or an ancient form of ketchup" (2019-12-18, sputniknews.com/society/201912181077604720-massive-roman-shipwreck-dating-back-to-time-of-jesus-christ-discovered-off-the-coast-of-greece/) [archive.is/iZSSh]
---
* "2,500-Year-Old Carpet is Stunning Reflection of Advanced Culture of the Pazyryk Nomads" (2018-03-30, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/2500-year-old-carpet-stunning-reflection-advanced-culture-pazyryk-nomads-021858) [archive.is/mWGyv]
- image caption: Pazyryk horseman. Circa 300 BCE. Detail from a carpet in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
This was found to be from Armenia, the kingdom of Urartu
---
* "Has the King Arthur Gene Been Traced? If stories of King Arthur and his knights are based on real people their DNA markers should still be with us today. New DNA research has perhaps found the King Arthur gene" (2018-01-17, ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/has-king-arthur-gene-been-traced-009451) [archive.is/OjhrA]
---
---
* "The Confusing Horned Helmets Depicted in the Oseberg Viking Age Tapestries" (2018-02-08, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/confusing-horned-helmets-depicted-oseberg-viking-age-tapestries-009564) [archive.is/XlOj6]
---
* "Bearded Gods of the Americas Were Jesus Resurrected?! Maybe. But Why is the Plumed Serpent Ubiquitous?" (2017-09-07, by Brien Foerster, ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-americas/bearded-gods-americas-were-jesus-resurrected-maybe-why-plumed-serpent-021606) [archive.is/swZN1]
- image caption: Moche ceramic vessels depicting bearded men.
---
* "The True Aryans: Who Were They Really and How Were Their Origins Corrupted?" (2017-11-03, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/true-aryans-who-were-they-really-and-how-were-their-origins-corrupted-009075) [archive.is/WlD7u]
---
* "Mysterious Easter Island ‘heads’ REALLY did help turn bad soil fertile, study says" (2019-12-16, rt.com/news/476037-easter-island-heads-growing-food/) [archive.is/N4LI9]
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* " 'Black Ball Alien Probes': YouTuber Stuns Viewers With ‘Monitoring Floating Object’ Clips; Although videos of 'aliens' penetrating our airspace are nothing new, they seem to never cease to surprise and raise bunches of questions" (2019-12-17, sputniknews.com/viral/201912171077595598-Black-Ball-Alien-Probes-YouTuber-Stuns-Viewers-With-Monitoring-Floating-Object-Clips/) [archive.is/pZ1tl]
---
* " ‘All hail the overlords!’: Stargazers mystified by unexplained lights in the night sky" (2019-12-23, rt.com/usa/476659-musk-starlink-ufos-michigan/) [archive.is/JMPBh]
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* "Meteorite in Russian Museum Mysteriously Elevates Display Dome - Video; Compared with the celestial bodies that constantly whizz past the Earth, the meteorite that landed in Chelyabinsk in 2013 was quite small – 17 metres in diameter. However, this small guy caused damages in excess of $15 million and injured 1,500 people" (2019-12-18, sputniknews.com/science/201912181077603948-meteorite-in-russian-museum-mysteriously-elevates-display-dome---video/) [archive.is/VwoAq]
---
* " ‘I was missing for three days’: Argentinian football icon Diego Maradona claims he was ‘abducted’ by ALIENS" (2019-12-20, rt.com/sport/476492-diego-maradona-abducted-ufo/) [archive.is/n1kWS]
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Curiata
* "Scientists Discover Unknown Properties of Mysterious Crystals; Scientists at Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (CFU) have taken a major step in studying the electrical properties of lithium niobate crystals (LiNbO3), a promising material, widely used in the development of advanced optical and information processing devices" (2019-12-18, sputniknews.com/science/201912181077606538-scientists-discover-unknown-properties-of-mysterious-crystals/) [archive.is/JMACR]
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* "Rare 'Ballsy' Ice Phenomenon Spotted on Finnish Island – Photo, Video; Scores of ice balls were seen floating on the beach of a Finnish island in the Bay of Bothnia, following previously seen phenomena, including ice 'eggs' and ice 'stacks' " (2019-12-17, sputniknews.com/viral/201912171077595350-rare-ballsy-ice-phenomenon-spotted-on-finnish-island--photo-video/) [archive.is/LLqUh]
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* "Abkhazia: Ancients of the Caucasus (Healthy at 100)" (by John Robbins, via abkhazworld.com/aw/abkhazians/who-are-they/659-abkhazia-ancients-of-the-caucasus) [archive.is/807Df]
* "The oldest resident of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, 148-year-old collective farmer Eivazov Mahmud Bagir oglu" postage stamp, USSR, 1956
- [comment]: National Geographic did a feature (January 1973, Vol. 143, No. 1) titled "Every Day Is a Gift When You Are Over 100: A Scientist Visits Some of the World’s Oldest People (Vilcabamba, Ecuador; Abkhazian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R.; and Hunza District, Jammu and Kashmir)" and interviewed a man who showed he was 136 years old, still riding his horse, blamed his longevity on yogurt indigenous to his village! Nobody believes him, but he showed his Soviet paper work, and there it was.
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