A Jug Of Wine, A Loaf Of Bread, And Virtual Thou

Book shaped compass, Germany, 1600-20

Kalevipoeg statue in Glehn Park, Tallinn, Estonia

ferdinando meccani circolare library

Apollo Wind Spinner réalisé par l'artiste américain Jeff Koons située sur l'île d'Hydra en Grèce

Motherfucker.

"oh let me just casually make marble!"

"The Richat Structure, sometimes referred to as the Bull's Eye, can be seen in northwest-looking view. Contrary to a commonly believed notion, the structure was not made by the impact of a meteorite. The 24 mile (39km) wide structure was made by the erosion of layers of rock which domed upward. The depression or pit in which the domed rock rings sit is 328 feet (100 meters) deep from the surrounding plateau area (darker colored rock). The rock layers themselves are thought by many scientists to be several hundred million years old, and their variable resistance to erosion has produced a series of concentric ridges in the structure stepping down from the outside in. The structure is surrounded by fields of sand which is visible encroaching into the southern part of the structure. Small dry lakes or playas (whitish-gray color) are discernible to the east of the center part of the structure."

Date: October 18-31, 1993

Some pre-Columbian chocolate vessels were elaborate:

And others simpler:

How chocolate became a stimulant that made the modern world:

There were elaborate tea chests (lockable because the tea inside was so valuable):

Tea caddies:

Sugar tongs:

And snuffboxes:

Much more here:

The collision of India and Eurasia, which started about 50 million years ago and continues to this day, formed the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau.