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Something I find incredibly cool is that they’ve found neandertal bone tools made from polished rib bones, and they couldn’t figure out what they were for for the life of them. 

I read something a while back about how pre-columbian Americans had obsidian blades they stored in the rafters of their houses. The archaeologists who discovered them came to the conclusion that the primitive civilizations believed keeping them closer to the sun would keep the blades sharper.

Always question anything labelled as for a ritual or religious purpose without explanation because it’s very often shorthand for ‘we don’t know’ as if humans have not been the same since forever and have either made things for specific purposes or simply because they like making them (aka ART. Some things are simply art yet heaps of old research refuses to recognize this possibility.)

Reblogging to add a link to the hair archaeologist’s channel because it’s amazing to watch!

So… Did y’all forget that Melanie Martinez was accused of rape, which she responded to with ‘you didn’t say no’ (which as we all know, doesn’t equal consent), and then her fans pressured her accuser into saying that the rape allegations were wrong, and then she had the audacity to make a DISS TRACK ABOUT HER ACCUSER, including the lyrics ‘now you’re trying to kill my name for some fame’, or did we all just decide to conveniently forget all of that in favor for the gross DDL/G aesthetic :/

idk if this has already been on tumblr but i saw it on fb and it killed me

So the whole reason Michael Sheen and Neil Gaiman became friends was because he was in Twilight.  While doing press, he got annoyed at interviewers being all snooty and implying that this franchise was beneath him, so he was like “you know what? No, that’s not ok” and started defending fantasy genre stuff, mentioning how much he loved Neil Gaiman’s work.  After that, Neil sent him some books to read and invited him out to lunch.  And they’ve been friends ever since.

Guys, you forgot the part where Neil and Michael went out the first time to meet. Neil asked Michael if wanted to go somewhere posh (not sure if this is the right word) or interesting. Michael said he wanted to go somewhere interesting so they went to a sushi restaurant by the tarmac of an airport. They said everything they were served was great and there was one dish that the chef did not introduce as anything. While still there, FBI agents arrived and the chef apologized to Neil and Michael for the incident. Apparently, the sushi place was serving endangered species and the last dish they had was probably whale.

My favorite part of the whole story is how Michael Sheen is driving Neil Gaiman around in his Mini Cooper (since Neil was visiting from out of town) and Neil’s just like, “did you find the secret compartment?” “What secret compartment?” And then Neil shows Michael a whole ass secret compartment in his own car that he just… knew about. For some reason.

And the fact that both of them, when they started the idea of making Good Omens into a miniseries, never talked about Michael playing Crowley but assumed he would so when Neil asked Michael if he would like to play Aziraphale instead he was so relieved because he thought he’d be better as the angel.

I have no story so let me contribute Michael’s mini cooper