Holy fuck. They will be walking next.
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2026
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Pffft, big deal. They have oodles of ancient skeletons sitting upright in the US. It's called Congress!! Heyooooooooo!
It would be funny if it wasn't the truth.
βBeing an archaeologist can be a very frustrating profession,β she added.
Came to post that. Ouch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker
Found near the Josephine Baker school.
For the Americans who weren't taught their own history.
TBF it seems most of her history in the US was in entertainment and wearing a skirt made of fake bananas. Not really required learning. Her real activity seems to have taken place in France working with the French Resistance and civil rights, and unfortunately her civil rights work here was overshadowed by MLK.
Not . . . sure thatβs how history works tho
Wow, she was an amazing person. Thank you for drawing attention to our deficit
Glad to see the youth getting involved with science...
Children at a primary school in eastern France found a strange attraction next to their playground this week: a skeleton sitting upright, peeking out of a circular pit.
Call off Scoob and the gang, we found our suspects!
I mean, if i lay down for hours at a time i gotta sit up to stretch every now and then so i get it.
The Egyptians had no word for dying, they just said βgoing Westβ.
Not sure how true that is, but i remember it for whatever reason.
Given that most/many ancient cultures had a good handle on astronomy, it would make sense if they associated west with death. Since the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, it makes some logical sense to associate the east with beginnings of things and the west with endings