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Post by mason on Sept 13, 2018 14:49:44 GMT
I'm thinking of mysteries like the Mayans leaving their cities (Now solved I believe) or lost civilizations/cities or anything of that nature?
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Post by jacob on Sept 13, 2018 14:50:03 GMT
Bit of a scientific/historical mystery here: the ancient ever-burning lamps. Essentially, there are several accounts of these lamps that have ostensibly been burning for thousands of years without being refueled or burning out. I’m including a pretty thorough Reddit post below.
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Post by mason on Sept 13, 2018 14:50:28 GMT
I think these came up in a documentary once, iirc the experts/science people thought they ran along natural gas lines
Still really cool tho, burning forever to themselves
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Post by jacob on Sept 13, 2018 14:51:46 GMT
I think these came up in a documentary once, iirc the experts/science people thought they ran along natural gas lines Still really cool tho, burning forever to themselves I am thinking about the reaction of people rediscovered them? |
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Post by johnbelley on Sept 13, 2018 14:55:21 GMT
This is a great question. Like you, I am interested in this subject. One of my favorite archeological mysteries is the Baghdad Battery, because the jury is still out on their actual purpose. Something similar would be the Antikythera mechanism. It is a marvel to me that this type of technology was available during that era, and it makes me wonder where we would have been as a civilization if its use was not lost to time. Finally, I'll leave you with one more, a historical mystery, the Princes in the Tower. While the motivation for their confinement if clear, their disappearance remains a mystery.
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Post by mason on Sept 13, 2018 14:55:58 GMT
why would you build something like the Baghdad Battery for electroplating, or whatever, when you could simply hook up a lemon or two and get almost the same voltage with a lot less effort?
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Post by johnbelley on Sept 13, 2018 14:56:09 GMT
I'm upvoting your comment because it is one of the best rhetorical questions involving lemons and electricity that I've heard in quite awhile.  |
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Post by mason on Sept 13, 2018 14:56:17 GMT
Do you often hear rhetorical questions involving lemons and electricity?
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Post by johnbelley on Sept 13, 2018 14:56:26 GMT
No, not often enough.
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