Day: December 29, 2021

Researchers open possible time capsule from 1887 found in Robert E Lee statue pedestal – video https://t.co/2TyZwAsMI5 — Guardian news (@guardiannews) December 28, 2021 Historians and officials from the city of Richmond, Virginia, decided not to delay for a long time with the opening of the second time capsule, which was found on Monday, December 27, at the base of the pedestal of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Initially, they wanted to open it after the New Year holidays, but the analysis of the copper box showed that there could be water inside, and therefore it is necessary to extract artifacts from it as soon as possible. In the presence of officials and journalists, historians opened the capsule. In a copper box weighing about 16 kilograms, they found many artifacts more than 130 years old: a button, a business card, handwritten letters, wet copies of the Harper’s

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View this post on Instagram A post by Noora-Maria Piirainen (@airamaroon) Last Sunday, the air temperature in the city of Kodiak in Alaska reached plus 19.4 degrees Celsius. This is a new state record for December, the Daily Mail reports. Usually the temperature at this time of year in the region averages minus 1 degree. The cause of the abnormally warm weather was an area of constant high pressure located in the southeast of the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific Ocean. According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state and twice as fast as the entire world on average as a result of global warming. Since 2014, up to 30 record high temperatures have been recorded in the state. New Year’s sale: discounts up to – 60% Anna Lysenko Even more interesting things about nature

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In second place is the post-ironic meme “Will you sell fish?”, born in the VKontakte social network. He gained popularity in July 2021 thanks to the community “Memes about cats (to laugh)”. In the picture, the cats look at the fish laid out on the asphalt for sale. There is a slightly absurd dialogue between cats and sellers: “Will you sell fish? – No, we are showing it. – Krosivoe” (the spelling of the authors is preserved – Ed.). The meme “And cleverly you came up with it” closes the top three with a quote from the cartoon “Dobrynya Nikitich and the Serpent Gorynych”. “The same phrase helps to mark both ridiculous ideas and really cunning plans,” the organizers of the “Battle of Memes” note.