eSagan 🇮🇳 @crackurbones@qoto.org
Joined Nov 2019
Random unnamed mountain on a hiking trail during a moody afternoon in #Kyrgyzstan (1281x1920)[OC]
https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/ekc5ig/random_unnamed_mountain_on_a_hiking_trail_during/
Interesting read. Bookmarking to read it later. #NorthEastIndia #India #IndianHistory
https://mastodon.social/@GreatGameIndia/103305719061078471
Last time Mt #Kailash was in Indian territory was in 1841 under #Dogra rulers and #Sikh General The Great Zorawar Singh.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/ek8cfl/last_time_mt_kailash_was_in_indian_territory_was/
#History #IndianHistory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorawar_Singh_Kahluria
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A new study confirm how Winston #Churchill caused #Bengal #Famine and starved 3 million Indians to death. Glorified as “Saviour of the World” but dubbed the “Butcher of Bengal” by Indians, this is the story of the forgotten #IndianHolocaust.
http://greatgameindia.com/winston-churchill-the-indian-holocaust/
Victims of Madras famine
Victims of madras(india) #famine photo by Willoughby Wallace Hooper, a British officer and photographer. Year 1876
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/ekbh87/victims_of_madrasindia_famine_photo_by_willoughby/
This paper bag in which local shopkeeper gave me groceries (in India). In many parts of #India, plastic carry bags are banned. This bag is made from old newspaper and handle is a rope made from #coconut 🌴 fibers. It is eco-friendly and #biodegradable. 🌱
Indian scientists spot a galaxy 260 light-years away that isn't giving birth to any new stars
https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/indian-scientists-spot-a-galaxy-260-light-years-away-that-isnt-giving-birth-to-any-new-stars/amp_articleshow/73104110.cms
Normally, reservoirs of neutral hydrogen gas are accompanied by star formation, but there are no new stars being born in this ring of hydrogen.
#History: The My Trach Massacre
The My Trach Massacre (Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Trạch') was a massacre of Vietnamese civilians carried out by the French army during French rule in #Vietnam. The massacre occurred in Mỹ Trạch village, Mỹ Thủy commune, Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam from 12 pm to 2 am on 29 November 1947. In this operation, 326 houses were burnt. Many women were raped by the French soldiers before being killed. Over 300 civilian residents in #MỹTrạch were killed, of whom 170 were women and 157 were children. Many entire families were killed.
The victims were forced to the foot of the bridge and lined up before being killed with machine gun fire.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_Tr%E1%BA%A1ch_massacre
Indonesian conservationists say they've spotted the biggest specimen ever of what's already been billed as one of the world's largest flowers.
Meet Chien-Shiung Wu, the nuclear physicist who developed revolutionary experiments
https://massivesci.com/articles/chien-shiung-wu-manhattan-project-nuclear-physics-nobel-prize/
A computer made from DNA can compute the square root of 900
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2228461-a-computer-made-from-dna-can-compute-the-square-root-of-900/?utm_source=digg
Chunlei Guo at the University of Rochester in New York state and colleagues developed a computer that uses 32 strands of DNA to store and process information. It can calculate the square root of square numbers 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 and so on up to 900.
Scientists Built a #ParticleAccelerator Smaller Than a Human Hair on a Chip
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mgn5/scientists-built-a-particle-accelerator-on-a-chip-smaller-than-a-human-hair?utm_source=digg
Photons pop in and out of existence to transfer heat
https://massivesci.com/notes/heat-transfer-vacuum-casmir-effect-phonon-conduction/?utm_source=digg
Earliest roasted root vegetables found in 170,000-year-old cave dirt
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2228880-earliest-roasted-root-vegetables-found-in-170000-year-old-cave-dirt/amp/
Astrophysicist Says He Knows How to Build a Time Machine
https://futurism.com/astrophysicist-build-time-machine-past/amp
Magic mushroom compound psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study
https://www.reddit.com/r/EverythingScience/comments/ej5ie3/magic_mushroom_compound_psilocybin_found_safe_for/
The Moon used to have its own shield against the Sun — it died a billion years ago
https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/moon-magnetic-field-died-a-billion-years-ago/amp_articleshow/73064597.cms
“Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — Part 1
https://youtu.be/LnzuMJLZRdU
Joined Nov 2019
