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Mummia
- huhtenberg 7y agoNot to be confused with "mumijo", which has an equally weird background and used for similar purposes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumijo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumijo
- duskwuff 7y agoI'm not sure that's a separate thing, actually. It sounds like a regional variant of the same original concept (rock tar taken as medicine).
- overcast 7y agoI feel like there should be a separate heading for these types of fun facts. Neat information, but we're just posting a page from an Encyclopedia.
- Retra 7y agoThey all say wikipedia.org next to them.
- overcast 7y agoWhat's the point of random wiki pages on hacker news though?
- tareqak 7y ago> What to Submit > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Razengan 7y agoTo generate discussion from a modern point of view. There is nothing new under the sun, and inspiration can come from anywhere.
- Razengan 7y agoFor example, having learned about mummia, I might incorporate it as an item or crafting ingredient in a game :) and a player might learn about this through that, which may inspire them on to something else.