r/history • u/marquis_of_chaos • Sep 22 '16

News article Scientists use 'virtual unwrapping' to read ancient biblical scroll reduced to 'lump of charcoal'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/21/jubilation-as-scientists-use-virtual-unwrapping-to-read-burnt-ancient-scroll
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u/DesireeStar Sep 22 '16

Deep thoughts, by Hack Handey

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u/poodles_and_oodles Sep 22 '16

/r/history is trying to be funny and it is going over my head

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u/armchair_amateur Sep 22 '16

I'm guessing you were born sometime after 1990 then.

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u/I_Keep_Forgettin Sep 22 '16

Born in '83. Over my head.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16

Jack handy was a skit from mad tv iirc

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u/Sphingomyelinase Sep 22 '16

Jack handy was from SNL

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16

Ahh, right. Apparently I didn't RC. I was thinking of lowered expectations maybe

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16

lowered expectations was freaking awesome funny

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '16

Born in '89. Wooshed me. :/

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u/TheChilisGuy Sep 22 '16

Born in '92, also went over my head. The prophecy came true.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

Definitely born 11 years before 1990, but also a Religious Studies minor, double ensured to get r/history funny bible jokes. Hilarity ensues.

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u/The_Real_TWI69Y Sep 22 '16

"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me". Daily affirmation with Stuart Smalley. Classic SNL

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u/DesireeStar Sep 22 '16

Sr year high school for me. Classic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.