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Mummia (en.wikipedia.org)
20 points by trkaky 2505 days ago
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huhtenberg 2505 days ago
Not to be confused with "mumijo", which has an equally weird background and used for similar purposes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumijo

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duskwuff 2505 days ago
I'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).
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overcast 2505 days ago
I 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.
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Retra 2505 days ago
They all say wikipedia.org next to them.
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overcast 2505 days ago
What's the point of random wiki pages on hacker news though?
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tareqak 2505 days 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

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Razengan 2505 days ago
To generate discussion from a modern point of view.

There is nothing new under the sun, and inspiration can come from anywhere.

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Razengan 2504 days ago
For 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.
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