That last image on the next page, titled “Russian italics”, is a bit of fun and some people really do write like that. And while it looks neat & tidy, it’s actually an example of sloppy Cyrillic handwriting that cuts too many corners. Rounded off loops that should be sharp(er) angles and vice versa. Lower case “H” (= our “n” sound) written with the middle bar too angled so it resembles “И”. Not obligatory, but in words like these it’s helpful to add macron above or below some letters like lower-case “т” and “ш” (Side point of interest: Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s signature features a famous flourish furnished from the macron above the cursive “T” in his surname, below).
My coworker has four horses. Today he mentioned one of his horses didn’t eat anything all day, which is very unusual. So he said he needs the vet to check on the horse ASAP.
But that’s not the interesting thing. What’s interesting is what he said next: “Unlike cows, dogs, and lots of other animals, a horse can’t throw up / vomit. So they’re unable to expel bad food; it remains in their stomach, unfortunately. You have to call a vet when you suspect something is wrong in their stomach or gut.”
I’ve known this long before I took up horse riding, because there’s a common German saying “Ich habe schon Pferde kotzen sehen.”, literally “I’ve seen horses vomit.”. One would use it to express that they’re expecting something very improbable.
TIL that the maximum difference in time zones is 26 hours..
The AI summary..
The Locations: The difference occurs between the Line Islands of Kiribati (at UTC+14) and the uninhabited U.S. island territories of Howland Island and Baker Island
How It Works: When it is 11:00 PM on Monday on Howland Island, it is already 1:00 AM on Wednesday in the Line Islands.
Why It Exceeds 24 Hours: While Earth only has 24 standard hourly longitudinal slices, some Pacific island nations shifted their official time zones far ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to share the same calendar days and work weeks with major trading partners like Australia and New Zealand, effectively stretching the date line.
In a related note, abdominal pain in horses is referred to as horse colic. It’s typically related to GI issues. But unlike humans or dogs who get a stomachache, colic in horses left untreated can quickly become life-threatening and lead to the horse’s death.
The treatment often includes emergency surgery. This is so expensive, and the cost of not treating it so dire, that many owners carry insurance specifically to cover the cost of treating colic.
It’s not all that uncommon, too, with an incidence rate of 4-10% over the course of a horse’s lifespan. It’s actually the most common reason for emergency vet calls for horses.
In sort of the opposite of that, for one hour a year it is the same time in part of Florida as it is in part of Oregon. The extreme west of the Florida panhandle is on the central time zone, and eastern Oregon is in the mountain time zone. At 2am on November 1 (in 2026), clocks will fall back to 1am, which means that for one hour, clocks in the central and mountain time zones will synch.
Anson Williams (b. Anson William Heimlich) is the “nephew” of Dr. Henry Heimlich of the eponymous maneuver fame. Technically, first cousin once removed, since the doc was his dad’s first cousin, but he referred to the doc as his uncle. (I’ve heard this a few times in real life, and on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” that was the relationship between Jethro and “Uncle” Jed.)
And, after being a member of findagrave for 18 years, I just found that a memorial creator/manager cannot remove photos submitted by another member.
I had sent a message to someone about an incorrect photo, and they responded they would contact the contributor. Several weeks later, the incorrect photo was still there, so I sent another message. They said they would contact the contributor again. I had always thought that the memorial manager had full editorial discretion, so I went to one I had created, and Nope! If someone else added it, that person has to delete it, and if no response, you have to submit a request to findagrave.
“We want to pursue this further and involve specialized research teams from the food sector in the process,” Mohamed Sarhan, a microbiologist with the Institute for Mummy Studies at Eurac Research, says in a statement.
The findings suggest that Ötzi is “not a static relic but a dynamic biological system,” Frank Maixner, who directs the Institute for Mummy Studies, says in the statement. Sarhan and Maixner are co-authors of a new paper published June 3 in the journal Microbiome, which describes the community of microorganisms living on, in and around Ötzi’s body.
Past studies had identified some of the microorganisms living in Ötzi’s mouth and intestines. But researchers wanted to get a more comprehensive picture of the famous mummy’s microbiome, and they were curious to know whether any of the microbes were still active—and potentially damaging the remains.
