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Vitamin B9 – 2:31
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Vitamin C – 3:40
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Cookbook discount – 5:57
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Magnesium – 7:18
Zinc – 8:01
Potassium – 8:28
Sodium – 8:57
Iodine – 9:24
Selenium – 9:59
Chromium – 10:24
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Elaborate costumes, blaring music and vibrant processions took over Nigeria’s Lagos Island on Monday as the annual Fanti Carnival hit the streets.
The festivities have lit up Lagos’ financial hub for more than two centuries, celebrating the legacy of the Afro-Brazilian returnees who once settled in the city.
This year’s carnival featured musical performances, bedazzled horses, huge dragons and dancing stilt walkers.
In the 1800s, some formerly enslaved Africans and their descendants migrated back to the continent from countries like Brazil and Cuba.
Many Afro-Brazilians settled in Lagos Island, bringing new customs with them.
10 Apr 2026 ✪ Members first on 9 April 2026
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Either way, you join me today in two countries. One’s Swiss, one’s German, and they’re both very nice. Well done to both of them.
But it turns out that they once attempted to build a bridge and ballsed it up so badly that they had to redo almost the entire thing. And it was all due to a strange quirk in how humans understand gravity and tides. Isn’t that weird?
Enjoy this strange little story from the town of Laufenburg and let me go back to sleep.
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Welcome to What On Earth Is This?, a YouTube channel featuring strange and quirky things from around the world that you may not have heard of.
Think abandoned engineering marvels, weird funiculars, transit oddities and other bits of history you never wanted to know about… until now.
Like and subscribe and all that.
Follow me on IG at @WhatOnEarthIsThis
CHAPTERS:
00:12 Intro
00:44 History of Laufenburg
02:52 Bridging the gap
04:44 Building building building
06:12 What even is “sea level”?
07:42 The Germany/Switzerland Problem
11:08 The big twist
14:01 An outro where I complain a lot
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8 Apr 2026 Curiosity Meets The Past
Which deities did ancient people call upon when they needed help? Assyriologist and public educator, Megan Lewis @DigitalHammurabi guides us through some of the surprising sources scholars use to understand the gods and goddesses people turned to in the past. In our conversation, she shares what these sources reveal about how both people and deities have changed over time and why their stories still feel surprisingly familiar today.
#archaeology #Assyriologist #deities #mesopotamia
// Connect With Our Guest 🤝🏽
▶️ Website: https://www.digitalhammurabi.com/
▶️ YouTube Channel: / @digitalhammurabi
// More Resources 🔗
📝 Full transcript: https://smitinathan.com/the-ancient-d…
🎁 Bonus content: patreon.com/smitinathan
📩 Email notifications for new episodes: https://field-notes-by-smiti-nathan.k…
✉️ Get in touch at podcast@smitinathan.com
// About The Podcast 🎙️
Curiosity Meets The Past is a podcast for curious minds who love learning about the past. Each episode features a curated conversation (30min or under) with guests who reveal the layered stories behind objects, places, and people.
// Other Videos You Might Enjoy 📽️
The Making and Remaking of the Zodiac in Roman Egypt
• The Making and Remaking of the Zodiac in R…
The Enchanting Archaeology of Love Deities
• The Enchanting Archaeology of Love Deities
Expanding Our View of the Ancient World
• Expanding Our View of the Ancient World
// Time Stamps ⏱️
00:00 Introduction
01:12 Dial-a-Deity Clip
01:58 Sources
06:03 Focus
06:47 Example Request
07:59 Hearing Back
10:16 Nisaba
12:12 Deity Change
14:12 Dial-a-Deity
19:13 Outro
// Who Am I? 🙋🏾
Hi! I’m Smiti. I’ve studied and traveled the world doing archaeology for the past 20+ years [yes, I have a Ph.D. in it :)]. While I still do research, I love sharing what we do beyond academic journal articles.
// Acknowledgements 🙌🏾
Thanks to @BarknoorZ for creating the theme music and @laurariveiro113 for creating the podcast cover art.
*The YouTube video from the Dial-a-Deity series was used with permission from @DigitalHammurabi.
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