@CartoonsHateHer@StephenSilver They remained in contact after the documentary. Theroux said himself that he'd "come to see him as something of a friend".
@Empty_America The average age at first marriage in England in 1900 was 25 for women and 27 for men. Marrying at 12 was unheard of even if it was technically legal.
@n00rdung@OrbiOther https://t.co/yi2JZluO5C claims that Lagenaria Siceraria arrived in the Americas from Africa independently of humans, seems plausible.
@ZyMazza@eternalism_4eva Speed is length/time. Both length and time change between reference frames, one increasing when the other decreases, such that c is constant.
@Gracie1168787 @ChrisDem35@DrewPavlou The Moriori were descendants of Maori who settled on the Chatham Islands. They were not a separate group who the Maori replaced on New Zealand proper.
@abcdentminded Herodotus writes of a battle between the Medes and the Lydians in Anatolia that was stopped by an eclipse. If we assume it took place near the Halys river, we can say it would have ended at ~15:55 UTC on the 28th of May 585 BC.
(https://t.co/88jesWJtcl)
@methnostate@Peter_Nimitz Someone who didn't get enough food growing up may well have stunted growth, but 5'6 is not short for a woman; it's entirely consistent with those parental heights.
I don't know how many women gain height in their 20s or 30s. It's obviously not the norm.