I only just learned, from Wiki., that it’s unclear that the Library at Alexandria was actually destroyed, let alone burned by barbarians, which counts as some sort of ironic meta-meta-meta-ignorance, I think.
But speaking of hot librarians, remember that tonight at 8 all the brainy folk will be at Lolita Bar for our big debate on congestion pricing, which may even involve numbers for a change.
And in other nerd/history news, we bid farewell this week to Ted Key (age ninety-five), the creator of history-touring dog genius Mr. Peabody, among other characters. Set the Wayback Machine for respectful silence.
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