ZDawg@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoWhat is the most obscure fact you know?message-squaremessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down11
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most obscure fact you know?ZDawg@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square158linkfedilink
minus-squareCeruleum@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-22 days agoThe Latin meaning of the color ultramarine is “over the sea” Also, they once made a pigment called mummy, which was literally made out of finely grinded mummy.
minus-squareHadriscus@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoin the same vein, cerulean (blue) comes from caelum, the sky
The Latin meaning of the color ultramarine is “over the sea” Also, they once made a pigment called mummy, which was literally made out of finely grinded mummy.
in the same vein, cerulean (blue) comes from caelum, the sky