minus-square15liam20@lemmy.worldtoToday I learned@lemmy.ml•TIL the Ancient Romans could have played D and D because they (and the Egyptians) invented the 20-sided die.linkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThe Egyptians also invented the five-sided dice but they were too huge to roll. linkfedilink
minus-square15liam20@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•If you had access to a scifi-level artificial super intelligence that could simulate anything perfectly at unimaginable speeds, what experiments would you want to run that would be unethical otherwiselinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoComputer. Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. linkfedilink
The Egyptians also invented the five-sided dice but they were too huge to roll.