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		Wikipedia seeks photos of 20M artifacts lost in Brazilian museum fire (cnet.com)
		9 points by toomuchtodo on Sept 8, 2018 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

toomuchtodo on Sept 8, 2018 | [–]

Tweet from Wikipedia confirming: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1037066123869483008

Somewhat related: Archive Team is currently running an ArchiveGLAM project (Archiving Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) preemptively.

contravariant on Sept 9, 2018 | [–]

This might be a bit of a weird question, but

>a 5.5-ton meteorite found in 1784 [is] believed to have been lost

how exactly can a 5.5 ton meteorite be destroyed by a fire?

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