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Chinese-American stir-fry originating in Taiwan. This one is prepared differently. Here’s how I make it: • Mix sauce together:

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tsp onion powder • Add chuck roast to crock pot (1 use about a 3lb boneless cut) • Pour sauce over meat and flip a few times to coat • Cook on low for 8 hours (I would use pressure cooker, either rice or beef in a container within, much less time) Serve with Brown or Jasmine Rice, and string beans.

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For over 1,500 years, Loch Ness has produced more credible monster sightings than any other lake on Earth—but in 2023, scientists using AI-enhanced sonar, thermal imaging, and underwater drones discovered the shocking truth: massive schools of eels responding to low-frequency infrasound pulses (below 20 Hz) generated by the Great Glen Fault's tectonic activity are swimming in coordinated formations that create the appearance of a single 10-20 meter creature, complete with "humps" and "necks" that perfectly match eyewitness descriptions. The eels aren't consciously cooperating—they're instinctively responding to geological frequencies that hijack their schooling behavior, creating emergent structures that appear biological while generating detectable heat signatures from their collective metabolic activity, and the phenomenon only occurs when specific seismic conditions align, explaining why sightings cluster at certain times and locations that correlate precisely with micro-tremor activity on the fault.

The YouTube video at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tCQmI9FZixI is titled "I Found Out What Ancient Egyptians Used To Cut Granite And I Brought Proof" | Graham Hancock, uploaded by the channel Flash Discovery (appears to be a relatively recent upload around late February 2026, with the content focusing on Graham Hancock's claims).

Video Summary

The video discusses Graham Hancock's long-standing argument (over 40 years) that mainstream Egyptology's explanation for how ancient Egyptians precisely cut and shaped extremely hard granite is inadequate. Mainstream view: They used soft copper tools (saws, drills, tubes) combined with sand (quartz) as an abrasive, plus dolerite pounders for rough shaping.

Hancock highlights issues:

• Granite contains quartz (Mohs hardness ~7), far harder than copper (~2.5–3). Copper tools should wear out rapidly or be destroyed before making significant progress.
• Evidence of extreme precision: Surfaces flat to within thousandths of an inch over meters, perfectly circular drill holes, spiral grooves on drill cores indicating high feed rates (faster than modern non-diamond drills in some cases), tight joints (no razor blade fits), and massive granite blocks (e.g., 70+ tons in the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid).

He claims a breakthrough via collaboration with ''tribology'' expert Dr. Massud Gerb (around late 2023). They analyzed ancient granite artifacts using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). They found embedded traces of corundum (aluminum oxide, Mohs hardness 9 — harder than quartz and comparable to some diamond abrasives) in the cut surfaces and grooves.

Key points:

• Ancient Egyptians likely used a corundum-based slurry (mixed with quartz sand or similar) as the abrasive in sawing/drilling.
• Corundum isn't native to Egypt in usable quantities; it required advanced trade networks (possibly from distant sources).
• This implies sophisticated knowledge of mineral hardness, abrasive preparation (particle size control), slurry consistency, temperature management during cutting, and controlled tool motion.
• Modern experiments replicating this: Copper + plain sand = very slow (~0.5 mm/hour), rough results, high wear. Copper + quartz powder = slightly better (~0.8 mm/hour). Copper + corundum-quartz slurry = much faster (>3 mm/hour, ~6x improvement), smoother cuts, less tool wear, and spiral grooves matching ancient examples.
• Presented at a 2023 materials science conference with positive reception from engineers/scientists, though mixed in Egyptology circles (some see it as plausible due to poor preservation of ancient slurries; others resist due to Hancock's non-academic background or "gatekeeping").

The video argues this shows ancient Egyptians had advanced material science understanding, not primitive tech. It challenges assumptions about lost knowledge and calls for more interdisciplinary study (e.g., materials analysis on artifacts). It doesn't propose aliens or high-tech machines — just a better abrasive than plain sand.

How Egyptians Cut Granite (According to the Video)

• Technique: Copper saws, bow drills, or tube drills fed with a corundum-quartz slurry abrasive. The slurry does the actual cutting (corundum particles grind away the granite), while copper holds/shapes the tool. Pounding with dolerite for initial rough work, but precision came from abrasive slurry methods.
• This resolves the hardness paradox and matches observed features like feed rates, groove patterns, and precision.

Tied Locations on Video

The summary from the video page and description doesn't include specific timestamps or explicit "tie locations" (e.g., no direct mentions of timecodes like "at 5:30" for a cut). It references general ancient Egyptian sites where this precision granite work appears:

• Giza Plateau — Great Pyramid (King's Chamber granite blocks), Valley Temple (tight joints and massive precision granite).
• General pyramid/temple sites with granite elements.
• Aswan quarries (implied for sourcing granite, though not directly tied to corundum evidence).
• Museum artifacts (analyzed via SEM/EDS for corundum traces).

No specific on-screen locations or time-linked demos are noted in available metadata/description. The focus is on lab analysis and experimental replication rather than fieldwork footage at quarries. If you're watching and spot specific timestamps, they likely tie examples to Giza or Aswan quarries around discussions of drill cores/spiral grooves. The corundum "proof" comes from artifact analysis, not a single tied location.