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the original cloud storage, holding human thought for five thousand years and counting
means A colored fluid used for writing, drawing, or printing, applied to a surface where it dries into a lasting mark.
from From Old French 'enque,' which came from Late Latin 'encaustum' — itself borrowed from Greek 'enkauston,' meaning 'burned in.' The word points to a vivid practice: the purple-red ink that Roman and Byzantine emperors used to sign documents was thought to be 'burned in' or fixed by heat, a privilege guarded for imperial hands. So the everyday word for the stuff in your pen carries the faint scent of scorched royal signatures.
- ancient recipe
- Egyptians mixed soot and gum around 2500 BC
- squid defense
- cephalopods invented ink as an escape smokescreen
- costlier than blood
- printer ink can outprice vintage champagne per ounce
- iron gall
- medieval ink slowly eats the paper it marks
- octopus DNA
- some inks contain real melanin, the pigment in you
gutenberg's printing press — johannes gutenberg's movable type press used oil-based ink around 1440 to revolutionize printing
octopus ink defense — cephalopods like the giant pacific octopus release melanin-based ink as a predator escape mechanism
chinese ink stick production — huizhou region in anhui province, china has produced high-quality ink sticks (used in calligraphy) for over 1,000 years