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This week in Crave: The 20-sided edition

When we weren't playing ancient Egyptian Dungeons & Dragons this week, we were celebrating the discovery of Superman's home planet in our cozy Tribble slippers.

Leslie Katz Former Culture Editor
Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably playing online word games, tending to her garden or referring to herself in the third person.
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  • Third place film critic, 2021 LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards
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Too busy booking vacation tickets to the latest super-Earth to keep tabs on Crave this week? Well, plenty happened here on this planet while you were packing for HD 40307g, my friends.

An old die. A really, really old die. Metropolitan Museum of Art

- Ancient Egyptian d20 die emerges; did they play Dungeons & Dragons in the Ptolemaic Period?

- Brahms meets the touch screen at Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra.

- Hold tight to your tush. Butt-shaking theater seats have arrived.

- Start honing those Velociraptor impressions. "Jurassic Park 3D" is near.

- Pee power to the people!

- Obama victory photo scores big win on Facebook.

- Did tech issues sway your vote?

- Tuck your toes into a pair of Tribble slippers.

- And now, we break for a mind-bending light show.

- Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman's home star system!

- Hold your breath and peek inside what could be the world's narrowest abode.

Inside the super-narrow Keret House (pictures)

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