On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. [0]
For example, having learned about mummia, I might incorporate it as an item or crafting ingredient in a game :) and a player might learn about this through that, which may inspire them on to something else.
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Not to be confused with "mumijo", which has an equally weird background and used for similar purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumijo
I'm not sure that's a separate thing, actually. It sounds like a regional variant of the same original concept (rock tar taken as medicine).
I feel like there should be a separate heading for these types of fun facts. Neat information, but we're just posting a page from an Encyclopedia.
They all say wikipedia.org next to them.
What's the point of random wiki pages on hacker news though?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
To generate discussion from a modern point of view.
There is nothing new under the sun, and inspiration can come from anywhere.
For example, having learned about mummia, I might incorporate it as an item or crafting ingredient in a game :) and a player might learn about this through that, which may inspire them on to something else.