Today I learned (@todayilearned@noc.social)
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TIL Yuri Knorozov, a Russian linguist known for helping to decipher the Mayan script, always listed his cat Asaya as a co-author on his publications, despite the fact that editors repeatedly removed the name. He also included her in his author photo, and got annoyed whenever she was cropped out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Knorozov#List_of_publications
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