sepulka
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Sepulkas (, singular sepulka) (also sepulcas or scrupts in English translation) are fictional objects mentioned in Stanisław Lem's books The Star Diaries and Observation on the Spot. The nature of these objects, their physical properties, and their use are mysterious.
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Sepulkas (, singular sepulka) (also sepulcas or scrupts in English translation) are fictional objects mentioned in Stanisław Lem's books The Star Diaries and Observation on the Spot. The nature of these objects, their physical properties, and their use are mysterious.
==In-universe sepulkas== Sepulkas are first mentioned by Lem's interstellar traveller Ijon Tichy during his fourteenth voyage. Lem never explains what they are nor how they are used.