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Admetus t1_je4iasg wrote
Reply to comment by adamginsburg in Is NaCl relatively common in the galaxy/universe? by PHealthy
Is salt indicated by absorption spectra in the dust?
Admetus t1_je3dl01 wrote
Reply to comment by madeanotheraccount in The "Shake Well" image on my wife's deodorant. by GrizzKarizz
The exact comment I was expecting when I opened this post.
Admetus t1_jduml4m wrote
Reply to comment by Rekuna in TIL that seagulls not only eat other birds and animals, but are cannibals and often eat seagull chicks, even their own. by TrolleyMcTrollerson1
Woodpigeons. They are gorgeous cute things.
Admetus t1_jdqfxkm wrote
Reply to comment by nrkbarnetv in TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly by Ok_Copy5217
That's the problem for in-city kids. They never need to look further than one block, and their infinity focus is seriously impaired.
Admetus t1_jdg6ayg wrote
Reply to comment by ayanami_reiko in Ludwig von Beethoven’s DNA reveals he probably died of liver damage by joelkeys0519
That's it, you see Mozart drinking non-stop in Amadeus so my brain immediately thought of Mozart when alcohol is involved
Admetus t1_jdcouxy wrote
I thought of Mozart initially, thinking of Amadeus. I know Beethoven is a completely different musician though.
Admetus t1_jdb5zoq wrote
I read this as 'they indeed did lay off 2200 employees '
Indeed.
Admetus t1_jdaotdv wrote
Reply to Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow by altmorty
Solving the rewriting history problem for authoritarian governments: get an AI to blur it.
Admetus t1_jckinct wrote
Reply to comment by viconha in Rolls-Royce secures funds to develop nuclear reactor for moon base by Vailhem
Oh.
Ohhhhhhhhhh 🤔
Admetus t1_jbnx02x wrote
Reply to comment by SaltyDogBill in TIL that actor Red Foxx was only 49 when he starred in Sandford & Son. He wore makeup to look older. by SaltyDogBill
Ha! Red fox would have led to more than just 'you big dummy'.
Admetus t1_ja2vzff wrote
Reply to comment by frostanon in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
He realised that language is so closely related to those things he basically developed his own Norse/Celtic epic to carry his invented language!
Admetus t1_ja2p9oa wrote
Reply to TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster. French driver Pierre Levegh crashed into a crowd of spectators. The crash, explosion and subsequent fire killed 84 and injured more than 120. It is still the deadliest car race crash ever. by triviafrenzy
It always takes an accident to lead to higher safety standards.
Admetus t1_ja2nrz9 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that despite having brains the size of poppy seeds, bees are able to recognize and remember human faces. In a study, researchers paired images of human faces with sugar-laced water, and bees were able to recognize and remember the faces even when the reward was no longer present. by MaleficentTop6074
The don't recognise faces, they recognise the patterns that make up those faces.
Admetus t1_ja2nnkv wrote
Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival in TIL there's a rock formation in Saudi Arabia about 6 meters high and 9 meters wide, split curiously in half and balanced on two small, natural pedestals. The origin of the Al Naslaa rock formation is unknown. by OccludedFug
I think on the last part there was a sharp intake of breath as to whether the left rock was balanced.
Admetus t1_ja2m5v7 wrote
It's the floor for you.
Admetus t1_ja2m1id wrote
Reply to comment by chemamatic in TIL about the only double barrel cannon in the world. When it was its first tested during the American Civil War, the chain snapped immediately and one ball tore into a nearby cabin, knocking down its chimney; the other spun off erratically and struck a nearby cow, killing it instantly. by ExpertPreference8481
And meanwhile there's such a powerful moment/torque that the trajectories are completely unpredictable as stated in the title.
Admetus t1_j9jzuzu wrote
People can take note that planets do really often line up in the sky. Bright 'stars' are often planets. It's pretty cool, just got to use a skymap app of sorts to identify the bright objects.
Admetus t1_j84dqlk wrote
Reply to comment by Dominicus1165 in Millions of passwords stolen from LastPass earlier than company disclosed: Report by BasedSweet
Nah, a reference to each password completely internal to your head. Even if it's something like 'password 1, password 2, etc.' There's zero correlation between the passwords and what I stated.
Admetus t1_j84dpa7 wrote
Reply to comment by Dominicus1165 in Millions of passwords stolen from LastPass earlier than company disclosed: Report by BasedSweet
Nah, a reference to each password completely internal to your head. Even if it's something like 'password 1, password 2, etc.' There's zero correlation between the passwords and what I stated.
Admetus t1_j83ft2i wrote
Reply to comment by ADroopyMango in Millions of passwords stolen from LastPass earlier than company disclosed: Report by BasedSweet
To be honest, not even paper. I would place a website and password clue in a text file. I'm not talking something simple like animal+49 = giraffe49, I'm talking about a clue where you already remember a whole bunch of passwords, you just need to know which one you used for that specific site so that you don't have to annoyingly try them all or get locked out.
Admetus t1_j7opryj wrote
Reply to comment by nocrashing in TIL the first Blue LED wasn't commercially available until 1989 and bright blue LEDs weren't available until 1993. by j-merc23
Also wouldn't the internal resistance of the batteries mean those blue LEDs were drawing less than 5V? 🤔
Admetus t1_j5ecjpr wrote
Reply to comment by archery713 in TIL that cats are more vocal with humans than with other cats. by Everyusernametaken1
Bats cats face: 'fuck off'.
Admetus t1_iycrrmt wrote
Reply to comment by joenos3 in happiness by Short-Ericson
You mean sugar deposits that dissolve leaving bacteria behind that only thrives on sugar? Only America mate!
Admetus t1_ixyo4a4 wrote
Reply to My fubuki cosplay Violet_cosplay by No_Valuable_7444
Gosh, that figure is bang on. You could superpose over and she'd be your typical anime woman.
Admetus t1_je4xe9f wrote
Reply to comment by oochre in TIL the majority of ancient Greeks and Romans that were literate read out loud. Reasons for this include a lack of space between letters and no formalized system of punctuation that helped with pauses in reading. by Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse
Makes sense to me if these languages began as a recital, like a chant. They may have began as oral traditions after all.