CarelessHisser
CarelessHisser t1_j5nqe0l wrote
Reply to TIL that Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (zombie-ant fungus) has its own fungal hyperparasite sometimes referred to as the "anti zombie-fungus fungus" which limits its effect on ant colonies by Kubly
Man nature itself is just a perpetual arms race ain't it?
CarelessHisser t1_j5dq920 wrote
Makes me think of kids raised in cold homes where there isn't much talking. Of course, they won't speak when they feel like nothing they say matters. Especially when they enter into an even more frigid adulthood.
Makes me think of kids raised in cold homes where there isn't much talking. Of course, they won't speak when they feel like nothing they say matters. Especially when they enter into even more frigid adulthood.
CarelessHisser t1_j24xxbp wrote
Reply to TIL that an unknown 19th century Japanese artist painted a parody of the sacred scene of the Buddha's death that is commonly called the "Penis Paranirvana", in which the dying Buddha is replaced by a giant anthropomorphic penis being mourned by women and other penises. by JosephvonEichendorff
Yet another example as to how little humor has changed over the centuries
CarelessHisser t1_j20e74e wrote
Reply to comment by xonaruhina in TIL Around the 10th century, one of the largest and wealthiest Hindu temples in the world was demolished at Multan, Pakistan, and historians today are still unable to pinpoint its exact position in Multan. by cactus_sunshine
Destroy and defile their temples during the Crusades.
CarelessHisser t1_j1yiclf wrote
Reply to comment by yantraman in TIL Around the 10th century, one of the largest and wealthiest Hindu temples in the world was demolished at Multan, Pakistan, and historians today are still unable to pinpoint its exact position in Multan. by cactus_sunshine
Sounds like something Muslims would do.
Which, in due fairness, the Christians would later do to them.
CarelessHisser t1_j1a0w2b wrote
Reply to comment by Madhavaz in TIL that DMVs in the US are allowed to sell some of your personal information and do. This practice is legal under federal law. For example, Florida’s DMV made $77 million and California’s DMV made $52 million in 2017 through this practice alone. by TheKeyboardKid
This is why I seed false mailing addresses to a lot of online stores. In fact, I do it to google constantly.
:3 No one knows where the fuck I am but the IRS, and even they needed to call twice to make sure I live at my address.
Hell I've PAID for my data to see if they knew anything relevant about me. And they don't. Nothing of interest. Basically "He likes video games and researching stuff" Past that it was either irrelevant information, or me being fucking 40. Which can from several alt accounts I made years back.
CarelessHisser t1_j0f3uh3 wrote
Reply to TIL that RED bananas exist. They have a sweeter taste, and contain more nutrients like vitamin C, compared to regular yellow ones. by i_hate_you_and_you
These are the uncommon ones you need to raid goblin nests for.
CarelessHisser t1_iyiqsb8 wrote
Reply to TIL that the southern United States converted all 11,500+ miles of its railroads from broad gauge (5 ft/1.524 m) to nearly-standard gauge (4 ft 9 in/1.448 m) in just 36 hours, starting on May 31, 1886 by 1859
Honestly the maps surprises me.
I'd think the rail gauges for China and Russia would be the same given how they've been increasing trade between the country for a while now. I think there was even a major railway completed not too long ago from Machuria to Russia.
CarelessHisser t1_iyegfmv wrote
Reply to TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field. by chapstickninja
Maybe not the leap perse, but it definitely was a foundational step to the first TVs.
CarelessHisser t1_iy4w3zm wrote
Reply to comment by brickyardjimmy in Eye-tracking study suggests that negative comments on social media are more attention-grabbing than positive comments by giuliomagnifico
We're also naturally attracted to drama and conflict so ye.
CarelessHisser t1_iy3w7yz wrote
Reply to TIL that Gresham College, an institution of higher learning in London, does not enroll students or award degrees, and instead hosts over 140 free public lectures every year. Since 2001, all lectures have been made available online. by Kurma-the-Turtle
Free education :3
Well, possibly dated free education, but any data is good data. Thank ye fer sharin kind redditor.
Edit: Nvm, a lot of their stuff is really current. Like couple months ago current. Am dumb.
CarelessHisser t1_ixtskdi wrote
Reply to TIL In The 1930s, Baseball rivaled Soccer In England, attracting 10,000 spectators per game. In 1938, at the inaugural Baseball World Cup, Great Britain defeated the USA 4 games to 1. The outbreak of WWII interrupted the sports ascendancy, and it never recovered its prewar popularity. by contextual_somebody
I'd be willing to bet it's because they learned about how popular baseball was in America and had to swap up what they were doing.
Sorta like how they had to completely change their language because it sounded too French. Yea, modern English is further from the OG English than American English. Which is wild considering how much we've bastardized it.
CarelessHisser t1_ixlcvcd wrote
Reply to Is the unrestricted Internet an illusion? Welcome to the Splinternet. A digital cold war in focus. - Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies by CPHfuturesstudies
There are a LOT of websites blocked in the US. Doing a deepdive after finding some illegal content lead me down some shady fking places, but there are hundreds upon hundreds of websites buried in the world wide web.
Weird niche fked up forums, sales groups, services all that jazz. Not dark web, not deep web, none of that. Ne'er an onion in site.
It's wild. And the thing is that a lot of these websites are almost nomadic. Everytime one gets brought down, it pops up somewhere else, same content archived.
CarelessHisser t1_ix2grzs wrote
Reply to comment by Dragmire800 in TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark
Apparently they have small colonies throughout the west and quite a few places in the east
CarelessHisser t1_ix2gngu wrote
Reply to comment by Carnegiejy in TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark
And thus the phrase:
"There's more than one way to skin a cat"
because early settlers thought things like raccoons were cats.
Our ancestors were not nearly as clever as we give them credit when it came to classification of organisms. Especially given how long beavers and capibara were considered fish.
CarelessHisser t1_iwp7bvt wrote
Reply to comment by TerpBE in Company fined after worker dies from fall into pot of molten iron twice as hot as lava by habichuelacondulce
Volcanic lava tops out around 2,200 degrees F.
You're thinking of magma mein fren.
CarelessHisser t1_iuybart wrote
Reply to comment by Vlacas12 in TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain
Just imagine how much of ancient history is just blatant hearsay and other BS.
We've only the most vague idea wtf happened before a certain period in history. Even then, after writing became more common, we are still partially in the dark because of bias. Unbiased accounts of historical events are still a relatively new, and rare thing.
<.< Half of our understanding of human history could be lies and no one would be any the wiser.
CarelessHisser t1_iuqnulf wrote
Reply to comment by cutelyaware in TIL that one third of sea level rise is from thermal expansion (not melting ice) by on_surfaces
Relative to displacement the expansion of the ocean is much greater than the contraction from ice. Especially with how much ice we've lost so far.
CarelessHisser t1_j6e9s96 wrote
Reply to TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264
And they're neither widespread nor cheap.
Apocalypse baiting.