Dragmire800 t1_ix226tk wrote on November 20, 2022 at 3:31 AM

Reply to TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark

This is like the opposite of a TIL I had a year ago. I assumed they only lived in North America. I was very surprised to hear Germany had a raccoon population

Dragmire800 t1_iu8g6a3 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:09 AM

Reply to TIL Jewish persons could not hold public office in Maryland until 1826 by synonyco

America is a country basically founded by extremist Christians, I’m very surprised jewish people could hold office as early as 1826

Dragmire800 t1_iu0nxfe wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:02 PM

Reply to comment by tinybluntneedle in New Zealand women lawmakers outnumber men for the first time. by flabbywoofwoof

If a patriarchy is something that has developed in every society since societies started existing, does that not imply a patriarchy is nature? Most social animals exist in a social system where one gender is dominant.

Dragmire800 t1_iu0a0qo wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:32 PM

Reply to comment by Honeyface in TIL that Hachiko, the dog famous for waiting for his owner for years after the owner's death, was stuffed and put into a museum by Yurekuu

How is it disrespectful? A dog doesn’t care.

Dragmire800 t1_is0l45w wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:02 PM

Reply to comment by XenaWolf in TIL that all Shiba Inu alive today are descended from one single Shiba, "Ishi," born in 1930. by Tsujimoto74

No, it’s a single individual. One individual lifeform came to be in the primordial oceans of earth, which multiplied and branched out. A whole species didn’t pop out of volcanic vents and start breeding, it was one little guy

Maybe other individuals were also created, but they weren’t the same species, they didn’t evolve, they were formed. They don’t factor into our evolution, only one individual ended up as us

Dragmire800 t1_is0hn3q wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:32 PM

Reply to comment by TheDrGoo in TIL that all Shiba Inu alive today are descended from one single Shiba, "Ishi," born in 1930. by Tsujimoto74

Um, yes it is. The one lifeform that diverged into all modern life is indeed the common ancestor of all life.

All life is descended from a common ancestor. Otherwise, there would have to have been two completely separate instances of the formation of life, both of which have survived until now