L0gical_Parad0x
L0gical_Parad0x t1_iy8zlsy wrote
Reply to comment by herbw in TIL that 25% of all known animal species are beetles by [deleted]
Yet.
L0gical_Parad0x t1_iy8zilz wrote
Reply to comment by molotovzav in TIL that 25% of all known animal species are beetles by [deleted]
You'll probably hate this fact then. "Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon. This exceeds the combined biomass of wild birds and mammals and equals 20% of human biomass"
L0gical_Parad0x t1_jaoiw2d wrote
Reply to comment by IveGotDMunchies in TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice
Life didn't give us lemons, we gave lemons life.