danhawman t1_j2cwlnr wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:35 AM

Reply to comment by Odd_Necessary1848 in TIL The darkest color in the world doesn't have a name, it has the ability to absorb 99.995% of light and has been used to cover a diamond worth 2 million dollars for an "artistic project" by mic3ttaa

*Vantablack

danhawman t1_is6ss3c wrote on October 13, 2022 at 6:41 PM

Reply to comment by QutieLuvsQuails in TIL one bite of the beaked sea snake that is fully loaded has the ability to kill 52 men and only three drops of their toxic venom have the ability to kill eight people! Without treatment, the venom will kill a person within eight hours. by johndurairaj1

Yes I know, I was being a dick.

danhawman t1_is6ruip wrote on October 13, 2022 at 6:35 PM

Reply to TIL one bite of the beaked sea snake that is fully loaded has the ability to kill 52 men and only three drops of their toxic venom have the ability to kill eight people! Without treatment, the venom will kill a person within eight hours. by johndurairaj1

I'm pretty sure it would need 52 bites to kill 52 men.

danhawman t1_is6750s wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:21 PM

Reply to comment by -Coffee-Owl- in TIL at the end of the Top Gear US Special after arriving in New Orleans, the hosts gave their cars away instead of selling them as originally planned after seeing the damage from Hurricane Katrina by PrettyPinkPonyPrince

It's easy to say a lawyer had approached them threatening to sue, I can say I was approached by a lawyer and threatened with legal action for writing this comment. That doesn't mean it happened. I'd bet a million to win a pound that it was poking fun at the sueing culture that exists in the USA.