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weaselmaster t1_j8soygl wrote

Reply to comment by unusedusername3 in TIL cashews are actually seeds that grow hanging beneath cashew apples, which are pear-shaped edible fruits that belong to the cashew tree by Arena-1

OMG - who wrote this? An excellent snippet:

“The raw cashews are then roasted at high heat, either by steaming them in a large rotating drum or vat of boiling oil to remove urushiol remnants before they can be shelled, thoroughly dried, and peeled.”

So, they’re ROASTED by STEAMING them in BOILING OIL.

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weaselmaster t1_j6k3bgm wrote

Reply to comment by Sienar_IX in Ice formed like blades of grass outside today by Bernieisbabyyoda

No, pretty sure the Heave thing is correct, especially since it can essentially be ‘underground’ when muddy soil freezes hard and pushed the water content upward as ice.

I come across it all the time here in the NE, on winter hikes mostly, especially on a cold (20° or below) morning when the previous day was warmer/rainy.

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weaselmaster t1_j620h25 wrote

Reply to comment by kittenTakeover in Recyclable mobile phone batteries a step closer with rust-busting invention. Rather than disposing of batteries after two or three years, we could have recyclable batteries that last for up to nine years, by using high-frequency sound waves to remove rust that inhibits battery performance by Wagamaga

Who throws things in the trash?

My electronics are all recycled - by NYC law, actually.

A bit of a pain in the butt to hold on to old devices and electrical equipment until an electronics recycling day, but even the copper and magnets from random electrical/appliance devices get reused in this way.

Outside of NY, I have to pay a small fee to bring my electronics to a container at the local garbage/recycling center, which then gets transported to a similar electronics recycling/recovery center.

If your town doesn’t have such a facility, you should fight for it!

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weaselmaster t1_j585xg1 wrote

Reply to comment by badamache in TIL that the Brazilian village of Candido Godoi, 7k inhabitants mostly of German descent, have the greatest birth rate of twins in the world (1/5 births). Some believe it is the result of genetic experiments of nazi medic Mengele, notorious for his obsession with creating an Aryan race. by greenland1237

And just yesterday an article made the front page saying it was due to a specific yam variety that cause double ovulation to be so high.

Gotta slip the nazis in there somehow, though!

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