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When I was a kid we had this guy Newton somewhere in our school, and he made a bunch of laws.
As I recall something about something continuing in the same direction unless a force acted upon it. So, this "author" expects me to believe that a huge mass of spinning stuff can reverse direction in just a handful of years?
Ever played with an out of balance basketball? That's our earth! Literally like a basketball. Same color too. -
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The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.
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The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.
@taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:
The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.
I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.
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@taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:
The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.
I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.
@Copper said in Mildly interesting:
@taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:
The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.
I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.
If i remember the story correctly, the photo (or the negative) was found in a school from where the photo was taken. Dont know what happened to the photographer.
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I want to be on the committee that decides these words of venery.
My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.
@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.
(that almost deserves its own thread)
My nomination for that would be "sere." It's obscure enough of a word to make people take pause and think..."What?"
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