Mildly interesting

[Horace]

On another related note, the fact that water expands when frozen, and thus floats in unfrozen water, is one of the many accidents of physics that was necessary for the formation of life on Earth. I can't remember why, but I'm sure we can all use an LLM for more details.

[bachophile]

[Mik]

A lot like a jet.

[Axtremus]

[Axtremus]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

One learns the darndest things on TNCR.

On that note:

March is Women's History Month.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Julie Andrews is still alive and living in Long Island.

[jon-nyc]

[taiwan_girl]

Wonder if that is the same kangeroo that beat up that other guy? LOL

[taiwan_girl]

Only 42 years separate the first solo plane going across the Atlantic non stop until man landed on the moon.

[Mik]

My birthplace.

Link to video

[Tom-K]

@taiwan_girl said:

Only 42 years separate the first solo plane going across the Atlantic non stop until man landed on the moon.

And it's bee 53 years since man last walked on the moon.

[Renauda]

Deep sea carrion consumers….

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260311-the-strange-deep-sea-creatures-that-eat-whales

[Mik]

All working together as it should be. Fascinating.

[taiwan_girl]

@Renauda Very cool and interesting article. A whole "environment" born, lives and dies on the dead whale.

I remember as a kid having a "debate" about whether the earth could just be some kids science project and we dont know it.

[jon-nyc]

@taiwan_girl said:

I remember as a kid having a "debate" about whether the earth could just be some kids science project and we dont know it.

I remember dreaming that I was that kid whose project it was.

[taiwan_girl]

555

We used to think. Maybe he is on school holiday right now. What will happen when he comes back and the project is over?

[Axtremus]

In the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Earth is a supercomputer custom designed to calculate something specific, i.e., a "science project."

[kluurs]

[jon-nyc]

@taiwan_girl said:

555

We used to think. Maybe he is on school holiday right now. What will happen when he comes back and the project is over?

What I said was actually true. I imagined that I had developed the simulation (though I didn’t know to use that word yet) and that I like everyone else was playing a role in it. As part of this daydream I was still a kid in ‘real life’ and that after the simulation ended I would win some prize or accolades for having developed it.

You’re welcome.