Mildly interesting
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@mark said in Mildly interesting:
What about Dogs and Cats? Why are Buffalo not classified "wild"?
Those were my questions as well…
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@Mik Me too. I am very gruntled to have learned a new word.
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wrote on 6 Sept 2023, 00:52 last edited by
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gruntle
Which Came First, gruntle or disgruntle?
The verb disgruntle, which has been around since 1682, means "to make ill-humored or discontented." The prefix dis- often means "to do the opposite of," so people might naturally assume that if there is a disgruntle, there must have first been a gruntle with exactly the opposite meaning. But dis- doesn't always work that way; in some rare cases it functions instead as an intensifier. Disgruntle developed from this intensifying sense of dis- plus gruntle, an old word (now used only in British dialect) meaning "to grumble." In the 1920s, a writer humorously used gruntle to mean "to make happy"—in other words, as an antonym of disgruntle. The use caught on. At first gruntle was used only in humorous ways, but people eventually began to use it seriously as well.
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from disgruntleFirst Known Use
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wrote on 6 Sept 2023, 02:10 last edited by
Grunt. That was the origin. Grunts of happiness, or pleasure.
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wrote on 6 Sept 2023, 06:24 last edited by
So in other words, it’s a synonym of combobulated.
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Man lives 36 years with twin living inside him.
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Man lives 36 years with twin living inside him.
wrote on 7 Sept 2023, 12:14 last edited by@jon-nyc there are several channels on cable that talk about these medical oddities. Usually they're in impoverished countries with little/no access to healthcare.
Here, he went to a hospital in Nagpur, India in 1999. At that time the population was about 2 million. I would think that a city of that size would have access to a CT scanner, or at the very least an x-ray, so that a pre-op diagnosis could have been made.
With the possible tumor restricting Sanju’s respiration, Mehta got right to work and opened Sanju up.
That’s when things got weird. As soon as Dr. Mehta sliced into Sanju’s stomach, an unusual amount of fluid spilled out. Then he looked inside...
Yeah, that should not have been a surprise if they had taken a picture beforehand.
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wrote on 7 Sept 2023, 13:58 last edited by
Wow! That is really weird.
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wrote on 7 Sept 2023, 14:21 last edited by
Ok so maybe in very limited contexts “pregnant people” is the right phrase lol
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Is this the find in Israel? They found four Roman swords.
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wrote on 8 Sept 2023, 11:30 last edited by
Oh, no, Germany. Not enough coffee yet to go beyond the pictures.
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wrote on 8 Sept 2023, 12:19 last edited by jon-nyc 9 Aug 2023, 12:20
Yeah plus this predates the Rome’s founding by a dozen centuries.
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wrote on 8 Sept 2023, 12:33 last edited by George K 9 Aug 2023, 12:34
For scale.
Looks like the handle is only about 5 cm long.
Small hands....
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wrote on 8 Sept 2023, 12:44 last edited by
Your periodic reminder that Trump hails from Germany.
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wrote on 8 Sept 2023, 13:16 last edited by bachophile 9 Aug 2023, 13:19
@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
Is this the find in Israel? They found four Roman swords.
Word is that they were Roman swords stolen and hidden by judean rebels. Dated to the second revolt. That’s against Hadrian in about 135.
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ancient-weapons-cache-judean-desert-scli-intl-scn/index.html
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wrote on 9 Sept 2023, 06:41 last edited by
Ok, a 1937 dollar is equivalent to $21 or so today. Still it’s remarkable.
