Mildly interesting
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wrote on 25 Nov 2024, 21:09 last edited by
We are used to seeing blackbird flocks, during this time of year, that are miles long.
One flew over the golf course this morning that was at least a few miles long.
There were thousands on the ground and in the air over the 3rd hole.
Ignoring the birds Rick went ahead and hit his ball. The flock was so thick his ball caused a the birds to open a hole/tunnel that allowed the ball to fly through untouched.
It was really weird, like some kind of sci-fi movie.
Something like this:
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We are used to seeing blackbird flocks, during this time of year, that are miles long.
One flew over the golf course this morning that was at least a few miles long.
There were thousands on the ground and in the air over the 3rd hole.
Ignoring the birds Rick went ahead and hit his ball. The flock was so thick his ball caused a the birds to open a hole/tunnel that allowed the ball to fly through untouched.
It was really weird, like some kind of sci-fi movie.
Something like this:
Link to video -
wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 12:42 last edited by
There is a watermark in the shape of the state of Kentucky on the floor at Rupp Arena.
At the bottom left of the watermark, there is a circle which is disconnected from the rest of the watermark.
There is a very small part of Kentucky which is not connected to the rest of the state.
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/state-pride/kentucky/broken-off-piece-of-state-ky
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wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 13:15 last edited by Mik
I never knew that. Interesting.
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There is a watermark in the shape of the state of Kentucky on the floor at Rupp Arena.
At the bottom left of the watermark, there is a circle which is disconnected from the rest of the watermark.
There is a very small part of Kentucky which is not connected to the rest of the state.
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/state-pride/kentucky/broken-off-piece-of-state-ky
wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 16:05 last edited by@George-K That is interesting. There is also a piece of Minnesota that is separate from the of the state and actually inside of Canada!!
"The Angle"
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@George-K That is interesting. There is also a piece of Minnesota that is separate from the of the state and actually inside of Canada!!
"The Angle"
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wrote on 28 Nov 2024, 16:14 last edited by
Where naval powers sailed between 1740-1855 based on 280,000 ship log entries.
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wrote on 28 Nov 2024, 19:07 last edited by
Very cool
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Where naval powers sailed between 1740-1855 based on 280,000 ship log entries.
wrote on 28 Nov 2024, 19:32 last edited by@bachophile said in Mildly interesting:
Where naval powers sailed between 1740-1855 based on 280,000 ship log entries.
England appears to be sailing through Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana.
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wrote on 28 Nov 2024, 20:17 last edited by
They had it coming.
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wrote on 29 Nov 2024, 03:30 last edited by
One day around 32,000 years ago, an arctic ground squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended.
Its body was recovered from permafrost and examined.
Scientists germinated this plant seed.
This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old.
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wrote on 29 Nov 2024, 06:18 last edited by
Wow.
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One day around 32,000 years ago, an arctic ground squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended.
Its body was recovered from permafrost and examined.
Scientists germinated this plant seed.
This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old.wrote on 29 Nov 2024, 15:19 last edited by@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
One day around 32,000 years ago, an arctic ground squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended.
Its body was recovered from permafrost and examined.
Scientists germinated this plant seed.
This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old.Scientists hogged all the glory, but they should have let a farmer or a gardener plant the seed.
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wrote on 29 Nov 2024, 15:43 last edited by
I’m withholding judgment until I see the list of hobbies of the scientists. They may well be gardeners too.
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wrote on 30 Nov 2024, 02:41 last edited by
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wrote on 1 Dec 2024, 22:40 last edited by
"World’s largest log cabin" in Portland, Oregon, USA, picture taken in 1938. The cabin was built in 1905, and burned down in 1964.
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wrote on 3 Dec 2024, 23:39 last edited by
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wrote on 3 Dec 2024, 23:44 last edited by
Very cool, but I assume it doesn't work in person. Only on video captured at some discrete frames per second.
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wrote on 4 Dec 2024, 01:28 last edited by
Did anyone other than me make those flip page "movies" where you would draw something on the edge of a page, make it slightly different on the next page so it looked like a guy was running, or jumping, or whatever.
In school, it was a big thing for a while with people getting pretty creative with their drawings/stories.
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wrote on 5 Dec 2024, 15:58 last edited by
