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  • CopperC Copper

    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

    https://www.columbia-audubon.org/birds-in-big-numbers-flocks-of-blackbirds-and-starlings/#:~:text=The term “murmuration” describes sizeable,(YouTube has some examples).

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    @Copper at about 1:23, looked like there was one going the opposite way, LOL.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      There is a watermark in the shape of the state of Kentucky on the floor at Rupp Arena.

      image.jpeg

      At the bottom left of the watermark, there is a circle which is disconnected from the rest of the watermark.

      image.jpeg

      There is a very small part of Kentucky which is not connected to the rest of the state.

      image.jpeg

      https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/state-pride/kentucky/broken-off-piece-of-state-ky

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • MikM Offline
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        wrote on last edited by Mik
        #2043

        I never knew that. Interesting.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • George KG George K

          There is a watermark in the shape of the state of Kentucky on the floor at Rupp Arena.

          image.jpeg

          At the bottom left of the watermark, there is a circle which is disconnected from the rest of the watermark.

          image.jpeg

          There is a very small part of Kentucky which is not connected to the rest of the state.

          image.jpeg

          https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/state-pride/kentucky/broken-off-piece-of-state-ky

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          taiwan_girl
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          #2044

          @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"

            alt text

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              IMG_0055.jpeg

              Where naval powers sailed between 1740-1855 based on 280,000 ship log entries.

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                jon-nyc
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                #2047

                Very cool

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                • bachophileB bachophile

                  IMG_0055.jpeg

                  Where naval powers sailed between 1740-1855 based on 280,000 ship log entries.

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                  Copper
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                  @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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                    They had it coming.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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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.

                      image.png

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        #2051

                        Wow.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                        • MikM Mik

                          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.

                          image.png

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                          @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.

                          image.png

                          Scientists hogged all the glory, but they should have let a farmer or a gardener plant the seed.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            I’m withholding judgment until I see the list of hobbies of the scientists. They may well be gardeners too.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                "World’s largest log cabin" in Portland, Oregon, USA, picture taken in 1938. The cabin was built in 1905, and burned down in 1964.

                                IMG_1664.jpeg

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    Very cool, but I assume it doesn't work in person. Only on video captured at some discrete frames per second.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      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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                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          @Mik no Messerschmidts in that chart?

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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