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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #2042

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

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    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 Away
      MikM Away
      Mik
      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

        taiwan_girlT Offline
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        taiwan_girl
        wrote on last edited by
        #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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        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

          @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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          taiwan_girlT Offline
          taiwan_girl
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          #2045
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          • bachophileB Offline
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            bachophile
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            #2046

            IMG_0055.jpeg

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

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            • jon-nycJ Online
              jon-nycJ Online
              jon-nyc
              wrote on last edited by
              #2047

              Very cool

              You were warned.

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              • bachophileB bachophile

                IMG_0055.jpeg

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

                CopperC Offline
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                Copper
                wrote on last edited by
                #2048

                @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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                • jon-nycJ Online
                  jon-nycJ Online
                  jon-nyc
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                  #2049

                  They had it coming.

                  You were warned.

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                  • MikM Away
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                    Mik
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                    #2050

                    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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                    • jon-nycJ Online
                      jon-nycJ Online
                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #2051

                      Wow.

                      You were warned.

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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

                        HoraceH Offline
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                        Horace
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #2052

                        @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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                        • jon-nycJ Online
                          jon-nycJ Online
                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #2053

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

                          You were warned.

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                          • jon-nycJ Online
                            jon-nycJ Online
                            jon-nyc
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                            #2054

                            You were warned.

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                            • jon-nycJ Online
                              jon-nycJ Online
                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #2055

                              "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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                              You were warned.

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                              • jon-nycJ Online
                                jon-nycJ Online
                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #2056

                                You were warned.

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                                • HoraceH Offline
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                                  Horace
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #2057

                                  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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                                  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                                    taiwan_girl
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                                    #2058

                                    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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                                    • MikM Away
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                                      Mik
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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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                                      • MikM Mik

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                                        George KG Offline
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                                        George K
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #2060

                                        @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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                                        • jon-nycJ Online
                                          jon-nycJ Online
                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #2061

                                          IMG_1748.jpeg

                                          You were warned.

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