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[AndyD]

Very interesting

[jon-nyc]

L33t trampoline skillz.

[Mik]

If you were to shave a tiger, the bold black stripes would still be visible, perfectly matching the pattern of the coat. That’s because the pigments that create the stripes are present in the skin itself, not only in the hair.
Each tiger’s stripe pattern is unique, much like a human fingerprint. These stripes serve as powerful camouflage, breaking up the animal’s outline in tall grass and dappled light, making it nearly invisible to both prey and rivals.

[jon-nyc]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

If you were to shave a tiger,

Which I don’t recommend.

Seriously though pretty cool.

[Mik]

Maybe like a stuffed tiger.

[Doctor Phibes]

We had a cat who had to have her fur shaved, and her skin was the same pattern underneath

[jon-nyc]

Insert Brazilian wax joke here.

[Axtremus]

[AndyD]

[taiwan_girl]

[Axtremus]

• Possessing a satellite phone or Global Positioning System (GPS) device in India is illegal and can result in fines, detention, or arrest."

Source: https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/india.html

The GPS ban is surprising. Pretty sure there are like a billion smartphones in India that have GPS receivers which technically makes them GPS devices.

[Mik]

Hard to understand.

[jon-nyc]

Everyone intuits that they’re more dangerous but wow.

I bet bikes are even worse though.

[jon-nyc]

Bikes aren’t worse - about 79 per billion.

Fortunately I ride trails almost exclusively.

[Mik]

Bikes are 10 times more dangerous than cars? Surprising.

[jon-nyc]

Not to me it isn’t. You’re just so vulnerable. The slightest contact can be fatal, especially if you fall toward the road

[Mik]

That's why I don't ride on roads anymore. But then I have a bike trail at my side yard, and a 90 mile one two miles away.

[jon-nyc]

Yeah I can take my trail up 50m without riding on a road. And can go 400mi to Buffalo and have 85-90% be trail.

[jon-nyc]

The 50mi from the Bronx to Brewster used to be the Putnam Railroad, in service from 1881-1958. I get it at Ardsley, less than a mile from my house. I can take it up 40mi to Brewster or down about 12.5 to Van Courtland Park in the Bronx without leaving paved trail.

Further south I’m maybe a mile or three on roads until I get to the trail along the west side highway that takes me to lower manhattan.

Up north there’s a few miles of road at Brewster until I’m on trail again for another 50 miles to New Palz.

Plenty, in other words.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

Bikes are 10 times more dangerous than cars? Surprising.

I think that stat is a bit misleading, since bikes are a lot slower than cars. Arguably a better statistic is deaths per time spent traveling.