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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:

Circuit older than that were racist because they were not integrated, right?

The 555 was not the first IC.

The first IC was invented in 1958 by an engineer at Texas Instruments.

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[Ivorythumper]

https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-president-heads

[jon-nyc]

Trivia: eggs fully form in the ovaries of fetuses. That means the egg that became you was once inside the body of your grandmother.

[George K]

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@George-K Talk about tension and release. I kept looking for the bar and when it finally came into view, I was like, NFW is he going to make that.

[Horace]

Fake. If you look closely you can see the pole he's using to help him do that.

[Catseye3]

Especially for Phibes, maybe?

A 2022 MIT report studied the Oreo cookie's "flow and fracture".

[jon-nyc]

That time when 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 1939.

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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

hat time when 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 1939.

Holeee Cow.

[Horace]

What way did their politics lean, within the context of America?

[George K]

Etymology fun fact: The arteries in the neck are called "carotids," from the Greek word "karotides", relating to the word "katotikos" (to stupefy) and "karos" (deep sleep).

The ancient Greeks used it/knew that compression of the carotid arteries would produce unconsciousness.

[George K]

No idea if this is true or not, but if so...cool!

The Canadian Passport under UV light reveals its secret watermark.

[Mik]

That's very cool.

[Axtremus]

Wonder if there are cool features that would be revealed on currency bills under UV light, too.

[Aqua Letifer]

Just give it a second. You'll get it.

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Monopoly game pieces?

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@mark said in Mildly interesting:

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Monopoly game pieces?

[jon-nyc]

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union, to which we owe the failed experiment of prohibition, still exists. It claimed 5k members in 2012, down from 350k a century earlier.

On the website it tells you how you join. You print out the temperance pledge, and mail it to Evanston IL along with $20.

https://www.wctu.org/