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[George K]

Dental Hygiene

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

[bachophile]

@Catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:

Wiki: "In the 19th century and up to World War I, the Ottoman Empire cleared the land of Israel of its natural reserves of pine and oak trees, in order to build railways across the empire. Since it was founded the JNF (Jewish National Fund) has planted in Israel more than 185 million trees creating 280 forests, and still operates today."

The reason the border between the West Bank and Israel is called “the green line”

And by satellite

[Catseye3]

About the theme from Jaws. "Rarely have six basses, eight celli, four trombones and a tuba held more power over listeners. Especially in a movie theater."

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[George K]

[George K]

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

[mark]

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[Copper]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

I gave one of those to my flight instructor when I got my private license.
It blew him away.

He is an airline pilot now, I haven't seen him in years. I wonder if he carries it as a backup.

[kluurs]

[bachophile]

Jovian moon casting an eclipse shadow on Jupiter’s surface

[Axtremus]

@mark said in Mildly interesting:

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Many things there that are very impressive! But it also looks like the final product leaves a great vulnerability totally exposed: what if tiny rocks and gravels get inside and are lodged or trapped inside the mid sole? This engineering marvel is like the Death Star full of exhaust ports.

[bachophile]

@bachophile said in Mildly interesting:

Jovian moon casting an eclipse shadow on Jupiter’s surface

Turns out it’s Ganymede.

Trying my best to see if I can make out any belter activity but things went sour there after the protomolecule attack

[mark]

@bachophile I captured a multiple transit on Jupiter a few years ago.

Link to video

Yes, the resolution is not great but there are 4 "solar eclipses" on the planet at one time during the video sequence.

[Aqua Letifer]

@mark said in Mildly interesting:

@bachophile I captured a multiple transit on Jupiter a few years ago.

Link to video

Yes, the resolution is not great but there are 4 "solar eclipses" on the planet at one time during the video sequence.

Shared with my dad.

[kluurs]

This is Mrs. Robert E. Lee. The child is their son, Robert E Lee Jr.

[taiwan_girl]

@kluurs But that is not the general Robert E Lee, correct? Is that his son? Seems like pictures were not around when General Lee was that age.

[LuFins Dad]

@kluurs said in Mildly interesting:

This is Mrs. Robert E. Lee. The child is their son, Robert E Lee Jr.

That’s not at all unusual for the time. It was actually common practice among higher ranked families in Europe and the US for boys to wear dressing gowns until they were 6-8 years old. The whole thing was called breeching, when the boy would graduate to pants.