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    Catseye3
    wrote on 5 Jan 2023, 16:18 last edited by
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    Mildly Interesting: Copper Edition

    On September 30th, 1956, During A Drunken Argument In A New York City Bar, A Man Named Thomas Fitzpatrick Claimed He Could Fly An Airplane From New Jersey To New York In Under 15 Minutes

    To prove himself, Fitzpatrick left the bar, stole an airplane from a New Jersey airfield at 3am, flew without lights or radio completely intoxicated, and landed the airplane in the street in front of the bar.

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    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      5 Jan 2023, 16:18

      Mildly Interesting: Copper Edition

      On September 30th, 1956, During A Drunken Argument In A New York City Bar, A Man Named Thomas Fitzpatrick Claimed He Could Fly An Airplane From New Jersey To New York In Under 15 Minutes

      To prove himself, Fitzpatrick left the bar, stole an airplane from a New Jersey airfield at 3am, flew without lights or radio completely intoxicated, and landed the airplane in the street in front of the bar.

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 5 Jan 2023, 16:41 last edited by
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      @Catseye3

      I want to party with that guy.

      Only non-witches get due process.

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        mark
        wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 21:27 last edited by
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        It’s not a painting or a photograph. It’s a recently discovered waterfall in Peru, named Bride waterfall. See the beauty of nature!
        More details/video http://bit.ly/3WS1Gg5

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          George K
          wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 12:31 last edited by
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          "You're going to need a bigger shark cage."

          "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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            mark
            wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 20:19 last edited by
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            https://www.facebook.com/reel/484287686997254?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 10 Jan 2023, 11:08 last edited by
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              Several surprises here.

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              Only non-witches get due process.

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                Copper
                wrote on 10 Jan 2023, 18:44 last edited by
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                No need for a helmet.

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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 10 Jan 2023, 19:18 last edited by
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                  This is very interesting to geeks and uninteresting to normal people, which I suppose nets out to “mild”

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                    10 Jan 2023, 19:18

                    This is very interesting to geeks and uninteresting to normal people, which I suppose nets out to “mild”

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                    Horace
                    wrote on 10 Jan 2023, 20:08 last edited by
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                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                    This is very interesting to geeks and uninteresting to normal people, which I suppose nets out to “mild”

                    That’s very cool, thanks for posting it.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      10 Jan 2023, 11:08

                      Several surprises here.

                      DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

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                      Ivorythumper
                      wrote on 11 Jan 2023, 02:38 last edited by
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                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                      Several surprises here.

                      DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                      I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

                      The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

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                        11 Jan 2023, 02:38

                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                        Several surprises here.

                        DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                        I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

                        The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

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                        Copper
                        wrote on 11 Jan 2023, 02:44 last edited by
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                        @Ivorythumper said in Mildly interesting:

                        The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

                        Eventually they'll start selling indulgences on Amazon.

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                          11 Jan 2023, 02:38

                          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                          Several surprises here.

                          DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                          I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

                          The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 11 Jan 2023, 17:31 last edited by
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                          @Ivorythumper said in Mildly interesting:

                          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                          Several surprises here.

                          DDBB119D-434E-4509-B2CC-53225E1C503F.jpeg

                          I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

                          The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

                          Wow. And this graph shows a 40 trend and stops well before Covid.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 12 Jan 2023, 02:53 last edited by
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                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              Doctor Phibes
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                              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                              Almost as embarrassing as the Steve Ballmer clip.

                              I was only joking

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                                George K
                                wrote on 12 Jan 2023, 14:02 last edited by
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                                Zebra stripes not just for camouflage:

                                https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/07/painting_zebra_stripes_on_cows_wards_off_biting_flies.html

                                Seeking a potential solution to this situation, a team of Japanese researchers cleverly applied lessons from research on zebras. Animal scientists have long pondered the function of zebras' dsitinct stripes, and a growing consensus now suggests that they deter insects, possibly by confusing bugs' motion detection systems that control approach and landing.

                                And so, the researchers painted six Japanese Black cows with black-and-white stripes, which took just five minutes per cow. They then observed the cows for three days, taking high-resolution images of them at regular intervals to count the insects on the animals and also recording any fly-repelling behaviors like leg stamping, tail flicking, and skin twitching. The same cows were also observed for three days with painted-on black stripes (to see if it was the paint chemicals, not the coloring, that repelled flies) and and with no stripes at all.

                                The apparent effects of the stripes were remarkable. The number of biting flies observed on zebra-striped cows was less than half the number seen on unpainted cows and far less than cows painted with black stripes. Moreover, zebra-striping reduced fly-repelling behaviors by about 20%, indicating that the cows were less bothered by the insects

                                Oh, and for those who will say "TTIWWOP", here you go:

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                                "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-nyc
                                  wrote on 13 Jan 2023, 08:41 last edited by
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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    bachophile
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                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on 13 Jan 2023, 12:38 last edited by
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                                      @bachophile said in Mildly interesting:

                                      Border Collies are great dogs!

                                      The Brad

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                                        bachophile
                                        wrote on 14 Jan 2023, 07:00 last edited by
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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 14 Jan 2023, 17:50 last edited by
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                                          It’s such an amazing result - that close but not equal.

                                          If you were to guess the number of atoms in the universe and missed it by just one, that would an incomparably larger miss than this expression gets to pi

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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