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  • HoraceH Offline
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    Horace
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    #812

    Link to video

    Education is extremely important.

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    • HoraceH Horace

      Link to video

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      #813

      @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

      Link to video

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      I guess it's not coincidence that the rungs are angled. When a rung hits the table on one of its ends, the rung rotates and the opposite end spins towards the table faster than freefall, pulling the ladder down with it.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • CopperC Online
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        Conditions improving from 2 years ago

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        https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/CompareTwoWeeks.aspx

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          #815

          D332F7EB-8952-4B56-9804-DA3F5EA763DE.jpeg

          Look again. It’s one picture. Not two.

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          • bachophileB bachophile

            D332F7EB-8952-4B56-9804-DA3F5EA763DE.jpeg

            Look again. It’s one picture. Not two.

            markM Offline
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            #816

            @bachophile WTF is that? It looks like a stubby cargo ship but what is the structure on the left?

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            • markM Offline
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              A woodpecker's tongue is so long that it wraps around its skull to protect its brain from over 1000g of acceleration when it's hammering away

              Read more http://bit.ly/3XXIU7c

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              • Catseye3C Offline
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                #818

                That really is interesting. I have often wondered how a little bird's brain survives those thunderous blows without rattling around in its skull like a BB in a bottle.

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

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                • Catseye3C Catseye3

                  That really is interesting. I have often wondered how a little bird's brain survives those thunderous blows without rattling around in its skull like a BB in a bottle.

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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #819

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                  The Hubble looks at the dust. The Web looks through the dust.

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                  • Catseye3C Catseye3

                    That really is interesting. I have often wondered how a little bird's brain survives those thunderous blows without rattling around in its skull like a BB in a bottle.

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                    #820

                    @Catseye3 I didn't mean to reply to your comment with another Mildly Interesting post.

                    I meant to say. Maybe we should start a "Really Interesting" thread. But then I thought, who determines what is Mildly Interesting vs. Really Interesting? It's so subjective. 😉

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                    • markM mark

                      @bachophile WTF is that? It looks like a stubby cargo ship but what is the structure on the left?

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                      #821

                      @mark left of what?

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                      • bachophileB bachophile

                        @mark left of what?

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                        mark
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                        #822

                        @bachophile It's just the strangest looking ship I have seen.

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                        • markM Offline
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                          The Earth’s Spinning Inner Core Recently Paused Then Changed Direction

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                          https://hasanjasim.online/the-earths-spinning-inner-core-recently-paused-then-changed-direction/?fbclid=IwAR1S8_BW2SgL4nWq3zhca1HqzCs4teE2-Z2p6ZNV80mwFoOW-S5deuwVlFQ

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                            The Earth’s Spinning Inner Core Recently Paused Then Changed Direction

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                            alt text

                            https://hasanjasim.online/the-earths-spinning-inner-core-recently-paused-then-changed-direction/?fbclid=IwAR1S8_BW2SgL4nWq3zhca1HqzCs4teE2-Z2p6ZNV80mwFoOW-S5deuwVlFQ

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                            @mark

                            Is this, uh, something to worry about?

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

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                            • Catseye3C Catseye3

                              @mark

                              Is this, uh, something to worry about?

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                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #825

                              @Catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:

                              Is this, uh, something to worry about?

                              What? You didn't feel it?

                              "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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                                Rainman
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                                When I was a kid we had this guy Newton somewhere in our school, and he made a bunch of laws.
                                As I recall something about something continuing in the same direction unless a force acted upon it. So, this "author" expects me to believe that a huge mass of spinning stuff can reverse direction in just a handful of years?
                                Ever played with an out of balance basketball? That's our earth! Literally like a basketball. Same color too.

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                                  George K
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                                  #827

                                  "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
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                                    You were warned.

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                                      #829

                                      I didn’t know much about these guys, other than driving by them now and then. Interesting business model, but I’ll stick to the NY Sports Club.

                                      You were warned.

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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

                                        You were warned.

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                                          wrote on last edited by
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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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