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  • H Horace
    26 Jan 2023, 14:49

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    Horace
    wrote on 26 Jan 2023, 14:58 last edited by
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    @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

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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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      Copper
      wrote on 26 Jan 2023, 17:40 last edited by
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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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        bachophile
        wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 06:06 last edited by
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        Look again. It’s one picture. Not two.

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        • B bachophile
          27 Jan 2023, 06:06

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

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

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          mark
          wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:27 last edited by
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          @bachophile WTF is that? It looks like a stubby cargo ship but what is the structure on the left?

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            wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:28 last edited by
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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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              Catseye3
              wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:31 last edited by
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              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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              • C Catseye3
                27 Jan 2023, 14:31

                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 27 Jan 2023, 14:47 last edited by
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                The Hubble looks at the dust. The Web looks through the dust.

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                • C Catseye3
                  27 Jan 2023, 14:31

                  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 27 Jan 2023, 14:51 last edited by
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                  @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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                  • M mark
                    27 Jan 2023, 14:27

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

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                    bachophile
                    wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:53 last edited by
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                    @mark left of what?

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                    • B bachophile
                      27 Jan 2023, 14:53

                      @mark left of what?

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                      wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 20:59 last edited by
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                      @bachophile It's just the strangest looking ship I have seen.

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                        wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:00 last edited by
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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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                        • M mark
                          28 Jan 2023, 21:00

                          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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                          Catseye3
                          wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:34 last edited by
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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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                            28 Jan 2023, 21:34

                            @mark

                            Is this, uh, something to worry about?

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                            George K
                            wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:36 last edited by
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                            @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
                              wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 22:31 last edited by
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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
                                wrote on 29 Jan 2023, 01:34 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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                                  wrote on 29 Jan 2023, 12:07 last edited by
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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:45 last edited by jon-nyc
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                                    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.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:47 last edited by
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                                      Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 15:21 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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                                          30 Jan 2023, 15:21

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                                          Horace
                                          wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 15:39 last edited by
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                                          @George-K Seems the invention of contraptions is an underappreciated piece of the moviemaking art. Someone oughta do a documentary series on that subject.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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