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  • bachophileB Offline
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    bachophile
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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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        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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          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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            mark
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            #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.

              markM Offline
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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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              • markM mark

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

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

                      Catseye3C Offline
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                      #824

                      @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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                          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 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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                              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                              -Cormac McCarthy

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                                #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 never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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

                                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                  -Cormac McCarthy

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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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                                      @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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                                        "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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