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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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      • 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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            #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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              @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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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #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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                    • markM mark

                      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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                              jon-nyc
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                              You were warned.

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                              • jon-nycJ Online
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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
                                  wrote on last edited by
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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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                                    "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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