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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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      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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        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?

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            @mark left of what?

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            • bachophileB bachophile

              @mark left of what?

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              @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

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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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                    @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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                        "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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                          Only non-witches get due process.

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

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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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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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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

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                                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

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

                                        I’m a member but I use it. It’s a great club and worth more than $10 a month.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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