Mildly interesting
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wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:28 last edited by
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
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wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:31 last edited by
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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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.
wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:47 last edited by
The Hubble looks at the dust. The Web looks through the dust.
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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.
wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:51 last edited by@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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@bachophile WTF is that? It looks like a stubby cargo ship but what is the structure on the left?
wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:53 last edited by@mark left of what?
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@mark left of what?
wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 20:59 last edited by@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
The Earth’s Spinning Inner Core Recently Paused Then Changed Direction
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The Earth’s Spinning Inner Core Recently Paused Then Changed Direction
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wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:36 last edited by
@Catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:
Is this, uh, something to worry about?
What? You didn't feel it?
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wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 22:31 last edited by
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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wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:45 last edited by jon-nyc
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Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.
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Hong Kong 1920
Hong Kong 2020
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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.
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wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:41 last edited by
The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.