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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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      @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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                    You were warned.

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                    • jon-nycJ Online
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                      jon-nyc
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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 were warned.

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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 KG George K

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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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                                Hong Kong 1920
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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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                                      The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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                                      @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

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

                                      I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

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                                        @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

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

                                        I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

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                                        @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                        @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

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

                                        I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

                                        If i remember the story correctly, the photo (or the negative) was found in a school from where the photo was taken. Dont know what happened to the photographer.

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                                          I was going to say, there’s no reason to necessarily believe that the photographer survived, let alone remained sighted.

                                          You were warned.

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