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  • C Catseye3
    27 Jan 2023, 14:31

    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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    wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:51 last edited by
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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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    • M mark
      27 Jan 2023, 14:27

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

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      wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:53 last edited by
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      @mark left of what?

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        27 Jan 2023, 14:53

        @mark left of what?

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        wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 20:59 last edited by
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        @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
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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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            28 Jan 2023, 21:00

            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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            wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:34 last edited by
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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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            • C Catseye3
              28 Jan 2023, 21:34

              @mark

              Is this, uh, something to worry about?

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              George K
              wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:36 last edited by
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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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                Rainman
                wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 22:31 last edited by
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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 29 Jan 2023, 01:34 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
                    wrote on 29 Jan 2023, 12:07 last edited by
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                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:45 last edited by jon-nyc
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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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                        wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:47 last edited by
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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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                          wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 15:21 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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                            30 Jan 2023, 15:21

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                            Horace
                            wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 15:39 last edited by
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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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                              George K
                              wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 01:01 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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                                wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:06 last edited by
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                                • J jon-nyc
                                  30 Jan 2023, 00:47

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

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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:32 last edited by
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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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                                    taiwan_girl
                                    wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:41 last edited by
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                                    The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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                                      31 Jan 2023, 03:41

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

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                                      Copper
                                      wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 16:23 last edited by
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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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                                      • C Copper
                                        31 Jan 2023, 16:23

                                        @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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                                        wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 19:06 last edited by
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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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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 21:03 last edited by
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                                          I was going to say, there’s no reason to necessarily believe that the photographer survived, let alone remained sighted.

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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