Mildly interesting

[Rainman]

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.

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

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.

[jon-nyc]

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

[George K]

[Horace]

@George-K Seems the invention of contraptions is an underappreciated piece of the moviemaking art. Someone oughta do a documentary series on that subject.

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

Hong Kong 1920

Hong Kong 2020

[Mik]

@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.

[taiwan_girl]

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

[Copper]

@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.

[taiwan_girl]

@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.

[jon-nyc]

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

[George K]

Not a "murder." An "embarrassment."

***Funny - but surprising.***

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[jon-nyc]

@George-K

I want to be on the committee that decides these words of venery.

My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.

(that almost deserves its own thread)

My nomination for that would be "sere." It's obscure enough of a word to make people take pause and think..."What?"

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Details from La Wik:

Spearfish holds the world record for the fastest recorded temperature change. On January 22, 1943, at about 7:30 a.m. MST, the temperature in Spearfish was −4 °F (−20 °C). The Chinook wind picked up speed rapidly, and two minutes later (7:32 a.m.) the temperature was +45 °F (7 °C). The 49 °F or 27 °C rise in two minutes set a world record that still holds. By 9:00 a.m., the temperature had risen to 54 °F (12 °C). Suddenly, the Chinook died down and the temperature tumbled back to −4 °F or −20 °C. The 58 °F or 32.2 °C drop took only 27 minutes.[18][19][20] The sudden change in temperatures caused glass windows to crack and windshields to instantly frost over.[21][20]