woodenghost

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bees don't have lungs.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s what limits their size. If insects had lungs, they could get larger. 300 million years ago, when the oxygen content in the atmosphere was temporarily higher, there were huge dragonflies with 75 cm wingspan (2.5 ft).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tigers 🐅 🐯⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  9% of people with only one x-chromosome: same-picture

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨logs are for quitters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wonder what that would look like the even more extreme case of matter-anti-matter?

  By the way, energy density is exactly what you look for in bombs. It says nothing about energy prices per joule. It’s also great for nuclear submarines or nuclear powered aircraft carriers. So war, basically. Light from the sun has a pretty low energy density, yet powers live on earth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨purpose⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s usually the case, but it’s just not true for mosquitos. Entomologist quoted in this Nature article:

  “If we eradicated them tomorrow, the ecosystems where they are active will hiccup and then get on with life. Something better or worse would take over.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first 1 star review⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell Ea-nasir: Nanni sends the following message:

  When you came, you said to me as follows : “I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots.” You left then but you did not do what you promised me. You put ingots which were not good before my messenger (Sit-Sin) and said: “If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!”

  What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt? I have sent as messengers gentlemen like ourselves to collect the bag with my money (deposited with you) but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back to me empty-handed several times, and that through enemy territory. Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way? You alone treat my messenger with contempt! On account of that one (trifling) mina of silver which I owe(?) you, you feel free to speak in such a way, while I have given to the palace on your behalf 1,080 pounds of copper, and umi-abum has likewise given 1,080 pounds of copper, apart from what we both have had written on a sealed tablet to be kept in the temple of Samas.

  How have you treated me for that copper? You have withheld my money bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore (my money) to me in full.

  Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any copper from you that is not of fine quality. I shall (from now on) select and take the ingots individually in my own yard, and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨peak fitness⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Older than the star Polaris.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨heard the NYPD is offering $10,000 for any information⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do they offer that much for information on any murder? Or does it depend on your class? (rhetorical questions)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨heard the NYPD is offering $10,000 for any information⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is one right there?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cetaceans⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds similar to [citation needed], which is often used on Wikipedia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's just a suggestion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chimpanzee Capitalism - Existential Comics

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have 8 seconds.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just that normal gravity on earth feels exactly like being in an accelerating escalator in space. So you can’t tell the difference from the inside. Like in the elevator you can ask them, wether your still on earth or accelerating in space. Einstein used this thought experiment to develop the general theory of relativity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stars & sharks⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just checked, Polaris is about ten times younger than sharks. The other two stars of it’s ternary star system are older, but not visible to the naked eye, so early sharks would not have been able to use them for purposes of navigation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calling All Athiests⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! Finally someone else who is amazed by this! It’s crazy to think, that magnetism can be understood as nothing more than a relativistic phenomenon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Chungus⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? The one in the entrance hall or the one in the whale exhibit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨vibe check⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This would work inverted as well: “Yeah, I’m running a quick vibe check on the data to find out where the noise is coming from.”