2026-10-06 15:49 UTC
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@scrodumb@lemmy.ca 2026-10-06 16:07
The Moon is 384,400 km away from Earth. If you took every elephant on Earth and stacked them one atop another most of them would die.
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@nullify3112@lemmy.world 2026-10-07 05:14
The aging sun will make the continental drift stop via increased solar activity which will accelerate rock weathering. This will break the carbon cycle long before the earth is absorbed by the sun going in its red giant phase.
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@NotAnOtter@lemmus.org 2026-10-07 05:35
The moon of course causes the tides, but the tides are also causing the moon to drift away from earth.
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@Krudler@lemmy.world 2026-10-07 04:20
With vanishingly rare exception, addicts choose the mood altering substance that is closest to what the medically accepted treatment for their underlying disorder(s) would be. People who are addicted to alcohol, without exception, have an underlying anxiety disorder. People with ADHD and similar brain functioning tend to choose amphetamines. The list goes on and it gets very complicated, because most mood altering substances have multiple effects, and most people have a blend of underlying issues. But the point is, there is a very noteworthy observation there, I feel. I feel qualified to say this as myself I am 11 years sober and have worked in the field of addiction for 8 years and I’m formally educated.
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@capt_wolf@lemmy.world 2026-10-07 00:53
Vegetables don’t exist. A good deal of the “vegetables” you eat are fruits. The rest are leaves, roots, flowers, and stems.
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@jambudz@lemmy.zip 2026-10-07 04:18
Popes and priests before the renaissance (I can’t remember the specific cut off) were told not to fuck, but all did as it was seen that no one was that godly to deny sex. Early bishops were a hereditary position passed from “celibate” father to son. Oh and the Avignon popes basically built the first European sin city because one of them really loved fucking and gambling.
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@CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2026-10-07 06:16
The Tacoma Dome is the world’s largest wooden dome
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@gastroglizzy@piefed.social 2026-10-06 18:51
The specifications for all varieties of “9mm” cartridges (9x17, 9x18, and 9x19) actually call for a projectile with a diameter of 0.355 inches, which is actually 9.017 millimeters. Similarly, the specification for .38 Special calls for a projectile with a diameter of 0.357 inches. If you measure the barrel of any firearm chambered in any variety of 9mm, .38 Special, or .357 Magnum, you’ll find that they’re all ostensibly .35 caliber (0.350 inches). Why? Well, the simplest answer is, things aren’t always what they’re called. In the world of cartridge designations, there are many, many such idiosyncrasies; these are only scratching the surface. I find this interesting because many people perceive cartridge designations as being very uniform, logical, and standardized, but the actual truth is far from that. In some cases, the number is even made bigger just to make it sound more powerful, such is the case with .460 S&W Magnum, which is a more powerful version of .454 Casull, which itself is a more powerful version of .45 Colt, all of which actually fire a projectile with a diameter measuring 0.452 inches.
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@SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2026-10-07 03:48
Chronologically, Tyrannosaurus rex was closer to humans than to sauropods.
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@thesohoriots@lemmy.world 2026-10-06 19:01
Sylvester Stallone’s name is “Sylvester.”
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@E_coli42@lemmy.world 2026-10-06 19:06
Sharks are older than fire! It took billions of years for Earth to get the oxygen levels and fuel (land plants) needed for fire. Earth is the only place in the universe where we have seen fire.
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@baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 2026-10-07 02:28
Mitochondria are actually parasites with their own genome and means of replicating. They will even actively defend their turf when other intracellular parasites appear.
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@chunes@lemmy.world 2026-10-07 07:29
monads are monoids in the category of endofunctors.
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@HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-07 08:06
I have many but they only come out when I absolutely do not need them.
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@UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2026-10-07 08:06
Dont do this. You can hurt yourself if you grab the top of your thumb with the fingers of the same hand and make a motion like youre banging a hammer with your wrist. Dont do this.