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TheRoadsMustRoll t1_jeh0e45 wrote

>... a myth at best, and a lie at worst.

so thankful i'm not the only one. i saw this presented in a nova docu and i couldn't help but notice that all of the examples they used were organic in origin.

earth is the only place that we know of that has organic matter and all organisms on earth are related to each other. so, in the Fibonacci numbers we're likely looking at iteration patterns of DNA controller genes (or another related organic phenomena) which is vastly different from a "universal secret number system."

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1pencil t1_jeh037w wrote

Also dangerous because they might appear safe shelter, or something fun to climb down into to build a snow fort etc. But as you climb down and maybe safely get under the branches, your jostling could release the tons of built up snow stored in the branches above you, burying you.

One of the things I was taught as a kid, so I have to admit my sources are just passed down from older generations.

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ADDeviant-again t1_jegz78u wrote

You CAN drink sea water. Your body would use both the water and salt. But, you just can't drink very much, and not without drinking something else, preferably nu e fresh water, to compensate and help it process the salt.

Like with most things, the poison is in the dose. Even at ypur most dehydrated, salt water from the ocean is too salty, way too salty, and not only will it wreck your kidneys, but without the other electrolytes beside sodium muscles and nerves won't work.

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