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BirdEducational6226 t1_jch0abt wrote
Reply to comment by IntergalacticPuppy in TIL that USPS ships day old baby chicks in the mail by shelovesbackshots
I've picked up bees from the post office before. They're usually pretty happy to get them out of their office. Ground shipping only, though.
BirdEducational6226 t1_j947os7 wrote
Reply to comment by Nopatme in TIL that Simo Häyhä AKA the sniper White Death kept a Winter War diary, that was discovered in 2017 from his nephew's drawer, when a local museum was looking for memorabilia for an exhibition on Häyhä by Nopatme
This is great. Thank you.
BirdEducational6226 t1_j2e7hhu wrote
Reply to comment by Icefox119 in I finished re-reading The Lord of the Rings by EldritchHugMachine
I would, yes.
BirdEducational6226 t1_j2db0yq wrote
Reply to comment by RideThatBridge in Best way to purchase books to support the authors by Vizzenya
So? You're still buying books from small, individual bookstores.
BirdEducational6226 t1_j2be41j wrote
For those that haven't: read The Silmarillion (after reading LotR) and then reread LotR. It slaps completely different.
BirdEducational6226 t1_j2b8wij wrote
Biblio and Abebooks sell used and new books. You can select the book you want from a business that you don't mind giving your money to.
BirdEducational6226 t1_iub7od7 wrote
Reply to comment by kay14jay in TIL We are currently amidst the longest gap between EF5 tornadoes in history by Danielnrg
In Illinois the entire county gets alerted. All the sirens go off.
BirdEducational6226 t1_ishkiix wrote
Reply to TIL: Sperms were thought to move by wiggling their tails side-to-side, like eels, for 350 years. But research shows that they roll as they move forward like a spinning top. by vect77
TIL we've known about sperm swimming around for ~350 years.
BirdEducational6226 t1_jcidf9a wrote
Reply to comment by Hispanime in TIL that USPS ships day old baby chicks in the mail by shelovesbackshots
It might just be a USPS thing.