Vlacas12
Vlacas12 t1_je94iyj wrote
Reply to TIL Pigeons are able to take off vertically and accelerate to 100 kph in two seconds by karelkarelkarels
Sure. But can they carry a coconut in their husks at an airspeed velocity of 11 m/s?
Vlacas12 t1_jdvnfii wrote
Reply to comment by Iron_Chic in TIL that the red lights on top of tall buildings in cities are called “aviation obstruction lighting,” and are used to help pilots of low-flying aircraft avoid collisions with otherwise hard-to-see structures. by bearjew64
No, they are the antennas to control them.
r/BirdsArentReal
Vlacas12 t1_jdl6hrl wrote
Reply to comment by Bokbreath in TIL: Moray eel is the only known vertebrae to use its second set of jaws to both restrain and transport prey. by Folklorian_13
When an eel bites your thigh and you bleed out and die, that's a moray.
Vlacas12 t1_jd426lh wrote
Reply to comment by Prinzka in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
What I am saying is, that it is totally irrelevant to current climate change. It doesn't "contribute to the same issues", because natural sources just don't have the same, critical effect, even if you take all of them combined, as anthropogenic climate change.
Vlacas12 t1_jd2i55x wrote
Reply to comment by crispy1978 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Maybe, because it has nothing to do at all with anthropogenic climate change?
Vlacas12 t1_j8npyy8 wrote
Reply to comment by darthbiscuit in TIL that in November 1954, a woman in Alabama survived being struck by a meteorite that hit the roof of her house, bounced off a radio and hit her in upper thigh and hand. She was left with a large bruise on her side but was otherwise not seriously injured. by g_man2522
Ouch! That took a dark turn.
Vlacas12 t1_j5y4yat wrote
Reply to TIL about a practice known as sologamy, where you can apparently marry yourself by [deleted]
The title is misleading. You can't marry yourself. It's not legally binding. It's also rooted in narcissism.
Vlacas12 t1_j2dis9u wrote
Reply to comment by graebot in TIL The longest word in the English language, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles. by mic3ttaa
It was especially made up for that reason, to be the longest word in the English language, and the use OP stated in the title is very much criticized by the scientific community. I am mostly criticizing OP's clickbait title, not the word itself.
Vlacas12 t1_j2cvfql wrote
Reply to TIL The longest word in the English language, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles. by mic3ttaa
"is a made up word [...] It has sometimes been used as a synonym for the occupational disease known as silicosis, but it should not be as most silicosis is not related to mining of volcanic dusts, and no evidence of silicosis has been found in populations exposed to crystalline silica in volcanic ash.
Clinical and toxicological research conducted on volcanic crystalline silica has found little to no evidence of its ability to cause silicosis/pneumoconiosis-like diseases and geochemical anlayses have shown that there are inherent factors in the crystalline structure which may render volcanic crystalline silica much less pathogenic than some other forms of crystalline silica." [Emphasis mine]
Vlacas12 t1_j2cu69p wrote
Reply to comment by Martipar in TIL The darkest color in the world doesn't have a name, it has the ability to absorb 99.995% of light and has been used to cover a diamond worth 2 million dollars for an "artistic project" by mic3ttaa
Yes. And then form a band called Disaster Area.
And that number they do. That really huge number. How does it go? "Bwarm! Bwarm! Badeer!!" something, and in the stage act it ends with this ship crashing right into the sun. Ship! Sun! Wham bang! I mean forget lasers and stuff, these guys are into solar flares and real sunburn! Oh, and terrible songs.
Vlacas12 t1_j1uuxrj wrote
Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL that a typical fire extinguisher only lasts seconds while continuously being sprayed. A 20 pound extinguisher can only be sprayed for 25 seconds. by rtpkickballer
There should also be mandatory First Aid courses. In my country First Aid courses are only mandatory for your driver license.
Vlacas12 t1_j1pa6kt wrote
Reply to comment by dorian-araneda in TIL the "Elf on the Shelf" a "Christmas Tradition," existed WELL BEFORE 2005, they were called "Knee Hugger Elves" by dorian-araneda
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"
MY POINT EXACTLY.
Vlacas12 t1_iuztfnt wrote
Reply to comment by Lord0fHats in TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain
Yes, but that's my second point, that he using the Persians (especially in his account of the war between the Persians and the Scythians in the second part of the Histories) as a "mirror" for the Greeks and Greek moral ideals.
Vlacas12 t1_iuwlfrz wrote
Reply to comment by EndoExo in TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain
A lot of Herodotus is simply Greek propaganda. It's not just him repeating stories, but him using specific stories (he didn't let the truth come in the way of a good story) to paint his own views in the medium, especially the construction of a Greek Identity and using other people as a "mirror" to write about the Greeks (This second part is the remarkable contribution of François Hartog’s landmark work Le Miroir d’Hérodote. Essai sur la représentation de l’autre).
Vlacas12 t1_iuwijmi wrote
Reply to TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain
According to an unreliable narrator. The bridges were built, yes, but details like this are very likely just fiction added by Herodotus.
Vlacas12 t1_iugwwgb wrote
Reply to comment by JosZo in TIL - Contrary of what everybody thinks, if you park your car at a dark spot at night, the chances of theft are smaller, because thieves don't like to use lights. by JosZo
No, it's not the same. Not doing something out if fear of discovery has nothing to do with it being a preference, an inside factor of the offender that doesn't change the outcome, but it being a necessity to not to be discovered, which does potentially change the outcome and is guided by outside factors.
Vlacas12 t1_iuguncv wrote
Reply to TIL - Contrary of what everybody thinks, if you park your car at a dark spot at night, the chances of theft are smaller, because thieves don't like to use lights. by JosZo
It doesn't read anywhere in the article that offenders don't like to use lights.
"Artificial light introduced to the crime scene signals unusual activity to potential guardians and invites unwanted attention which the offenders may not feel comfortable risking. The costs of committing vehicle crime on unlit streets are therefore higher than elsewhere."
This is the only part I could find that talks about the offenders using artificial light and it doesn't say anything about them not liking to use lights, only that the risk of being discovered outweighs the possible benefits, which has nothing to do with the personal preference of the offenders to use or not use artificial lightning.
Vlacas12 t1_je99kdw wrote
Reply to comment by in323 in TIL Pigeons are able to take off vertically and accelerate to 100 kph in two seconds by karelkarelkarels
The above study only calculated it for unladen European
swallowspigeons.