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Reply to comment by r_not_me in NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030 by DevilsRefugee
Movie magic.
The real botanist, as depicted in the documentary book, didn't do that.
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Reply to comment by thefruitsofzellman in TIL If Coca-Cola's inventor had decided to file a patent application in 1892 instead of keeping the recipe a secret, patent protection would have expired long before Pepsi ever came onto the market in 1965. Patent protection lasts 20 years at most. Trade secrets can last forever. by ethereal3xp
The brand is worth way more than the formula anyways. When people are buying Pepsi they are expecting something that tastes like Pepsi. So tbh there really isn’t a ton of value for Pepsi to know how to make coke. Their bread is buttered by selling Pepsi.
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Reply to TIL The US military once accidentally killed over 6,000 sheep with nerve gas when a weapons test went wrong by Cranyx
Interesting tidbit from the link:
>In 1975, Congress approved the protocol and President Gerald Ford ratified it. The U.S. would no longer use chemical weapons—lethal or nonlethal—in warfare. Ironically, tear gas has continued to be used as a weapon of pacification domestically; law enforcement from local police officers to the National Guard have continued to use tear gas to quell riots and prevent property damage.
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Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL The US military once accidentally killed over 6,000 sheep with nerve gas when a weapons test went wrong by Cranyx
Not only that...why WOULDN'T you kill them!
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Reply to comment by mrsc1880 in TIL of Macadam roads. These roads were convex, raised a few inches, and made of layered crushed rock; they were state-of-the-art for the 19th century. The rise of automobiles led to the dust issues that were solved by binding the roads with tar, leading to the invention of tarmac. by jamescookenotthatone
Same. first I’d ever heard of that was when I was in PA
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Reply to TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy
Just by reading the article it sounds like this:
The UK, Australia, and New Zealand had joint control over Nauru. They mined the fuck out of it using chinese labor. In 1964, Australia felt guilty and said we'll move all you guys to another island. Nauru said screw that noise and became independent in 1968.
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Reply to comment by philthebrewer in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy
I was going to link this if I didnt already see it. Worth a listen for sure.
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Reply to comment by batpot in Snowboarders sue ex-coach, federation, USOPC for sex trafficking. by PrincessBananas85
Good ol’ Penn State with Sandusky too. Let’s not forget about that asshole along with all his enablers.
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Its when it happens in April is when I hate it
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Reply to comment by EmperorOfNada in They don’t call it Pennsyltucky for Nothin’, ya know. by Outrageous-Divide472
thousands of dollars literally slipping through his fingers
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Reply to comment by hpghost62442 in New Pennsylvania laws taking effect in 2023. Here’s a look at some of the laws that will go into effect in the new year. by oldschoolskater
nothing gold can stay
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Reply to comment by pitchforksNbonfires in New Pennsylvania laws taking effect in 2023. Here’s a look at some of the laws that will go into effect in the new year. by oldschoolskater
>The new PA law does not make our roads safer - it does exactly the opposite.
Thats only true if the technology in question is more dangerous than people driving without it. Its not clear to me in the article that thats the case.
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Reply to comment by bitterbeerfaces in New York Times mocked for naming Fetterman among the year’s ‘most stylish’ people by eternalrefuge86
licks eyebrows
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Reply to comment by kittychumaster in PFAS study Bucks/Montco still looking for participants. Please consider participating if you qualify. by [deleted]
Carbon filtration removes most of it and isnt a bad idea anyways tbh. Will also pull out chlorine as well as things like TTHMs (a family of chemicals from when chlorine reacts with organics). You can get an under sink carbon filter + reverse osmosis and you're good. Good peace of mind. Better tasting water. Much less waste.
Even a carbon filter water pitcher is good.
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Reply to comment by TOW2Bguy in Pennsylvania hunters find more than 2,400 bears in the woods — so far by Kunphen
which is a damn good thing...because we all know that a woodchuck would chuck all the wood if a woodchuck only could. No reason to think bears would be any different.
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Reply to comment by BitterOldBastard in An old McDonald’s Billions served counter. by ElipsonLemon
User name checks out!
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Reply to comment by Geofferz in TIL: An advertising company wanted to use Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire in a Hemorrhoid commercial by jmoney6
if you’re putting food on your table by selling hemorrhoid cream then it’s in your best interest to promote both isn’t it
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Reply to comment by DominicJourdyn 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
Who ever did that must have been pissed
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Reply to comment by cutelyaware in TIL This palliative care paper determined that a stream of air from a bedside fan relieves dying patients of dyspnoea (breathlessness/ shortness of breath) as equally as supplemental O2. by No_Cauliflower_5489
You’re being downvoted but you may not be wrong. The paper in OP’s link seems to be essentially talking about a placebo effect that makes patients feel better.
Furthermore. CO2 buildup in indoor spaces (or more generally poor indoor air quality) has been identified as a problem in many building and in fact building codes are changing to require measurement and corrective actions (if required).
All of this contributes to how patients do and feel.
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Reply to comment by Rementoire in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl
The Abyss kind of did it.