racooncubbler
racooncubbler t1_j2do1pm wrote
Reply to Wild bears population size across the US and the EU. The US has 340 000 wild bears (300 000 Black bears, 33 000 Brown/Grizzly bears, 7 000 Polar bears). The EU has 15 500 wild bears (zero Black bears, 15 500 Brown/Grizzly bears, zero Polar bears). 2008-2022 data 🇺🇸🇪🇺🗺 [OC] by maps_us_eu
This is weird, you left out the big dogs (bears) in this graphic, Canada and Russia.
racooncubbler t1_j1qd5jh wrote
Reply to TIL the FDA’s Food Defect Action Levels Handbook details the acceptable levels of contaminants of food from sources such as maggots, thrips, insect fragments, “foreign matter”, mold, rodent hairs, and insect and mammalian feces. by anogre8me
The truth is the are bugs and such in real life, and the nicely packaged food in the supermarket had its start out in the real life world. Food companies do what they can (or at least what is needed) to remove these things in the processing of food but it can’t be 100% otherwise we would never eat. So it becomes a sliding scale of cost vs potential negative impact.
racooncubbler t1_ja3w0l1 wrote
Reply to TIL about the only double barrel cannon in the world. When it was its first tested during the American Civil War, the chain snapped immediately and one ball tore into a nearby cabin, knocking down its chimney; the other spun off erratically and struck a nearby cow, killing it instantly. by ExpertPreference8481
Oh, I was thinking more along the lines of shoot once, shoot a second time. Reload both. I imagined there was some efficiency gained form a man power perspective. I.e. a crew on a double barrel canon could shot more often per member than a two crews on two guns. And you can see where your last shot went and shoot again immediately.