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N. Otre Le Vant researches progress in science and uses a pseudonym on purpose because he thinks his name is irrelevant. In his book, 'On Progress in Physics and Subjectivity Theory,' he makes the point that it's the ideas that count, not the people who came up with them. "Just because someone is likable or not doesn't mean all their ideas are good or bad," he told Bored Panda via email. "We should separate the art from the artist."

According to the researcher, we're all born with the gift of curiosity, but some of us end up losing it as we grow older. From his perspective, one reason why we grow less curious about the world is that the social norms that surround us force us into a mindset of accepting things as they are, without question. This means that some people feel pressured to go with the flow of the crowd, switching off their minds.

"We must resist this 'easy way' and keep the playful, challenging, and 'always asking why' approach that was the main reason we learned so many things when we were kids. If we can retain this mindset, we’ll naturally stay curious," N. Otre Le Vant told Bored Panda.

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) Despite not having played since 2018, MLB player Andrew Toles has remained under contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers so he can continue receiving mental health treatment for his schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

harlsey , Arturo Pardavila III Report

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Brenda 6 months ago

That's so sad

82points

sanandrios , Erik Scheel / Pexels Report

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) In 2015, a woman's parachute failed to deploy while skydiving, surviving with life-threatening injuries. Days before, she survived a mysterious gas leak at her house. Both were later found to be intentional murder plots by her husband.

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Mike F 6 months ago

WTAF!

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Algrinder , David Bartus / Pexels Report

We asked the researcher for his thoughts on how the average person can determine whether the scientific claims they spot online are reliable or not. He was happy to shed some light on this.

"The scientific method can be summarized as follows: a theory is conceived (supported by evidence) and then exposed to attacks by other scientists. Eventually, only the theories that are still standing after the avalanches of attacks are considered as 'truth'—not as ultimate truth, but only as long as no refutation is successful, or a better theory is found. This approach has proven to be very robust, and we owe almost all of our modern technology and standard of life to it," the author of 'On Progress in Physics and Subjectivity Theory' explained.

"Therefore, any theory that deviates from this scientific method should be regarded skeptically. Examples include theories that are so fuzzy they cannot be refuted, or those claimed to be true without having undergone a thorough scientific review."

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) In the 1960s, Washington D.C.'s poor areas were plagued by severe rat problems until Julius Hobson began catching them by trapping enormous rats, and attaching the cage to his car’s roof and drove to affluent districts where he warned of setting the rodents free, spurring rat control measures.

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 6 months ago

Dude, I like your style.

207points

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‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) On April 18 1930, the BBC's evening news report simply said "there is no news" and then played piano music for the entire segment.

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 6 months ago

Sounds like pure joy.

205points

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) In 2018, a K***er whale named Tahlequah, known to researchers as J35, grieved over her dead calf by carrying it across the ocean for 17 days and over 1,000 miles, refusing to let it sink.

Algrinder , Pixabay / Pexels Report

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Lene 6 months ago

Poor Tahlequah 😕

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That being said, he stressed that we shouldn't ignore new ideas that haven't (yet) been peer-reviewed.

"After all, that’s how all ideas start out. However, these ideas must never be claimed to be true, but regarded as ‘interesting hypotheses’ at best. Those who assert early-stage ideas as definitely true demonstrate a lack of understanding of how easy it is to be wrong and don’t exhibit the level of humility required for progress in science."

Muhammad Ali's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is on a wall instead of on the ground. This is because Ali, a devout Muslim, did not want people stepping on the name "Muhammad".

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago

I can respect that. Glad whoever runs the Walk of fame these days makes these considerations.

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Dr. Jessie Lazear, an American physician who studied yellow fever under the famous Dr. Walter Reed. He allowed himself to be bitten by an infected mosquito, and died of the disease himself 17 days later, confirming how the disease was spread. His sacrifice saved millions.

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G A 6 months ago

Extreme way of proving a theorem, but the world thanks you for your sacrifice.

176points

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) Weather forecasters tend to exaggerate the chance of rain because if it rains when they said it wouldn't, people get angry, but if it doesn't rain when they said it would, they are happy. This is known as "wet bias."

Lvexr , Kaique Rocha / Pexels Report

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Robert Trebor 6 months ago

That 10% or 20% is to be able to say either, "I told you so," or "Well, it was only a 20% chance."

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Many people fall prey to the illusory truth effect, a cognitive bias where the more often we’re exposed to information, the more plausible we think it is. In other words, repetition makes us believe something is (more likely to be) real, even if the information is thoroughly false. Even knowing about this effect doesn’t make us immune to it… but having more awareness is always a plus.

It would take too much time and effort to double-check every single claim, so it’s best to focus your energy on checking the reliability of the outlet. Reliable organizations always show the evidence behind the facts. They also tend to disclose any conflict of interest, use multiple sources to back up their claims, and are quick to update their information if they make a mistake. Even the best sources will make mistakes sometimes, and nobody is completely objective, but some outlets have a solid track record of reliability, while others peddle opinions as facts.

#10

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) There was a girls dance camp nearby when the atomic Trinity test occurred. The girls played in the falling white ash. 10 of the 12 girls died before 40.

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

First, that's horrifying. Second, now I want to know what happened to the other two...

202points

Chemical-Elk-1299 , Matt Brown / Wikimedia Report

#11

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) Aldgate Pump, a historic water pump held as marking the start of London’s East End. Long famed for its “sparkling, agreeable” water, it was later found that this rich mineral taste came from the flesh and bones of nearby cemeteries leeching into the water. The tainted water killed hundreds.

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David 6 months ago

Waiter: "Would you like some mineral water to go with your soylent green?"

194points

#12

Viggo Mortensen wore his Russian gangster make up tattoos to a Russian restaurant while filming Eastern Promises. The Russian diners fell silent out of fear until Viggo identified himself and said the tattoos were for a movie. After that he removed the tattoos after every workday.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago

Viggo Mortensen is one of the sexiest men alive.

159points

If you spend even a moderate amount of time on the internet and social media, it’s quite likely that you’ve stumbled across a post written by someone from the ‘Today I Learned,’ aka TIL, community.

The subreddit is absolutely sprawling, currently boasting some 36 million members from all corners of the Earth. The common threads that unite them are a thirst for new knowledge as well as the entertainment factor folks get from reading what others have to share.

#13

The Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: poor people buy cheap products that need to be replaced repeatedly, proving more expensive in the long run than more expensive items.

EtOHMartini Report

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Scott Rackley 6 months ago

That would be Sam Vimes, please give credit to Sir Terry.

263points

#14

Octopuses deliberately throw shells at each other. Researchers found that 66% of throws were made by females, often in response to mating attempts. For a creature with no thumbs or rotator cuffs, they had a 17% hit rate.

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G A 6 months ago

Domestic abuse in the cephalopod community reaches epidemic proportions....

129points

#15

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) Chief Baker of the Titanic, Charles Joughin, survived by getting smashed on Brandy and calmly paddling around until dawn when he was rescued by a lifeboat. He was also one of the last people off the ship, riding the stern rail into the sea like an elevator.

SappyGilmore , rawpixel Report

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

He actually appears in the movie. He is the portly, moustachied man wearing white that is next to Rose and Jack when the ship takes the final plunge. You can even see him taking a swig of the bottle in the deleted scenes.

181points

The TIL community is very strict when it comes to sharing facts. The moderators demand that their members only post facts that are accurate, verified, and supported by reputable sources. There’s no room here for personal opinions, political posts, or anecdotes.

What’s more, you’re not allowed to refer to sources that are more recent than two months. All of this helps ensure that the facts shared on r/todayilearned are as accurate as possible. That, along with the fun factor, is a huge draw for many internet users. It’s education and entertainment (aka edutainment) in one place.

#16

That 'Rocky' (1976) was inspired by the true story of Chuck Wepner, a local boxer from New Jersey who was set up for a dream fight with Muhammad Ali. Wepner quit his job to train full time, and against all odds, lasted 15 rounds with the champ. Stallone was in the audience.

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G A 6 months ago

Didn't Wepner cameo in a Rocky movie?

28points

#17

A man survived two separate bear attacks in one day, After the first attack, where he was bitten on the head and arms, he played dead to make the bear lose interest. Despite the ordeal, he walked three miles to his truck, only to be attacked again by the same bear and miraculously survived.

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Daniel Atkins 6 months ago

The bear “fool me once. . .

182points

#18

The reason why animal shelters are full of huskies, is because of the TV show Game of Thrones. Everyone wanted their own real life dire Wolf, but then abandoned them after they realize how much work they are.

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sturmwesen 6 months ago

I don't know how often I had to tell people with no dog experience that working breeds need work. doesn't matter if a sled dog, herding dog or hunting dog.

243points

SeizeOpportunity , Pixabay / Pexels Report

Which of these featured facts blew your mind the most, Pandas? Have you learned something interesting recently that you’d like to share with everyone else? How do you stay curious about the world when you've got so many responsibilities weighing on you? Tell us all about it in the comments.

#19

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) 287 years is the longest a library book was overdue. While writing a biography on Colonel Robert Walpole in 1956, Prof. John Plumb returned a history book to the Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge after Walpole had checked it out around the year 1667.

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Lene 6 months ago

I wonder how much the fine was....😬

84points

textdot_net , Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels Report

#20

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) Cold temperatures weaken nasal immunity, making us more vulnerable to viruses. A mere 5°C drop in nasal tissue temperature reduces immune response by nearly half.

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208points

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Peter Parker 6 months ago

So my mum was right? I'll be damned..

156points

#21

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) War pigs were used by the Romans because the squeals would scare war elephants into fleeing, and cause them to trample their own armies.

notwormtongue , Pixabay / Pexels Report

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201points

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

Yeah, those squeals were not by training. The Romans covered the pigs in oil and set them on fire...

175points

zinky30 , Karolina Grabowska / Pexels Report

#22

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) in 1915 tipping was so unpopular that 6 states made it illegal to do so.

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Peter Parker 6 months ago

Let's make that 50

222points

#23

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) While dogs may not pass the traditional mirror test, they do pass a "smell mirror" test, suggesting they understand the concept of 'self'.

stan-k , Pixabay / Pexels Report

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Julia Ford 6 months ago

Elephants pass the mirror test. It’s extremely interesting and also very sad that self-aware and intelligent beings were kept (and some still are) in little zoo enclosures for so long.

131points

#24

In 1992 Annette Herfkens was the sole survivor of a plane crash that included her fiancé & 28 others. Despite having 12 fractures in her hip, 2 in her leg, a broken jaw & a collapsed lung, she survived 8 days in a Vietnamese jungle on rainwater until a local officer came by & got help.

tyrion2024 Report

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Mike F 6 months ago

Good Lord, I've had a collapsed lung and it's no picnic by any stretch of the imagination. I can't imagine how miserable she would have been in her condition.

89points

#25

Korean serial killer Kim Sun-ja laced her friend's tea with cyanide, causing her to vomit. She told her friend that she would feel better if she drank more of the beverage, but her friend became suspicious and refused, becoming the only known survivor of 6 poisoning victims from 1986 to 1988.

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

How not to treat your friends.

87points

#26

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) The directors of Tangled held a “hot man meeting” and had all the women from the studio critique Hollywood men to create the character of Flynn Rider.

Brendawg324 , Disney Report

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Lavern Defazio 6 months ago

Flynn. The most gorgeous Disney man ever.

98points

LivingRaccoon , böhringer friedrich / Wikipedia Report

#27

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) The largest unfinished church in the world, the Sagrada Família, began construction in 1886. It is expected to be completed in 2026, nearly 150 years after it began construction.

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Jerome Lenovo 6 months ago

Gaudi were really hard to accomplish (plus the periods when work stopped)

33points

tyrion2024 , Jason Dent / Unsplash Report

#28

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) in 1969 Ted Conrad embezzled $215,000 from a bank in Ohio & proceeded to evade capture for the remaining 51 years of his life. He became 'Thomas Randele' & settled in Massachusetts. Described by authorities as a deathbed confession, in 2021 he told his wife & daughter who he was & what he did.

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80 Van 6 months ago

$215,000 in 1969 is equivalent to roughly $1.8 million today (in USD).

100points

#29

Squirrels terminal velocity is so low they can fall from any height and survive.

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kitten levels tokyo 6 months ago

Being fluffy is their super power.

130points

#30

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) Child voice actors for Bluey are kept secret.

Defiant-Telephone-96 , abckids Report

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Very Bi Tortoise (He/Him) 6 months ago

And?? It's kind of the law in Australia.

93points

#31

English scientist Henry Cavendish discovered physical laws like Ohm's, Dalton's, or Charles's law and few others as first but they were not named after him because he didn't publish his notes and didn't tell his fellow scientists, propably due to being asocial and shy.

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Robert Trebor 6 months ago

And very rich.

28points

#32

A mother named Kathleen Folbigg, who was imprisoned for 2 decades for murdering her 4 children. Later, she would be pardoned by the Governor after it was discovered that the deaths were instead due to an extremely rare genetic condition.

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Marie Clear 6 months ago

From Wikipedia: Genetic evidence published in November 2020 showed that at least two of the children had genetic mutations that predisposed them to sudden cardiac death.[33] The researchers concluded that the CALM2 mutation carried by Kathleen and her two girls altered their heart rhythm, predisposing them to sudden unexpected death possibly precipitated by their intercurrent infections (respiratory tract infection in Sarah; myocarditis in Laura) and/or by medications such as Laura's pseudoephedrine.[10] Mutations in CALM2 are observed at a very low frequency, occurring in approximately 1 out of every 35 million individuals. The CALM2 gene encodes a protein that plays a critical role in the regulation of heart rhythm.[34]. . .

129points

#33

2020 study found evidence that arrows fired from medieval longbows could cause injuries similar to modern gunshot wounds. One example is the analysis of a skull that revealed an arrow had left devastating entry and exit wounds that are similar to injuries caused by modern bullets.

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River Daski 6 months ago (edited)

velocity (speed of a bullet) versus weight (sheer mass of an arrow itself); this checks out! ETA: mass!! not volume. XD thank you commenters!

80points

#34

Archaeologists working in a 2,500 y.o. Chinese cemetery unearthed charred incense burners and burnt stones that tested high for cannabinol, which is released when THC is burned. "Unlike many wild varieties, the cannabis smoked at the site [...] was pretty potent stuff."

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Lavern Defazio 6 months ago

Ancient Chinese secret, huh...

122points

#35

King Cobra is not a cobra. It is the sole species of its genus and happens to look a lot like a cobra.

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Surenu 6 months ago

The legitimacy of its royal title is hotly debated, too.

172points

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#36

LaMarcus Thompson, the father of the American roller coaster, invented the first coasters on Coney Island because he thought the world was too sinful and needed more moral entertainment.

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Lavern Defazio 6 months ago

So I'm guessing he didn't invent the tunnel of love?

81points

#37

Infants under one year old should not be fed honey.

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River Daski 6 months ago

this is because there is natural botulism in honey; it's not enough to make older people sick, but it's enough to overwhelm a baby's still-strengthening immune system

117points

HauntingArtichoke830 , Mark Anderson / FLickr Report

#38

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) creator of Wonder Woman was in a thruple that involved his first wife and his student. They were heavily into bondage which inspired early iterations of the super heroine. Thruple lasted 22 years all the way to his death

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glowworm2 6 months ago

He only had one wife. “First” wife makes it sound like he divorced her later and married someone else which did not happen. After his death, the two women, Olive Byrne and Elizabeth Holloway Marston, continued to live together as a couple until Olive’s death in 1990 at age 86. Elizabeth died 3 years later at the age of 100.

207points

#39

Mocha Dick (the real life inspiration for Moby Dick) was ki***d in 1838 after appearing to come to the aid of a distrought cow whose calf was just slaughtered by whalers. He was known to be friendly until attacked, he survived 100 skirmishes before being slain.

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kitten levels tokyo 6 months ago

*kissed

131points

#40

many English words and phrases are loaned from Chinese merchants interacting with British sailors like "chop chop," "long time no see," "no pain no gain," "no can do," and "look see"

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G A 6 months ago

Pidgin rather than pigeon, English. Very different to real English and a language in its own right across much of Asia.

51points

#41

in 1988 a U.S. Marine was abandoned and died in the Mojave Desert. Search only started when his weapon wasn't returned.

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 6 months ago

"No man left behind", eh?

147points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#42

The final words of Terry Kath, founding guitarist for rock band Chicago, before dying from an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound were “What do you think I'm gonna do? Blow my brains out?"

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Tree P 6 months ago

A terrible loss. RIP Terry Kath.

25points

#43

Babe Ruth constantly cheated on his wives during his baseball career. A detective that the New York Yankees hired to follow him one night in Chicago reported that Ruth had been with six women. Another player said that he was not Ruth's roommate while traveling; "I room with his suitcase".

TMWNN Report

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Brenda 6 months ago

He was a pig.

90points

EveryDollarVotes , Xuân Thống Trần / Pexels Report

#44

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) TIL the worst skydiving accident in US history took place over Lake Erie and resulted in 16 fatalities. Due to miscommunications, the skydivers jumped out over water rather than land, and subsequently drowned.

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Skid Marks 6 months ago

Unless it was cloudy.... you would think you could see that there was water below.

40points

linear_majority , NASA Image and Video Library Report

#45

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) The temperature on the moon at the Apollo 11 landing site was 200ºF (93ºC).

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114points

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The Original Bruno 6 months ago (edited)

OK, so this is probably true, but misleading. Temperature is a measure of how much vibrational energy is stored in molecules: the higher the temperature, the more vibration PER MOLECULE [times the mass of the molecule]. The lower the air pressure, the less heat it takes to raise the temperature. This is why at a certain altiitude, the "temperature" of the atmosphere begins to rise like crazy.... the same amount of heat is spread over far fewer molecules. On the surface of the moon, the surface itself may be quite hot because it's directly in the sun without shedding heat only by re-radiation, not by convection. But with extremely little air (not actually quite exactly zero, the sun provides some molecules), you aren't being warmed at all when you're in shadow (except through the bottom of your boots).

138points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#46

Spelling Bees (competitions where competitors must correctly spell words until one is left standing) don't really exist outside of English, and within English, they're pretty much only an American thing.

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Stardust she/her 6 months ago

They’re also there in India. I was able to get through till state level but unfortunately my exams were on the same day as the competition

91points

#47

In 1671 a man attempted to steal the Crown Jewels, and when he was caught he was brought before King Charles II, who found him so amusing that not only did her pardon the man, but he also ended up giving him massive lands in Ireland and a pension of £500 a year (£92,000 today).

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ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago

Uh, why?

36points

#48

Super Bowl XXXIV (34) is known as the "Dot-Com Super Bowl" because it featured 14 ads from 14 different dot-com companies, each paying an average of $2.2 million per spot. Of these companies, four are still active, five were bought by other companies, and the remaining five are defunct.

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98points

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General Anaesthesia 6 months ago

A little more context: Superbowl 34 was played on January 30, 2000. The stock market "dotcom bubble" burst in March, 2000. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble

50points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#49

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) That Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Tom Hanks have colonoscopy parties together.

JackNotName , Pavel Danilyuk / Pexels Report

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glowworm2 6 months ago

That’s one party I never want to attend.

74points

Yuri Russonovitch 6 months ago

I am Askenaz and have a genetic predisposition for colon cancer. My grandfather, mother, sister and aunt all died from it. I have yearly colonoscopies since I was 30. Not fun but NEVER be afraid to get checked out. Love you all.

39points

Christina Keenan 6 months ago

Yes, I heard it on a podcast. They get together and play cards for 3 days, drinking the "solution" only. Then they go where they scheduled the colonoscopy and get it done...

18points

Auntriarch 6 months ago

Ah, that doesn't sound nearly so weird

16points

Donkeywheel 6 months ago

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Tim Gearing 6 months ago (edited)

Hi, I have a colonoscopy later this month. The prep starts on Thursday with a restricted diet. Saturday the cleansing process begins, continues Sunday and a final dose Monday morning before the procedure Monday afternoon. They found a polyp 3 years ago, so fingers crossed. Edit: if you’re 50 + do a faecal blood test every two years. It could save your life. We get them free from the Australian govt

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Daniel Atkins 6 months ago

what do they do? Chug the laxative? See how long they can hold it? Who has the loudest fart noise?

14points

Peter Parker 6 months ago

Don't trust a fart when you just chugged laxative..

28points

Cesium 6 months ago

That is soooo funny. I just saw the former two live and they were talking about how they used to do that. Really weird that this comes up

11points

Pandemonium 6 months ago

Hosted by Cameron Diaz. (Say it fast, my friends)

8points

Kelly H. Wilder 6 months ago

It took me a few tries, but then I actually did LOL! Thank you for the wit! 🤣 😂 🤣 😂

2points

Andy Bulman 6 months ago

some people will do anything for shits and giggles

6points

Regina Holt 6 months ago

Yup, I'd be giggling with them!

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Farnzy 6 months ago

I think that's nice. It's important to get checked out, and why not make it fun!

5points

Nikki Gross 6 months ago (edited)

I have had 3 colonoscopies and have already done the endoscopy 4 times. The 1st colonoscopy I had to fast for 24 hours only allowed water, was given a strong laxative and had to drink 64 ounces of Gatorade the last 12 hours before the procedure. The 2nd and 3rd I had to again fast for 24 hours, allowed water only, given a mild laxative and had to drink 64 ounces of Gatorade in 8 hours. The procedure is okay because they knock you out, it's the Prep Part that REALLY sucks like hell. All 3 of the colonoscopy procedures started in 2018 when I had my very 1st one and the 4 Endoscopes, my very 1st one was in 2014 due to GERD and I've undergone the other 3 since 2018 due to my Cancer diagnosis in December2017. I joke that I should be glowing in the dark with the amount of X-Ray, PET scans, Ultrasounds, Mammograms, MRI and CT scans that I have been through in the last 6 + years and have lost all sense of modesty. I'm a walking pin cushion have ZERO fears of needles, Anaesthesia or surgeries.

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Nikki Gross 6 months ago (edited)

If anyone needs advice or have questions feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer or give support if that is what you need.

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ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago

What the heck does that mean?

4points

titansterritory 6 months ago

I heard the party was a blowout.

3points

LinkTheHylian 6 months ago

Only Colonoscopies In The Building.

3points

𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦-𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 6 months ago

To be fair, the majority in that building seem to be older folks, so this might actually apply.

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Russell Bowman 6 months ago

“Every party needs a pooper, that’s why I’m inviting you, Party pooper, party pooper…”

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Paul C. 6 months ago (edited)

I'm hoping that these parties are for people who have had a Colonoscopy not that they meet up and have Colonoscopies, 'cause that would be weird. I recently had one and to be honest, the procedure itself wasn't too bad (probably the d***s helped!) but the fluid you have to drink in the 24 hours prior to it, to clear you out, is truly the bile of the devil. Edit: Moviprep was its name, horrid.

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Remi (He/Him) 6 months ago

but doing the liquids with friends who also need colonoscopy would be better, right? Hang out with your friends and help all the crew avoid colon cancer

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Lavern Defazio 6 months ago

They sit around and chug that gallon of liquid that cleans you out.

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Hannah Taylor 6 months ago

Funny, when I scheduled my colonoscopy, I was prescribed SurePrep. It was only two doses, and it didn't wreck my gut while cleaning me out.

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Michael Smith 6 months ago

Oh yeah well I have heard the Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez have murder solving parties together.

2points

David Smith 6 months ago

Who would want to go to that crappy party?

2points

Garth 6 months ago

As long as Steve Martin brings his banjo

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Warpath81 6 months ago

A bunch of a-holes

2points

Lotekguy 6 months ago

Seems rather assinine.

2points

Timbob 6 months ago

Would you call them perfect ãss holes ?

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Just me... 6 months ago

I'd rather not be invited to these meetings.

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Richard Nichols 6 months ago

Ah, I didn't know Steve Martin and Martin Short were friends in real life. That explains Only Murders in the Building.

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james stevenson 6 months ago

The three amigos!

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Margaret Clarke 6 months ago

Smart although strange unless they were closer friends than we knew. Having a colonoscopy can be life saving, as it finds colon cancer.

1point

Boopasnoot 6 months ago

That's kind of awesome. Supporting each other to get important preventative health checkups, especially given the stereotypical male attitude toward doctors and physicals in general. I like it!

1point

Roland C. 6 months ago

Do they form a human centipede and just use the one camera?

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Puppy Dancing! 6 months ago

I am sooo stoned after colonoscopy that I am apparently lots of fun, but don't remember most of the day, and I lose things.

1point

Remi (He/Him) 6 months ago

I'd like to have my next appointed colonoscopy with some pals too. 2028 iirc

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Jul Chv 6 months ago

Badass party!

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MyName'sLisaMontoyaYouKiltMyPa 3 months ago

I just had one and it’s NO party!

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Florence Hastings 6 months ago

More information than we needed.

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Janice Sanz 6 months ago

Weird. What they eat and get drunk after?

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Fiona Aitch 6 months ago

Doesn't everyone?

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Regina Holt 6 months ago

Which of them first suggested this? And how did they convince the others to participate in this gathering?

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Eugenia 6 months ago (edited)

Remember that a noted bright-orange american guy underwent a colonscopy without anesthesia so he'd not have to leave his powers in someone else's hands. Just saying.

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Still DG 6 months ago

And not one of them are a******s, I've heard.

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Ambry Petersen 6 months ago

Eewwwww.

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L H 6 months ago

Weirdo's

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Sawdust 6 months ago (edited)

TMI

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Elchinero 6 months ago

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‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) in 1944 the CIA created a manual on sabotaging organizations. Among other things, it suggests to "make speeches... at great length", "refer all matters to committees", "make committees as large as possible", "insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant products"

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Cathy G 6 months ago

The CIA did not exist in 1944.

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Sam White, a Virginia Civil War collector, was killed in 2008 when a 140 year old high explosive cannonball he was restoring detonated in his driveway. The explosion was powerful enough to send chunks of shrapnel up to 1/4 mile away. There were 18 more cannonballs in his driveway at the time.

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Mike F 6 months ago

Hold my beer.

32points

#52

One of the biggest bottlenecks in road work is soil compaction. Soil can’t effectively be compacted more than around a foot (30 cm) at a time. Any road work that affects the soil foundation can take months because of this.

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Verena 6 months ago

This is why "pre-compaction" is used, whenever possible. Heavy soil is stored for several months, sometimes years, where roads are to be constructed. The soil is then used to create other elements, like sound protection.

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#53

In 1993, James Scott purposely damaged a levee and caused a massive flood of the Mississippi River only to stall his wife from coming home so that he could party.

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Stryker Tyger 6 months ago

Took my Chevy to the levee but the levee was diverted by an a*****e

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#54

Not only does Elmo the muppet have a father, but he's also a soldier who served in Iraq.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago (edited)

Which Iraq war? 1990 or 2003?

8points

#55

While the Confederacy used the strongest cipher available during the Civil War, the Vigenère cipher, the Union consistently cracked it. This was because the Confederates only ever used three key phrases: "Manchester Bluff", "Complete Victory" and, as the war came to a close, "Come Retribution".

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Mark 6 months ago

This is like the British breaking the enigma code because the Germans added 'heil Hitler' as a sign-off on every message

31points

#56

There’s a Criminal Defense of Necessity, where the defendant argues the crime was necessary to commit a greater harm from happening.

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kitten levels tokyo 6 months ago

Prevent?

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Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#57

There is a roadside attraction in Plains, Georgia called the Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue. It depicts a large peanut with a big smile (modeled after Carter’s), and was built in 1976 to support his presidential election. Jimmy Carter himself hates it.

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G A 6 months ago

Billy probably endorsed it for a crate of suds...

8points

#58

Warren Buffett's (6th richest person in the world) son thought that his dad's job was checking security alarm systems; as a kid, had no idea what his dad did for a living and no clue that his dad was really, really rich

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Freya the Wanderer 6 months ago

Probably a good thing to do - prevent the lad from growing up spoiled and entitled.

20points

#59

Mike Tyson went bankrupt in 2003. Despite having earned $400 million from boxing, examples of reckless spending included $6.3 million on luxury cars and $580K on his 30th birthday party. He has improved his financial situation and now receives $900K/month from his cannabis company, however.

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David 6 months ago

"I was gonna go bankrupt... but then I got high..."

66points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#60

Nobel Prize winning physicist Gerard 't Hooft had an asteroid named after him, he wrote a constitution for it's future inhabitants including articles that forbid use of imperial measurement units, outlaw the use of apostrophes, and limit the length of tax forms to one page.

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Robert Trebor 6 months ago

its

43points

#61

in 2003 rapper Pusha T wrote the McDonald’s Jingle “I’m lovin’ it” but doesn’t own publishing rights for it. Learning from this mistake, he owns 40% from the next jingle he wrote: Arby's “we have the meats”.

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Val 6 months ago

Does anyone know why they added "For sandwiches" for a bit?

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‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn't Learn At School (New Pics) That following the solar eclipse of August 11 1999, the BMJ reported only 14 cases of eye damage from improper viewing of the eclipse, a number lower than initially feared. In one of the most serious cases the patient had looked at the Sun without eye protection for 20 minutes.

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Sarah McManus 6 months ago

Sadly, we are yet to find a vaccine to cure stupid...

52points

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

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#63

According to the International Olympic Committee, gold and silver medals are required to be at least 92.5% silver. The gold in gold medals is in the plating outside and consist of at least 6 grams of pure gold. Silver medals are made of pure silver, while bronze medals are 95% copper and 5% zinc.

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Bartlet for World Domination 6 months ago

6 grams of gold cost 478 dollars today, for reference.

12points

#64

Police Academy franchise has produced not one, not two, but four movies with a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The final film, Mission to Moscow, only earned $126,247 against a $10 million budget.

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David 6 months ago

I'm not sure I knew there were four of them but it is surprising to me anyone would greenlight four.

12points

#65

Ari Nagel aka "The Sperminator" has fathered over 100 children. He turns down no woman and doesn't charge for his services, although he pays child support for several of them. Three documentaries, including The Baby Daddy (2022) and Spermworld (2024), have featured his contributions.

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G A 6 months ago

He is like Piers Morgan. A wanker for a living.

47points

#66

There is a high school in China where students study from 6.20am to 11pm to prepare for college admission exam (gaokao).

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Mark 6 months ago

Maybe teach them good study habits and catch them up on modern neuroscience? You can't cram all that information

11points

#67

Jevons paradox, which states that increasing efficiency in resource usage causes higher demand - sometimes *increasing* usage instead of reducing it.

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River Daski 6 months ago

see: when freeways have lanes added and they just congest worse than they were before

30points

#68

Arlington, TX is the largest city in the US without public transport. Despite having 390k population and major stadiums, it have no single bus or rail line.

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Robert Trebor 6 months ago

Basically true, but the Wikipedia article does show this: Arlington also offers Via Arlington, a public, on-demand, shared transportation service in partnership with the TransitTech company Via, which began in December 2017. Riders can request a pickup from a six-passenger van within a designated service area, which covers key destinations within Arlington as well as connecting to the Trinity Railway Express CentrePort Station. Beginning January 19, 2021, this service was expanded citywide. Arlington also partners with Via and autonomous vehicles provider May Mobility to operate Arlington RAPID, which provides on-demand autonomous vehicle rides in Downtown Arlington and on the University of Texas at Arlington's campus and is one of the first services of its kind in the United States.

10points

#69

"Borderline personality disorder" was named to describe patients who seemed on the borderline of psychosis.

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G A 6 months ago

Well, duh....

5points

#70

That John Quincy Adams partially blinded himself looking directly at an eclipse in 1791

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David 6 months ago

So we have had at least two US presidents who stared at a solar eclipse without proper eye protection?

55points

#71

At the Japanese Setsubun festival, everyone throws roasted soybeans to drive away evil spirits. The only exception are people/families named Watanabe.

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Stryker Tyger 6 months ago

Why not the Watanabes?

12points

#72

San Antonio's Riverwalk is drained every two years and popular items found at the bottom of the river include cellphones, laptops, and scooters, in addition to chairs, lights and even a stroller.

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Apatheist Account2 6 months ago

No shopping trolleys? They're not doing it right.

20points

#73

Thousands of "low head dams" (aka "killer dams" or "drowning machines") were built on US waterways in 1800s, are nearly invisible from upstream, have killed hundreds of people, often serve no modern purpose, and for all that, are largely unregulated.

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martin734 6 months ago

We have many of these in the UK too but we call them Weirs. Here they have to be clearly signposted but they still kill a few people every year.

10points

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#74

85,200 Swiss women lost their citizenships between 1848-1952 when marrying foreigners due to the "marriage rule".

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Stryker Tyger 6 months ago

What is this marriage rule?

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#75

Starting in 2001, Dell Glover became the "world's leading leaker of pre-release music." He worked at a Universal CD pressing plant & was a member of a file-sharing group called Rabid Neurosis. Over an 11-year period, Rabid Neurosis was responsible for leaking over 20,000 albums.

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Miss Tinker 6 months ago

It took them 11 years to find the leak?

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#76

USA has 4 of the world’s top 5 air forces- each branch of the military individually ranks in the global top 5.

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Danny Dale 6 months ago

Ranked how and by who?

23points

#77

Allais Effect refers to the allegedly unexpected behavior of pendulums which is observed to occur only during a solar eclipse.

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Marie Clear 6 months ago

LOL, ok flat earther. They've never been able to reproduce this "effect" in a controlled experiment. It's supposedly observed during a solar eclipse to "prove" the earth is not in motion. Any examples of this odd motion is most likely caused by mistakes made by the experimenters. So, everyone who believes there are literally 4 pillars holding up the stationary earth like a big blue pancake, get out your pendulums and sit tight for the next total eclipse! See you in a while!

44points