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30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Octopi have blue blood. This is due to their blood containing copper, as opposed to human blood, which contains iron.

Additionally, as I know someone will bring it up, there are actually multiple correct ways to pluralize octopus. Octopi originates from the Latin pluralization, octopodes originates from the Greek pluralization, and octopuses uses the standard English pluralization.

ultrasquid9 , Pia B Report

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198points

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sofacushionfort 1 year ago

Spock’s blood is copper-based

67points

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT!! Male ladybugs can mate with a female for up to four hours before realizing she was dead before he even started.

Im_just_existin , Pixabay Report

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185points

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Libstak 1 year ago

That's some self absorption they got going on.

107points

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Dictionaries add words not because of worthiness but because of vernacular

If people use the word, then people need to have a way to look it up. It doesn’t matter if you like the word “crunk” or not

typesett , Pixabay Report

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161points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

That's perfectly cromulent

6points

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know The longest (English) word you can type using only the left side of the keyboard is "stewardesses". On the right it's "lollipop".

grandramble , Kelly Report

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155points

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Vic 1 year ago

Me, a person with no concept of which keys are for which hand: Huh?🤔🤔

54points

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know 80% of the profit for the United States Postal Service is from delivery of junk mail.

Top_Of_Gov_Watchlist , Arti Kh Report

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147points

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I’mSoEmotional 1 year ago

And it all ends up at my house.

88points

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know 1 horse has around 15 horse power

Businessmoney123 , Helena Lopes Report

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147points

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Fantastic Mr Fox 1 year ago

15 horse power is the peak, while 1 horse power is for sustained work

15points

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Flamingos aren't born pink. They get the color from their diet of shrimp.

Mtfbay , zoosnow Report

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146points

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Vic 1 year ago

This checks out! I'm a brown guy on a diet on chocolate cakes 😁😁

220points

level 1 Murmelberg , Insomnia Cured Here Report

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Charlie Chaplin once took part in a charlie-chaplin-look-alike-contest and won the second prize.

The White Starline built three similar ships. The Titanic (We know that one), but also the Britannic and the Olympic. All three ships sank. But the amazing fact is, that there was a women [Violet Jessop], who was on all three ships when they sank and she survived it all.

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136points

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Pedantic Panda 1 year ago

She was aboard all three ships but the Olympic did not sink but was involved in a serious collision when she was aboard. I believe she was a stewardess on the ships.

63points

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30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know A one-pound mixture of U.S. dimes, quarters, and half-dollars will always have a face value of $20, no matter the ratio of dimes to quarters to half-dollars.

ScottRiqui , Karolina Grabowska Report

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127points

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B.Nelson 1 year ago

*WARNING: MATH* let d=# of dimes, q=#of quarters, h=#of half dollars. Dimes weigh 2.268g, quarters weigh 5.67g, half dollars weigh 11.34g, and there are 453.592g per lb. So say we have a 1 lb bag full of just dimes, quarters, and half dollars. Then d(2.268)+q(5.67)+h(11.34)=453.592. Divide ALL numbers by 2.268 to get d by itself. Now we have d+q(2.5)+h(5)=200. Now divide ALL numbers by 10. Now we have d(.10)+q(.25)+h(.50)=20.00. What this is saying is that an equation for the weight of 1 lb of coins is the same equation for $20 worth of coins. Basically, it doesn't matter what d, q, and h are, as long as they work for one of the equations, they work for the other equation.

46points

Nick 1 year ago

This needs to be the top response

7points

boone williams 1 year ago

Yes, well, your *math* is all well and good, but as a scientist, I still insist on proof, and will need all the monies to do so.

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DD 1 year ago

The weights of coins have changed over the years so the claim cannot be true. A quarter before 1965 does not weigh the same as a Quarter minted after 1965. It's about a half gram difference. (6.25 gram compared to 5.76 gram)

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boone williams 1 year ago

I insist that every possible one-pound combination of coins be shipped to me to prove this theory. For science.

13points

Elchinero 1 year ago

Prove it ... weights of each, then an Excel demo ...

6points

David 1 year ago (edited)

It actually does work out very, very close. You would have to have a very accurate scale to see you were off by 0.008 grams 1 pound = 453.592 grams . half dollar 11.34 grams. $20=x 40 = 453.6 g quarter 5.67 grams. $20=x 80 = 453.6 g dime 2.268 grams. $20=x 200= 453.6 g EDIT: Weirdly, this would NOT have worked for many years when US coins contained silver. I silver dime weighs 2.5 grams so $20 / 200 of them would weigh 500 grams.

3points

Terry Butler 1 year ago

Actually, even back then the relative weights and relative face values were the same. A "Standing Liberty Silver Quarter" was 6.25g or 2.5 times the dime, and a "Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar" was 12.5g or 5 times the dime. They would have weighed the same no matter the mix.

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Russ Batson 1 year ago

Nickles would be the outlier here (lower value than a dime, but heavier).

3points

Jayson Gill 1 year ago

i would like some proof

3points

Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago

Yeah, a few thousand dollars worth of proof.

1point

CHRIS DOMRES 1 year ago

Quarters weighed different amounts through their history so this is false.

2points

MaybeAlive 1 year ago

Jcusak dropped out of science in 9th grade

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DrGirlfriend 1 year ago

That's so neat! As you'd expect quarters are bigger in weight so there would be less of them to make that pound

1point

Alberto Alves 1 year ago

Well, ChatGPT confirm that.

1point

Timbob 1 year ago

Could you please have the Presidents all facing the same way next time !

1point

Taz Pengra 1 year ago

Nickels are the odd man out. An adjustment in weight needs to be made to half dollars so Nickels can be included in this handy measurement.

1point

Terry Butler 1 year ago

Nickles are definitely odd. Nickles (5 cents) would have to weigh half as much as dimes (10 cents) to be included in this neat fact. But nickles weigh 5g, which is more than twice the weight of a dime. So you can't swap out one dime for two nickels and have the same weight.

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Onion Patch Petunia 1 year ago

And to demonstrate this, counting paper money!

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Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 1 year ago

All that means is, all the coins weigh the same individually.

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Martin König 1 year ago

Luckily nobody cares.

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Klopec 1 year ago

It doesn't sound correct

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vennyp0o 1 year ago

It seems to me that at a very basic level a pound of dimes is going to be worth at least twice what a pound of nickels would be...??

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Frank Miller 1 year ago (edited)

Not true. Over the past century every denomination of coinage in the US Treasury has changed weight due to its silver, copper, nickel, and tin content. In some instances, that difference has been significant. Therefore there is no way a pound of coinage will always add up to $20.

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David 1 year ago

This is not accurate. Though it is in the ball park. I did not check to see if it USED to be accurate given the older silver content coins had a different weight. "(2) a half dollar coin that is 1.205 inches in diameter and weighs 11.34 grams. (3) a quarter dollar coin that is 0.955 inch in diameter and weighs 5.67 grams. (4) a dime coin that is 0.705 inch in diameter and weighs 2.268 grams. (5) a 5-cent coin that is 0.835 inch in diameter and weighs 5 grams."

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The voice of reason 1 year ago

Everyone tries this and see what each person ends up with.

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Icecream Sarang 1 year ago

But, if they’re older, they’ll have an actual value of about 275 USD.

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C .Hunger 1 year ago

This is definitely something to try out!

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Rick Funk 1 year ago

When I weight my coins (3 separate times) mixture of pennies, quarters, nickels and dimes, it averaged out to about $33.00

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Rupp 1 year ago

Why are you using nickels and pennies? Those are not included in the random fact...

4points

ValdaDeDieu 1 year ago

I'd pay $20 to have this proven.

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The Idaho Potato 1 year ago

Back when it was 90% silver, yes. That's actually how people sell 90% silver coins these days - the face value times a certain amount (20x-25x right now)

0points

#11

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know When you're shopping online, "free shipping" doesn't actually mean free shipping. It just means that the shipping costs are included in the listing price.

BasalTripod9684 , Negative Space Report

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124points

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Libstak 1 year ago

Ah but if you buy from a store that has a physical as well as online presence the price has to match.

54points

#12

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Rattlesnake tails don't actually have anything in them. They're segmented loosely, so the entire thing just kinda flops around. What you're hearing is the individual segments banging into each other.

FireInHisBlood , Pixabay Report

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116points

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Yenu 1 year ago

I love snakes 🤗🥰

43points

#13

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Roman Centurions were called such because they were in charge of 100 Roman Soldiers.

A_Random_Lady , Oană Andrei Report

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115points

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Yenu 1 year ago

Makes sense 🤠

24points

#14

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Sean Bean (pronounced shan ban) is Irish for old lady.

So headlines about "Sean Bean dies in every movie" are extra hilarious in Ireland.

allegate , RODNAE Productions Report

Final score:

114points

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Fulsome Kitten 1 year ago

Another false fact on this list. Sean in Irish means " God is gracious." Also, his last name isn't Ban, it's Bean.

7points

#15

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know I’ve got a great one!

CAT FACT:

Did you know that cats can survive great falls! Like 10 plus story falls. That’s because they can position themselves in a way that reduces their terminal velocity to below the threshold for death.

In fact, the most dangerous height for a cat to fall is 3-5 stories, that is because the height is big enough to cause a fatality, but low enough that they wouldn’t be able to get into position and develop enough drag to reduce their terminal velocity.

Straightup32 , Tranmautritam Report

Final score:

107points

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Adorable Davelands 1 year ago

The poor cats used to test that theory!

75points

#16

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know The first man made object we ever put in space was likely a manhole cover launched after a nuclear bomb accident.

Scoob1978 , alexander ermakov Report

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98points

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eykntspel 1 year ago

"According to the math conducted by Dr. Brownlee, the manhole cover is estimated to have left the ground at over 37 miles per second, coming out to a whopping speed of 130,000 mph. Dr. Brownlee described the groundbreaking speed as 'more than five times the escape velocity of the planet.' " " Dr. Brownlee himself has publicly confessed that he has no idea what actually happened to the manhole cover, but he assumes the metal must have disintegrated before reaching space. Although, with his calculations, he also said it would not be impossible that the manhole cover launched into space. "

59points

#17

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Coral reefs fight for territory by vomiting their stomachs onto one another.

TopShelfCrazy , Francesco Ungaro Report

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97points

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mulk 1 year ago

Vomit War begin!

25points

#18

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know The 1939 novel, Gadsby, contains 50000 words and not a single letter E.

awesome_smokey , shortpedia Report

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92points

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Nathaniel Heider 1 year ago

The letter "E" is on the title though...

100points

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

#19

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know It’s illegal to walk an alligator on a leash in FL

sursgoatcheeseballs , Rene Ferrer Report

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90points

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Adam Belaire 1 year ago

What I hear is you can walk your alligator as long as it's not on a leash.

107points

#20

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Airport runways are numbered based on the magnetic direction they face, rounded to the nearest tenth. Over time as earth’s magnetic field shifts they occasionally have to renumber a runway.

WakeMeForSourPatch , Jerry Wang Report

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88points

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Clay S. 1 year ago

Sometimes it will be off by one, if there are more than 3 runways in parallel at an airport

13points

#21

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know German chocolate cake is not from Germany.

VR6SLC , Dima Valkov Report

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86points

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Nathaniel Heider 1 year ago

It's from a guy named German

60points

#22

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know By the time the big pyramids were built in Egypt, there were still mammoths alive in northern Siberia.

The witch hunts didn't mainly take place in Medieval Times, but in the early Modern Period. There have been some witch trials in Medieval Times but, they were not common and not big-scale organized.

Murmelberg , David McEachan Report

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79points

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BlueEyesWhiteDragon 1 year ago (edited)

People are still being killed as witches today. It's a large-scale problem that needs to be addressed. (https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/witch-trials-21st-century/)(https://www.dw.com/en/witch-hunts-a-global-problem-in-the-21st-century/a-54495289)

5points

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

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30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Press and hold the # 2 button for about three or four seconds on your microwave to silence the beeping noise. Press and hold it again to turn the noise back on. Works on most microwave ovens. Works like a mute button.

wyoflyboy68 , Mike B Report

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70points

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James016 1 year ago

My microwave does not have a number 2 button, so what now smartypants?

75points

#24

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Knightsbridge is the only station on the London Underground to contain six consecutive consonants in its name

beeteedee , Sunil060902 Report

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69points

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Yenu 1 year ago

Yup 👍, I counted 😂

36points

GunTotinVeganCyclist , Yuting Gao Report

#25

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Hawking radiation: black holes evaporate over time due to the extreme gravitational energy density at the event horizon causing a matter and anti matter particle to pop into existence at the quantum level, the anti matter particle falls into the black hole while the matter particle is ejected into space. The sum of these particles exactly equals the sum of the particles that the black hole had consumed over its lifetime. F**k yeah science.

Final score:

64points

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Cosmologist wannabe 1 year ago

before hawking: black holes: f*ck entropy!!!. after hawking: black holes: aw darn it, there comes a tiny itsy bitsy particle, now i be smaller now.

22points

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

#26

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know the 786th decimal of π is 1

US_Dept_Of_Snark said:
Winner for best capturing the spirit of OP's question.

NorthImpossible8906 , Kaboompics .com Report

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63points

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Troy Parr 1 year ago

But it's a pointless thing... Even NASA only uses Pi to 10 places. And why is there this obsession with Pi ? There are other common Surds. How about the square root of two?

6points

#27

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know I have some.

French Guiana is the only territory in Mainland America. While many American nations have territories, French Guiana itself, is not a nation, and therefore, is the only territory in Mainland America.

The Kingdom of Denmark, is actually one of the largest European Kingdoms/countries by land size. It seems odd, but Greenland is a Danish territory, and Greenland is the largest island on Earth. So large, that even if you combined the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, and the Faroe Islands, they still wouldn't fill the island of Greenland.

The Republic of Suriname is the smallest country in the South Region of America, both by land size, and human population, yet, by land size, it's almost 4 times larger than its former parent Kingdom, the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Equatorial Guinea, is the only country in all of Africa, that speaks Spanish.

GenesisWorlds , Pixabay Report

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62points

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Jo 1 year ago

Isn't Australia the biggest island on Earth?

21points

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

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#28

30 People Are Flexing Their Knowledge By Sharing The Most Interesting Random Facts They Know Your odds of dying in a commercial airliner accident are not much higher than of dying in an asteroid impact on the Earth.

An airliner crashes every few years and ends a couple of hundred people. An asteroid large enough to end literally everyone hits the Earth every couple hundred million years.

100 people a year dying vs 8,000,000,000 people dying every hundred million years aren't that far apart per-capita.

aecarol1 , 周康 Report

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47points

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Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago (edited)

It would be very hard to dye from an asteroid on earth, as asteroids are only in space. It's a meteor once it enters the atmosphere. Edit: Yes, I know dye is spelled wrong

6points