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jet fuel can't melt steel beams

100% of humans will die

I am wearing all white right now.
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Reis posted...

jet fuel can't melt steel beams

But it can heat them enough to bend them.

Most golf balls have 336 dimples.
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Beethoven met Mozart in his lifetime.

Napoleon Bonaparte was legitimately afraid of cats.

Alexandre Dumas and Pushkin (two famous early Romantic writers in Europe) had significant verified African ancestry.

Domestic cats are native to Africa. Theyve been domesticated for only about a third to a fourth as long as dogs have been (10,000 vs ~40,000 years).
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A US quarter has 112 creases around it's edge
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The guy who painted the MTG card "Invoke Prejudice" -- which has shadowy figures looking like KKK members -- is a Nazi supporter himself.


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Shotgunnova posted...

The guy who painted the MTG card "Invoke Prejudice" -- which has shadowy figures looking like KKK members -- is a Nazi supporter himself.

what the fuck lol
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In Pokmon Rumble Blast, a Pichu will deal more damage than a Raichu of the same level when using the same attack on the same enemy.

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There is an M on Mario's hat.
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Sea Lions have to be careful not to get too much sun as it actually causes their hair to grow and thicken (much like a human produces melanin) to protect them from further exposure.

Sea Lions can't actually get sunburns, but over exposure causes an excess hair growth around the neck and throat area, turning into a sort of 'mane'. Due to the weight of that hair they can no longer perform well in the water and have to spend most of their time on land where they can't readily escape predators. Their new hair is susceptible to sun-bleaching and often turns a yellow-orange color ruining any chance of camouflage.

Accelerating hair growth isn't the only amazing and almost evolutionary thing their bodies can do - once confined to land they'll quickly develop feet and a tail to go along with that mane, and they become a 'Land Lion' or more commonly, a 'Lion'.

If this happens early enough in life and the Lion is small and happens to breed, you end up with a house cat.
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catboy0_0 posted...

Shotgunnova posted...

The guy who painted the MTG card "Invoke Prejudice" -- which has shadowy figures looking like KKK members -- is a Nazi supporter himself.

what the fuck lol

It's not really surprising. Back when the game was in it's infancy, they outsourced a ton of the art. The entire roster was basically just guest artists. My friend's aunt did some art for them. I can't remember the name of the one card she did that my friend had, but it was a green card that looked like Nathan Explosion as a forest troll.

There's pretty solid evidence that cats have an excessive level of empathy, bordering on being considered an actual empath - if there was a scientific threshold for such a thing.

In the 1970s, cats were placed into an isolation chamber with people who revealed their state of mind before entering. The cats would always approach and comfort those who claimed to be feeling down or sad, and they would almost always avoid people who were feeling angry or upset.

People who reported feeling stressed out would find the cat tended to cuddle on their laps, and people who reported feeling nervous / unsure would find the cat rubbing around their ankles.

People who reported being dog lovers were never seen or heard from again, and the cats clammed up and stuck together on their story of "never saw him, don't know."

The project lost funding after the disappearances, though no arrests were made and all of the cats walked free and are at large today.
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Every year, a dolphins teeth grow a new layer, similar to the rings inside a tree trunk. Scientists can tell how old a dolphin is from the layers on its teeth.
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Mice and rat's teeth continually grow to counter the wear and tear of their gnawing. Koala teeth just fall out...and they starve to death.
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