Who Knew? Some Fun Facts
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StarSong
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Hope he conked Jeff Bezos on the head with some of them...
OldFeller
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StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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I've always had mad respect for ants and bees. Such cooperative hard workers.
Because humans can only communicate with one another, we arrogantly believe we're the only intelligent species on the planet.
OldFeller
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The Incredible Story of Sweden's Vasa Warship
OldFeller
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This machine prints brick roads
OldFeller
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RadishRose
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MACKTEXAS
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A Deadly Game . . .
Sports news outlets say it takes the hides of over 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with footballs for a single season.
The Telegram News
Houston Texans
Sports news outlets say it takes the hides of over 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with footballs for a single season.
The Telegram News
Houston Texans
OldFeller
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Approximately 330 million cows are slaughtered each year worldwide. This translates to about 900,000 cows being killed every day.
MACKTEXAS
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Zombie salmon, or Pacific salmon, mate only once, and then die.
They have used up all their energy for migration and spawning and their bodies start to shut down, and they begin to decompose while still alive. This is a programmed, natural part of their life cycle.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
They have used up all their energy for migration and spawning and their bodies start to shut down, and they begin to decompose while still alive. This is a programmed, natural part of their life cycle.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
OldFeller
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Pappy
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StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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While I'm not in favor of killing animals, nor do I eat meat, the truth is that cowhides are a by-product from beef and dairy cattle. Cows aren't raised for their hides.
So leather shoes, leather furniture and footballs aren't the reason these animals are slaughtered.
outlander
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According to a university study a decade or two ago, airbags aren't as safe as we think. You are 26% more likely to survive a severe collision, sounds good right? You are 400% more likely to sustain severe injury or death from the airbags themselves in a moderate collision. Not so good...
While the second part can simply be measured from statistics, how do they measure the first? This 26% was based on government safety studies. Did they have high speed cameras in all of the severe collision vehicles and was a forensic doctor dispatched to each accident scene?
I read this years ago, so maybe I misquoted the percentages some or they have changed, but you get the picture.
Ever wondered why racing cars don't use airbags?
While the second part can simply be measured from statistics, how do they measure the first? This 26% was based on government safety studies. Did they have high speed cameras in all of the severe collision vehicles and was a forensic doctor dispatched to each accident scene?
I read this years ago, so maybe I misquoted the percentages some or they have changed, but you get the picture.
Ever wondered why racing cars don't use airbags?
outlander
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I think this describes how I feel sometimes...
