Controversial I realize, but the guy did openly support letting the Confederacy secede and later conspired to overthrow the governments in the Midwestern states. Suppressing open treason I think it reasonable, especially during the Civil War

If people actually gave a fuck, they'd come up with some new calendar like the French Republican Calendar or in the Year of Our Ford. Instead people lazily renamed it in fear of people getting triggered.

Also, isn't it even more religious to imply the "Common Era" started with the start of the Christian calendar. Didn't think of that, huh?

The 230 dB vocalizations are not for communication, they are for locating prey in the deep ocean. They are directed down, and used to locate the optimal location for the whales next dive. Communication clicks are considerably less energetic (Though still powerful).

I am not saying decibels aren't the right measurement, I am saying comparing the two on a 1 to 1 basis doesn't paint a useful picture of what is happening.

It's the same fucking number, lol.

It's a unit of measurement used to express the ratio of one quantity to another. The medium has nothing to do with it.

To convert between dB in water and air, just subtract 26dB from the measured water SPL. This is necessary because sound measured in air uses a reference level of 20upa @ 1m, water has a reference level of 1upa @ 1m.

I'd also argue whale vocalizations are likely omnidirection, since it's a method of communication and would be pretty ineffective if you had to aim it across an ocean and hope someone happened to be on the receiving end.

Still wondering which unit you'd prefer to use?

Plus, there were words and phrases they used that were considered course but lost their original meaning/punch over time.

This is definitely worth a read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Vallandigham

It's more about free speech and what rights people have during war time than "he shot himself in the courtroom." It's very interesting to read the back and forth about whether a President has the right to revoke free speech during a time of war.

Letting one religion speak for the entire world's history is pretty gross, my dude.

Just imagine how loud it farts

People today underestimate how much profanity was in use in daily life back then, partly because of how the times are depicted/glorified.

It was first made from beef tallow for a challenge created by Napoleon, can also be made from coal oil, and responsible for one of the first federal commerce laws.

Lawizard used spontaneous human combustion. Super effective!

It's not

I already feel like I am, every time I sit up and something creaks.

Didn't mean it as an insult though. I thought your comment was funny is all.

The process by which native americans endowed each other with new names, with the idea being that you were given a new name which informs a story relevant to the reason the name that was given is particularly interesting.

Nematodes make up 4/5's of animals on earth (in number) Also beetles make up 25% of all animal species on earth. (They're also 40% of insect species)

Said it in the downvotes didn't they?

Well I’ll be a….

...def no references to hoes, bitches, or tricks in Wu-Tang or Nas lyrics. LMAO. Dumbass.

With any luck, you will be ancient one day, too.

Lol. Literally no one here has said that.

CE, not AD. It's very important.

It was an accident. He thought the pistol was not loaded. Pretty big fuck up lol

Which is why initially it had a hard 'g'

That's gone down

Used to be 22%

https://www.half-earthproject.org/newly-discovered-bat-species-named-for-e-o-wilson