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notyogrannysgrandkid t1_j6lttsr wrote
Reply to TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
When this occurs she is required to be named Martin Freeman.
Mr_Yuker t1_j6ltq32 wrote
Reply to comment by SaulsAll in TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
No... Just periodically rub your balls with your hand to clean them off... The testicles germ colonies will battle and win against any competing colony
Mr_Yuker t1_j6ltmbl wrote
Reply to comment by ChiggaOG in TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
Mmmmm... You sounds delightful
the_hell_you_say t1_j6ltlr2 wrote
Mr_Yuker t1_j6ltkfk wrote
Reply to comment by LowLeftMarksman in TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
Yes it's for the community... Don't try to take it home with you sir
Aethelon t1_j6ltiju wrote
Reply to comment by DavidElderkin in TIL In the 60s/60s NASA would use brooms to detect flames from Hydrogen leaks as they were odorless & colorless. by Wandering_Lights
Is it because asphalt is like 44% carbon and thus acts as a fuel? So when combined with an oxidiser..
Mr_Yuker t1_j6ltgbz wrote
Reply to comment by TheReal_AlphaPatriot in TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
I've been dragging my balls across your keyboard for years at this point
Significant_Anteater t1_j6ltbat wrote
Reply to comment by monchota in TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building by Serath4
Does it make you?
thakeltikceltic t1_j6lt617 wrote
Reply to TIL Dr. Drew's first appearance on television was as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. by WalkingDown46
Pretty sure Aaron Paul from breaking bad first tv appearance was price is right, know that video has made the rounds.
1955photo t1_j6lssuu wrote
Reply to comment by pdieten in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
A Hereford bull and a Holstein cow will produce sterile offspring? Not even Dr. Pol talked about that. Learn something every day.
Bjorn2bwilde24 t1_j6lslvd wrote
Reply to comment by Foghorner in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
She actually ended up giving birth to Cow-Jesus.
1955photo t1_j6lsl26 wrote
Reply to comment by vyrelis in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
Cows quite often are confused about that. And sometimes they will just reject a calf for no apparent reason. We are not talking about rocket scientists here. :D
xilix2 t1_j6lsgq5 wrote
Reply to TIL that the first use of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American literature was in the 1823 book "Seventy-Six" by John Neal about the American Revolutionary War. Seventy-Six was criticized at the time for its use of profanity and was noted for its use of colloquialisms. by vrphotosguy55
Example of the phrase used in early cartoons.
pdieten t1_j6ls2de wrote
Reply to comment by Raichu7 in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
Depends on your definition of raised, I suppose, when I lived on the family Holstein dairy farm my parents would usually ship male Holstein calves out early for veal.
The cows were usually artificially inseminated with Holstein semen, but we kept a Hereford bull on the farm to keep the cow producing in case artificial means failed. The Hereford was much more docile than Holstein bulls so it was safer to keep him around, but the offspring of that mating were sterile so they'd be raised to 1000# as steers and either shipped or we'd keep it for ourselves if we were low on freezer beef.
Can't remember what was done with freemartins. It was a lot of decades ago.
ImaginaryCaramel t1_j6lrkp9 wrote
Reply to comment by Iamjimmym in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
Babe, wake up, new hillbilly slang just dropped!
Sdog1981 t1_j6lrjj0 wrote
Reply to TIL Morocco has built a huge wall splitting the Western Saharan territory in half lengthwise. The wall features garrisions of up to 40 men and a radar system linked to active artillery. by Iwamiyama
Depending on definition of a wall vs berm.
Faultywhale t1_j6lr467 wrote
Reply to comment by giskardwasright in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
I have a copy on my bookshelf and keep meaning to re-read it, I remember enjoying it
marmorset OP t1_j6lr1o9 wrote
Reply to comment by Windy_Sails in TIL about Kwihnai Tosabitʉ or "White Eagle," a Medicine Man and messiah of the Comanche Native American tribe. Uniting all of the Comanche people and several other groups, he led them to an immediate defeat and was renamed Isatai'i "Wolf's Vulva." by marmorset
Yes, absolutely. People argue that's not what it means, but if you're calling yourselves "People" or "Human Beings," then everyone else are not "People" or "Human Beings" and that's that.
opiate_lifer t1_j6lqynf wrote
Reply to comment by tmccnt in TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building by Serath4
Beer doesn't degrade in taste over all that time?
Declanmar t1_j6lqulh wrote
Reply to comment by jfpbookworm in TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
More importantly, people clean their toilets with bleach, which kills everything.
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Demon-Hunter457 t1_j6lqgjv wrote
Reply to comment by dont_shoot_jr in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
I can excuse a little genocide but I draw the line at criticism of colonialism
SleeplessTaxidermist t1_j6lty9u wrote
Reply to comment by wolfie379 in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
Not all that rare nowadays. I believe dairy breeds are more prone to them than beef cattle. It's not uncommon for a cow to reject one of the calves. I see plenty of twin calf posts in my farming and cattle groups during the seasons.
MORE than two is rare and strange. Twin heifers is the lottery.