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monkeypox_69 t1_j6qylu4 wrote

Reply to comment by seminote in TIL DNA transfer does not only occur "vertically", that is, from parent to progeny. There is also a form of DNA transfer known as horizontal or intracellular DNA transfer, which consists in a piece of DNA being transferred from the genome of one cell to that of another—including between species. by DioriteLover

Aren't we made of a bunch of different microorganisms also? We aren't even fully human.. we were the aliens all along!

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arlondiluthel t1_j6pjoze wrote

Reply to comment by ChamBruh in TIL Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos baseball team while still in high school, but instead chose to play football in college. This technically makes him the last player drafted by the Expos still playing professional sports. by _Abe_Froman_SKOC

You're twisting what I actually said purely to be confrontational. Knock it off. "Don't currently intend to re-sign" in the context I chose to use it in, means literally that they haven't said they intend to re-sign. Why has no bearing. The fact of the matter is, the team has not said "we intend to re-sign". They've said that they want to, but it's up to Brady. That doesn't sound anything like "we intend to re-sign".

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LeapIntoInaction t1_j6pjl9h wrote

Reply to TIL Maria Sabina was an indigenous medicine woman who introduced the western world to psilocybin. Her community's rituals were appropriated for power and fame, and she died in poverty. by kerblooee

Is the complaint here that she didn't build a marketing machine, form a monopoly on psilocybin, and die richer than Elon Musk?

I don't see where her "community's rituals" enter into it. All you do is eat a plant. This is not complicated.

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Darwinitan t1_j6pj4xi wrote

Reply to comment by TheWildGooseberry in TIL Actors Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman became friends while attending Pasadena Playhouse in the 60's. seen as outsiders by their classmates, both were voted "The Least Likely To Succeed". by Moti

My high school didn't do this or superlatives. We also didn't have kings/queens for homecoming or prom. I'm pretty sure we were the only school in the county that didn't do these things, though. Even though I'm used to seeing it through pop culture, it's always feels a little foreign to see in real life, especially the mean-spirited stuff.

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ChamBruh t1_j6pj06h wrote

Reply to comment by arlondiluthel in TIL Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos baseball team while still in high school, but instead chose to play football in college. This technically makes him the last player drafted by the Expos still playing professional sports. by _Abe_Froman_SKOC

It’s not semantics at all. Your original comments paints the situation as the buccaneers choosing to let Brady leave, which isn’t true. Rapoport, like I showed, said that the Bucs want to keep Brady. The whole situation is up to Brady. So while it may not be entirely accurate to say they intend to re-sign him, because the decision is ultimately Brady’s, it’s entirely untrue to say they don’t intend to re-sign him. entirely untrue

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OrganizationCreepy42 t1_j6piw7k wrote

Reply to comment by RogerPackinrod 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

When comes to something this mass, its hard to pin down exact numbers unless there is concentration camp level book keeping.

For example, the Silent Holocaust in the 80's has a range of 32,000-166,000

And the Rwandan Genocide has a 491,000-800,000 est and that was in the 90s

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arlondiluthel t1_j6piqgh wrote

Reply to comment by ChamBruh in TIL Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos baseball team while still in high school, but instead chose to play football in college. This technically makes him the last player drafted by the Expos still playing professional sports. by _Abe_Froman_SKOC

It's literally just semantics. If they were 100% for sure, matter-of-fact, "come Hell or high water" going to re-sign him, they would specifically say so. He's still with the team until the league year flips over, so they're allowed to do that per the league rules regarding pending free agents. The fact that they aren't means it's not a 100% guarantee.

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