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Jonny_Entropy t1_j8wulp1 wrote
Reply to TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
MD? Is TIL just for USA?
easytarget2000 t1_j8wt2qi wrote
Reply to comment by jrizzle86 in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Do you mean Gary Buses?
disneyvacafacts t1_j8wrjnb wrote
Reply to TIL that back in 2013, Xerox had scanners that would randomly change numbers after scanning a document. by COMPUTER1313
As an embedded engineer, I'm proud that I guessed the problem after only reading the first paragraph, having never done this exact type of engineering.
All I did was think of how I would have personally handled these scans and how I could have screwed it up.
Clanstantine t1_j8wrcvq wrote
Reply to comment by jrizzle86 in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Matt Damon is an absolute unit
Clanstantine t1_j8wrae2 wrote
Reply to comment by my4coins in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
As an American I need examples to be in how many football fields could you fit in it.
jrizzle86 t1_j8wqtlr wrote
Reply to comment by my4coins in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Bloody Americans using Matt Damon as a unit of size, haven’t they heard of London Buses!
cracking t1_j8wog8a wrote
cracking t1_j8wo7rs wrote
Reply to comment by dadbod001 in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Moldova is an irresistibly sexy name
AnthillOmbudsman t1_j8wmslc wrote
Reply to TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Looking at that image I guess that would have been a really bad time to be living on Doggerland.
No-Wonder1139 t1_j8wm9ic wrote
Reply to TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
How many bananas in an MD?
HobgoblinKhanate1 t1_j8wlt7a wrote
Reply to comment by MyDadsGlassesCase in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
I mean I’m a Scotsman and had no idea MD meant Maryland
SBR404 t1_j8wl6ts wrote
norkelman t1_j8wjus5 wrote
Reply to comment by thesonofmogh in TIL that back in 2013, Xerox had scanners that would randomly change numbers after scanning a document. by COMPUTER1313
i'm genuinely disappointed captions are disabled bc i want to watch it but i do not know german
ZetaInfinite t1_j8wjngr wrote
Reply to comment by FlyingWeagle in TIL cashews are actually seeds that grow hanging beneath cashew apples, which are pear-shaped edible fruits that belong to the cashew tree by Arena-1
What is the botanical definition of a nut?
dadbod001 t1_j8wiouh wrote
Reply to comment by il_duomino in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
No they’re stripper names
TheButtholer69 t1_j8wifd4 wrote
Reply to comment by TheSentinelsSorrow in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Lol didn’t expect that.
Edit: I guess you’ll never know
TheSentinelsSorrow t1_j8wicbt wrote
Reply to comment by TheButtholer69 in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
The chemical symbol for mendelevium or Doctor of Medicine
_mister_pink_ t1_j8wi4x9 wrote
Reply to comment by MyDadsGlassesCase in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
How would anyone know that MD stood for Maryland in the context of the UK?
It’s like me saying there was a flood in Ohio the size of skem. Would you have any idea what I was on about?
MajesticBread9147 t1_j8wgbek wrote
Reply to comment by cayennepepper in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Where shitty drivers come from
GoGaslightYerself t1_j8wfu3y wrote
Reply to comment by AnusStapler in TIL Gross Tonnage is Measure of a Ship’s Internal Space, Not its Weight. by theAusterityClinic
> It implies that a ship "weighs" less if you put it in a huge vat of alcohol, as well.
Yep, since alcohol is less dense than water, a ship floating in alcohol will sit deeper in alcohol than in water. Water density varies with salinity and temperature, too, so they have different Plimsoll or "load lines" painted on ships to estimate their weight in tropical fresh water (TF), freshwater (F), tropical saltwater (TF), summer temperate seawater (S), winter temperate seawater (W) or Winter North Atlantic (WNA)...a ship of a given weight will sit much higher in WNA water than TF water...
Killawife t1_j8wfgsp wrote
Reply to TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Oh no! Not MD! Well, at least we still have Burger King.
TheButtholer69 t1_j8wewfl wrote
Reply to comment by cayennepepper in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Look it up
il_duomino t1_j8wdyzs wrote
Reply to comment by sinmantky in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
Is that crust with or without cheese?
GeneralNathanJessup t1_j8wvo5t wrote
Reply to comment by -_kevin_- in TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth." by SixedSigma
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I DID!!!!