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testhec10ck OP t1_j9gccal wrote

Reply to comment by JustMe-male in TIL with Scallops, only the abductor muscle is eaten by humans. The rest of the meat, which is edible, may contain a buildup of toxins, and is discarded at sea. by testhec10ck

If the scallop has not exposed to toxins, than it’s safe to eat the rest of the meat, but scallops travel, so there’s no way to tell if they were in contaminated waters. Farm raised scallops don’t have the same issue, since we know what water they were in, and theoretically you could eat the whole scallop (less the shell)

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testhec10ck OP t1_j9gc89h wrote

Reply to comment by ouyin2000 in TIL with Scallops, only the abductor muscle is eaten by humans. The rest of the meat, which is edible, may contain a buildup of toxins, and is discarded at sea. by testhec10ck

If it’s not exposed to toxins, than it’s safe to eat, but scallops travel, so there’s no way to tell if they were in contaminated waters. Farm raised scallops don’t have the same issue, since we know what water they were in, and theoretically you could eat the whole scallop (less the shell)

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the-magnificunt t1_j9gbnah wrote

Reply to comment by LipTrev in Today I learned that there is enough evidence to suggest that orca are actually an occasional predator of moose, due to the fact that moose can dive up to 20' for vegetation underwater in killer whale territories. by Uranusspinssideways

There's a recorded case of an orca holding a great white shark upside down FOR 15 MINUTES so it would die, then just eating its liver. This happened near some islands off the coast of California. A bunch of great whites in the area fled, including a tagged great white that immediately dove to 500 meters and swam straight to Hawaii.

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bolanrox t1_j9g9z9k wrote

Reply to comment by epochpenors in TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games by Loki-L

these days yes. espeically the one where Milton had fuck face written on the bottom of Lincolns hat

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bolanrox t1_j9g9msm wrote

Reply to comment by DRScottt in TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games by Loki-L

Geeze, this would be like telling Alec to complain to the director of Photography about something..

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Xx420PAWGhunter69xX t1_j9g9apm wrote

Reply to comment by jamescookenotthatone in TIL of Macadam roads. These roads were convex, raised a few inches, and made of layered crushed rock; they were state-of-the-art for the 19th century. The rise of automobiles led to the dust issues that were solved by binding the roads with tar, leading to the invention of tarmac. by jamescookenotthatone

So like the lightbulb challenge but the extra downside of scraping your teeth and not being able to crush it?

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VeGr-FXVG t1_j9g7zyi wrote

Reply to comment by SchtivanTheTrbl in TIL of Macadam roads. These roads were convex, raised a few inches, and made of layered crushed rock; they were state-of-the-art for the 19th century. The rise of automobiles led to the dust issues that were solved by binding the roads with tar, leading to the invention of tarmac. by jamescookenotthatone

Surely they had to recalibrate the mouth rock occasionally, to see if it still is up to spec?

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