YouDontWinFrnzWSalad t1_j9in0hw wrote on February 22, 2023 at 6:06 AM

Whew...just saw that thing called a Spider the other day that they used on the ladies accused of witchcraft and let's just say...mammectomy with no painkillers.

JainaOrgana t1_j9ikxif wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:43 AM

Reply to comment by Kusanagi-2501 in TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh

There was a moose near my house the other day. This guys are huge.

JainaOrgana t1_j9ikvp2 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:43 AM

Reply to comment by draw2discard2 in TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh

Less likely to be digested?

More likely to propagate when dumped?

TheJBW t1_j9ikuk3 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:42 AM

Reply to comment by RobThorpe in TIL the tradition of naming American tanks after generals was actually started by the British during WW2. by edwardrha

Yeah, but you also did “Dreadnought” and then slapped that name on a ship so fucking awesome that all battleships that came after it had to be called dreadnoughts.

JainaOrgana t1_j9iklu7 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:40 AM

Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh

Smaller seeds got digested?

Keuleman t1_j9ik8n9 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:36 AM

Reply to comment by Sdog1981 in TIL The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird used an Astro-inertial Navigation System to track Stars and determine its position and altitude. At Mach 3, the navigation system was accurate enough to limit drift to 1,000 feet (300 meters) off course. by shamelessterminator

Nihlus gave you a compliment. So you hate him?

[deleted] t1_j9ijrl4 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:31 AM

Reply to TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920

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Kusanagi-2501 t1_j9ijpfp wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:30 AM

Reply to TIL that at its peak, AOL / America Online was responsible for 50% of CDs manufactured worldwide by eskihomer

I used them and still don’t understand how they worked. Was AOL the ISP? Did the telephone company I got home phone through, get paid at all? How did AOL even make money?

Thin_Cable4155 t1_j9ijl90 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:29 AM

Reply to TIL - English physician William Harvey was a prominent skeptic regarding allegations of witchcraft. He was one of the examiners of four women from Lancashire accused of witchcraft in 1634, and as a consequence of his report, all of them were acquitted. by wendalltwolf

"Witchcraft sounds like bullshit", William Harvey, 1634

Sdog1981 t1_j9ijc00 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:27 AM

Reply to comment by Keuleman in TIL The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird used an Astro-inertial Navigation System to track Stars and determine its position and altitude. At Mach 3, the navigation system was accurate enough to limit drift to 1,000 feet (300 meters) off course. by shamelessterminator

I hate that guy

Sdog1981 t1_j9ijaj1 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:26 AM

Reply to TIL The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird used an Astro-inertial Navigation System to track Stars and determine its position and altitude. At Mach 3, the navigation system was accurate enough to limit drift to 1,000 feet (300 meters) off course. by shamelessterminator

It was so advanced and primitive at the same time. It would take pictures that would have to be developed.

It’s just so interesting

Kusanagi-2501 t1_j9iixjn wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:23 AM

Reply to TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh

I always found megafauna fascinating. I would like to believe that in some undiscovered wilderness there are megafauna large and in charge still.

Deluxe78 t1_j9iijo9 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:19 AM

Reply to TIL black holes also regurgitate matter such as stars that they suck in by Desolecontra

Cendes and her team determined that this material is being ejected from the black hole at around 300 million mph (480 million kph) — about half the speed of light. For comparison, TDEs usually spit out this material at about 10% the speed of light.

So it’s traveling much faster then previous observed half the speed of light , wouldn’t we as the “stationary observer” observe the second part of the event of it slingshotting away from the event horizon later to preserve relativity? And see it a few years later?