Recent comments in /f/todayilearned
CalmAndSense t1_jd65zi5 wrote
Reply to comment by ImpressivePatience69 in TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
It's covered by skin and a thin layer of subcutaneous tissue, but it's more exposed than most nerves.
oceanduciel t1_jd65ox2 wrote
Reply to comment by T_Noctambulist in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Fair enough but hot springs, snowy mountains and volcanoes can be found almost anywhere.
oceanduciel t1_jd64uai wrote
Reply to comment by Saltmetoast in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Didn’t know the first part but snakes aren’t exclusive to desert climates.
T_Noctambulist t1_jd6458h wrote
Reply to comment by oceanduciel in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
We have rainforests and deserts; Ski mountains and hot springs; Volcanoes and cedar groves. Don't judge us by Portland and Seattle.
crimefighterplatypus t1_jd638i0 wrote
Reply to comment by Sensitive-Hold-8196 in TIL hair smells bad when burned because keratin needs large amounts of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine for polymer crosslinking, which give it it's rigid properties by Fantastic-Berry-737
Amino acid is a building block to make a protein. Imagine a single amino acid as a bead, and a protein has many beads strung together. Cysteine is one of those “beads”, use to make a part of a protein, called the polymer. Imagine you took a bunch of strings with beads and tied them together to make a large necklace, thats the entire protein. In this case that protein is keratin. Cysteine is also found in bird feathers and horse hooves
Saltmetoast t1_jd62vdh wrote
Reply to comment by oceanduciel in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Half of Oregon looks like Arizona. It has scorpions and snakes
ImpressivePatience69 t1_jd62nja wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
It's still covered? I can't imagine what it'd be like to smack a raw nerve.
crimefighterplatypus t1_jd62mmk wrote
Reply to TIL hair smells bad when burned because keratin needs large amounts of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine for polymer crosslinking, which give it it's rigid properties by Fantastic-Berry-737
Loool I learned this fun fact from reading ingredient labels! I actually found out that human hair contains L-cysteine. It is also found in bird feathers and horse hooves. L-cysteine is a dough conditioner that can be used to make breads softer. Some breads use asorbic acid but others use cysteine. One day I looked up cysteine and learned what you posted lol
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Bigtunajim t1_jd61q80 wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
I thought it was the boner…
LolaBijou84 t1_jd61g2u wrote
Reply to comment by Grpc96 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
I think I thought that but was really more interested in being lazy and wanting to not google how much a meter is in comparison to feet. I know it’s bitchy. It’s enough that I know 3 feet is one yard!
Landlubber77 t1_jd61c8k wrote
Reply to comment by G7ZR1 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Oh I suspect you're mocking me. Here's a shiny. Cheer up.
Grpc96 t1_jd615ef wrote
Reply to comment by LolaBijou84 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Meters.
Fantastic-Berry-737 OP t1_jd60zqr wrote
Reply to comment by Sensitive-Hold-8196 in TIL hair smells bad when burned because keratin needs large amounts of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine for polymer crosslinking, which give it it's rigid properties by Fantastic-Berry-737
Ever since learning about polymer crosslinking I haven't taken my safety googles off for a minute
G7ZR1 t1_jd60tsk wrote
Reply to comment by Landlubber77 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Amazing use of your free time. I wish I had such low standards. I’m rich, but sad. I envy your meaningless karma.
Alan_Smithee_ t1_jd60ix0 wrote
Reply to comment by valkyrjuk in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Have you looked into whether there is any sort of comeback or cleanup/compensation available from the former mine owners? This doesn’t seem right.
Fantastic-Berry-737 OP t1_jd608td wrote
Reply to comment by aaakiniti in TIL hair smells bad when burned because keratin needs large amounts of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine for polymer crosslinking, which give it it's rigid properties by Fantastic-Berry-737
what did you just call me
KittenPics t1_jd5zgm6 wrote
Reply to comment by oceanduciel in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Yeah, that’s what everyone thinks, that it rains every day. I assure you, it does not.
Landlubber77 t1_jd5xodu wrote
Reply to comment by mdude7221 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Depends on who you ask I guess. I encourage anyone to get out there and try to throw endless comments out and see if it gets you to 2 million. There's some dude out there with like 20-something million comment karma, he's probably the one to ask. I used to be 50th on Earth, now I'm barely scraping top-100. I got banned from my main karma sub six years ago, now I just grab a bit here and there.
deddPan OP t1_jd5x3sz wrote
Reply to comment by notneverman in TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
:'(
SocialWinker t1_jd5x0wu wrote
Reply to comment by nimitzhunter in TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row." by AdmiralAkbar1
> The average time between sentencing and execution has increased by two-thirds in the past 20 years — from 11.4 years in 2000 to 18.9 years in 2020, according to the most recent available data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The longest was 38 years, as of his execution in 2018.
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/12/1097184110/death-row-inmates-execution-time
StarChild413 t1_jd5wm5s wrote
Reply to comment by Commotion in TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row." by AdmiralAkbar1
Anyone else knew that because of Assassins the musical and the song "How I Saved Roosevelt" (and an interesting thing is, if the song is to be believed he was originally going to try and assassinate Hoover as he believed Hoover was more directly at fault but, to quote the song, "Hoover up in Washington/it wintertime in Washington/too cold for the stomach in Washington/I go down to Miami, kill Roosevelt")
Rich-Juice2517 t1_jd5w6nj wrote
Reply to comment by oceanduciel in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Ah yeah, the rainforest is only in the Olympic peninsula from what I've seen. It gets wet a lot there
Edit: to add we've been at like 80% of our regular water table and in a drought the last few years
oceanduciel t1_jd5vlun wrote
Reply to comment by Rich-Juice2517 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Just for that level of dryness to be present in that region. Since it’s a temperate rainforest and everything.
T_Noctambulist t1_jd66mke wrote
Reply to comment by oceanduciel in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Yes.