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the-magnificunt t1_jdyw0mg wrote
Reply to comment by racewest22 in TIL that octopuses have three hearts and blue blood by real_aurora_cole
They also have 9 brains. NINE.
ShaunDark t1_jdyvxog wrote
Reply to comment by Chickentrap in TIL that octopuses have three hearts and blue blood by real_aurora_cole
No, because each limb actually has a little brain inside it. And a central one in the head
Reddit_Survivor9 t1_jdyvpuq wrote
Reply to comment by lesterburnhamm66 in TIL india is the biggest exporter of hairs in the world. India's hair exports account for 80% of the global market by pinkcheems
Is it because most of you are bald?
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SuanaDrama t1_jdyu9az wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
testosterone?
ShaunDark t1_jdyttzs wrote
Reply to comment by PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2 in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
So you're in two good health and weigh 100lbs?
UndahratedAussie t1_jdytne9 wrote
Reply to TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Good.
ALso do container deposit. In rich countries it should be at least .50USD per bottle.
seifer666 t1_jdyt9vb wrote
Reply to comment by memeiel in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Pretty sure they just send plastic to developing nations and pay them to put it in a landfill
PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2 t1_jdyspu9 wrote
Reply to comment by dvdmaven in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
Let’s say I double one of those requirements. Do I still need the other one?
Echo71Niner t1_jdyski4 wrote
Reply to comment by DumbbellDiva92 in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
That is surprising, not sure why I assumed this was a North American standard for donating blood since it was based on a scientific study.
headhouse t1_jdyrja6 wrote
Reply to comment by partypat_bear in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
>imagine polka music wars in Idaho
Worst... dance-off... ever.
headhouse t1_jdyr5rh wrote
Reply to TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
Someday there'll be a documentary about this, and by necessity it'll be a musical. So the good news is, there's an incredibly awkward Oscars ceremony to look forward to.
blondechinesehair t1_jdyqwsz wrote
Reply to comment by cabalavatar in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
I was just thinking that those caps are garbage
Icyrow t1_jdyqu81 wrote
Reply to comment by CornWallacedaGeneral in TIL that seagulls not only eat other birds and animals, but are cannibals and often eat seagull chicks, even their own. by TrolleyMcTrollerson1
rats routinely eat their young too. like, really a bit too often.
janksnake t1_jdyo5s4 wrote
Reply to TIL that there are official guidelines for muslims to perform their rituals from space since 2007, when the first malaysian astronaut join the space station. by TonahVilla
It's amazing to me that a human brain can encompass such phenomenal cognitive dissonance.
Chickentrap t1_jdynt1m wrote
Reply to comment by a_brown_frog in TIL that octopuses have three hearts and blue blood by real_aurora_cole
Because the limbs are technically brains too?
ButterBallTheFatCat t1_jdynogd wrote
Reply to TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
That feels like such a small number tbh. Even tho it is huge
AgniousPrime t1_jdynl2d wrote
Reply to comment by EntshuldigungOK in TIL india is the biggest exporter of hairs in the world. India's hair exports account for 80% of the global market by pinkcheems
Thanks, my man but alas, I have accepted my fate.
JimBean t1_jdyn190 wrote
Reply to comment by dirtyLizard in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
Follow the money.
[deleted] t1_jdymxj6 wrote
Reply to comment by 0verlyAnxious in TIL: A family of 12 performers, 7 of whom were dwarves, all survived Auschwitz after being separated by Mengele. Several prisoners who survived claimed they believed they were hallucinating when they saw seven well-dressed dwarves passing by. by 0verlyAnxious
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racewest22 t1_jdymlmg wrote
My favorite crazy, unprovable theory is that octopi are aliens that dropped into the ocean from an asteroid or something. Ridiculous, but also octopi have three hearts and blue blood.
Viperion_NZ t1_jdym7gn wrote
Reply to comment by LastLapPodcast in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
We still have big ol' steel bins with three holes for clear, brown, and green glass....but there are no dividers in the bins lolol
SparkySailor t1_jdyw5p2 wrote
Reply to comment by cabalavatar in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Some of them stopped doing that because the bottle depots bitched about the amount of caps dropped in their parking lots