No-Owl9201
No-Owl9201 t1_jd845cb wrote
Reply to TIL that on April 1st, 1906, American newspapers ran prank articles reporting that Chicago had been "invaded by hordes of prehistoric monsters dealing death and destruction", illustrated with doctored photos showing dinosaurs attacking the Windy City. by TJ_Fox
... and now we have those pranksters Fox 'News' fabricating stories on a daily basis.
No-Owl9201 t1_jcx3xik wrote
Reply to Do you think BluRay DVDs are the final form of physical media? Or will a new physical media format come to be, and what would that look like? by Daveyb003
I'm guessing that whatever way they can extend smart phone storage with will be the future.
No-Owl9201 t1_jccx01o wrote
Reply to TIL that many species of spiders can fly through the air with a technique called ballooning by last_air_nomad
With all the aerobatic swallows flying around here, I don't fancy being a spider just a floating in the air.
No-Owl9201 t1_jc6fsu7 wrote
"However, the paper posits that this is likely more a problem with the sensors recording this data than science’s current understanding of physics."
No-Owl9201 t1_jaxgr35 wrote
Reply to Boris Johnson's partygate bash dismissed as just 'soggy sandwiches and a slice of birthday cake' by ally by nimobo
He obviously meant to say that: "Stale Boris is an old soggy sandwich filled with whiffy mushy lies"
No-Owl9201 t1_jaf1h4w wrote
Reply to comment by dplfk in TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
Thanks for this added context.
Nanga Parbat certainly a most beautiful looking mountain.
No-Owl9201 t1_jae1s73 wrote
Reply to TIL The most abundant wild bird on planet earth is the Red-billed Quelea. The birds fly in flocks of 2 million or more and in such tightly synchronized masses they can be mistaken at a distance for clouds of smoke. Single colonies can cover hundreds of acres, totaling tens of millions of birds. by Bluest_waters
Would be great to see such huge flocks of birds, but I'm real sure local farmers aren't so keen on them..
No-Owl9201 t1_jae055z wrote
Reply to TIL the Futurama theme song is considered a variation of a 1967 song called "Psyché Rock" by french composer Pierre Henry, which in turn is based on the well known 1966 song "Wild Things" by the Troggs. by NoxDominus
I can now imagine the Troggs, (Troglodytes) as musicians inside Futurama episodes, it'd certainly be 'Wild'
No-Owl9201 t1_jabd2vf wrote
Is this rise in possessions because the Pope & his chums have been out shopping a bit too much??
No-Owl9201 t1_ja8q60g wrote
Reply to TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
'Nanga Parbat' means 'Naked Mountain' in the Urdu language
No-Owl9201 t1_ja8jcn2 wrote
Reply to comment by foo-jitsoo in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
Thank you for your kind act!!
Sometimes I even downvote myself.
No-Owl9201 t1_ja7xe30 wrote
Reply to comment by foo-jitsoo in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
I like dumb, and your response made me smile, ta!
No-Owl9201 t1_ja7nbfn wrote
Reply to TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
There's a whole heap of politicians in our government that are just so ridiculous that you've got wonder why evolution brought us such creatures, creatures so strange they reject the very notion of evolution itself instead having beliefs based on misinterpreting some dusty old books
No-Owl9201 t1_ja7lep1 wrote
Reply to TIL that there is a plant known as the Coccoloba Gigantifolia which has leaves that can reach up to 8 feet in length (2.4 meters) by KitchenBag2164
From the amazing Amazon, a few leaves would be enough for a shelter.
No-Owl9201 t1_ja76m1z wrote
Reply to comment by marioquartz in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
So true, and even if when they lose, they often celebrate it like a victory..
No-Owl9201 t1_ja6n83e wrote
Reply to comment by Muroid in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
Yes that's a much better version, but no doubt they saw that by glorifying these triumphs they could impress all those held captive by the slowly disintegrating British Empire..
No-Owl9201 t1_ja6gj96 wrote
Reply to TIL about Vesna Vulović, the Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi) by Cannabisseur78
Extraordinary story of survival, though at a huge cost to her health through out the remainder of her life.
No-Owl9201 t1_ja68tuu wrote
Reply to TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
New to me, very interesting just how selective was the history we were taught in school back in the day. Gives a new twist on that saying "History is written by the victors"
No-Owl9201 t1_ja5h02c wrote
Reply to comment by kenlasalle in US 'develops' AI-powered facial recognition tech for military robot drones - The drones are to be tasked with expeditionary roles, including special operations, to "open the opportunity for real-time autonomous response by the robot." by Gari_305
Lol.... You mean apart from the elimination of all biological life on earth larger than a small pebble??
No-Owl9201 t1_ja5efbi wrote
Very Important to know if you ever need to do CPR on babies and young children.
https://www.forbes.com/health/healthy-aging/normal-heart-rate-by-age/
No-Owl9201 t1_ja1hzqy wrote
Reply to The IEA’s Global Methane Tracker shows the oil and gas sector could slash emissions of potent greenhouse gas using only a fraction of its bumper income from the energy crisis by WalkingTalker
Methane emissions are a serious driver of Climate Change and fast action on this issue is critical to avoiding the mounting costs of Climate Change..
No-Owl9201 t1_ja1gttk wrote
Batteries really are at an early stage of development and often the biggest problems are the cost of production, the effective life of the battery, and the energy density it can hold. So probably to early to assess a lignin/polymer battery but it'd be a pretty green product and as lignin is a papermaking byproduct there'd be no scarcity, or mining issues.
No-Owl9201 t1_ja0olnf wrote
Reply to comment by drygnfyre in TIL that Ben S. Cauley, Jr. was the sole survivor of the plane crash that killed singer Otis Redding & 6 other people in 1967. Cauley took off his seat belt shortly before the crash. He managed to cling to a seat cushion for 20 minutes, until a rescue boat pulled him from the freezing lake waters. by Paiger__
Yes indeed it would have been fascinating to see the further evolution of Elvis's career. I guess with his vocal style he could adapt to most musical genres. He worked with so many talented people it is hard not to see him as a huge success in whatever he did. Though being a Star is never easy or predictable so who really knows.
No-Owl9201 t1_ja03z7j wrote
Reply to TIL that despite having brains the size of poppy seeds, bees are able to recognize and remember human faces. In a study, researchers paired images of human faces with sugar-laced water, and bees were able to recognize and remember the faces even when the reward was no longer present. by MaleficentTop6074
Bees are indeed the bee's knees!
No-Owl9201 t1_je3x6z6 wrote
Reply to TIL there's a field of thousands of prehistoric stone jars in Laos by 500owls
That's interesting, I'd sure hate to be the ones that have to sort through all the shit us current day humans will leave behind us.