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p-d-ball t1_jdvgqr6 wrote
Reply to comment by canadave_nyc in Everyone talks about how huge Andromeda will look in the sky billions of years from now. I present you what the Milky Way *currently* looks like in the skies of our neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. We appear absolutely huge in their skies! [Simulated view] by lampiaio
Ah, ok. Thank you for the info!
p-d-ball t1_jdvdyej wrote
Reply to comment by RoastedRhino in Everyone talks about how huge Andromeda will look in the sky billions of years from now. I present you what the Milky Way *currently* looks like in the skies of our neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. We appear absolutely huge in their skies! [Simulated view] by lampiaio
That's awesome! I'll definitely have to look for it.
p-d-ball t1_jdtr8lj wrote
Reply to comment by thesadunicorn in Everyone talks about how huge Andromeda will look in the sky billions of years from now. I present you what the Milky Way *currently* looks like in the skies of our neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. We appear absolutely huge in their skies! [Simulated view] by lampiaio
Wow, I'm kinda bummed we can't see it like that.
p-d-ball t1_jdtqzxg wrote
Reply to Everyone talks about how huge Andromeda will look in the sky billions of years from now. I present you what the Milky Way *currently* looks like in the skies of our neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. We appear absolutely huge in their skies! [Simulated view] by lampiaio
It's not simulated!! I was on the spaceship when OP took us there to take this picture.
p-d-ball t1_jd73mpb wrote
Reply to comment by kudichangedlives in TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there: by bringmeturtles
And that's it. That's how we started Invaso-terrorists, uh, I mean InvasoInvestment Group.
p-d-ball t1_jd72ye7 wrote
Reply to comment by kudichangedlives in TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there: by bringmeturtles
You've convinced me and the VC I work for. Where do we invest???
p-d-ball t1_jcs8cjn wrote
p-d-ball t1_jcrxt9b wrote
My ape brain is seeing a face looking to the right at the top of the photo.
p-d-ball t1_jcrcnx7 wrote
Reply to TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables
"I will nevermore eat lead paint."
"Good bird!"
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p-d-ball t1_jcnu84f wrote
Reply to Where do photons go if they've been emitted but are destined to never be absorbed, and would these photons traveling ad infinitum define the edge of the universe (even if space itself were still larger)? by mysteryofthefieryeye
I believe it'll just continue to lose energy as the universe continues to expand. In the same way that the CMB has lost energy.
p-d-ball t1_ja51chj wrote
Reply to comment by Card_Zero in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
University lied to me.
p-d-ball t1_ja2fp2l wrote
Reply to comment by Chucks_u_Farley in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
"Etym" meaning "I have no freaking idea" and "ology" meaning "love of," which secretly means "study of" in Ancient Greek.
p-d-ball t1_ja21vqe wrote
Reply to comment by DistortoiseLP in TIL there's a rock formation in Saudi Arabia about 6 meters high and 9 meters wide, split curiously in half and balanced on two small, natural pedestals. The origin of the Al Naslaa rock formation is unknown. by OccludedFug
I came to say aliens, but your answer is perfect. And true.
p-d-ball t1_ja16kcp wrote
Reply to comment by Disastrous_Elk_6375 in Euclid space telescope launch scheduled for July — ESA mission to chart a 3D map of the universe, in search of dark matter and dark energy by marketrent
That person must talk to computers for a living.
p-d-ball t1_j9ybfse wrote
Reply to comment by Amorougen in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973
That's great!
p-d-ball t1_j9y4sku wrote
Reply to comment by iamwizzerd in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973
CAPITALISM KILLS EVERYTHING
^(I'm joking for the sensitive bankers out there.)
p-d-ball t1_j9xupj9 wrote
Reply to comment by iamwizzerd in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973
For sure! Want to hear the crazy part? We used to use a product made from chrysanthemum, which is a flower, to kill insects. Massive industry, made in Japan. That industry collapsed with WWII and never recovered, partly because DDT was so cheap.
That kind of sucks, as the flower was obviously natural.
p-d-ball t1_j9xqvt0 wrote
Reply to comment by iamwizzerd in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973
Yeah, DDT was widely used to kill insects. It successfully got rid of malaria in the continental USA to Canada (malaria used to be all the way up to southern Canada), combined with draining swamps, pavement and sewer systems (to drain water away). Mosquitoes returned, but not with malaria, which requires a minimum population to spread.
DDT was also used to stop bedbugs. They are making a comeback partly because it was stopped, but probably also because of growing social inequality - extremely poor people just don't have the means to kill them where they live. And some people are immune to the itchiness and so aren't motivated enough to kill the bedbugs feeding off them.
DDT, it turns out, weakens bird's eggs. So, raptors were dying out all over the place.
p-d-ball t1_j9xqo6d wrote
Reply to comment by SirRuto in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973
You're correct.
p-d-ball t1_j6jdjy3 wrote
Reply to comment by MetallicDragon in NASA tested new propulsion tech that could unlock new deep space travel possibilities by Creepy_Toe2680
So, now we have to bring an atmosphere with our ships???
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(kidding, kidding)
p-d-ball t1_j529aub wrote
Reply to comment by Azrael_The_Bold in ClearSpace raises $29 million ahead of first debris removal mission by sillychillly
I am willing to fund your space piracy. For a share of the profits, naturally.
p-d-ball t1_j3xr2sc wrote
Reply to 'Ambassador' population of spotted handfish brings hope for re-wilding in Tasmania by DaRedGuy
These are definitely poised for evolution to land animals.
You know, if the entirety of land niches suddenly became open.
p-d-ball t1_j3nb39n wrote
Reply to TIL Pluto hasn't completed an orbit around the sun since its discovery. Pluto's orbit takes about 248 years, and Pluto was discovered in 1930. by irbinator
That means Pluto has no orbit! It's never been fully observed and it never will be. Ha!
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/s, of course. Making fun of creationists, etc.
p-d-ball t1_izv58jh wrote
Reply to comment by pummers88 in How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hiding in cliffs by Sariel007
That was a great read - thank you!
p-d-ball t1_jdzmcdw wrote
Reply to Post book depression by bertiewoooster
I very much do. If the writer is good, you get immersed in the characters. And then the party is over and you're forced to part ways.
As an author, I get these especially when I finally finish writing a book, too.