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10.2k sats \ 0 replies \ @beorange 11 Oct
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins
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156 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 11 Oct
In Utah there is a Quaking Aspen that is the largest single organism in the world.
Pando is believed to be the largest, most dense organism ever found at nearly 13 million pounds. The clone spreads over 106 acres, consisting of over 40,000 individual trees. The exact age of the clone and its root system is difficult to calculate, but it is estimated to have started at the end of the last ice age (2.6 million years ago). Some of the trees are over 130 years old. It was first recognized by researchers in the 1970s and more recently proven by geneticists. Its massive size, weight, and prehistoric age have caused worldwide fame.
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The fattest, the better

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The Ethiopian Bodi tribe where men compete to be the fattest in the village by drinking concoction which they claim is a mixture of blood and milk while living in isolation for six months. Read More Here
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They do it temporarily for the ceremony and after it they eat very less to become normal. I wonder what takes them more time growing or losing weight?
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I think the second one must be harder. May be some of them could never get back to their normal shape. But the humid climate of Ethiopia, I think, helps them reshape their bodies.
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the data for the westerners is extremely skewed due to social programming.
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Nowhere is it stipulated that Bern is in fact the official capital of Switzerland
Two laws – Article 32 of the Act on the Federal Assembly and Article 58 of the Government and Administration Organisation Act – mention simply that “The Federal Assembly meets in Bern” and “The official seat of the Federal Council, the departments and the Federal Chancellery is the City of Bern”.
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beautiful city, been there, seen the bears!
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I said on August 26th that this meme I made about @ken would age well and...well...fun fact...not to brag, but...well...you know...it has.
Exhibit A: #661571
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This screenshot is from "Speed", right?
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Yup. Here's the video of @Ken writing that post. Keanu Reeves is the @remindme bot. We just need to figure out who Sandra Bullock is.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @ken 11 Oct
This game will end when I say it ends!!
(Jk, it will end when the comments finally stop)
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But wait, that's when you said it would end...
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Good to know this about @south_korea_ln
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24 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 11 Oct
My wife is in the minority I guess.
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Mine ain’t!
But she doesn’t take chances anyways lol.
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Bees Recognize Human Faces:

Bees are not just good at finding flowers—they are also capable of recognizing human faces. While bees don’t have the same complex brain structures as humans, they use something called configural processing, which is the same method humans use to recognize faces. Instead of seeing a face as a whole, bees break down a face into individual components—such as the eyes, nose, and mouth—and remember how these parts are arranged.

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This ability was proven in a 2005 study where bees were trained to associate certain human faces with rewards (sugar water) and others with no reward. Over time, they learned to differentiate between the faces and fly toward the one that would give them the sugar reward. This is particularly remarkable because a bee’s brain is incredibly small compared to a human's, yet they can handle this complex task.

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There is no second best.
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Stairways to Heaven really exist... in China, Mt. Tianmen, with 999 stairs https://video.nostr.build/248988adc8a9330b544aa01ceeb01c640ee6a8eabd22f69105a173acbfdc02b9.mp4
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If you point your car keys to your head, it increases the remote’s signal range.
All the fluids in your head act as a fantastic conductor, allowing you to extend the remote’s range by a few car lengths.
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Yep, I do this all the time. It's probably not healthy, though.
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the undead NPC chicken
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DNA Stenography allows you to encode digital files like gifs, movies, private keys etc in your DNA and passing that along to your lineage
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Wombat poop is cube-shaped! Wombats, native to Australia, produce feces in the form of small cubes. This unique shape prevents the poop from rolling away and helps mark their territory. Scientists believe it’s due to how their intestines form and compress the waste.
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Nicotine kills all viruses.
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Did you know the Flute echoes 5 times inside the Taj Mahal?
The acoustics inside the main dome, which soars to 240 feet, can cause the single note of a flute to echo five times. The meticulously engineered and decorated Taj Mahal required 22 years of labor by 20,000 workers. And more than 1,000 elephants were deployed to carry construction materials. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/taj-mahal-1
More than 20 replicas of the Taj Mahal has been built around the world but none can replicate the magic it enshrines. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal_replicas_and_derivatives
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the highway to the danger zone is statistically more dangerous than the actual danger zone