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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2014.10.17 22:49:31 -
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TIL: IS is training some of their members to fly three MiG-21 or MiG-23s they captured. Some lucky coalition air force pilots are going to get some easy noob kills.
"Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006)
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2014.10.22 01:53:13 -
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TIL: There were more than one species of homo sapiens on the Earth at once. For example, the 1 meter tall "hobbit" homo sapiens found in Flores Island, Indonesia. (But if homo sapiens is a distinct species, how could it have several species? Don't know, read it in The Economist, maybe the non-paleontologist journalist got his biology terminologies mixed up).
The point is, modern humans didn't develop as a direct line back to a primate ancestor. There were branches of diverse humans co-existing at once, and from those came modern us. Which raises the question: were gnomes, brownies, elves, and giants real? If you're a 1.8 meter human seeing a 1 meter human in the woods, he looks like a Gnome. If you're the 1 meter high one, the 1.8 meter one looks like a Giant....
*Related: Neanderthal art found in a cave in Spain(?) maybe, somewhere in S. Europe I think. It's deep gouges in a rock wall that look like a tic-tac-toe/noughts and crosses board. Neanderthals had some urge to express something graphically, same as cro-magnons.
"Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006)
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2014.10.25 16:05:04 -
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TIL: If you go to a festival on the last day, go past the food vendors again just before closing time. You can get some great deals. "Get over here, you won't believe how much food you're going to get." You might end up with an odd combo of food, such as:
-Shrimp kebabs
-Sausage and peppers sandwiches
-Clam chowder
-Fish and chips (sorry, no fish, just a mountain of chips)
-Bean and cheese tostadas (sorry, no guacamole left)
-Chocolate covered pretzels
But what the heck, after a hard day of festivaling, somebody in your crew will eat it.
"Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006)
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2014.10.30 20:24:19 -
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Some species of fish are pretty noisy. Especially toad fish and black drum. They live in murky water with low visibility, so the make noise so potential mates can find them.
For most fish, the sonic mechanism is a muscle that vibrates a swim bladder not unlike our vocal cord. The bladder is a gas-filled sac used for buoyancy, but it can also be used as a sort of drum. The toad fish's bladder muscle is the fastest twitching muscle in the world-- 200 times per second. That's faster than a hummingbird's wings.
Here's some fish sounds audio. Not especially beautiful sounds, really.
"Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006)
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2014.11.02 23:23:20 -
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TIL If you run out of cat food, your cats will eat fish food. And really love it.
"Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006)
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2015.01.18 00:26:35 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:TIL I learned of the existence of Interlingua. I seriously recommend you to read any article on that language... it's amazing how easy it can be understood, at least by speakers of romance languages. 
Wow. Even I can follow the idea. Interesting that it's mostly Latin-derived languages, but some strategically-placed modern English in as well. Le labor pro crear Interlingua habeva le start in Europa, a Liverpool in 1936 e le fin a New York in 1951, le equipa de linguistas ha extrahite le vocabulario international del linguas europee. Maybe the committee decided on which word from many languages would be most understood by the most people.
"My mule don't like laughing. You can apologize to my mule and can be alright."
-The Man with No Name
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.02.10 22:02:14 -
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McDonald's profits were way down in 2014. Customers spent more per person, but a lot less customers came in. Apparently nobody likes bad food anymore. Old CEO fired, new CEO has to come up with a new plan, fast.
(The linked story is a little old, but it summarizes the story better than the newer ones I saw).
"My mule don't like laughing. You can apologize to my mule and can be alright."
-The Man with No Name
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