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  • If you're right, and I believe you, then I would know one thing that isn't wrong.

  • They forgot to mention what percentage of birds are humans smh

  • Fruit evolved to mimic the smell of shampoo so people would rub it in their hair, helping spread the seeds.

  • I thought this was a guy trying to cut a toothbrush in half.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL the QWERTY keyboard was not designed to intentionally slow down typing

  • You shouldn't have posted that, I just hacked into your mainframe.

  • i think they are great when they are able to provide variety in terms of gameplay, challenge etc, as opposed to just being different layouts. My first thought is roguelikes and roguelites - Some of my favorite games are Binding of Isaac and Spelunky, which do it really well, and I still play the original roguelikes like Angband sometimes.

  • Andrea, think of what could have bean

  • It's kind of like email...

  • Ever done this trick?

  • Just imagining the context where it would be phrased like this - "Hi, good to meet you, my first name is John, and my last name is Smith."

  • I think that might be too much of a spoiler 😄

  • In the book, it kept the same mass and got a lot bigger. And of course much brighter.

  • Nearing the end of When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi, which came out a few months ago. It's a bit silly but I'd recommend it. The premise can be summed up as, "What would happen if the moon turned into cheese?"

  • Looks like your post didn't make it to their server.

  • What's the story behind this photo?

  • It was definitely true in my experience- the general feeling was that it's very hard to prove any general rules in psychology, because there are so many factors. You want to be able to say "people are ___" but people are just way too complex.

  • All I remember from my psychology classes is that for every study that shows some phenomenon, there's another study that shows the opposite. That's why I switched to math.

    edit: well I guess the main reason was to help find a job...

  • Reminds me of a John Hodgman bit - we have ice hockey, field hockey, and air hockey, implying the existence of fire hockey.

  • I like how the map shows the curvature of the north border (49th parallel), meaning all these lines bulge north in the middle.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    The problem with adding forgery prevention features to paper money is that people could just forge the old version of the bill.

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Brett McKenzie is like the Kyle Gass of Flight of the Conchords

    Science Memes @mander.xyz

    It's My Nature

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    "With all due respect" could imply that no respect is due and therefore none is given

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Do British people say "brr" when they're cold? If so, how do they pronounce the R?

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    It's weird that a room with just a toilet and sink is called a "half bath", when it in fact has zero bathtubs.

    United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml

    Senator Chris Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Indiana Jones was named after the state Indiana, which was named after American Indians, which were named after India, which was named after the Indus River, which was named for the word for river...

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    The roof or your mouth should really be called the ceiling of your mouth

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Bill Nye should host a New Year's Eve event and call it Bill's NYE

    memes @lemmy.world

    My morning routine is so efficient, now I can stay up an hour later playing video games

    Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    What would happen if dead leaves suddenly became the most valuable currency in the world?

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Magic Johnson sounds like the name of an adult film star

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Why do residential skyscrapers always seem to include balconies that never get used?

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Someday, when society goes fully paperless, paper cuts will be a thing of the past

    Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world

    Yelp is making me get their app to confirm my restaurant reservation

    Lemmy.world Support @lemmy.world

    Unfeaturing a post is not federating correctly

    Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" was NOT written to wake up sleeping audience members; that was just a myth

    Lemmy.world Support @lemmy.world

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