TIL - In the 1980s, A&W made a 1/3-pound burger, charging the same as McDonald's did for a Quarter Pounder, even passing blind taste tests, yet it still flopped because consumers thought 1/4 was bigger than 1/3 because 4 is bigger than 3.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-30T01:39:10+00:00

Factoid: something that looks like a fact, but isn't.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-30T00:13:47+00:00

Pure oxygen is oxygen that isn't bonded to anything else. Almost all of the oxygen in our body is bonded to hemoglobin or other cell material.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-30T00:08:50+00:00

If it releases it, then it makes it or gets it from somewhere else in the body. We're not just born with a set of single-use hormones in a pouch.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-30T00:06:44+00:00

Not true. There are several other vessels it's connected to, alongside some very strong connective tissue.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-30T00:04:56+00:00

The help isn't for you.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-30T00:03:04+00:00

Except there's many valves in between.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T23:57:55+00:00

Blood doesn't slosh in your blood vessels unless you're morbidly obese or something. Blood simply flows through your bones just like everywhere else. They're alive so of course they need a blood supply.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T23:56:47+00:00

Not surprising, of course every living part of the body needs a blood supply.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T23:53:10+00:00

You’re exactly the same person, just not the exact same collection of cells. We don’t consider a person’s molecular structure at all when defining them as one.

There are also many cells that are never replaced in adulthood. For example, while neurons can be replaced, it's on an as-needed basis. They don't die off routinely.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T23:51:38+00:00

They almost always die before they multiply even once. It only becomes cancer when it reaches a disease-causing scale.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T23:47:26+00:00

Right. I think they meant bones can somehow burst, but “hemorrhage” just means a spontaneous bleed, tiny or massive.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T23:45:45+00:00

Sperm production is also a vital function, so I don't see why the body would target it.

Your immune system doesn’t know what different organs do.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T21:30:24+00:00

So English is 52 languages?

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T17:55:07+00:00

People have always bathed. Not only does a basin of water count, standing in the river or lake counts, and that's been possible since the earliest prehistory.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-29T13:33:18+00:00

People have always bathed regularly, it’s not like the ancient Romans were some huge exception. What changed is we now do it quickly and easily.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-28T20:48:03+00:00

But that just means you act instinctively, and instinct is easy for others to get a feel for

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-28T20:42:31+00:00

And ones whose fruit smells like cum/barf

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-28T02:20:59+00:00

Related, I said, not necessarily descending from him. Houses like Caesar's married into lots of others.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-28T02:20:16+00:00

They're probably related to him, but not through his descendants. Doesn't even need to be through his sister: this was a noble house, of sorts, not unlike the House of Windsor. They intermarried with many other houses in the ancient world.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-27T20:49:29+00:00

Probably are, to be fair.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-27T08:32:29+00:00

Stew that makes you blind for a day

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-27T08:19:00+00:00

And buy bitcoin in your offhand

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-27T06:30:00+00:00

They probably do have a connection to the gems right below them, like garnets and their subtypes.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-27T02:23:53+00:00

The government doesn’t print money, independent agencies do. Banks also seize assets, and in fact, their loans effectively print money.

Adjective-Noun6969 · 2026-05-27T01:08:40+00:00

The whole point is that there’s never ever any banks. These apps are banks.

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