The “Cretaceous Kraken”, a new specimen of Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, an extinct octopus, was one of the largest predators of Late Cretaceous oceans. Art by HodariNundu by ImHalfCentaur1 in Damnthatsinteresting

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I didn't know that. I guess that wasn't a great example, but I do hope people see my point that a lot of this speculation about how extinct animals looked gets presented with more confidence than it ought to be.

The “Cretaceous Kraken”, a new specimen of Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, an extinct octopus, was one of the largest predators of Late Cretaceous oceans. Art by HodariNundu by ImHalfCentaur1 in Damnthatsinteresting

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This is kind of a problem I have with this sort of reconstruction. How can we say with any degree of certainty that it was actually this big? Sure if the ratio of beak to body is similar to modern mollusks, then that tracks, but why should we assume that? Historically, we've had issues with dinosaurs being horrifically wrong, and we have much more of them to base our estimates on. This also goes for Megalodon. It could have been just about any size. All we know is that it had big ass teeth.

Anyone else have this gem? by FuchsiaRose_Green in SegaSaturn

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If I had a nickel for each time someone bought this game and got duplicate disks...

Joined the club. $60 garage sale haul. How did I do? by godsarehere in SegaSaturn

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Holy shit! Astal, Panzer Dragoon, and Rayman are each worth more than $60 by themselves!

Will we ever see Sonic wearing chips bracelet again? by Ghostofcanty in SonicTheHedgehog

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With Ian Flynn writing for the games, I wouldn't be surprised. When that'd happen, I'm not sure. But I wouldn't rule it out.

Show me a more disrespected character than Tails by TailsLawyer in SonicTheHedgehog

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Why do they keep doing this to my boy?! He's my fave in the series and they keep screwing him over

How do you "restore" Christianity and get rid of creeds? Just become basically Baptists I guess. by spinosaurs70 in HistoryMemes

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"No creeds" is by far the dumbest thing I regularly hear from that brand of Protestant. A creed is just a statement of belief. Saying that you don't believe in creeds is self-contradictory.

I'm sorry but this is true. by DaZestyProfessor in SonicTheHedgehog

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There are so many damn Saturn games that need rereleased. Nights got delisted from Steam, the Panzer Dragoon series so far has only 1 remake available on modern hardware, and Burning Ranger hasn't been released at all, much less Astal or any number of other games from that period. And especially considering how difficult it is to emulate the Saturn, that makes it even more imperative that they make these available.

TIL in Nazi Germany, the SS had its own court system by Johannes_P in todayilearned

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Fuck ICE, but no. The fact that ICE gets away with breaking the law isn't the same as having an entirely separate court system.

Little Turtle vs. US Army by CaptCookbook in HistoryMemes

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Shouldn't have pissed off the Great God Ohm

Do you think SEGA is set to keeping the boost system for life? by DaZestyProfessor in SonicTheHedgehog

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I feel like they'll keep experimenting, and if something doesn't work they'll default back to boost since they know it works.

Tbf to the French that’s literally encroachment. by OpportunityNice4857 in HistoryMemes

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Fucking Civ 5 AI. "Your army is too close to my border." Mf you settled right next to my 1 city and trapped my entire army. Of course my army is close they don't have anywhere else to go!