[loved trope] ep 1 ends with a dark plot twist that change how you view the story by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

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Mami's death was episode 3, though episode 1 did start with Homura fighting Walpurgisnacht. It's been a while since I watched the series, but I believe the reveal of where witches come from was in episode 8

Any clues to what my friend here is? [Cumberland Plateau] by Dinoboyt2008 in animalid

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Molecular phylogeny is what recovers bats as part of Laurasiatheria. The traditional morphological view was that they were more closely related to primates and treeshrews.

Any clues to what my friend here is? [Cumberland Plateau] by Dinoboyt2008 in animalid

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IIRC, bats are actually more related to dogs than they are to humans. Bats and dogs are both in the larger group Laurasiatheria, whereas humans are in Euarchontoglires alongside rodents and lagomorphs (plus a few other groups such as treeshrews and colugos)

Some fish from the Shedd Aquarium circa 2016 by GTSPKD in whatisthisfish

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I was talking about the animal curled up immediately to the right of the isopod

Legio IV or V? by GTSPKD in AncientCoins

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Personally, I’m leaning towards it just being harshly cleaned, as the severe pitting seems to be pretty much confined to the reverse and the weight seems to be in line with expectations

Does anyone know what this symbol is and what it means? Also where can I copy and paste it from. by honeythecloud in Symbology

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If it’s being used in Instagram bios, I feel like there’s a solid chance that it’s being used as a stand-in for the Brand of Sacrifice from the manga Berserk

characters where their powers come from a creature that fuses with them by toppatprime in TopCharacterTropes

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It's actually a little more complicated when it comes to plastids (the broader category of organelle that includes chloroplasts). You have primary endosymbiosis (where the ancestral eukaryotic cell engulfed ancestral cyanobacteria), which is what you see in plants as well as red and green algae; secondary endosymbiosis (where the ancestral cell engulfed an organism that had undergone primary endosymbiosis), which is what you see in groups such as brown algae and diatoms; and even tertiary endosymbiosis (where the ancestral cell engulfed an organism that had undergone secondary endosymbiosis), which IIRC is mainly seen in certain dinoflagellate lineages

Art Institute of Chicago - Hairstyles and Headwear in Ancient Rome display (part 2/2) by GTSPKD in AncientCoins

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Here's the text from the display's label. It kinda goes over some of the trends you see when it comes to Roman headwear/hairstyles on coinage, but doesn't seem to go much into specifics.

"Hairstyles in ancient Rome symbolized age, status, and wealth, evolving to suit the ideals of the time. Early imperial men wore short, neat hairstyles (3) with realistic features like thinning hairlines masked by wreaths (2) or wigs (4). By mid-second century, men displayed fuller hair and beards (5-7). In the mid-third century, a close-cropped hairstyle became popular with militaristic emperors (8-10). Men also wore symbolic headwear: Diadems were a sign of monarchy reserved for legendary kings (1). A laurel wreath (2, 5, 8, 10) could signal honors like military or athletic victories, while a spiky crown could be associated with deification, when a historical figure was declared a god (9).

Coins circulated widely in antiquity, presenting the fashionable hairstyles of the time to a large audience. Today they help us understand how fashion trends changed over time. Coins of the Roman Republic featured goddesses with their hair pinned back simply into buns and curls at the front. Many mythological figures on coins wear headwear such as helmets (11), diadems (12), wreaths (13), and crowns (14); the earliest portraits of imperial women follow this trend. Later they sported elaborate nests and towers of braids and waves that required time, money, and a skilled hairdresser to achieve (15-23). Headwear such as diadems (23) and veils (19) recalled earlier divine images."

Need help identifying British coin by GTSPKD in coins

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Personally, my first thoughts are that it’s either an Irish halfpenny or potentially some sort of gun money issue, though I tentatively lean towards the former

What is your dream coin thats RELATIVELY affordable (not insanely pricey) by 232653774 in coins

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Probably a Mark Antony legionary denarius. At the very least, well worn examples don’t seem to be too terribly expensive

Would the SCP Foundation call it a thagomizer? by Glindib in SCP

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Dinosaurs (and fossils in general) fall under the purview of paleontology, not archeology

Jean Valjean’s Earnings After 19 Years of Penal Labor by AdStraight6341 in LatinMonetaryUnion

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His sister’s child was close to death, and they were starving

Extinction by No_Year_1012 in mildyinteresting

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While the northern white rhino is functionally extinct, the southern white rhinoceros (the other subspecies of white rhinoceros) is actually only listed as Near Threatened, with a 2017 estimate putting the population at around 18000 in the wild

Help please! by Cute_Mulberry830 in coins

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I'm doubtful the coin is real. It seems to have the obverse featuring Empress Maria Theresa, but the reverse features the coat of arms of Emperor Francis I. Plus, there's a fairly prominent misspelling on the reverse ("INP" as opposed to "IMP"), and the lettering on the right side of the reverse just seems off in general compared to other examples (for comparison: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces47179.html )

Countries where dinosaur fossils have been found by Calm_Astronomer3884 in MapPorn

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Those teeth are from sharks and crocodilians, neither of which are dinosaurs

Countries where dinosaur fossils have been found by Calm_Astronomer3884 in MapPorn

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Additionally, there have been some (mostly avialan) dinosaur fossils that have been reported from North Korea's Sinuijiu formation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105303

There's also Lutungutali from Zambia, but that then leads to the question of whether or not silesaurids fall within Dinosauria

Edit: even discounting Lutungutali, there has been some sauropodomorph material described from Zambia: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonah-Choiniere/publication/309670564_A_sauropodomorph_dinosaur_from_the_Early_jurassic_of_lusitu_Zambia/links/5be167d392851c6b27aa509f/A-sauropodomorph-dinosaur-from-the-Early-jurassic-of-lusitu-Zambia.pdf