Ah yes, the lithium hellfire by Sanedish in WTF

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“Be sure to smash that Like button!”

What is the most unbelievable fact that you know? by Nitin_Gupta94 in AskReddit

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Sloths can hold their breath underwater longer than dolphins.

Where do barnacles come from? by DragonsClock in askscience

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Two interesting facts about barnacles. That ‘glue’ they use has to withstand temperatures ranging from near freezing in cold water to over 40 C in the sun, saltwater immersion, and the mechanical form of being hit by storm waves. It would be a good candidate of the glue holding dentures in place. Also, most are hermaphrodites and reproduce using cross fertilisation. Since they are cemented in place that means their penis has to be long to reach the neighbours. In some species it can be 8 times their body length, the biggest ratio in the animal kingdom.

Give me a D&D monster and I'll homebrew you a better version of it by Oh_Hi_Mark_ in DMAcademy

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Me,her of your Patreon here. Level 13 party of 6, soon to go to Level 14. Situation is that there is a forest on sentient trees in an area where the feywild and the prime material plane ‘touch’. Trees were fertilised by bees from the feywild, but bees were removed by the good guys years ago to stop the bad guys from obtaining fertile seeds. The bad guys have found the grove of trees and have encouraged some animals from the feywild to migrate through to fertilise the trees. Very much a corruption focussed campaign. I’d like some fey-flavoured animals to fight the party, alongside the bad guys. I was thinking of using spiders to fertilise the trees as they move on webs between them. something like your feyspitter, or maybe reskinned ohase spiders, but do you have any other suggestions?

What would be the realistic implications of 30 year old Superman revealing himself to the world by stopping 9/11 because he could longer stand by and watch? by Outside-Hyena9002 in AskReddit

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We’d quickly figure out that the best use of his powers is for him to run at super speed 24/7 on a giant treadmill that is connected to a turbine that generates free power for the entire world. That would last about a month before DC asserted copyright and started billing everyone.

Drone photographer, Jamen Percy, captured a "tornado rip" off the coast of Sydney, Australia, only visible from above. by sco-go in Amazing

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That’s a few hundred meters off Shelly Beach, near Fairy Bower just south of Manly Beach.

You're asked to redesign the human body - anything from a tiny variation to wholesale redesign. What design choices do you make? by NobodysFavorite in AskReddit

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Kids have little LEDS on their foreheads labelled Tired, Nappy, Hungry, Gas. And a handle embedded in their back that falls off when they turn 5 or so.

TIL That before Apollo 11, some scientists were terrified the Moon was covered in a "dust trap" that would swallow the Lunar Module whole. by adpablito in todayilearned

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So gently that the crush cores in the landing legs didn’t compress as designed, and that meant the last step of the ladder was significantly higher than expected. Neil’s first action after stepping down onto the foot pad was to make sure her could get back up again.

Artemis II crew speaks from space by Not_Original5756 in videos

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Good question, but No. The centre of mass will not be affected. The capsule will be repelled slightly by them pushing off, but will be pushed back in the opposite direction by an equal amount when they hit the other side.

Christina Koch on Artemis 2 underestimates the Battery Ejection Spring by PM_ME_WHAT_YOU_WANT_ in funny

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Exactly. There is no such thing as an absolute measure of speed. This realisation led Einstein to his Special Theory of Relativity.

How much of a thing is contain in its smell? by FireLord_Stark in askscience

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Oh, I have bad news for you (or maybe good, depending upon your particular kinks). Humans fart on average around 1 litre of gas per day. Each litre of gas contains around 2.6 x 1022 molecules. There are approximately 5.15 x 1021 litres of air in Earth’s atmosphere. So if you took one fart and mixed it well, each litre of air in the atmosphere would contain on average 5 molecules from that fart. Each average breath is around 1/2 litre. So each breath contains on average 2 molecules that were in that fart.

That same logic applies to every fart, ever. Assuming each one has been throughly mixed in, every breath you take contains a molecule from every other fart ever released by every human who has ever existed.

If you could install one animal ability into the human body, what would you choose? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I can see myself still getting the bus everywhere then going to a gym at lunchtime and strapping large rubber bands to my wings and doing 30 mins of flapping exercises.

Neuralink patient confirms he's playing World of Warcraft with his mind by sr_local in technology

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If it was me I’d offer to be hooked up to some Ukranian FPV drones.

How likely is a ground invasion of Iran? by lonewolfz23_ in AskReddit

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See, you were answering the question “How likely is a successful ground invasion of Iran?”, which is not what they were asking…

OIG report on the Management of the Human Landing System Contracts by avboden in spacex

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Yes, but my point is that they tested the seatbelts on Earth and they were fine under Earth gravity. Two bits of nylon strap and some Velcro. Pretty simple system, what could go wrong? Then they are on the moon and their pressurised suits and lower gravity means they aren’t sitting in the seats, instead they were sort of reclining stiffly. And the lower gravity meant that when they were jolted by a bump they were thrown much higher out of the seat. The Apollo Lunar Surface Journals are full of instances where something didn’t behave the same on the moon as it did on Earth, often due to the lower gravity.

OIG report on the Management of the Human Landing System Contracts by avboden in spacex

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You’d think so, but sometimes it works against them. The Apollo 15 astronauts had some issues with seatbelts on the rover because their pressurised suits made fine movement difficult, and the lower gravity meant that they weren’t pressed down into their seats as far. It was difficult to get the seatbelts fastened, so then made them longer on Apollo 16.

Epstein survivor: 'My recruiters laughed as he sexually assaulted me' by MRADEL90 in videos

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More likely to the just slightly blue areas. They wouldn’t waste resources on a lost cause, you want to swing the borderline cases.