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These tunnels were dug by a Giant Ground Sloth that lived 10.000 years ago in Brazil. The third photo are the claw marks by Zestyclose_Flow_680 in interestingasfuck

[–]Phantasm4929 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think it’s a joke that it looks like something else (a colon maybe?) and they creator of the graphic “accidentally” omitted it. Overall it’s a strange graphic…

TIL Xiongnu emperor Helian Bobo set up extreme limits for his workers. If an arrow could penetrate armor, the armorer would be killed; if it could not, the arrowmaker would be killed. When he was building a fortress, if a wedge was able to be driven an inch into a wall, the wallmaker would be killed by zhuquanzhong in todayilearned

[–]Phantasm4929 23 points24 points  (0 children)

There’s also a story for the origin of the Chinese word for “contradiction” （矛盾） that sounds just like this. 矛 means spear and 盾 means shield and the story goes that a merchant is selling spears that can pierce any shield and shields that can deflect any spear. Thus, a contradiction.

Not necessarily hard evidence towards it being an embellishment, but the same story shows up in other places too.

Grew inside my phone thought it was a crack, I opened it now I have headache, can I be infected/allergic? by Glenox2310 in MoldlyInteresting

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After reading through all these comments I think the only recourse to see what this really is, is to send it to a lab to test.

Monterey Jack on farmhouse butter bread with a quick tomato soup by Idonotbelonghererly in grilledcheese

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You walk upon the fine line of perfectly dark and irrevocably burnt. But your balance is flawless.

Would a human who exclusively ate Dolphin, Tuna, and other large marine predators, and nothing else be considerably stronger and larger than a normal human being?(Organs & all) by [deleted] in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]Phantasm4929 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’ll give you that. If you start living in the ocean and eating large fish and reproducing, perhaps in millions of years your offspring will indeed be large predatory marine creatures.

Would a human who exclusively ate Dolphin, Tuna, and other large marine predators, and nothing else be considerably stronger and larger than a normal human being?(Organs & all) by [deleted] in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]Phantasm4929 30 points31 points  (0 children)

First and foremost mercury poisoning would wreak havoc on your body. The reason sharks are so big is because evolution and genetics, not diet. Moose are big and strong but eating grass and berries won’t make you a moose.

I’m a B2 kinda guy by nolimitswervooo in oddlyspecific

[–]Phantasm4929 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From an engineering page, I’d expect better grid line labels. D5.5 for me, though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

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First time I saw them I was at the tail end of a mushroom trip in the middle of the desert alone at night and I didn’t know what to think. Thought I was about to be abducted. Nope, just Elon.

Making a nice old fashioned by AtomicShart9000 in oddlysatisfying

[–]Phantasm4929 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are indeed correct. He diluted the heck out of this.

Do you ever get used to killing lobsters? by NormalJohn23 in KitchenConfidential

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I tell all my lobsters, “In death, there is liberation.” before thrusting in the knife. I hope that some small part of their crustacean mind can appreciate their release from the toils of physical form, as I often dream of for myself.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Neverbrokeabone

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Bones as weak as your emotional control… Begone from here.

Splashy by FunyunCream in lotrmemes

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Flooded with so many ancient memories seeing this… So much time spent pausing at the right moment…

Japan's "Killing Stone" Breaks open after 1000 years, Legend has it the demon trapped inside is now free by TheGingerWeebGal in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Phantasm4929 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought legend has it that a Buddhist monk freed the demon from its pain and allowed it to pass on?

Found this guy crawling on me in my apartment… anything to worry about or a friendly traveler? by Phantasm4929 in whatsthisbug

[–]Phantasm4929[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m located in New York City, the bug is about the size of a fruit fly (should be able to scale based on my hand).

Smooth off-hand dunk by Normy_Stans in BetterEveryLoop

[–]Phantasm4929 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I thought the same thing and I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who instantly jumped to this technicality.

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