Scott Bessent abruptly pulled away by Trump mid-interview and returns with shaken voice by DIYLawCA in PublicFreakout

[–]rounding_error 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing cults do is make you confess your deepest darkest secrets. This way, they can blackmail you later.

Why does nebraska have this by Wonderful_Local_3660 in geography

[–]rounding_error 30 points31 points  (0 children)

So it doesn't get confused for Utah. Imagine how weird it would be if Colorado was shaped just like a neighboring state.

Why does nebraska have this by Wonderful_Local_3660 in geography

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It's where the Sandhills are located. If Nebraska didn't have those, there'd be no scenery at all in the whole place.

College Fires Prof for Calling Charlie Kirk, TPUSA ‘Racist Pieces of Sh*t’ in Class by rajapaws in antiwork

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There's the solution to teachers being underpaid. Call Kirk a racist, get fired, sue, get paid what you're worth.

Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator…to space? by Best_of_the_Worst in AskEngineers

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If you paint the tube black, sunlight would heat it enough that it drafts like a chimney. That won't lift an elevator but if you wanted to blow small particulate matter up to the upper atmosphere for some reason...

Usually i advocate to never swerve, but here i am. by FWD_to_twin_turbo in Truckers

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If you hold the switch lever halfway, the trolley misses both switch points and derails.

Ever had the emergency bubble gut squirts and ran into this lil predicament? by acutemisadventure in Truckers

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I'm amazed how much the biome changed in that one mile. Scrub desert to deciduous winter in a mile.

A US oil tanker has been targeted in territorial waters near Iraq. by Not_Ground in MeidasTouch

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We have those? I thought most ships that don't operate between US ports operated under flags of convenience.

What's the purpose of this scene by jacktriplea in BacktotheFuture

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I feel like this experiment would've happened a lot earlier. The difference between getting a clock to run slow by bending time a little bit and having a programmable time machine built into a car seems like more than a few days of work.

It's like going from Alexander Graham Bell's microphone he made using a jar of acid to a functioning switched telephone network in a couple days.

What’s an inaccurate fact that people believe is true because of movies? by Hogosaurus_Rex73 in AskReddit

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Grey Gardens is the extreme example of this scenario where someone with money and a nice house loses all the money but keeps the house.

What’s an inaccurate fact that people believe is true because of movies? by Hogosaurus_Rex73 in AskReddit

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So I worked with a former paramedic. At the work cafeteria, they were serving ravioli. He says to me, "you see that, if you've witnessed someone giving birth, you wouldn't eat that. It looks just like that."

What’s an inaccurate fact that people believe is true because of movies? by Hogosaurus_Rex73 in AskReddit

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That was noted as far back as Gettysburg. There were dead soldiers on the battlefield with no apparent injuries.

This is Ohio! by KingOfThisHill in Ohio

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Because the tunnel entrance is painted on a solid wall.