Everytime

cobra89 , 2 months ago

Fast Car*

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 3 months ago

That dude looks like an executive you'd see in an 80s movie.

legios , 3 months ago

It's because he's wearing a double-breasted suit. Not really in fashion anymore.

(Useless fact for you :))

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 3 months ago

I like useless facts! :D

Here's another! The degree Celsius and degree Centigrade are technically two distinct temperature scales; the difference just only becomes noticeable at the resolution of thousandths!

TimeSquirrel , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

The ISS is one yard short of the length of one American football field!

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EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 3 months ago

A male cat's penis is barbed to keep the female's vagina attached!

Jorgelino , 3 months ago

Eggs have a protective layer of wax that protects them from bacteria. However, in the US, this layer is removed, which means eggs need to be refrigerated there, while in most other countries they can be kept at room temperature for long periods of time without spoiling.

Wait, maybe this isn't useless...

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 3 months ago

In ancient times, one of the timekeeping devices used in some places was the water clock, where a hole was put into the side of a water container, where the water dripped into another container, and the water level of the second container corresponded to certain times!

Jorgelino , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Whales have their own form of language. Scientists have identified a number of patterns in whale calls that seem to suggest they have a similar system of communication to our own. Their calls have certain sequences called codas that seem to repeat reliably in their speech, and show similar properties to our human vowels.

These aren't just instinct either, they must be learned, and so baby whales will start out only being able to make incoherent sounds, until eventually they are taught to use the same codas their parents do.

Not only that, but they are different for each pod, so two separate groups of whales can't communicate with eachother because their languages are differerent.

Scientists are currently trying to decipher whale language with the help of AI language models.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 3 months ago

The Celsius scale was originally the reverse of what it currently is, with 100° being at the bottom and 0° being at the top! Eventually, it was changed and it stuck!

Jorgelino , 3 months ago

The most preserved dinosaur fossil ever is of a Psittacosaurus. This fossil is so well preserved in fact, that scientists were able see what it's cloaca looked like.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 2 months ago

For decades, the kilogram all around the world was calibrated to the Prototype Kilogram, a 1 kg physical cylinder housed in France. Over time, despite being kept in a vacuum-sealed case in a climate-controlled secure vault, it was found to actually be steadily losing mass due to normal degradation just from existing.

Nowadays, it's no longer as much a concern due to the kilogram being formally defined relative to universal physical constants.

 

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/f8da1973-a4fa-4443-b191-18c5cfa54d0e.jpeg

Jorgelino , 2 months ago

Some species of flatworm practice what is known as "penis fencing" to reproduce. All of them are hermafrodite and in order to mate they must duel with their sharp penises and try to stab eachother to inject sperm inside, impregnating the loser, but often also killing it.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 2 months ago

impregnating the loser, but often also killing it.

Well ain't that just throwing the baby out with the bathwater!

Okay, you win! I'm out! xP

legios , 2 months ago

I just came back to this thread. What did I start?! :)

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 2 months ago

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/61922ad2-3a60-4c36-9d8c-2bca269c455b.jpeg

Jorgelino , 2 months ago

Aww, i was enjoying our fact exchanges.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , 2 months ago

Me too. But, even good things must end. :(

UltraMagnus0001 , 3 months ago

Walker has claimed she was in a romantic relationship with singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman in the mid-1990s: "It was delicious and lovely and wonderful and I totally enjoyed it and I was completely in love with her but it was not anybody's business but ours."[78] Chapman has not publicly commented on the existence of a relationship and maintains a strict separation between her private and public life.[79][80]

AlligatorBlizzard , 3 months ago

Yeah, don't out somebody without their consent.

chemical_cutthroat , 3 months ago

Especially by calling it "delicious." Ew. I can't imagine anyone ever saying that without immediately having to wipe the drool off their chin after.

idiomaddict , 3 months ago

Edit: I remembered the context and won’t make a gross joke

Dkarma , 3 months ago

Fucking prude

MissJinx , 3 months ago

i think she was always out

AlligatorBlizzard , 3 months ago

Her Wiki article implies that she was outed without her consent, but doesn't explicitly say that. (I looked it up a while ago when that cover of Fast Car was trending, because that whole situation was interesting).