"While dining, the ancient Romans did not ritualistically eat so much that they had to interrupt eating to go vomit. An entranceway to a stadium of that time was called a *vomitorium* and had nothing to do with dining. I have seen this “fact” in at least two children’s history books and I have no idea how or why some historian came up with this weird claim.
Speaking of eating, those fat “Buddha” statues and depictions you see in some Asian restaurants are not the historical Buddha (who founded Buddhism and was not obese). They are *Budai*, a 10th-century Chinese folk hero, who eventually became a buddha himself."
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Alphus 1 year ago
#7 whoever wrote that doesn’t have kids
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Virdie 1 year ago
#15 Yeah, the entire light spectrum is between microwaves and dangerous radiation. That's not to say microwave movement of water molecules is safe in itself, but the beam has to be active and big, and you really gotta hold still.
#17 Yeah, there is a LOT of misconceptions about the world wars because news media is not an accurate source of info, and we tend to glorify our own side and demonize the other. Without that demonization it's harder to convince soldiers to die. That's the issue with modern warfare... communication technologies, so you can actually call someone and find out truths. That's why guns and drone technology is great, it's makes it a removed game so you don't have to face the consequencesof your actions.
#18 Urine contains all the waste of the body, including dead/alive microorganisms and garbage minerals. But generally sterile means no living organic material, and for the most part a healthy person doesn't have living organic material in their urine.
#17 Yeah, there is a LOT of misconceptions about the world wars because news media is not an accurate source of info, and we tend to glorify our own side and demonize the other. Without that demonization it's harder to convince soldiers to die. That's the issue with modern warfare... communication technologies, so you can actually call someone and find out truths. That's why guns and drone technology is great, it's makes it a removed game so you don't have to face the consequencesof your actions.
#18 Urine contains all the waste of the body, including dead/alive microorganisms and garbage minerals. But generally sterile means no living organic material, and for the most part a healthy person doesn't have living organic material in their urine.
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Molly 1 year ago
Virdie,
i mean it makes sense. jews are still crying about that holocaust to this day. even though there were plenty of equally devastating events.
i mean it makes sense. jews are still crying about that holocaust to this day. even though there were plenty of equally devastating events.
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Menaalmena 1 year ago
Molly,
The fact that everyone knows about the holocaust (because there are countless movies and documentaries made every. single. year.) but know next to nothing about the man other instances of genocide that have happened in history (many of which were far worse) is roof that jews run the media industry.
Everyone wants to get mad when you say that, but it's as true as things get.
The fact that everyone knows about the holocaust (because there are countless movies and documentaries made every. single. year.) but know next to nothing about the man other instances of genocide that have happened in history (many of which were far worse) is roof that jews run the media industry.
Everyone wants to get mad when you say that, but it's as true as things get.
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Angeline 1 year ago
Molly,
okay, so only the ones with the biggest devastating events are allowed to cry about that? Is that what you're saying?
okay, so only the ones with the biggest devastating events are allowed to cry about that? Is that what you're saying?
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Laura 1 year ago
#1 using the shades of obelisks in different places in Egypt
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Angeline 1 year ago
That's only how they've measured the cirumfence. It was well established that the earth was a globe.
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Laura 1 year ago
#7 lots of sugar causes a short energy boost. Kids with an energy flash are extra hyper
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Rhynie 1 year ago
#1 Calculated by Eratosthenes in 270 BCE. He was a brilliant polymath and chief librarian at the great Library of Alexandria. He accurately calculated the Earth's circumference to be ~40,000 km, and to quote the great Carl Sagan: "Eratosthenes' only tools were sticks, eyes, feet and brains."
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Jeremiah 1 year ago
Rhynie,
"Brains" being the thing that flat-Earthers clearly lack.
"Brains" being the thing that flat-Earthers clearly lack.
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Angeline 1 year ago
Jeremiah,
I love that one flat earther story. "If the earth rotates once in 24h, you'd observe a gyroscope drift 15 degrees an hour." So they got an aircraft gyroscope, powered it up and it drifted 15 degrees an hour. "It can't be right, the gyroscope must be broken".
That's how they work. Don't accept facts unless they fit your theory. If not, the fact must be wrong.
I love that one flat earther story. "If the earth rotates once in 24h, you'd observe a gyroscope drift 15 degrees an hour." So they got an aircraft gyroscope, powered it up and it drifted 15 degrees an hour. "It can't be right, the gyroscope must be broken".
That's how they work. Don't accept facts unless they fit your theory. If not, the fact must be wrong.
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Christina 1 year ago
#3 The actual concept is that if you don't find them within the first 24 hours, the chances become slim that they will ever be found at all, and with that increasing exponentially for every day that passes...
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Serena 1 year ago
#8 The process of browning of food using heat is called the Maillard reaction.
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Angeline 1 year ago
Serena,
technically, only the sugar molecules, not "food". And yes, that's what makes it so tasty. Yum :)
technically, only the sugar molecules, not "food". And yes, that's what makes it so tasty. Yum :)
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Jedediah 1 year ago
Very bad English here.
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Angeline 1 year ago
Jedediah,
yes, Mr. English teacher.
yes, Mr. English teacher.
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Angeline 1 year ago
#1 lol! Even that people in the middle ages thought the earth was flat is a myth in itself!
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Zedediah 1 year ago
#6 Actually, bears run slower uphill. So, going uphill will give you a few extra seconds to live.
#17 Yeah, there is a LOT of misconceptions about the world wars because news media is not an accurate source of info, and we tend to glorify our own side and demonize the other. Without that demonization it's harder to convince soldiers to die. That's the issue with modern warfare... communication technologies, so you can actually call someone and find out truths. That's why guns and drone technology is great, it's makes it a removed game so you don't have to face the consequencesof your actions.
#18 Urine contains all the waste of the body, including dead/alive microorganisms and garbage minerals. But generally sterile means no living organic material, and for the most part a healthy person doesn't have living organic material in their urine.
i mean it makes sense. jews are still crying about that holocaust to this day. even though there were plenty of equally devastating events.
The fact that everyone knows about the holocaust (because there are countless movies and documentaries made every. single. year.) but know next to nothing about the man other instances of genocide that have happened in history (many of which were far worse) is roof that jews run the media industry.
Everyone wants to get mad when you say that, but it's as true as things get.
okay, so only the ones with the biggest devastating events are allowed to cry about that? Is that what you're saying?
"Brains" being the thing that flat-Earthers clearly lack.
I love that one flat earther story. "If the earth rotates once in 24h, you'd observe a gyroscope drift 15 degrees an hour." So they got an aircraft gyroscope, powered it up and it drifted 15 degrees an hour. "It can't be right, the gyroscope must be broken".
That's how they work. Don't accept facts unless they fit your theory. If not, the fact must be wrong.
technically, only the sugar molecules, not "food". And yes, that's what makes it so tasty. Yum :)
yes, Mr. English teacher.