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TIL that you cannot laugh at your own posts here at PF.

TIL that certain marine animals "steal" chloroplasts from marine plants, after which they can live on sunlight for a pretty long time...

This is about as good as it gets. The whole band is great, a most unusual thing. Drummer Don Alias somehow seems to always be...

A new phenomenon is AI-generated news videos pretending to be by well-known professors Jeffery Sachs and John Mearsheimer. The amazing...

Consider wall sits, something that serious skiers do. Lean against a wall as though sitting in a chair, held up only by friction...

I don't noticeably sweat or heat up either way. It is true that the time for running is less so theoretically more heat is expended in...

Right, it seems to me that the amount of work done is the same. Lately I experimented -- Tokyo Metro has many stairs -- and felt I...

The reason is that people prefer louder music (until it gets too loud). Today the game is to make your pop record as loud as possible...

Actually running up stairs is easier. I learned it when I was a kid and have practiced it my whole life. It appears I am the only...

On Earth field reversal happens maybe twice in a million years. It takes millennia to complete, gradual adjustment is very possible so...

Someone told me this was the worst cover in the world. I think it's really good, the drummer especially. Shows how subjective this...

Huh. I guess the vertical supports weren't long enough and they had to do something. I confess it took me a while to figure out what...

John Denver's Country Roads on a lap steel Too bad he didn't go to the bridge. I guess key changes are beyond what it can do.

I never overloaded an operator or any of that fancy stuff. If you don't use it then it's harmless.