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#1
Just to compete with Nathaniel, the only thing a great white is scared of is an orca. The orca likes to bite them in the side and eat their livers, leaving them to die slowly.
Final score:
20points
Rosemary Booth 2 years ago
Definitely sad. It's almost as bad as people cutting off their fins then leaving them to die.
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#2
A predator of the moose is the killer whale.
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18points
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Also a moose can dive 20 foot under water (or roughly 6 meter in normal units)
#3
I offer 2 facts, one I just learned and the other I knew for a while: In a school in Florida, the statue David by Michelangelo is considered pornographic. and/or Michelangelo carved the 17-foot statue David in a proportional manner, to be viewed from the floor, which is why when you see pictures of David taken from the side, his head and shoulder seem a little larger than they should. Yet when you look at him from below, he looks just right, proportionally speaking.
Final score:
15points
oddly_informed_raven 2 years ago
in a school focused on the classics, no less.
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Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
You can't. They've learned to do it themselves!
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#4
In retaliation of censorshipsucks trying to compete, I offer this animals eating livers titbit. Crows have learnt to surgically strike at toads, swiftly removing their liver for a quick tasty bite. The toad knowing it is being attacked, puffs itself up, to appear larger, and explodes as it's guts are forced through the hole the crow has created. http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/09/murder-crows-exploding-toad-epidemic/
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14points
sturmwesen 2 years ago
No I am thinking of a toad like those chocolate ball desserts that melt under hot sauce
#5
I learned on BP that turning the calculator app on a phone sideways shows all the trig functions (and others). Never knew that, thanks BP!
Final score:
14points
Ouching Tiger Limping Dragon 2 years ago
Right?! Literally just learned that the other day, I think from the BP article as well lol
#6
Cats sleep for 70% of their life, I wish I could do that:
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13points
Richard Graham 2 years ago
I read this fact to my cat, Asta. He screamed at me "What! Are you going to force me to sleep only 70% of the time!!! You slave-driver!"
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Of course, the 30% of the time they are awake is in the middle of the night.
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#7
I learned that if you eat cashews without roasting them first, you can die from the toxin they contain.
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13points
#8
Leopard sharks are near harmless to humans and in fact seek out human interaction.
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13points
#9
Some jellyfish are immortal
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12points
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
When Earth dies, I think the jellyfish will go along for the ride.
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You're less motivated to do something when you're struggling mentally
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11points
Hope Cows&Chickens 2 years ago
Thus my life's struggle; sometimes I don't even bother to get dressed. And no, its not a matter of being lazy. When I'm not suffering, I'm very active.
#11
There are WAY more possible physical states of matter than the 4 we experience everyday
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11points
RafCo (he/him/ele) 2 years ago (edited)
I know the four classical ones, gas, liquid, solid, and plasma. Then there's a Bose-Einstein Condensate. There's a Fermionic Condensate, not sure if that's really different than a BEC. There are superfluid and super conductor states. I'm sure there are more, I'm no physicist.
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Mary Rogers 2 years ago
Just like the fact that reality is way more complicated than the majority of us can comprehend. I honestly don't know how people who study quantum physics don't end up with their heads exploding. That's how my brain feels just trying to read the dumbed down versions in science articles. Maybe this is the reason why most people prefer to focus on the minutiae of life.
#12
Eagle have very good eyesights which can locate a mouse 1 mile away. The downside of having such sensitive light sensors is they can get damaged easily. A mere quick glance at the sun will ruin them. So eagles have thick eyebrows to act as sun-visors. Whey they fly, their head are tilted down scanning the ground below looking for preys. The eyebrows block the eyes so eagles can't see what's infront of them. They are flying blind forward. Not a problem because eagles fly above tree tops anyways. When human start installing tall wind turbines, eagles can't see them. Many eagles have accidentally hit these turbine while flying. The problem is so serious now wind turbine operators have to employ eagle spotters. They have to stop the turbines when an eagle is spotted nearby.
Final score:
11points
Lesley Kelly 2 years ago
They also have mini screw shapes in their nostrils to help them breathe when flying at fast speeds.
Ali H M Salehuddin (Submission author) 2 years ago (edited)
One might not understand what good does stopping the turbine do to the eagles. They might still hit them. My bad for not explaining this clearly. During flight, eagles do every few seconds tilt their heads forward and sideways to scan where they are heading. A quick glance to get their bearing and to avoid obstacles. Wind turbines spin relatively slowly. With a quick glance, these blades appear as not spinning at all. The eagles may fly into the blade sweeping region, thinking they are safe. Only now the blades position have changed from the last time the eagles scanned them.
#13
The famous sound when receiving an sms ‘bipbipbip biiipbiiip bipbipbip’ means ‘sms’ in morse code.
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10points
#14
Ravens have started to domesticate wolves. Raven flocks will often adopt a wolf pack to hang out with, occasionally leading them to fresh carcasses and sharing in the packs kills, keeping other scavengers away while the wolves eat. They have also been seen playing with wolf pups, tug of war with stick and games of chase. https://www.yellowstone.org/naturalist-notes-wolves-and-ravens/
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10points
RafCo (he/him/ele) 2 years ago
They're are other birds that do this. Some even with humans. In Africa, there's the Greater Honeyguide. This bird will lead people to bee hives. When the hive is raided, the birds pick up the scraps. These clever birds have even learned to recognize the calls of humans who are looking for their bird guides.
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
Many animals are much smarter than we give them credit for.
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I learned a monkey once ran an English town (Hartlepool) as mayor.
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9points
Thenatural 2 years ago
Not quite true ..Angus (Hang'us) the monkey was the football mascot for Hartlepool United and the guy in the costume ran for and was elected,mayor of Hartlepool......why the mascot is a monkey called Angus is a far more interesting storey..google it..
Justin Thyme 2 years ago
At least one Texas town has had a succession of goats as mayor-- was one of the stops on the Iron Butt rally
Justin Thyme 2 years ago
The mayor of Knox County Tn used to be the wrestler Cain-- so my mayor can beat up your mayor
Richard Graham 2 years ago
A monkey was President of the United States from January, 2017 to January, 2021.
#16
Most know that Mercedes-Benz was named for Karl Benz, who built perhaps the first gasoline-powered automobile (1885). But few know the other part of the name, Mercedes, was named for Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek, the beautiful daughter of Emil Jellinek, who funded the company. It is comforting to know that the Nazis were scaring the world in giant parade cars named for a Jewish girl.
Final score:
9points
#17
some of the books in the harvard university library are bound in human skin because they're medical textbooks and ig doctors use to do that with the ~leftovers~ (please fact check me on this)
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9points
#18
That I don't know what politicians mean by using "WOKE" as a bad thing to be. Some of the topics they refer to make no sense. Opposite of woke is what? Sleep?
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8points
New Everywhere 2 years ago
The current overuse and misuse of that word is no surprise to me. In the beginning, it had real meaning that invited people to awaken themselves from the mental slumber our country has put us in over many, many decades (better yet, since its inception). Now, it is a blanket term for things it doesn't even remotely apply to. Thus taking all the power away. (I can see through all that BS.)
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
To those on that side of the debate, the opposite of woke is "common sense" or "traditional". Putting biological males in women-only spaces so that one doesn't offend their right to be who they identify as, ignoring the risks; deciding that accidentally dropping a religious book is a hate crime that needs to be investigated, but not the resultant death threats. One might summarise is as "pandering to the minority at the expense of the majority".
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
WHY WHY WHY did this Panda get downvoted ???? WTF is wrong with you ??? This is one of the better illustrations of this stuck-in-the-"traditionalist" destructive mentality !!! UPVOTE THIS SOMEBODY
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Vermontah (Submission author) 2 years ago
that's how I feel about it after reading more. You summed it up perfectly
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USA has been at wars for 225 years out of 243 years. That's about 92 percent of all time.
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DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago
To be fair, it hasn't technically been involved in a "war" since 1945... Also, who's fighting alongside the US in almost every single conflict/"police action"?
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
Technically the truth is what I wanted to be
Load More Replies... Pineapple 2 years ago
Correction: Classic ‘MURICA *m16s going off with an A10 flying bye*
Load More Replies... David J Blanchard 2 years ago
And yet, amazingly, there were thousands of years of wars prior to the European colonization of North America! Even on continents that weren't (gasp!) Europe!
#20
I recently learnt that people with a higher level of education are more likely to develop tumors in their brains
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7points
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Perhaps just more likely to be aware of what the symptoms are or more likely to be able to afford diagnosis?
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
Sounds logical. Correlation does NOT necessarily mean causation.
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Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
It's safe to be smart as long as you don't pursue higher education?
#21
That when i sprain a mussel in my lower back the mussels in my upper back will compensate by hurting even more to take my mind off the lower back pain
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6points
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
It's also a fact that if you have mussels in your back instead of muscles, you have a much bigger problem than soreness...
Ozzyols 2 years ago
But if you are opening a can or jar of them, you can strain a mussel 😜
Load More Replies... Richard Graham 2 years ago (edited)
In Dublin's fair city, Where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone, As she wheeled her wheel-barrow, Through streets broad and narrow, Crying, "Cockles and muscles, alive, alive, oh!"
#22
That phrasal verbs don't exist in many languages. Blow Up - to explode, to make larger, to become furious. The meaning of blow up for many is 'inflate'. Back down - to capitulate, to retreat, to request calm. The meaning for many is 'lie on the floor'. It's obvious when you think about it, but it isn't intuitive. Check it out. Passed me by. Off the wall. Bang on. Cut down. Settle down. Chow down. Put down. The sense they make out of context? None. For English speakers it's interchangeable. For languages that don't have these phrasal verbs it's baffling.
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6points
#23
While platypus are technically mammals and produce milk, they have no nipples. They sort of "sweat" the milk instead and it collects in folds of the pouch, where the babies can lap it up.
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6points
#24
Germany tried to invade France and Russia in both World Wars
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5points
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
And won against both but not in the same war - Russia surrendered in 1917 (due to their revolution) and France got steam rolled in 1940
#25
That there’s a lot of science fiction authors in Korea and a lot of them are women. And they are pretty disturbing, in a good way.
Final score:
5points
#26
That cats purr at a frequency known to help potentiate the healing of animal tissue. This might explain why cats will still purr even when they are sick or injured. Generally, when an animal is sick they try to conserve energy. Humans don't hum when they are not feeling well, for example. No one has actually tested to see if in fact purring does help in the healing process (it would be unethical), but a clever scientist just happened to notice that the sound frequency was the same as has been used in experiments in healing tissue.
Final score:
5points
AJay 2 years ago
One of my friends told me that before she found out that she had breast cancer, her cat would lie on her chest and purr very loudly. Do you think the cat knew she was sick and was trying to heal her?
Mary Rogers (Submission author) 2 years ago (edited)
I think the only one who could know that is the cat, and he can't tell anyone. Cats purr at the drop of a hat, and scientists believe they purr for many different reasons, including the traditional one that they are just feeling happy and trying to communicate that. They also are fond of laying on a person's chest. It's an interesting story but could be influenced by the proximity of having her cancer diagnosed shortly after. It is a human tendency to often notice and remember unrelated incidents when they occur close together. But anecdotally, it is very common to hear about cats being extra cuddly when their owner is sick, so they might sense something. I know dogs can smell cancer, I don't know though whether cats can
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Will J Dochartaigh 2 years ago
So, you learned this fact yet claim it’s not a fact? Or, you learned that this isn’t a fact?
Mary Rogers (Submission author) 2 years ago
The likely reason why this has not been tested in cats is because there would be huge logistical barriers. You would need a control group of non-purring cats. The only cats that don't purr are large cats that roar, like lions and tigers. Those are protected species so no one is going to be experimenting on them. Even if that were possible, the public outcry would be huge because it would involve inflicting injuries on the test subjects. Regular cats are sometimes used in medical experiments and that is very controversial.
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If you live only with a cat, and there is a crash in the next room, it's NEVER the cat's fault.
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#28
There's one thing you can hold in your left hand but it's quite impossible to hold it in your right hand, your right elbow. FACT
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4points
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
We've know for a long time that putting FACT at the end of a sentence invariably means it isn't.
#29
Nearly all the weight you loose is exhaled! If you loose 10 lbs of fat, precisely 8.4 lbs is exhaled from your lungs, and the remaining 1.6 lbs turns into water (sweat and urine). So breathe deeply and stay hydrated to boost your weight loss efforts!
Final score:
4points
#30
Not really a fact, but last year I found out that the saying is "Play it by ear." for 30+years I thought it was "play it by year" which never made sense to me. Now I know why haha 😔
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4points
Bonesko (Submission author) 2 years ago
I'm so glad I'm not alone in this 😂
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Diamonds are technically part of the periodic table as they’re just crystallized carbon
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#32
not too recent but there is a shark who’s completely herbivorous! it’s the bonnethead ^_^
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4points
#33
Police willingly walked Jan 6 protestors through the capital, even unlocking doors for them.
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3points
Richard Graham 2 years ago
The Police there were doing as they are trained. In situations getting out of hand, Police are trained to de-escalate violence by seemingly cooperating with the demands of crazed people, just as Bank Tellers are taught to cooperate with bank robbers to lessen the chance for violence. No, the Police were NOT agreeing with the insurrectionists. Sorry, Tucker Carlson's attempt to re-write history will fail.
Hope Cows&Chickens 2 years ago
A few cops were on the sides of the marauders, yes. But the vast majority did their job. And the cops that did this were discipled accordingly. Seems there's always a few bad apples...
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
There were a lot of off-duty cops among the protesters and among the Proud Boys.
Load More Replies... Ozzyols 2 years ago
A lot of the CAPITOL police realising they were MASSIVELY out numbered chose to protect people in the building and the building itself by not creating a more fired up situation and yes that included opening doors that would have elsewise been broken down… Several officers even ‘lead’ protesters in a very round about route (or even directly away) from where the senate and house chambers actually were.
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
Unfortunately what we still don't know is who, besides Trump, was at the top of the plot.
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#34
Captain Crunch's real name is Horatio Magellan Crunch
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3points
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
I hate to break it to you, but Captain Crunch is a fictional character.
#35
That some Australian spiders can live for up to 30 hours under water… I’m an Aussie and even I’m going “WTF Australia?!?” https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/not-to-be-messed-with-deadly-find-in-nsw-familys-swimming-pool/news-story/862b1d933cead33570a5cd96d449e82b
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#36
The emergency signal SOS originated 1906 in Germany and was choosen due to it being easily recognisable. It's also a backronym, as the three letters initially didn't have any other meaning behind them. It replaced CQD as international distress signal in 1912 after the Titanic sank
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3points
#37
Pelicans can pull their spine out of their mouth to cool off
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Julie Snelling 2 years ago
I really thought that said politicians. And I was going to say most politicians have no backbone!
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
They have a backbone. It's just able to turn 180°
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Richard Graham 2 years ago (edited)
A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican, He can take in his beak Enough food for a week But I'm damned if I see how the helican! - Dixon Lanier Merritt (often misattributed to Ogden Nash)
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
This has been debunked: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/08/31/fact-check-pelicans-dont-cool-down-pushing-out-their-spines/5666658001/
#38
I learned that the F-35 aircraft has 2 intakes and one engine. Super loud for 1 engine. Never see it from the back to notice only one afterburner. and while I was down the jet rabbit hole - The SR-71 windshield is made out of quartz because friction heats it up to 400 degrees.
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3points
#39
Was watching the Waco documentary the other day and found out the raid went south because a Newman got lost on the way to the compound and asked for directions from a mailman. The mailman was a member of the cult who ran home to warn them
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3points
#40
TIL people who do a narcissist's bidding are called flying monkeys (after the Wizard of Oz).
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3points
#41
alcohol can be toxic even at first glass. i'm not saying alcohol is a poison here. just that anyone consuming it should pay attention to some things
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Rinso the Red 2 years ago
Oh no, it's totally a poison. Just one of the many we ingest to get a buzz
#42
I recently discovered that I have 'Aphantasia'. I'm not able to visualize a thing with my eyes closed. For example, if I said to close your eyes and imagine a red apple. Can you see a red apple with your eyes closed? I can't. It's just blackness. And I always thought it was just a phrase of speech. I feel like I've missed out on a whole imaginative experience my entire life!
Final score:
3points
#43
Michael Caine's real name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr. and he only legally had it changed in 2016 when they tightened airport security and started hassling him about his conflicting name on official documents.
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3points
#44
Not really a new fact but I learned it is called 8 Track and not A Track. 37 yrs old...
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2points
Sara W (Submission author) 2 years ago
I can also see why nobody has ever corrected me bc it does sound similar.
#45
Not a recent fact I learned, but still an interesting story about video gaming history (and relevant with the recent release of the Resident Evil 4 Remake). At one point during development, Resident Evil 4 was going to have a similar fixed camera perspective to the previous games, and was going to see someone who looks very much like Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil 4's protagonist) go up against demons, rather than the typical zombies from previous games. It was also going to be more of a stylish action game, rather than a survival horror game. Because of how wildly different this was to previous Resident Evil games, in both gameplay and style, they opted instead to turn this original version of RE4 into a new franchise called Devil May Cry. There was also a cancelled demo which was going to have more of a Silent Hill styled atmosphere, hallucinations, and a new enemy called "The Hook Man". Videos for it can still be found on YouTube, if you are interested. In the end, we got the iconic version of the game initially launched in 2005, and is one of the most ported video games ever (13 ports, excluding the remake).
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AJay 2 years ago
What does it mean if a video game is ported (sorry for a probably stupid question, I do not really play video games)?
CG (Submission author) 2 years ago
Basically, being ported means being released across different platforms. It started on one system (the GameCube, in this case scenario), and was re-released on different platforms. For comparison, think of instances like Tetris being released on different mobile phones. The original was on one system (NES or Gameboy, if I'm not mistaken), but then ported to appear on the App Store, among others.
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I just learned that if you try to be "normal" you get insulted by random people.
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TailsFangirl03 2 years ago
no? It means when you try too hard to act like a normal person when you're weird, it shows.(knowing from experience)
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Hang on Drift off In case The list is endless.
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#48
You cant tell ai “cat eye glasses” bc it will give cat ears.
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#49
Why is American Football, Soccer Football and Rugby Football all called "Football" when in two (AF and Rugby) the use of feet is minimal? Because in all three sports, the length of the ball was 1 foot! Nothing to do with the use of feet!
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Bored Panda 2 years ago
I'll be pleased and amused if I find out this is true, but it sure sounds false to me!
RafCo (he/him/ele) 2 years ago
It's false. All three games evolved out of a game developed in medieval England called football. This game was a bit of a cross between football and rugby. It's still played under the very creative name "medieval football".
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Khall Khall 2 years ago
It's because it was played on foot. As opposed to on a horse. It has nothing to do with the size of the ball...
#50
Violin is generally easier to play than other orchestral instruments.
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PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Agreed. I am trumpet player and say no f****n way violin is easier WTF
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Isa's left eye 2 years ago
The triangle is easier, but it's not orchestral
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We tend to think of the whaling industry being at its peak during the last half of the 1800s because it's associated with Moby D**k. But more 99% of the whales were killed from 1900 to 1960. And one of the biggest uses for whale oil was margarine. Margarine was mostly made of whale oil up until the 1940s & 50s.
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