If You’re Hungry For New Knowledge, These 50 Facts Might Satisfy Your Appetite
There are some things in life that you can never have too much of. Laughter, quality time with loved ones, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, and information! Now, it may take a bit of effort to learn something new every single day. But if you’re dedicated to being a lifelong learner, we’ll make it easier for you to find some new fun facts today.
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Store employees bag/box the food up that is past its "sell by" or "best by" date but still fit for consumption. Then volunteers pick it up and take it to local food pantries, soup kitchens, etc, to be distributed to those in need. It can vary greatly between different areas in the US.
Load More Replies...This is now a fairly standard practice for all stores--and a genius idea.
Unfortunately, for most large chains in Colorado, US, they're required to toss everything. There are many cases of employees rescuing food to give to the homeless/take to shelters being fired, but few make the news.
Load More Replies...Uh, where in Finland because not anywhere I've seen? The birds that stay for winter know how to deal with cold temperatures and the rest move south
That worked for the survivors ... not so much for the ones that died, but we don't see their bodies
Load More Replies...As a Finnish I say also, that this is fake. Never saw or heard of these and birds that won't go south for winter, can hande cold. Also that pic is fake. Why does bird need light and also lights are nowadays led's so they do not generate any heat 🙄
Good concept, but why it it lighted? I'd think that birds prefer darkness for sleeping just as much as I do. Also, if it was right above the street light it might be possible to use waste heat from the street light for the heating. At the very least the top of the light could do double duty as the floor of the roost box.
Not only do some birds not fly south for the winter, some that do fly south start from very far north. The latitude in Finland ranges from about 60° to 70°, and there's very little land north of it so maybe every bird that does fly south flies farther south than southern Finland. I'm a bit north of 40° and near a major flyway, so there's an enormous amount of land northish of me. A lot of local bald eagles head south in the winter but we actually have more eagles in winter because of all the eagles that come down from farther north. Short-eared owls would be extremely unusual around here in the summer, but a nearby wildlife refuge is very well known for their presence in winter. Even in winter they're uncommon near me, but places along the east coast from Massachusetts to Long Island get snowy owls.
Load More Replies...In answer to Zig Zag Wanderers question (that's the problem with downvoting - we can't then respond directly) fog represents a minute fraction of atmospheric water vapor, and the amount harvested is negligible in comparison to global hydrological cycles. Drought is a macro-level climate phenomenon caused primarily by lack of rainfall due to large-scale weather patterns and is often worsened by climate change, not localized water collection method. I don't think it's a question that warrants downvoting, without researching it, I'd not have had a clue.
I'm sorry, but this has been used in Chile (Atacama desert) for ages. We even have beers made from this water (look for «Atrapaniebla» beer). This is centuries old.
Thiis is centuries old, but again, utility compasnies cant monetize iir. Its DIY tech
Interesting picture. Why do the pipes run uphill? And the loose overflow running over the hillside, sure to erode the lands.
At first glance, I read this as "innovative fox-catching nets." I need sleep.
If we want to solve water shortage, then we need a lot less people on the planet. Humans stupidly hurtling themselves into self-destruction. Yet you still read 'we need more children to support the aging population'. Despite many economists saying that there are other ways.
Load More Replies...Regardless of whether you finished school three years ago or three decades ago, you’re never too old to learn something new. In fact, we should always keep learning, as it’s impossible to know everything! When it comes to the benefits of being a lifelong learner, Corporate Finance Institute notes that this can be a huge factor in maintaining job security.
Even if you plan to work at the same company for many years, continually learning new skills and information will make you a much more valuable employee. Showing that you’re always learning might prove to your boss that you definitely deserve that raise. Or if you decide that it’s time to move on to another company, all of the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired over time can help you land another great job.
It's AI. There was no photo at the time. Who could have taken it?
Load More Replies...Fortunately, all he’s managed to do is delay or block new projects. Renewable plants already in operation are still going, and nobody is actually building new coal plants yet, just talking about it. The fact is that no large-scale energy company actually wants to sink new money into coal right now, because they have to plan on a longer timeframe than a single Presidential administration.
Load More Replies...One rotation of one of the big ones will generate enough electricity for a household. (Around 12kwh)
Can't be possible as the Orange Blob says that they are "fake energy". /s
That's BS. This world is no where near relying just on wind and solar. That's why coal plants, nuclear and oil are still needed to produce the energy needed for this overpopulated planet as it is. Energy companies are supplying with batteries and renewable energy as I work for one.
Not so much these days. I can only speak re the UK but storage is a critical component of our energy system, which is transitioning rapidly to clean power. The UK uses various methods to store excess energy generated from wind and solar when production is high and demand is low, for use during peak demand or when generation is low.
Load More Replies...I think they look majestic. But for those who think they are ugly, how do you rate them against open-cut mines, and smog?
Load More Replies...Even adults who believe all the ridiculous conspiracy theories should be banned from the internet.
And so has Australia. Only when it is banned completely will the healing of society begin, however.
Yeah, too bad that's unenforceable and will never work. Kids are going to keep being kids.
There's no need to be on social media even at 15. All it does is make people put up staged photos of their life. Then they look at all the other staged photos and think their normal life must suck.
In Germany kids to age 13 are technically banned and no one cares. How do you enforce a rule like that? When Katie (18f) is actually Robert (56m)?
Australia banned it first, it comes into effect on the 10th December.
And the ban for under 16s in Australia is about to come into force on December 10.
Learning can also provide you with a new sense of motivation. If you’ve been doing the same job for years and years, it may have become incredibly monotonous. And if you’re extremely bored at work, chances are your motivation has plummeted. If you want to stay engaged and energized, you have to keep your brain active.
Plus, if you’re always learning something new, you’re acquiring soft skills at the same time. Some of these may include goal setting, self-discipline, creativity, critical thinking, time management, problem-solving and adaptability. All of which can benefit you in both your personal and professional life.
And then as they're exposed to the weather and UV, they deteriorate and release tiny particles of micro plastic into the environment where it's impossible to retrieve. The only answer is to stop producing this stuff to begin with. There is quite literally no environmentally safe way of dealing with it.
The sulfuric acid and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons around the plant cause a huge air pollution problem.
Will be handy for bömb shelters in the near future, perhaps ....
This is the kind of thing ALL governments should be working on... Rather than war-mongring and stoking the flames of capitalism that are razing our planet as we increase our mindless consumption.
That sounds suspiciously like anti-capitalism propaganda promoted by some organized antifa terrorists! Count me in, bro.
Load More Replies...And many other things, except possibly weaponry and certainly wealth gap
Load More Replies...Is seaweed actually edible? I don't recall seeing it in any recipe or food-review. Maybe called something else.
Look at the dark green leaf around your sushi. That's nori, and it's a kind of seaweed.
Load More Replies...Meanwhile, committing yourself to being a lifelong learner is a wonderful way to improve your cognitive health. Learning new information and new skills is like working out your brain. And these exercises can improve cognitive function, increase your attention span, improve your memory, improve your reasoning skills and reduce your risk of developing dementia.
Wow! Humanity invented a surface that acts like a natural surface!
It's better than using asphalt. Yes, they repaved the road using asphalt but in 5-10 years, the road would be worn out due to the weight of the cars driving by and the amount of road salt and brine used in a snow storm and fluctuating temperatures in the winter.
Typical. One guy actually doing the work, and the manager with a clipboard making sure the guy actually doing the work is actually doing the work.
In UK we have potholes which fulfil this need, not so handy if you're cycling though ...
Load More Replies...Thank you. I was wondering how hemp doesn't burn.
Load More Replies...I KNOW! Another stupid/destructive thing this administration has done that has gotten almost NO media coverage.
Load More Replies...So, if the outside of the house is wood, but there is hempcrete insulation, nothing inside would burn? Just the wooden outside?
It depends if the fire has a means to pass. I'm going to assume it won't be 100% covered in hempcrete, so the fire could jump. But the chances are hugely reduced.
Load More Replies...The stronger the fiber in the hemp plants, the weaker the psychoactive effect of the flowers. So you can smoke the flowers of windbreak hemp, but you'll get nothing but a headache.
I've been running each of these images through google image search, and I can't find an original source for this one - the little kennels do exist, but all references to the 'Germany doing this' seem to go back to facebook/tiktok/instagram, with no original report. (It could be buried on a later page of google to be fair, I don't have the time to do *that* much research...!)
Load More Replies...I used to get my dog to 'stay' outside shops. Only once did some busybodies try to 'help' by taking her away, apparently because she didn't have a lead. They did look funny trying to shift her while she totally ignored them and carried on looking out for my return 😅
This may be an unpopular question, but like..why can't people just leave their dogs at home when they need to run non-dog errands?
Our dog is a rescue dog from Spain, we have no idea what horrors she may have encountered. She first came to my elderly parents who were always at home with here. Now she is with us and she has a severe separation anxiety. She's around 12 yo. now and we're not going to train her to be alone at that age. We couldn't even let her stay in a box like that.
Load More Replies...Finally, Corporate Finance Institute notes that constantly learning can boost your confidence and improve your networking opportunities. If you know that you’re knowledgeable about a wide range of topics, you’ll never have to worry about speaking to others about them. Plus, the more info you have, the easier it’ll be for you to make connections with other people.
Investing in their people and country, not just lining multi-millionaires/billionaires' pockets...
It's called 'democratic socialism', and unlike capitalism or communism, it actually works.
Load More Replies...You mean there are countries who are not only not in debt. But also able to actually save? Amazing!
Yes. By selling off vast reserves of fossil fuels and footing the rest of the world with the bill for the pollution.
Load More Replies...It's good to know that there is a country with common sense, concern for their citizens, and the ability to provide a safe life for their citizens.
Whereas in US the national debt is about $105,000 from every inhabitant ...
If only Scotland had been able to establish a sovereign wealth fund in the 70's with the proceeds from the sale of our oil.
It's oil revenue. Blood money. They are selling the future of humanity for the benefit of a few million people. Other offenders: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Alberta, Venezuela...
I'm sure you don't buy any clothes or electronics from China, or any chocolate/sugar/coffee from Africa, or flowers/vegetables from Israel... You only travel on foot, or by bicycle, you only eat local products, you never turn on the AC or the heating, you only wear ethically harvested cotton clothes, you are a vegan... And, you don't own a mobile or a computer, because the rare minerals needed to manufacture them come mainly from African countries and fund warlords and dictators. It's si easy to be a hypocrite!
Load More Replies...However, producing hydrogen requires energy and the most common processes DO create CO2
Still releases less emissions than fossil fuel trains. Net improvement.
Load More Replies...I remember seeing this technology on Tomorrow's World in the 70s. It took 50 years to make it happen? Sheesh!
I used to love that programme. Be interesting to revisit it and see how much was pure Jetsons.
Load More Replies...What conditions does it degrade in? If it's not shelf-stable, 50 days is likely too short a life span for supply chains to consistantly get it from a centralised manufacturer to the end user without it degrading. If it requires specific conditions to biodegrade, the bulk of it may still end up in landfill. Also: What byproducts will be produced, and how much? Methane and CO2 are produced by biodegrading material, and both are greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming. Combine that with the production process, and it may not actually be much (or any) improvement over petroleum-based plastic.
take away containers, disposable cutlery, water bottles.......
Load More Replies...If you have a goal of learning something new every day but aren’t quite sure where to start, BetterUp has some tips. First, they recommend determining what you want to learn. Whether that’s a new language, information about a specific topic or how to play an instrument, have a goal in mind. Then, set small goals for yourself to ensure that you’re on the right track. For example, you may want to study for at least 15 minutes every day. Or perhaps you’ll dedicate half of your Sunday to practicing your instrument. Whatever you do, make sure you start to form a habit.
Imagine sitting there in high winds and all of a sudden your bus stop starts flying 🤣
Load More Replies...Never seen or heard of these here in Finland. Might be a couple somewhere, but not a common thing.
We'll have an infinite supply of these if we use expired wind turbine blades instead of putting them in landfills. Just saying....
My property at night-----zero noise. It's actually kind of weird to experience.
My property at night: a cacophony of noise! I love the tropics 😍
Load More Replies...Most of the bushland around here is full of screeching cockatoos!
Load More Replies...BetterUp also suggests having multiple mediums for learning. YouTube is a great resource, but you might want to listen to podcasts or audiobooks when you’re on the go. Maybe you can also find a local Facebook group or community to ask questions to. Find many ways to surround yourself with information, and eventually, it will start to stick.
That is a beautiful way of referring to AI. I'm borrowing that. 😆
Load More Replies...Good idea. I wish I'd thought of that. Data centres can generate an enormous amount of waste heat.
And AGAIN wrong "info" as previous bird nest lamp posts and airplane wing bus stops. Here in Finland there is no this kind of underground data center. If they build it in the future it COULD heat entire very small city called Forssa.
Finland has a LOT of great forward-thinking ideas! I wish we could take progressive multi-useful tips like this from all parts of the world in the US!
It is called MRI-Guided Cryoablation ... the MRI is used to "see" and the Cryoablation uses needles to inject extremely cold gas to freeze abnormal tissue. This was developed in the late 1990s.
We were doing this at Walter Reed Army Medical Center with portable x-ray equipment 25 years ago.
Load More Replies...I'm still scarred by anything MRI-related from the most recent Final Destination movie. I had an MRI recently and the nurse mentioned something about putting the key to the locker (where you kept your personal items whilst you had the MRI) on a hook, and I said something along the lines of "that isn't going to fly at me and stab me in the face, is it?" She laughed and said "I know what movie you've seen recently."
No, you don't have to activate them and unfortunately they don't generate as much electricity as roof panels because they are not oriented towards the sun.
Load More Replies...This sounds more like solar-piezoelectric panels. Electricity is generated from solar panels, and, it's also generated by the piezoelectric electric when the panels are walked on. There's a great idea of using the piezoelectric panels, and using the electricity to trigger the streetlights coming on within a few hundred meters of the person walking on them. This way the lights are only on when people are actually using the street. The rest of the time it's dark.
There aren't a lot of ways to do that that don't also increase fuel consumption. (E.g., Road panels would increase roll-resistance and require more fuel.) But there are some new technologies like regenerative breaks and suspension that reclaim energy that is normally wasted as heat.
Load More Replies...As you continue on your learning journey, don’t forget to reflect every now and then. It’s easy to feel like you’re not making any progress if you’re improving slowly. But your effort hasn’t been in vain. Every once in a while, take some time to test your knowledge and recognize how much you’ve learned. This might also inspire you to come up with some new goals. If you’re already conversational in the language you’ve been learning, maybe it’s time to find some native speakers to talk to, so you can improve your grammar even more. There’s always more learning to be done!
Wrong. Only applies to students from within the E.U. They also caution that many students do not seem to realize that Norway is a very HCOL country, and living expenses are not covered.
Any EU country allows any EU citizen to study at HE at the same cost of a domestic student.
Load More Replies...When you have plentiful oil, lots of public services can be affordable!
Norway has a lot of really cool things on here, I'm impressed and jealous lol.
I remember some trains blasting wolf noises to get deer herds off the tracks
you get downvoted for this constantly, but it's actually a valid point
Load More Replies...People get access codes for sleeping capsules in the Netherlands through partnerships with local housing groups and social services. Outreach workers use QR codes and a mobile app to schedule stays, manage check-ins, and provide assistance to registered users, who are typically individuals experiencing homelessness. These are also available in Norway and possibly other places but that’s as far as my research interest went.
Thank you! I was just writing a comment wondering this exact question until I saw your comment.
Load More Replies...I have not seen these yet. At the same time there are so much more homeless people than say 20 years ago... It's so sad. Much more people fall through the cracks, people who worked hard, did well and than had a few years of bad luck.
Not "instead" of housing. This IS housing for those who need it most.
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1 town in Spain tried to do this with a few old phone booths. It didn't work out, because all they could fit was a desk height shelf and a stool...
Spain Finland and Japan are all repurposing phone booths. In Japan they make some into tropical aquariums!
Don't know why Cara got downvoted. Some of us just don't like papaya, no need to be nasty.
I think they probably got downvoted because there's no need to post a comment like that, IMO. So you don't like papaya - that's fine. There is absolutely no pressing need to take the time to make a comment about how you think it tastes like vomit. We all have opinions, but we don't need to share ALL of them, if that makes sense. I'm not saying that every comment that everyone posts has to be positive, upbeat, and happy (I've said plenty of sad depressing things on BP) but more like - why make a comment like that? What's the point? What do you get out of it? and so on. If you're going to say "no need to be nasty", then that ALSO applies to being "nasty" about papaya. I don't downvote unless it's literal spam, but I imagine Cara is getting downvoted by people who disagree with their opinion.
Load More Replies...We had them in Nigeria in the 50s, like Ali Baba jars about 4' tall. They would keep your butter fresh for days.
Load More Replies...They're about the size of a gallon jug of milk, and they're not ~refrigerators~ - they're more like veggie bins for desert climate where low humidity & high temps cause fresh veg to wither- they have to be placed in a shady but breezy area and watered three times a day. It basically keeps the fruit or veg moist...
The yellow thing looks like a gallon can. The clay things are _much_ larger.
Load More Replies...We used to have a camping fridge like that in the 50's square clay box with a dip in the top for water.
"can lower the internal temperature by approximately 10–15 degrees Celsius (18–27 degrees Fahrenheit) below the ambient outside temperature". That 40°C, minus 15K = 25°C. Not really refrigerating.
Sometimes you have to do what you can, with what you've got.
Load More Replies...Yes, old technology. Middle Eastern examples are the most well known.
Load More Replies...Excellent! My youthful experiments will keep me alive for a few more decades ....
In lab experiments, human lung and skin cells treated with psilocin showed a significant delay in senescence (the state where cells stop dividing and go dormant), with some treated cells living up to 57% longer than untreated ones. While the findings are promising and "open a new frontier" in anti-aging research, scientists caution that these are preclinical results and much more research is needed. Not for Human Use Yet: The study did not involve human clinical trials for anti-aging purposes. It is a large leap from lab-grown cells and mice to human application.
It doesn't operate like a vacuum cleaner. From an online search: the Ocean Vacuum works by drifting along with the currents, forming a massive U-shape that funnels plastic into its centre. A three-metre-deep screen hangs below the surface, catching debris from ghost fishing nets to bottle caps. Once trapped, the waste gathers in a retention zone until a support vessel arrives to haul it away.
Load More Replies...And then what. The plastic doesn't go away so is it just relocated somewhere else to become a problem for someone else?
It's less likely to cause difficulties for fish, people etc if it's in a silo somewhere. If it's in sea-water it will end up in people.
Load More Replies...This works very well on heavily polluted rivers such as the Mekong River.
That would be a heck of a lot of weight to move around ... one 100W panel weighs about 10Kilos.
That picture is fake. The real ones have much smaller solar panel’s that are used solely for charging devices and a bit of light. It’s not that crazy since you can go to Home Depot and buy a solar back pack to charge things on the go.
Homeless people have more problems than just being homelless. People with houses have mental, physical, financial problems..
Load More Replies...Another annoying fake AI picture. The actual device is a camera on a pair of spectacles which sends signals to an implant behind the eye which converts them into signals on the optic nerve. It gives some level of improvements for some people who lost their sight due to a particular illness.
Nope. They proved the existence of T cells, which already do this. They have no idea why it doesn't always work nor have they ~discovered~ how to make it do so
Specifically, they found a particular type, called a 'regulatory T cell', as well as certain mutations that can happen in the genetic code that controls it and lead to autoimmune diseases.
Load More Replies...This is not a cure for autoimmune diseases but they now have a better understanding of the mechanism that can cause them, i.e. a deficiency in this type of cell.
Load More Replies...Fantastic idea but I think in a lot of countries they would sadly get vandalised
And it’s not at all common in Japan. Can guarantee that Japan has some of the most anti-homeless rules in the industrial world
Load More Replies...Why not build actual housing instead of making homeless people sleep on benches?
There are apparently a lot of empty houses in Japan due to their decreasing population. They should be utilised rather than left empty.
Load More Replies...Yea, instead they should just execute all the worthless druggy POS that would try and sleep on them and save the time, money and towns.
Load More Replies...In some countries authorities deliberately instal points in the benches so people cannot lie down.
Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something. Every comment is negative. Who p*ssed in your cornflakes?
Load More Replies...Concrete and plants ... not a good combination. Plants over time do a lot of damage to concrete.
From the plants’ point of view, they’re merely trying to survive.
Load More Replies...This is a great idea. I just looked into for a very long time though and there are a lot of factories being refurbished by many different architects for different purposes each. Most are architectural displays kinda of like living portfolios. There are some that are giant single family homes. There is one that will have 27 units to rent or buy and another that is transformed in to an artist “colony”, is the best word I can think of. So yes all of these things are true but in different locations and they don’t appear to be free by any means.
I wonder if something like that would help with tinnitus? I wish SOMETHING would!
There is this thing that they started to try. But there are different reasons for tinnitus, so one might hope this would work for every resons. Tensioning jaws, some medics can result in tinnitus, etc.
Load More Replies...Having lost 99% of my hearing to Ménière's, I will gladly be the first human subject volunteer. Cochlear Implants are wonderful, but I miss music and "normal" sound.
The more of these I read the more annoying they become. They've induced some improvements in a small number of deaf people with specific conditions causing it. the 430 million is the total number of people in the world with hearing loss, most of whom would not benefit from what they've so far discovered.
I’m one of them. 42 and never been in a relationship in my adult life, despite having a s**t ton of friends, Romance just never worked out for me. 🤷🏻♀️There is still time, but the older I get the more set in my way I become, and I already have pretty much everything else in my life beside a romantic partner, so unless someone is gonna enhance what I already have, I’ll be single til I croak…
I was 42 when I got married. Seriously, stay single it is so much cheaper and a lot less stressful.
Load More Replies...There’s nothing wrong with being a crazy cat person as long as you are happy with your life
Me. 45 and have never had a relationship, ever. Or friends. Social anxiety kills you inside and not many people understand -_-
*High five in social anxiety solidarity* My last partner dumped me *because* of my social anxiety, actually. My mum had organised a surprise dinner for my birthday, and ex tried to hide it by saying his mum was having a birthday party. This is my idea of terrifying and torture all rolled into one, and he should have known this because we'd discussed it (my social anxiety) prior. When I showed reluctance, he spilled the tea on the dinner and dumped me because "it showed how much I didn't care about him/his family".
Load More Replies...Note to self: Do not get into a wreck on a Mexican highway unless you want countless piercings.
Not even close. Mexico city is allowing an experiment that puts greenery on highway supports.
Yes, there are highways in Mexico with cacti in the medians. Engineers in Mexico are intentionally planting dense rows of native species like nopal (prickly pear) and organ pipe cactus in major road medians as a sustainable infrastructure
Load More Replies...They invented a nature strip? Amazing! I've never seen one before. Oh, wait...
Because there's nothing electrical/metal stuff loves more than proximity to salt water...
Yeah, I know. It's too bad you can't build nuclear subs out of steel, isn't it?
Load More Replies...Do they? I find it hard to believe anything that comes out of China, information-wise. They are known as international liars and cheats.
That's old. China contained international liars and cheats at about the same time as the USA and Britain did. 50 years ago and earlier. Not today.
Load More Replies...If the ocean is keeping the data centers cool, then the data centers must be heating up the ocean. Not really a great tradeoff, all things considered.
This was tested with Microsoft a while ago so unsure how this is any different?
FAKE! That's an AI generated picture - the text on the sign above them is not real language. And the fridges look like standard supermarket ones, which would be completely unsuitable for outside use. Edit: and bread does not need refrigerating anyway.
What do you mean? I love me a good Bread Vaukerie Bouibelnc.
Load More Replies...Nope... they've started putting vending machines in villages that don't have bakeries.
"In breaking news, the cutest serial killer has just been apprehended"
Can you imagine being set up for a mu.rder or ro,bbery by a criminal Koala?
Proof that fingerprint 'evidence' is anything but. Makes you wonder how many people have been wrongfully convicted as a result of pseudoscience like this, doesn't it?
Calling fingerprints pseudoscience is wild. What are you assuming? A koala committed a m****r and a human was accused of it? All humans have different fingerprints from each other. What you should wonder is how many criminals were almost never convicted if it wasn't for fingerprints being used.
Load More Replies...Use a thief to catch a thief - AI generated answer.....*The idea of heated water trays at bus stops in Iceland is an online rumor/concept that has been widely circulated on social media, often with AI-generated images. While Iceland does use extensive geothermal energy to heat sidewalks and some bus shelters, there is no evidence of a widespread system of public heated water trays for general use or for animals*
Wouldn't all the dirt and sludge from the road also end up if these tubs are set at road level?
Does not exist. Which makes me assume that many other “facts” here don’t either
Load More Replies...If you think Antarctica is cold, just imagine how cold it would be if there weren't any volcanoes. Some volcanoes were already known, but 91 have been discovered under the ice cap, nut "under Antarctica". Also, TIL. picture next
91 newly discovered. Few if any of these are known to be active. Mount Erebus is active, but that's been known for centuries.
Street lighting at night, especially in cities, disrupts nocturnal wildlife.
Especially outside cities, in the countryside where it radically disrupts flight paths of night flying animals. Australia's fruit bats and rainbow lorikeets love night lighting in city centres, for some reason.
Load More Replies...And in 1956, Popular Mechanics predicted flying cars and dirigible cargo transport! There's an awful lot of "could" in these.
Omg that's my favourite poem. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree
Load More Replies...I love algaes. ❤️ They're pretty and it's cool that they've been around for 3 billion years. They made enough oxygen that trees could exist. Literally they crawled so trees could run. 🌳 (The facts in the picture is wrong, trees are far better oxygen producers then algae, but these would be pretty at our local square, they can't grow trees there because of the roots)
Or, now bear with me here (eeeek, a bear!) we could plant trees. You know, those things that have been doing this for millions of years, and actually provide SOMETHING USEFUL!
Now lizard to me here (eeeek, a lizard!) every place can't grow trees. 😊 Roofs, compact ground, public squares or other narrow places. They are not substitutes for trees. (That comparison the pictures does here is ridiculous) But thesa are algaes and have also been doing this for BILLION of years, so don't look down on them please, 😥 they do also "actually provide SOMETHING usefull". (Fun tidbit: 3 billion years ago, the algae made all oxygen in a very very slow pace until trees, about 385 million years ago, could grow. Like in the: "They crawled so we could run" algaes crawled so trees could run. Algaes are really cool and also pretty, so a very decorative plant in my personal opinion)
Load More Replies...Nothing like adding a zero for cool points... Performs photosynthesis up to 10 to 15 times more efficiently than a real tree per square meter. Not ~100 trees~ worth...
Are you really googling every one of these facts and copy paste like you know this stuff? You don't know s**t Google master.
Load More Replies...China is kicking the USA's b**t with their innovation. We're so busy trying to live in the heyday of the past, that we're not moving forward.
And that's 'conservative' in a nutshell. The inability to move forward because you fear change. Problem is, if you don't innovate, you stagnate. Conservatives have, quite literally, never been on the correct side of history. It's true that liberals aren't always right, but conservatives never are.
Load More Replies...Commercial planes travel around 800-900km/h, the last time I checked it was more than 620.
Faster than some planes, yes. Planes mostly fly at around 500 mph, ie 800 kph. I've driven cars faster than SOME planes fly!
I'll only buy that if you mean you've driven some cars faster than Glider planes fly.
Load More Replies...Nope. They are working on new polypropylene barriers. But this is more facebook idiocy.
Not exactly a brilliant innovation - literally a s***w up, and stuck with a tough decision and seconds to make it.He floored it and managed to jump a ten foot gap - but yeah - with twenty passengers.
If he'd braked the bus may have fallen into the gap, as the bridge was being opened by accident despite signals saying it was safe to proceed. Oh, and it was only inches off the road surface, nothing like the stupid FAKE AI picture shown here.
Load More Replies...No. His employer rewarded him with a day off and £10 (which was a weeks wages for a bus driver back then). The city also rewarded him with £35 and a weeks holiday for him and his family in Bournemouth.
Load More Replies...Yes, please with videos of real cats and then we save everything with real actors before AI floods everything.
Load More Replies...Slight marketing lie... Wiki: "The "5-dimensional" descriptor is because, unlike marking only on the surface of a 2D piece of paper or magnetic tape, this method of encoding uses two optical dimensions and three spatial co-ordinates to write throughout the material, which suggested the name '5D data crystal'. No exotic higher dimensional properties are involved. The size, orientation and three-dimensional position of the nanostructures comprise the so-called five dimensions."
Load More Replies...Although I'm dubious, this does sound like a great idea. After all, we know how cows make milk and how we make cheese from it, so we should be able to reproduce the process.
If the milk isn't needed, the cows aren't either. Burger King here they come. BTW, this is almost identical to the "saving poor sheep from shearing by inventing artificial wool" screed posted by PETA-nut brains.
And, we're "sparing" again. From what? There's more steps between "cow" and "cheese" and a no time, let alone as a calve, is the cow endangered by either pressing or fermentation. I mean, cool more food, but they didn't do it to save the cows.
Are you kidding me? Watch a video of a cow’s calf being driven away. It’s horrible. No one thinks about that.
Load More Replies...Calves are birthed and then taken from the mother. Watch a video of a cow chasing the calf on a truck, it’s heartbreaking.
Load More Replies...They changed the title, and will prod do that again.
Load More Replies...Micro-zircons are some of the oldest minerals remaining on Earth. Far older than the oldest bulk rocks. They contain tiny inclusions which tell us about the Earth's natural environment circa 4 billion years ago. Fascinating stuff.
More like: The earth cooled down 4 billions years ago. All the water in the air cooled down, and because of that fell down like rain over a long time. That rain created the oceans. (Kind of cool, algae have been around 3 billion years and slowly made oxygen until trees and so on took over most of the job. I love algaes, they are so pretty.)
See the ACTUAL reports on this. A handful of mosquitoes were found, and nothing whatsoever to do with warming. It pays well to look at the sources of such news reports.
*While a few individual specimens have been found, it is uncertain if a permanent, self-sustaining population has been established. *
Load More Replies...That is not a representation of the aircraft ... more of a pipe dream. The real aircraft also carries ONE ...
We need these here, so hopefully fucking ferals stop leaving their dog's shit everywhere.
I get annoyed at those who bag the shít and then just leave it on the ground anyway, but the really vile ones are those who bag their dogs' shít then hang the bags from tree branches like grotesque Christmas decorations.
Load More Replies...Dog p*o in plastic bags? How does that work? 😯 Anyone knows and can tell me please?
Some póo bags are just smaller sized regular plastic bags, that one would typically get back in the day to carry their shopping out, but many are made to be biodegradable. Not sure of the exact science behind it, but I'm sure a quick Google search will explain it.
Load More Replies...I don't think it's game changing at all. Expensive, but at least viable. Evaporation is cheaper, simpler and more environmentally friendly, but takes more space (they do have a lot, mind). I would work on that before filling the world with landfill in a few years.
I don't buy this at all. So, not one single person is there to oversee and make note of any issues or problems that WILL happen? No maintenance crew at all? Are these mystical robots fixing themselves now?
This one's actually true. Problem being, robots don't buy anything
Load More Replies...~largely~ automated. But if you don't think that this is the future, I really hope you're over fifty, so that retirement happens before you find out you're never getting another job. On the other hand, at that point, there might not be enough workers left to fund the lovely pyramid scheme that is our official social security system
So AI is evil and will take our jobs away, but China taking manufacturing jobs away is a good thing?
What happens at the level of subatomic particles has little relevance to the macro world.
Lasers, transistors, MRI, GPS etc etc - all due to what’s happening at the level of subatomic particles.
Load More Replies...While this would be wonderful, I would like to see independent information. China cannot be trusted.
No, they ~teleported~ the quantum state of a particle, NOT the physical particle itself.
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Load More Replies...Quite a confusing report when I look it up. They apparently can send information without sending light 'particles' (they're not really particles, they have no actual mass, but confusing part of physics this) by sending light particles. I haven't read the paper, but i think it may still be theoretical. 'Spooky action at a distance' might be possible eventually.
I doubt anyone except the most exceedlingly gullible human beings would ever think that photo was real.
Load More Replies...The bulk of Taiwan's chip manufacturing capability was destroyed in an earthquake. It's taken them decades to recover.
Why would you doubt it? Taiwan has been developing such things for years. The company that announce the new chips, TSMC, has been around since the 1980s and currently makes other advanced chips.
Load More Replies...I have a feeling not a lot of people are going to want to eat their bus tickets.
Lol. What do you do if the ticket inspector comes? "Oh sorry officer, I ate my ticket already." /s
No. There was a marketing stunt in Germany a few years ago that involved "hemp" subway tickets. France is getting rid of physical tickets
Printed bus tickets are rapidly getting replaced with digital ones anyway, so this is just useless.
Lies and misleading image. Ringwoodite mineral store of water, not in any way an ocean
The Wikipedia article on "deep biosphere" is well worth reading. But that is only down to about 20 km beneath Earth's surface. The article referred to here only says that hydrated minerals exist in the Earth's mantle, which is not a "hidden ocean". On the other hand, Pluto does contain a sizeable "hidden ocean" of liquid water, possibly as big as all our surface oceans combined.
similar article also explain/claim that we have unlimited oil reserves
Load More Replies...Antarctica, see the little picture in the top left?
Load More Replies...Well, if you look at the actual amount of change, it's absolutely minuscule compared to annual changes. The idea that ice would melt at -50C was always a bit risible anyway.
no. Global climate change. The same academics who named it global warming changed their minds
Load More Replies...Actually I am seriously concerned by this. The environmental movement has become so warped that people actually believe that you can repeal the law of conservation of energy somehow, and get duped into believing such nonsense. It's a viral social media clickbait article. Don't believe everything you read on BP. Abraham Lincoln said that.
No such thing as free energy ... all those "wind turbines" will cause resistance (see Drag Coefficiency Difference) which will cause the driving engine(s) to use more power to sustain speed
Ha ha! The idea of a wind turbine on a train to capture energy used to be a physicists' joke. Now they think it's real? Wow! I am dumber for having read this.
Turbulence is addressed by improved aerodynamics, aka streamlining. Anything you do to try to 'harvest' energy from it will inevitably increase the overall drag on the train as a whole. No, this is as ludicrous as it sounds.
Load More Replies...Not silent, and 124 mph isn't all that fast. But an interesting observation. Did you know that Australia makes supersonic military drones? Australia is aiming for Mach 5 in the next iteration.
So, like the Soviet Lun-class ekranoplan developed in the 1970's ... also was capable of 550 km/h/342 mph for 2000Km's
not that much of an attack speed, is it? I drove my car faster than that ;-)
Domestic sheep need to be sheared, or else they end up carrying tens of pounds of excess wool thar interferes with their ability to walk, see, and excrete.
That was my immediate reaction. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE SHEEP?!?
Load More Replies...What harms them is if you leave them unshorn for too long. Youtube link below.
Load More Replies...As someone who worked sheep on ranches for 25 years, I can tell you that sheep don't need to be "rescued" from being shorn. They would need to be rescued from the wool that would eventually stop the animal from being able to walk, feed, see or any other normal act! Whoever thought up this bucket of c**p needs to have it poured over their head!
They may not like being shorn, but in my understanding it is a necessary procedure, or else they would collapse under the bulk of their wool.
I live in NZ and I have never heard of this - in fact, most of the claims in this whole article sound fake (not to mention almost all of the images are AI).
I live in NZ too and I hadn't heard of it but it's true. They "grow" in biospheres using yeast and keratin fibres. It is not available commercially but when it is, it's expected to be in the premium price range and possibly more expensive than actual Merino wool.
Load More Replies...So when the market for real wool crashes, all those now unneeded sheep will be load up for the dog food and glue factories.
I screamed into my memory foam pillow once. It remembered and screamed back at me at 4AM and scared the shĭt of of me!
I want to believe articles like this. I'm so grateful there are no links to that worthless "data" carp.
Load More Replies...Our collective apologies got to the universe for what it's been experiencing.
Collective unconsciousness, I believe I remember reading about this. Theory of it that people used to have inborn memories of tribal history, so to speak, so you are born knowing things about the world and that helps you survive and be a part of your group of humans. If I remember right, this was wiped out or became less needed therefore we evolved out of it when we learned to use language, and I think it was written language.
If only this was true. Sadly, whilst there has been a lot of break throughs in cold fusion over the last two years (including very real progress but the Canadians) we are still some years away from having industry viable child fusion.
I have to admit, 'child fusion' caught me off guard, but! Children do tend to have more energy than they need! LOL Great typo!
Load More Replies...Tinfoil hats on again, folks! The oil companies are probably trying to suppress this technology....
WHAT THE F**K DOES THIS EVEN MEAN. THIS ENTIRE ARTICLE IS SO B******T THE LAST FEW "FACTS" AREN'T EVEN COHERENT SENTANCES. AND MORE AI GENERATED SLOP IMAGES.
someone's grandmother is going to see this and believe it...smh.
Load More Replies...100% conspiracy theory. There is zero scientific evidence for this claim.
Oh now I KNOW this post is a conspiracy theory! The truth is lots of power lines aren't developed under them, no homes, and there's open fields under them that can be and are utilized by bee keepers if there are flowering plants and berry bushes growing. The bees get the pollen from the flowers, make honey, and are unbothered by power lines, telephone lines, cell towers.
What a wonderful, fact-free offering! FFS can we get articles with actual facts rather than AI and wishes! This was mostly BS!
Mostly, yes. There was the odd true thing in there, but it was mostly wishful thinking.
Load More Replies...All these AI generated pictures... Is the entire article pure fiction?
I think it largely is... Unfortunately. Science fiction that may become fact.
Load More Replies...TBF none of this is original= BP content, just copied from an AI-generated Facebook page. What makes is worse is that there are so many requotes of its content across social media, by real people who've not even given a moment's thought as to the veracity of the claims.
Load More Replies...This is the most egregious load of rats droppings I've ever read. BP should be ashamed.
i am going to flip my f*****g lid if i see one more g*****n ai generated b******t photo.
Many many starred words. Very appropriate for your chosen name 🤣
Load More Replies...This site is infested with tyrannical down voters who get their panties in a bunch whenever a comment takes them out of their stupor of stupidity
Propped up by a false sense of moral superiority fed by feel good nonsense and green arrows
Load More Replies...What a wonderful, fact-free offering! FFS can we get articles with actual facts rather than AI and wishes! This was mostly BS!
Mostly, yes. There was the odd true thing in there, but it was mostly wishful thinking.
Load More Replies...All these AI generated pictures... Is the entire article pure fiction?
I think it largely is... Unfortunately. Science fiction that may become fact.
Load More Replies...TBF none of this is original= BP content, just copied from an AI-generated Facebook page. What makes is worse is that there are so many requotes of its content across social media, by real people who've not even given a moment's thought as to the veracity of the claims.
Load More Replies...This is the most egregious load of rats droppings I've ever read. BP should be ashamed.
i am going to flip my f*****g lid if i see one more g*****n ai generated b******t photo.
Many many starred words. Very appropriate for your chosen name 🤣
Load More Replies...This site is infested with tyrannical down voters who get their panties in a bunch whenever a comment takes them out of their stupor of stupidity
Propped up by a false sense of moral superiority fed by feel good nonsense and green arrows
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