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Fun Fact Friday - Best Fun Fact Gets 10,000 Sats
3754 sats \ 91 comments \ @sn 8 Sep 2023 meta
Let's hear all your best fun facts, any topic counts!
The best comment as voted by the "top" filter at 9am CT tomorrow gets 10,000 sats.
If you missed last week's edition, here are over 100 fun facts stackers shared.
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11.8k sats \ 1 reply \ @softglitter2d 8 Sep 2023
A moment was a medieval unit of time. So when you say just a moment please, you're telling the other person that you need an average of 90 seconds.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OC 9 Sep 2023
A jiffy is a unit of time as well!
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930 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 8 Sep 2023
From my 13 year old: A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.
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452 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 8 Sep 2023
Trippy
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Sep 2023
TIL interesting
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2015 sats \ 1 reply \ @crrdlx 8 Sep 2023
Gary Gensler is an anagram for Les Angry Reg.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 9 Sep 2023
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1870 sats \ 5 replies \ @BITC0IN 8 Sep 2023
Swan Bitcoin custodies with Ripple
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Sep 2023
meaningless. It's suppose that you buy from swan and withdraw to your own wallet, so how that is affecting you? It's even better: you are dumping all worthless fiat into ripple hands...
Why people make so much case for this? Swan is just a broker to GIVE you sats not to take them. You are the one dumping shit fiat on them.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @BITC0IN 9 Sep 2023
It's a combination of factors. You're not wrong.
When there's a case to be made for better options, often it's just easier to shit on bad solutions to steer people away. It's not just about what is best, but what not to do.
Swan is a good example of what not to do on so many levels.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Sep 2023
What did Swan in this case? They just custody THEIR funds with Fortress, that is a 3rd party company (not theirs) and was bought by another company. Swan have nothing in that deal.
I don't see anything wrong doing by swan in this deal. And I do not see swan users affected in any way. Users just buy BTC from Swan and withdraw, Nothing burger. No custody, no scam no nothing.
On the other side yes, Ripple can fuck Swan now if they want. Maybe that was also their plan with this acquisition. Ripple are fucking evil and they are capable of many bad things.
Disclaimer: I do not use Swan and I do not endorse them in any way. I am just an objective observer.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @BITC0IN 9 Sep 2023
What did Swan in this case? They just custody THEIR funds with Fortress, that is a 3rd party company (not theirs) and was bought by another company. Swan have nothing in that deal or necessary.
the ownership of that custodian is besides the point. what really matters imo is swan is using a 3rd party custodian at all, and is a custodial platform. Neither of these are ideal.
I don't see anything wrong doing by swan in this deal. again, you're not wrong. there's simply supreme irony in one of the loudest anti-shitcoin voices on twitter using a custodian that is now owned by one of the loudest shitcoins. this irony is self evident, hence the somewhat comedic reaction in this space.
Users just buy BTC from Swan and withdraw, Nothing burger
last I checked, there's limits of up to 2 weeks on withdrawals with swan?
And I do not see swan users affected in any way.
they could be in the long run via a rug pull. trusted 3rd parties are securities holes.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Sep 2023
oh 2 weeks to withdraw? WTF! This is bad. It should not be such thing.
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1002 sats \ 4 replies \ @julia_somms 8 Sep 2023 freebie
Canada produces 85% of the worlds maple syrup!
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 8 Sep 2023
And boy is it tasty.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @nemo 8 Sep 2023
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 8 Sep 2023
maybe for awhile. I don't know about being a syruptarian.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 8 Sep 2023
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2080 sats \ 6 replies \ @Michelson_Morley 8 Sep 2023
The lateralization ("difference in behavior") of mammalian brain hemispheres varies, is high in birds, low in cats, but is extreme in humans.
Our two hemispheres do not see the same. Generally, the right hemisphere accepts signals from both left and right senses, but the left hemisphere actively pretends that one side is irrelevant. Due to neuronal fiber crossing, the left hemisphere controls the right side of our body and vice versa. And in the middle junction of our brain, the corpus callosum, the left hemisphere ALMOST ONLY sends inhibitory signals— "Shut up I don't want to hear what you're talking about shut up! I already know the truth!".
In patients who have brain injuries only in their right hemispheres, this results in incredibly bizarre behavior:
  • The patient will only shave half his face (the right side).
  • When asked to describe his surrounding, he will only describe the right, and when directed to look at the left, it causes annoyance and dismissal.
  • (best o all) The patient, when directed to look at / hold up his left (ignored) hand, and then asked e.g. "Why are you holding it like that?", the patient responds confidently "That's not my hand": The more you point out things such as "But it is attached to you, it must be your hand", the more annoyed they become and do not accept the idea.
This is only true if you damage the right hemisphere: If the damage was on the left side, you'd be a (nearly) fully functioning person.
The great thinker Iain McGilchrist (great vids, but I recommend his book Master & His Emissary for the full picture) has studied this laterealization in many other species.
He argues that the reason we have these two VERY SEPARATE systems of perception ("ways of handling reality") is because animals need to solve a very specific problem. We need to hunt, which requires "DETAILED FOCUS", at the same time that we need to not be killed by predators, which requires "BROAD CONTEXTUAL AWARENESS".
The behavior is completely apparent in birds; They actually turn their head and use the other eye depending on if they're trying to look at a predator or prey.
To quote the man, who by the way also believes that our society has veered off course and begun letting our leftern hemispheres dominate too much:
"You could say, to sum up a vastly complex matter in a phrase, that the brain's left hemisphere is designed to help us ap-prehend – and thus manipulate – the world; the right hemisphere to com-prehend it – see it all for what it is. [...] nowadays we live no longer in the presence of the world, but rather in a re-presentation of it. The significance of that is that the left hemisphere’s task is to 're-present' what first 'presences' to the right hemisphere."
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1179 sats \ 5 replies \ @Signal312 8 Sep 2023
Wonder if this has anything to do with the ability of human beings to not understand/apprehend things that are not to their advantage. For instance, owners and workers at steel mills will argue convincingly (and will themselves believe) that tariffs on steel imports are very important.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @fwynn 8 Sep 2023
I don't know anything about steel tariffs, trying to make sense of this. A tariff is a tax on importing? and both workers and owners of steel processing places, places that buy steel and process it and sell it, they WANT TARIFFS???? Seriously this is the craziest thing I've heard in a long while, I'll give 2k sats to anyone who can explain it even a little!
Are they just patriotic and believe in supporting local mines?
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2050 sats \ 3 replies \ @Signal312 8 Sep 2023
Yep, they want tariffs. Say US steel producers (producers, not consumers) can sell steel to companies that make products which need steel (like appliances and cars), for $100 a ton. Companies in Asia may have lower costs, and can sell the same steel for $50 a ton.
But if the companies in Asia are hit by a $75 per ton tariff, they can't make a profit. So the US producers - both owners and workers - win. And consumers pay more.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 8 Sep 2023
Here's some more details: https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/section-232-tariffs-steel-aluminum/
I forgot about the part where people working at steel CONSUMING business lose their jobs.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fwynn 9 Sep 2023
Fascinating. Thank you!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 9 Sep 2023
Thanks for the zap! BTW can anyone explain why on some zaps I earn what seems like 90%, but on others, it appears to be 25%? Is that written up somewhere?
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2190 sats \ 2 replies \ @0245bdaef2 8 Sep 2023
Oh here’s a fun fact, “YOU MADE OUT WITH YOUR SISTER!”
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr 8 Sep 2023
lmao! great choice and great movie
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390 sats \ 0 replies \ @0245bdaef2 9 Sep 2023
Scotty doesn’t know! Scotty doesn’t know! Scotty’s gotta go!
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1513 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cowboy 8 Sep 2023
Abraham Lincoln, who was famously tall at 6'4, was also a successful competitive wrestler.
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709 sats \ 1 reply \ @stacksatstoday 8 Sep 2023 freebie
The circulatory system is more than 60000 miles long.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 8 Sep 2023
Insightful
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675 sats \ 0 replies \ @energy 8 Sep 2023
American Express started making metal cards in 2004 because of an urban legend about its most exclusive card being titanium.
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674 sats \ 0 replies \ @Futurecurrency 8 Sep 2023
Mushrooms can glow in the dark. In fact, there are more than 70 varieties of mushrooms that do this.
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585 sats \ 0 replies \ @c599f12590 8 Sep 2023 freebie
The game monopoly was originally designed to show the evil resulting from the institution of private property, capitalism and greed. Usually the game was being played around activists and socialists. Until it got sold to the Parker Brothers for, you guessed it, a large amount of money.
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1653 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr 8 Sep 2023
Alby users made over 1 million Lightning payments in August, a new all-time high.
https://imgprxy.stacker.news/GaVPrvYdtyZI2i045uc_-K02RsvSxDn99mMFpEfwh2o/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9wYnMudHdpbWcuY29tL21lZGlhL0Y1Z2RXWkhYMEFBb3hRdD9mb3JtYXQ9anBnJm5hbWU9bGFyZ2U
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsTomekK 9 Sep 2023
FACTOS
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550 sats \ 0 replies \ @21m8 8 Sep 2023
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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487 sats \ 0 replies \ @shaunpmartin 8 Sep 2023
From its introduction in 1898 until the 1970s, a can of Campbells Condensed Tomato Soup cost $0.10. In 2023 it costs around 12.5x that. Source and graph.
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1002 sats \ 0 replies \ @GOAT 8 Sep 2023
Just like human babies suck their thumbs, baby elephants sometimes suck on their trunks. They can also stand within 20 minutes of birth (though they can't see for a while, and instead sense their mothers through sound and smell).
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1006 sats \ 1 reply \ @Orangepilled 8 Sep 2023
Human teeth are the only part of the body that can’t heal themselves.
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390 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 8 Sep 2023
Is this true? I've heard all kinds of things about small cavities, re-mineralizing.
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499 sats \ 1 reply \ @Burn 8 Sep 2023
There are no seagulls in Hawaii.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @go 9 Sep 2023
What?
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146 sats \ 0 replies \ @sarah1 8 Sep 2023
A lion’s roar can be heard from 5 miles away
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39 sats \ 0 replies \ @fredosha 8 Sep 2023
You won't get out of this life alive.
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391 sats \ 0 replies \ @StudyBITCOIN 8 Sep 2023
Rabbits can see behind them without moving their heads.
https://imgprxy.stacker.news/FtUqoDtLQhcvZZEqDJJ-56-qCXf45rhWAfluPE9zxW8/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9kM2prdWRsYzd1NzBraC5jbG91ZGZyb250Lm5ldC9yYWJiaXQtZnVuLWZhY3RzLmpwZw
Rabbits also sleep with their eyes open
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390 sats \ 0 replies \ @2009 8 Sep 2023
The world's longest concert lasted 453 hours.
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390 sats \ 0 replies \ @Infinity 8 Sep 2023
Avocados are not vegetables.
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390 sats \ 0 replies \ @StayhumbleStacksats 8 Sep 2023
The word sure was once pronounced more like syoor.
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390 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 8 Sep 2023
Curtesy of Dwight Schrute: Bears can climb faster than they can run!
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46 sats \ 0 replies \ @Brrr 8 Sep 2023
Saturn’s trademark rings will disappear in about 300 million years.
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46 sats \ 0 replies \ @SATsStandard 8 Sep 2023
Days on the moon are hot enough to boil water, and nights are unfathomably cold, but at least one spot on the lunar surface stays a pleasant 63 degrees Fahrenheit.
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46 sats \ 1 reply \ @0fje0 8 Sep 2023
All the uranium ever mined could fit into a garage.
Might struggle to find the source again for this fun fact, so take it with a pinch of salt - if you have still have space in that garage.
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92 sats \ 0 replies \ @0fje0 8 Sep 2023
My sincere apologies!
Platinum. All the platinum ever mined could fit into a garage.
No wonder it was difficult to find the source:
https://sdbullion.com/blog/how-much-platinum-is-in-the-world
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46 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 8 Sep 2023
The largest organism in the world is a massive fungus, spanning over 3.5 square miles
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 9 Sep 2023
Bitcoin is even much larger fungus... https://www.bitchute.com/video/iARM9iEWbtbU/
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ox 9 Sep 2023
If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @Proofofwork 8 Sep 2023
Australia is wider than the moon — 600km wider, to be exact.
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1015 sats \ 1 reply \ @newnym 9 Sep 2023
Agriculture was first developed by ants. There are ants that cultivate a type of fungus that grows on leaves that the ants cut and move to their colony. This fungus was domesticated by these ants, and can no longer exist outside of an ant colony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_(ant)
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121 sats \ 0 replies \ @fwynn 9 Sep 2023
Ants man. Humans and ants, we are the kings of earth. And why? Because we both learned how to sustain huge flocks, overcoming tribal instability.
Ants do it by being siblings/family (like most flocks do, wolves for instance). Humans do it (and conquered Neanderthals and all others) by being the first to evolve the ability to lie. We can pretend to be family (through religion, nationality) and thus sustain flocks (pseudofamilies) no Neanderthal family can beat.
There are dark sides to flocks though, that are often overlooked. A bird that tweets at night is eaten by the owl, it's whole family is eaten. So flocks learn to kill the weak. Ants do it extremely well, birds kick out smaller babies.
I'm my country of Sweden we have a very strong pseudofamily, so strong we donate money to strangers through welfare. But we also kill the weak. Not long ago we forcibly sterilized ones deemed unsocial or stupid. Today we kill the drug addicts, punish and let them die (greatest mortality in the west) and we all don't care. Because it's needed, for the sake of the family.
This is why so many were upset (and Swedish politics took a sharp right turn) when we suddenly accepted great amounts of immigrants. Because we who know, we know that when it gets cold, swedes kill the weakest. So immigration is not compassionate.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 9 Sep 2023
Twice a year, there are large swells in the Atlantic ocean that actually push water up the Amazon river for as far as 500 miles. These swells create the longest wave in the world and is commonly known as Pororoca which means "great roar" in the local language.
Some surfers chasing a rush and even the world record for longest wave surfed ride the swell as long as possible up the Amazon.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JohnRawlins 9 Sep 2023
Part of this I've known for years then I just learned the alligator and horse part too.
Donkeys may not sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, New York. In Arkansas, it’s alligators that aren’t allowed in the tub, while in South Carolina, it’s horses.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OC 9 Sep 2023
White faced capuchin monkeys greet each other by sticking their fingers up each others' noses
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JReeCoin 9 Sep 2023
Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are known for their open and frequent sexual behaviors, which serve various social functions beyond reproduction. Sexual interactions are used to reduce tension, form and maintain social bonds, and even as a form of conflict resolution.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satoshis 8 Sep 2023
Volleyball and basketball were both invented in Massachusetts.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @lpop4254 8 Sep 2023
Ethereum is scam , drivechain is a scam
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satoshis 8 Sep 2023
The fastest insect on earth is the Australian tiger beetle, Cicindela hudsoni. Clocking in at 5.6 mph, this incredible insect runs so fast, it has to slow down to see anything.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mSats 8 Sep 2023
Canadians eat more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitsats 8 Sep 2023
A Chihuahua and a dachshund mix is a “chiweenie.”
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wearesatoshin 8 Sep 2023
In 2001, hackers in a Dresden, Germany, supermarket streamed a sex channel on a big screen meant to show daily specials.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Darth 8 Sep 2023
A new porn film is created in the United States every 39 minutes.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Five 8 Sep 2023
Elephants are also the only mammal that cannot jump.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Giveme5 8 Sep 2023
The Sahara Desert can reach up to 136 degrees. Its average temperature is actually about 100 degrees Fahrenheit, so it's pretty much always hot.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bepositive 8 Sep 2023
People used to say “prunes” when taking pictures.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoinmaxi 8 Sep 2023
The Eiffel Tower gets taller in the summer.😂
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @2023 8 Sep 2023
Headphones can increase the bacteria in your ears.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Billy_Dow 8 Sep 2023
A koala poop is square
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 8 Sep 2023
People in Luxembourg have to pay 48.78% in taxes even if they HODL their Bitcoin for over a year.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @2bithits 8 Sep 2023
If you're over 18 it's mandatory to vote in Australia.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @btcEnthusiast 8 Sep 2023
The first oranges were not orange
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @andyflattery 8 Sep 2023
The Immaculate Conception doctrine is about Mary's conception by her mother St. Anne, not the conception of Jesus Christ
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoinisawesome 8 Sep 2023
The urge to breathe does not come from a lack of oxygen in your blood but rather the excess of carbon dioxide in your blood.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sime 8 Sep 2023
Dorian is a boss.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 8 Sep 2023
Are these being fact checked?
If not I heard this on a podcast :
All the people on earth can live in the state of Texas. That’s how much land Texas has
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5419 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 8 Sep 2023
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @nemo 8 Sep 2023
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 8 Sep 2023
Have I just been sattacked? @nemo
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 8 Sep 2023
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898 sats \ 1 reply \ @Zepasta 8 Sep 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 8 Sep 2023
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49 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 8 Sep 2023
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