HylicManoeuvre

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Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Fluorescence.

Is there something like an upcoming new "chainsaw phenomenon"? Or … in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's quite slick 😂

The actual term is Baader-Meinhof effect btw

YSK how to slice an Avocado in c/[email protected]
Is there something like an upcoming new "chainsaw phenomenon"? Or … in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

It’s called the Cunningham effect

Not sure if intentional 😂

Common diabetes drug helps chickens lay more eggs in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Awesome, let's pump animals full of even more drugs by the billions for the sake of our own taste pleasure

Evidence to ban far-right AfD lacking, says German interior minister | dpa international in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What does this portend?

For reference in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ceci n'est pas une figue.

Titanium Dioxide, banned in Europe, is one of the most common food additives in the U.S. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Admittedly, haven't read it yet 😂

Fair enough, but that still technically only tells you something about the effect it has on the murine brain, not necessarily the human one

Titanium Dioxide, banned in Europe, is one of the most common food additives in the U.S. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (9 children)

In rats and petri dishes. Not saying that's not enough to be cautious or even ban it, but far from conclusive

Demo zum „Muttertag“ in Berlin: „Ich wollte die coole, unabhängige Mutter sein“ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Haha ok wie geil ey 😂

War bloß n meme aber alles gut

Demo zum „Muttertag“ in Berlin: „Ich wollte die coole, unabhängige Mutter sein“ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Ok was ist dann das hier

Demo zum „Muttertag“ in Berlin: „Ich wollte die coole, unabhängige Mutter sein“ in c/[email protected]
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TIL that "G.I." originally referred to galvanized iron (www.wordorigins.org)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL that "G.I." originally referred to objects made from galvanized iron from WWI on, before it was reinterpretated as "government issue ", and by WWII, applied to American soldiers.

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TIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&white (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle" (en.wikipedia.org)
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