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Quilotoa

@ Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

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  • What indigenous word would be appropriate to rename United States?

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  • That is an indigenous word.

  • You can broadcast one message to the entire world. What do you say?

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  • Fine. You can party on dudes if you want.

  • You can broadcast one message to the entire world. What do you say?

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  • I think you need a hyphen between "party" and "on."

  • TIL that the belly button/naval is a 'scar'

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  • And unique to each individual. Perhaps we can use it as a security identifier along with fingerprints.

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  • Terry Fox. One of humanity's gems.

  • What are you up to today?

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  • Just got back from our camp where I'm doing renovations. It's only accessible by boat so all supplies have to be loaded in the trailer, brought to the boat, loaded in the boat, brought to the camp, then unloaded onto the dock. Makes for slow going, but the peace and beauty out there make up for it. Today, I'm going to church, picking up groceries for the week, then heading back to camp.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL there's a Mollusc of the Year competition

    moty.senckenberg.science /en/
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    I'm a little uneasy about this new 5G tower that has gone up at the end of my street.

  • What are your Uno "house rules"?

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  • We play speed Uno. If you have the identical card as the card that's played, you can lay it down if you get it to the pile before the person whose turn it is lays down theirs. Play then continues from you.

  • How do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?

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  • In the U.S., the letter Z is pronounced zee. The rest of the English-speaking world pronounces it zed. Thus the difference.

  • Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?

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  • Canada. You don't pay for a broken arm or a checkup. You only pay for things like physiotherapy or massage. Dentisit is covered if you're old, young, or not making much money. Pharmacy is covered (with a small fee) if you're old. The emergency room works on a triage system so, if you're not seriously sick, you'll probably wait a long time. There are long wait times for specialists in some areas. I can't speak for everyone, but the care my extended family and I have received has been excellent.

  • How do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?

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  • Aren't they pronounced the same?

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    How do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?

  • What's your favorite childhood cartoon that everyone else seems to have forgotten about?

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  • Bullwinkle and Rocky

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL there's a fungi that looks like a bird's nest.

    www.kuriositas.com /2026/04/birds-nest-fungi-tiny-nests-big-trick.html
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  • Get perspective. We are living in one of the best times in the history of the human race. Tell me a time before 1950 going back 300 000 years that you'd rather live in.

  • Would it make sense to have a list of "Retired Questions"? - Questions asked so often and with no real change in answers that they're deleted on sight - if so, what questions would you pick?

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  • You mean like Google?

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL cotton was used as boat armor in the American Civil War.

    www.amusingplanet.com /2026/04/warships-wrapped-in-cotton.html

  • What's something cozy you like to watch, listen to, or do to relax?

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  • Charles Schultz once said, "There are three things that people like to just sit and watch: softly falling snow, an open fire, and a Zamboni driving around a rink."

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    TIL Mattel made a Barbie and Ken music album.

    www.discogs.com /release/1464416-Barbie-10-And-Ken-Barbie-Sings

  • Do you scrape your tongue?

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  • This feels like an ad.

  • Do you scrape your tongue?

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  • Hilarious. And perhaps a little too accurate for comfort.

  • Anyone else tired of guessing at how to make life better for a majority of people like its your personal life mission or something?

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  • No need to guess. For the average world citizen, most quality of life metrics have been on a constant upward trend since WW2.

  • TIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in China

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  • Cheaper labour in China. High tariffs imposed by the U.S. (when the parts and materials that come into the U.S. are tariffed, the price is passed on to the consumer.)

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    An integrated approach

  • What are some words where the "opposite" one means the same thing?

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  • Yeah, right.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL the word "crap" predated the inventions of Thomas Crapper by many years. His name was a happy coincidence.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Crapper
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    TIL there was such a thing as lumberjack sandals.

    www.lib.uidaho.edu /digital/plcphotos/items/plcphotos433.html
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    TIL steak Canadian was not invented in Canada and almost no one in Canada knows what it is.

    www.cbc.ca /radio/asithappens/steak-canadian-9.7176475
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    TIL it's easy to create a National Day. Happy Pigs in a Blanket Day.

    www.nationaldayarchives.com /register-national-day/
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    I'll put it on my calendar

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    TIL the word shrapnel came from Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel, a British officer who invented a shell that scattered pieces of itself.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Shrapnel
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    TIL the inventor of the Rubik's cube took a month to solve it the first time.

    www.cbc.ca /radio/undertheinfluence/the-inventor-of-the-rubik-s-cube-took-this-long-to-first-solve-it-1.5945283
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    TIL mosquitos can bleed animals to death if there are enough of them.

    www.cbsnews.com /news/hurricane-laura-mosquitoes-kill-livestock-louisiana/
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    TIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.

    www.worldsdeepestmarathon.com
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Is it impolite to ask someone about their roots?

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    TIL that the original meme "feeling cute, might delete later" was of Squidward.

    knowyourmeme.com /memes/feeling-cute-might-delete-later
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    TIL mondegreen is the mishearing of the words in a song.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mondegreen