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Quilotoa

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  • Grizzly bears, cougars, sheep and deer met without incident during G7, officials say

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  • It would have been nice if something photobombed the group shot.

  • TIL the first ever internet café had to buy its domain name from the Amish

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  • I'm skeptical. Amish have a pretty strong aversion to technology. My guess it was Beachy Amish (which is actually Mennonite) or Old Order Mennonite.

  • What game changing item*s can you buy for $100 or less?

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  • Ratchet belt. What a great invention.

  • What is the most poetic word in your language and why?

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  • English - paraprosdokian - it means a sentence that has a surprise twist. eg. Some people are like slinkies: not really good for much, but they bring a smile to your face when you see one tumble down a set of stairs. From the Greek, basically meaning beyond expectations.

  • what is your silliest, simple accomplishment?

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  • Yeah, kind of the same mind control.

  • TIL there's a solar powered pink refrigerator in the Namib Desert

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  • Write an encyclopedia of useless knowledge?

  • what is your silliest, simple accomplishment?

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  • I can place my hands in front of my chest and make circles, hands going in opposite directions.

  • TIL there's a solar powered pink refrigerator in the Namib Desert

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  • The government put the fridge there to attract tourists.

  • GIRL. NOT LIKE THAT.

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  • And the druggies. Somehow, they had no trouble switching to metric.

  • TIL the HMS Zubian, a Frankenship, was made from combining the war damaged ships the Zulu and the Nubian

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  • Good catch. Maybe all the trans issues in the U.S. navy is subliminally affecting them.

  • TIL you produce about three and a half metric tons of feces and 38 000 liters of urine during an average lifetime.

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  • You're probably right. I don't think the state would take it on, though. One mistake, and you have deadly consequences and people suing for justice.

  • TIL you produce about three and a half metric tons of feces and 38 000 liters of urine during an average lifetime.

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  • If everyone would be diligent to compost it correctly, it would work. You couldn't ensure that on a large scale.

  • TIL you produce about three and a half metric tons of feces and 38 000 liters of urine during an average lifetime.

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  • The problem is that human feces carries a lot of human pathogens.

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  • Perspective. We live in one of the best times in human history, have luxuries unimaginable to the vast majority of human times. Choose to look at the positives.

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    TIL the term 'blockbuster' came from a time when blocks of ice in front of a fan were used to cool movie audiences. A large audience required more cooling thus "busting" the block of ice.

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  • Yes, we live in one of the best times in human history.

  • What is the most dangerous ideology in the world and what makes it dangerous?

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  • Look out for number one. Selfishness is at the root of most dangers to humanity.

  • TIL an antigram is an anagram that means its opposite.

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  • Some may argue these aren't opposites.

  • TIL an antigram is an anagram that means its opposite.

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  • Funeral = real fun Honestly = on the sly

  • What are commonly used idioms/metaphors that make no sense to anyone who knows about the topic they come from?

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  • Sleep like a baby. That is not what I'd consider a good night's sleep.