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Quilotoa

@ Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

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  • Was the world always a fucked up place?

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  • That acounts for 65 of the 300 000 years humans have been alive.

  • Was the world always a fucked up place?

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  • I question that. In colonial times and in tribal times, there were huge amounts of conflicts. And conflicts is only a tiny part of how the world is running. Slavery, human rights, minority treatment, just laws, poverty, standard of living, etc. On average world wide, we are far better off. The majority of the people in the first world have luxuries that only kings and nobles used to have.

  • Was the world always a fucked up place?

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  • This is actually one of the best times in human history.

  • Trump places statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House

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  • In 1492, the Americans discovered Christopher Columbus on their shores.

  • What is something that desperately needs to be standardized?

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  • Yes. Everything Robertson.

  • What is the ideal gaming experience for you?

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  • Cards around the table with a group of friends.

  • What is something that desperately needs to be standardized?

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  • Women's clothing sizes

  • What is something that desperately needs to be standardized?

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  • If you're in Canada, they're developing standards and they're asking for feedback. There's a survey to fill out on the Transport Canada site.

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  • They certainly recycle.

  • TIL there is only one ocean.

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  • Not true. They intermingle, just not as much as other parts of the ocean.

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • Why is antarctica considered an ocean? It's a land mass. Granted, the vast majority of it is covered in ice, but it is still above sea level.

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • I was taught it was Australasia.

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • So iceland is a continent?

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • What do you define as a continent?

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • What do you define as a continent?

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • What about Antarctica?

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • Do you mean American as in I'm on the continent of America, or American as in I live in the United States? I could only answer yes to one of those.

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • 8.3 billion people. But who's counting?

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • Nope. I just saw the Olympic rings, one ring for every continent that participates. They are America, Europe, Oceana, Asia, and Africa.

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    TIL some traffic lights in Denmark are Viking men

    www.atlasobscura.com /places/viking-traffic-lights
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    TIL there's an ant-infused cheese

    www.odditycentral.com /foods/brazilian-ant-infused-cheese-proves-massive-hit.html
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    TIL there's a species of fish called Boops boops.

    www.fishbase.se /summary/Boops-boops.html
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    China launches campaign to keep killjoys off the internet

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c39r7p47wzgo
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    TIL that peak jut is a mountain measure. It takes into account its rise above surroundings and impressiveness, considering both its base-to-peak height and base-to-peak steepness

    peakjut.com
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    TIL pig Latin got its name because "pig" or "hog" used to mean fake or jokey.

    www.mentalfloss.com /language/what-is-pig-latin
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    TIL the ball washing machine can wash 40,000 ball pit balls in an hour.

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    Stone-skimming championship in Scotland gets rocked by cheating scandal

    www.cbc.ca /radio/asithappens/scotland-stone-skimming-cheating-scandal-1.7636730
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    TIL you can buy pastrami ice cream

    www.thetakeout.com /1966997/katzs-kith-ice-cream-review/
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    TIL lightning sometimes travels up.

    apod.nasa.gov /apod/ap250909.html
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    How a Toronto retiree was falsely accused of being the Charlie Kirk shooter

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/toronto/toronto-retiree-falsely-accused-of-charlie-kirk-shooting-1.7631799
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    Koala chlamydia: Australia approves world-first vaccine to curb killer epidemic

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/cwylp71vnjgo
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    TIL KFC plans to sell chicken flavoured jelly beans.

    nerdist.com /article/kfc-jelly-beans-fried-chicken-gravy-corn/
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    Montreal senior jailed in the U.K. for trying to smuggle cocaine inside a mobility scooter

    www.cbc.ca /news/world/montreal-senior-jailed-in-the-u-k-for-trying-to-smuggle-cocaine-inside-a-mobility-scooter-1.7628128
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    TIL Maru, the youtube cat, has gone to cat heaven.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maru_(cat)
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    TIL the US Navy maintains a private forest to supply the wooden ship USS Constitution

    ussconstitutionmuseum.org /2015/05/11/the-wooden-walls/
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    TIL Stephen Hawking is the only person to play himself on any Star Trek series.

    memory-alpha.fandom.com /wiki/Stephen_Hawking_(actor)
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    TIL you can buy soft serve beer at the Minnesota State Fair.

    www.mnstatefair.org /vendor/1416.2/
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    TIL orcas sometimes share their prey with humans.

    www.thecanadianpressnews.ca /environment/orcas-sharing-prey-with-humans-may-be-trying-to-learn-who-we-are-researcher-says/article_7dd700ea-bac5-57e2-a98d-40a00eb89434.html
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    TIL the little things on strawberries are actually the fruit. What you eat is receptacle tissue.

    www.iflscience.com /those-white-dots-on-strawberries-aren-t-strawberry-seeds-67201