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Due to the tidal forces, days get 1.4 milliseconds longer every one hundred years. When the dinos roamed the earth, days were only 23 hours long.
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Only if you count one revolution of the earth as a day. I'm pretty sure the dinosaurs didn't care anyway. *Laugh*
Pre-and poly-fluoroakyl substances are known as "forever chemicals" based on their tendency to hang around in the human body. They are often used in oil-resistant coating on non-stick pans.
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Sunday Word accolade (noun) [ah-kuh-leyd]: a mark of praise or recognition; an award.
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You should receive accolades for your consistency in posting! *BigSmile*
Saturday Word: ruminate: think carefully or deeply.
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So, does a rheumatologist think carefully and deeply about arthritis? lol
It comes from the same roots as 'ruminant', an animal that rechews its food. Therefore, to ruminate is to 'chew over' options and past experiences before reaching a decision.

I love these words and factoids you post!
Retail stores have cluttered, crowded aisles to slow you down.(presumably to sell you more.)
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Samantha Author Icon - I've noticed that many retail stores are constantly 'resetting' to "make the layout of this store more like those of the rest of our chain to help our customers find what they're looking for quickly." (Well, ok. I paraphrased.) What I've noticed is that by the time the stores E, F, G, and H are layed out like stores A, B, C, and D, all within 40 miles of each other, the chain starts 'resetting' (scrambling the layout) of stores A, B, C, and D. It seems to me an excellent way to keep people wandering back and forth through the store looking for what they need --- possibly spotting other things they 'need' but had not planned to buy.
Humble Poet PNG and less Author Icon - I'm not referring to any retail chain in particular; just retail chains in general.
Humble Poet PNG and less Author Icon - I agree. I have been noticing a LOT of Dollar Tree locations going through massive resets, all over the Los Angeles area. While their aisles are usually all parallel and facing the same direction, they have continued to flip the layouts. And not simple flips. Like completely moving freezer sections. It can be a little confusing when you haven't been to a certain locations in a bit.
Most aphids are born pregnant.
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Wow!! Just like Tribbles!!
Thursday Quote: "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." ~Martin Luther King Jr.
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Celts used to believe apple trees were places where heaven and earth meet. As an apple lover, I quite agree. Some Christian celts see the apple tree as a symbol of Jesus.
Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes and continue to release methane for 18 hours after death.
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Well, not why I am vegan lol....
No, there are many reasons why people are vegan, Jellyfish Author Icon. But the others don't make sense in this context. I do know at least 2 people who have listed cow methane among their reasons, though.
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The space between your eyebrows is called your 'gabella'.
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Unless...*Laugh*
🌖 HuntersMoon Author Icon - that’s the hairiest gabella I’ve ever seen *Shock2*
Jeremy Author Icon - A real magilla gabella, for sure... *Laugh*
Sunday Word austere (adjective) [aw-steer]: 1. Stern, strict 2. Simple and unadorned.
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Why do you have six cows?

I only have five. That one's a steer.

*FacePalm*
Saturday Word indolence (noun) [ihn-duh-lenhns]: laziness, sloth
Indolence gives the sloth a bad name.
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John  Author Icon
And here I thought it described my in-laws.


I'm trying to look angelic.
According to 2021 data, green house gas emmissions have been reduced by 32% in EU compared to 1990 levels.
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That is good news, but I wonder what the rest of the world is doing.
Not to mention, emissions vs. levels are 2 different things.
Nicholas Flamela was aFrench scribe and manuscript seller in the Middle Ages. Rumors started after his death that he had discovered the Philosopher's Stone and was immortal.
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Adherennium Author Icon - Ohh yeeah!! I saw that in The Highlander!
Schnujo's Giving Away GPs Author Icon - Heeere we are, born to be bored. We're the princes of eternity.
Adherennium Author Icon - I was looking at all the *Laugh*s I've been getting lately and it put two questions into my alleged mind.

1. How many of you would come to see my stand-up routine if were to move to Vegas or Reno (Biggest Little City in the World)?

2. Why would it matter whether anyone discovered you're immortal? What would they do? Kill you?

(Apologies to everyone if I overstepped ratings. I'm still re-learning what is acceptable and what isn't --- and where.)
Thursday Quote: "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near one."
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
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Chihuahuas, 🐕GeminiGem🎁 Author Icon?!? Oh, no! I might be in more danger than I realized! lol
Schnujo's Giving Away GPs Author Icon - You definitely are in danger.

Beware
Schnujo's Giving Away GPs Author Icon and 🐕GeminiGem🎁 Author Icon - When I met her, my wife's family had a chihuahua. Bitsy didn't breathe fire, but she was a pro at giving me the stink-eye. *Smile*
As far as scientists can tell, lobsters may be immortal. They age indefinitely until an outside force kills them.
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interesting idea.


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