Today I Learned

I knew it from the Neil Diamond soundtrack first

I think my dad had a slideshow for it

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Mammoths are not the same as mastodons. Also, they are different bands (that one I knew).

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TIL about fat tailed sheep!

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Baaaby’s got baaaaack!

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Thank you everyone for humoring me with this whole rabbit hole! Still unsure how N and I independently came to the wrong conclusion about this haha

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TIL I’m highly evolved for desert life.

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If tummies count, I am too.

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Omg their cartoon butts!! :joy::joy::joy:

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I thought camels stored water in their humps! :exploding_head:

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I mean, it’s kinda similar! The fat stores get them through the dry season.

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Science is just…wow.

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This brightened my day.

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Wow, that’s awesome. Did you see the news about the prevention shot too??

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/health/lenacapavir-preventing-hiv-in-phase-3-study/index.html

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Yes! We have some really incredible scientists working hard out there

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Today Captain Awkward’s patreon taught me the term “Dishonest Harmony.” It is…unfortunately clicking with my upbringing. I think one of the reasons why I am drawn to DH is that his family does a lot of Honest Conflict instead, and I much prefer that

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It is interesting to see the ratio for gold vs silver and bronze.

Malaysia is ‘bring us the gold or we don’t care’

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I wonder how much is to do with how many medals countries expect to actually get. For example, the United States gets a s*** ton of medals, so it’s probably just being budget friendly to pay out low per medal, sadly

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What about team sports? Does the team share the money?

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Also, they get corporate money, so govt is going to be peanuts in relation

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