TIL that microorganisms are conditioned to treat our wastewater, specifically Phosphate (PO4). we reduce oxygen levels in the water to almost suffocate the microbes. Then we give them tons of oxygen bubbles. after that we but them back into anaerobic conditions. the microbes now eat the O of the PO4 by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 10:57 am 7 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL some flies cope with having tiny stomachs by regurgitating food into vomit bubbles to dry it out a bit and reduce the volume, and then swallowing it again before eating more; other flies release digestive juices to liquefy food into a predigested slurry they can swallow without teeth by whatilearned April 1, 2022, 5:15 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
23 Comments If you had to choose between going naked or having your thoughts appear in thought bubbles above your head for everyone to read, which would you choose? by QuestionGuy December 10, 2021, 12:25 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL Bubble lights on a Christmas tree are filled with the low boiling solvent methylene chloride that boils and creates bubbles with the heat of a Christmas tree light bulb. by whatilearned December 7, 2021, 5:19 am 13 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL that there were kamikaze torpedo/submarines called ‘Kaiten’ used by the Japanese at the end of WW2. They were fast, silent, made no bubbles, and contained 1.44 tons of TNT in the tip. by whatilearned October 6, 2021, 1:30 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Building Android Conversation Bubbles – Slack Engineering by ProgrammerDude September 7, 2021, 11:59 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
I HATE THIS NEW FUCKING EMOTE WHICH COMES IN INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL CAT LICK EMOTE I USE IM ALWAYS VERY FAST TO USE THE CAT LICK EMOTE AND PING BUBBLES AND NOW THIS GARBAGE THING POPS UP AND I CAN’T CHANGE IT COZ OF MUSCLE MEMORY by CopyPastaArchive July 23, 2021, 12:35 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL that, in June 2020, a team of researchers in Japan used a drone that shot pollen-dusted soap bubbles to pollinate a pear orchard; 95% of the flowers bore fruit, which was the same success rate as hand-pollinating by whatilearned May 26, 2021, 6:55 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL that in order to hand draw all of the bubbles in The Little Mermaid, the manpower was outsourced to a China based firm, and the finished artwork of the bubbles was kept in a vault blocks away from the demonstration at Tiananmen Square in 1989. This almost delayed the production of the movie. by whatilearned April 28, 2021, 2:06 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Scientists have found out what the air was like millions of years ago by using air bubbles in ice. by whatilearned April 15, 2021, 1:17 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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