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How do you revive a conversation that’s starting to get dry?

by QuestionGuy January 17, 2022, 11:36 am

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TIL by dry weight, the human brain is nearly 60% fat. And of that 10-20% is DHA (omega-3).

by whatilearned January 15, 2022, 4:07 pm

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TIL that in the Amazon basin, locals catch a species of catfish. Not to eat, but to dry out and use as firewood. The fish is thus called the “Firewood Catfish”.

by whatilearned January 14, 2022, 8:05 pm

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TIL that there’s a frozen dead guy in a Tuff Shed in Colorado that has been “preserved” for 27 years with a twice-a-month dry ice run.

by whatilearned January 14, 2022, 2:38 am

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TIL The US is the global epicenter of tornado formation with an average of 1,200 each year. It’s the result of a unique geography that allows hot, dry air from the Southwest to flow atop moist, warm, unstable surface air east of the Rockies, with cold air at the jet-stream level overtopping it all

by whatilearned December 11, 2021, 5:45 pm

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If your butthole is made from the same material as your lips, why doesn’t your butthole get chapped on cold dry days?

by QuestionGuy November 27, 2021, 2:57 am

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TIL dry erase marker removes Sharpie from laptop screens (courtesy of my 5yo son)

by whatilearned November 5, 2021, 12:34 pm

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TIL Beavers are triggered by the sound of running water. They continue building their dam until it stops. Scientists once ran an experiment playing the sound of running water on dry land, and eventually, the beavers covered the audio player with mud and branches.

by whatilearned November 2, 2021, 2:30 am

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TIL that the foundation of the Taj Mahal is made of wood, and without water from the Yamuna, the wood would dry out and crack, threatening the stability of one of the Wonders of the World.

by whatilearned October 30, 2021, 2:08 pm

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TIL in 1950 airlines didn’t serve alcohol when flying over dry states.

by whatilearned October 22, 2021, 7:57 pm

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When DRY becomes an anti-pattern: Abstraction Layers – Part 2

by ProgrammerDude October 17, 2021, 11:28 pm

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When DRY becomes an anti-pattern: code-in-code

by ProgrammerDude October 11, 2021, 12:26 am

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