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What company/industry makes you think “How on earth are they still in business?”?

by QuestionGuy September 30, 2022, 9:11 pm

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If the earth really is flat

by cringeyjokesman September 29, 2022, 1:40 pm

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What person would you choose to be the Earth Ambassador to aliens? Why?

by QuestionGuy September 27, 2022, 2:23 pm

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TIL that the human colon holds one of the highest bacterial density recorded in any habitat on Earth, estimated at 10¹¹ to 10¹² bacterial cells per milliliter.

by whatilearned September 25, 2022, 9:45 pm

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TIL If a road runs straight long enough it eventually has to bend to account for the curvature of the earth.

by whatilearned September 24, 2022, 7:30 pm

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TIL Michelangelo created a sleeping Cupid figure and treated it with acidic earth to appear ancient. He then sold it to a dealer who then sold it to Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio who later learned of the fraud and demanded his money back. Michelangelo was permitted to keep his share of the money.

by whatilearned September 24, 2022, 12:11 am

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TIL of “sun outages” in days near the equinoxes, in which signals to or from geosynchronous communication satellites are drowned out by the radio noise blasting from the sun as the satellite or the earth from the satellite’s POV moves slowly near it.

by whatilearned September 23, 2022, 3:37 pm

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TIL The first picture of Earth from space was taken by a WW2 era V-2 rocket built by the USA, after capturing German scientists who had worked on the ‘Vengeance Weapon’. It was built with both captured Nazi Germany components and remanufactured parts.

by whatilearned September 23, 2022, 11:52 am

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TIL because of tidal forces, the moon completes one revolution every 655 hours. So one “side” of the Moon is always facing the Earth, and the other “side” is always facing away from the Earth. On the surface of the Moon, you would experience 327.5 hours of sunlight and 327.5 hours of darkness.

by whatilearned September 22, 2022, 4:43 pm

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If you could wipe any anime from the face of the earth, what one would it be?

by QuestionGuy September 22, 2022, 2:58 pm

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TIL the oldest known Earth rock was not discovered on Earth, but was a meteorite found on the moon

by whatilearned September 22, 2022, 2:14 am

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Earth, Wind & Fire – September (Lyrics)

by CopyPastaArchive September 22, 2022, 1:30 am

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