Well, in the spirit of the thread, today I learned... too much. Congrats, I guess? I'm gonna leave. Yeah, I'm just gonna leave that... there.
What have you learned today?
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the reason why scientific paper publishing is so fucked nowadays is quite literally cause Ghislaine Maxwell's (yes that Ghislaine) dad, Robert Maxwell was financed by Mi6 in post-WW2 Berlin to help his startup after he came into ownership of a warehouse of papers by someone who unfortunately told him they were usually given away for free. Oh, after killing a load of Nazis and committing some war crimes bad enough to make his own men very uncomfortable
the relevant parts are in the second half, but the original story and nazi killing/war crimes is in first if curious
I don't think its a secret that Robert Maxwell was a bastard. Like at all.
TIL I learned of something called scrapple, which is a 'meat' mush made mostly of flour and pork offal scraps not good enough to be made into hotdogs.
Hmmm, googling just says it's made from offal, which, not to my taste (though processed meats would have it), but ok, don't waste bits of the animal. Trying to make it classy...I think a scrapple sandwich would be more edible than scrapple and cinnamon rolls.
Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
The universe is decaying much faster than thought. This is shown by calculations of three Dutch scientists on the so-called Hawking radiation. They calculate that the last stellar remnants take about 1078 years to perish. That is much shorter than the previously postulated 101100 years.
Team Cherry and GRRM were asked for comment. Both only replied with "challenge accepted"
Cats Live Longer Than Dogs? Their Brains and Genes May Explain Why
An international study of 46 mammal species shows that larger brains and a more complex immune system are linked to longer lifespans. Researchers found gene family expansions in immune-related genes among long-lived animals.
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Well they say only the good die young, so...........Pro-cat propaganda at it again. Everyone knows it's cuz cats are evil, and evil grants unnaturally long life.Cats Live Longer Than Dogs? Their Brains and Genes May Explain Why
An international study of 46 mammal species shows that larger brains and a more complex immune system are linked to longer lifespans. Researchers found gene family expansions in immune-related genes among long-lived animals.
Wow, over 2000 games, no wonder mobile gaming is such a dumpster fire.Core Gaming's business model is also slightly different. The AI-driven mobile gaming developer, has developed or co-developed over 2,100 games, with 790 million downloads and 43 million monthly active users (MAUs). However, Core Gaming focuses more on its portfolio size and AI technology (e.g., AI COMIC App) rather than highlighting individual flagship games.
24/7 Market News: Core Gaming's AI is Designed to Know Exactly What Game Users are Playing and What Users will Play Next
Denver, Colorado--(Newsfile Corp. - May 15, 2025) - 247marketnews.com, a pioneer in digital media dedicated to the swift distribution of...www.newsfilecorp.com
The one thing the US has better food standards for than the UK is Ice Cream. You can call basically anything ice cream in the UK partly because they wanted to be inclusive and allow vegans to have ice cream even though vegan ice cream is literally an oxymoron. You can sell vanilla ice cream in the UK that has no vanilla, milk or cream in it. So ice cream in the UK is mainly just frozen vegetable oils. Also, originally ice cream had to be made with eggs so real ice cream is actually custard so calling the custard from Culvers ice cream is perfectly fine. Culvers is even more amazing than I thought! Lastly, Dairy Queen does not have ice cream so don't go there, they have inferior product.
In FF7 you fight different versions of the giant monster Sephiroth depending on certain conditions being met. When I recently replayed the game I was dreading that fight because I remembered using two parties just kind of sucking, and also I didn't have much equipment or materia for anyone but my main party. However, when I got to the fight... I just fought it with one party of three. I was really confused and concluded I must have somehow misremembered the fight despite playing the game 3 times. Today I just learned I was right all along, and it's just that my party level was low enough to trigger the 1 party form.
