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[-] banana_tree@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 years ago

I've noticed Americans tend to be surprised that Europe is bigger than the US

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[-] Space_Jamke@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hand sanitizer is ~120 proof alcohol. (Not a recommendation to drink it, since it's usually spiked with bad-tasting additives to keep people from doing just that. Some commercial hand sanitizers swap out ethanol for isopropyl alcohol, i.e. rubbing alcohol, which is more toxic when ingested.)

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[-] megsmagik@feddit.it 31 points 2 years ago

550/2 is not 225 and 77+33 is not 100

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[-] mycelium_underground@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 years ago

if you scramble a rubiks cube up there is a good chance that it is the first cube to be in that state. there are 43,252,003,247,489,856,000 possible states that a cube(3x3) can be scrambled up in to.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 24 points 2 years ago

Not only that, but every single one of those configurations is solvable in 20 moves or less! https://www.cube20.org/

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[-] catshit_dogfart@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago

We might actually not know why magnets work.

The formula used to prove the functionality of magnets can also be used to prove the existence of a theoretical state called a monopolar magnet - positive or negative on both sides. So either monopolar magnets can exist, even if in some esoteric circumstance, or we don't know why magnets work.

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[-] Psychobiologist@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago

Until recently the word "factoid" didn't mean a small bit of trivia. It meant something that sounded true or was accepted as a fact even though it was incorrect.

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[-] unhook2048@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

If your body healed as fast as your tongue you would starve to death.

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[-] Tyler_Zoro@ttrpg.network 24 points 2 years ago

There are four stanzas to the Star Spangled Banner (the US national anthem) and what you typically here at sporting events is only the first.

Bonus fun fact, the fourth stanza contains the line that, in the 1860s became the shorter, "In God We Trust," motto on coinage that eventually became the national motto of the US in the 1950s (which was also when it was added to paper money). That original line from the fourth stanza was, "And this be our motto - 'In God is our trust.'"

[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A fairly large amount of traditional Italian dishes aren't Italian. Many of these, such as carbonara, pizza, and tiramisu, were actually invented in the US, and only became known in Italy sometime in the mid-late 20th century.

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[-] bossito@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Lettuces in landfills take up to 25 years to decompose.

[-] SpoilMaster@feddit.nu 21 points 2 years ago

Wait, what? How is that possible? When its in my fridge its a race against time but in a landfill its just chilling?

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[-] Hobo@lzrprt.sbs 23 points 2 years ago

Texas is smaller than the state of Western Australia, while the USA is only slightly bigger than Australia.

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[-] sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago

Today I learned the president of the Screen Actors Guild is The Nanny (Fran Dresher)

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[-] skillissuer@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

black holes can have any density, even lower than water

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[-] bonegolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 years ago

Trees are mostly made of air.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 years ago

I assume you mean trees are mostly made from air and not trees are mostly gaseous. Most of trees are carbon, which they get from carbon dioxide in the air, but they transform it, using energy from the sun. Equivalently you could say they're mostly made from sunlight, which is obviously wrong, but equally accurate.

The statement that humans are mostly water, on the other hand, is actually correct. It is water in the form of water from water.

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[-] mr_sparkle@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Turtles can, in fact, breathe through their butts.

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