HylicManoeuvre

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TIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbs in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

I can relate to the queasiness BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world

TIL about the three types of locomotion in terrestial vertebrates: plantigrade, digitigrade and unguligrade in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Damn, good point. Couldn't come up with a counter-example so just copy/pasted off of Wikipedia verbatim lmao Look out for tomorrow's TIL when I look up what that type of locomotion is called lol

Actually, I'm really at a loss at what to call this paraphyletic group; tetrapods come to mind but they technically still include snakes...

TIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US state in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Fair enough, thought of converting it to 100k but was too lazy lol

TIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US state in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fair enough. The data is presented very weirdly. I changed the post

TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

You're very welcome

TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Also confer this very topical article

NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going in c/astronomy@mander.xyz
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 14 points 1 week ago

Oh noo I'm literally using Voyager to browse Lemmy

TIL part of the left supported eugenics during most of the 20th century in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Appealing or appalling? Big difference.

Copernicus: Global sea ice cover at a record low and third-warmest February globally in c/earthscience@mander.xyz
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

I thought he was dead

Boosting physical activity may lower dementia, depression risk in c/science@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

This goes in the "no shit" pile of research Still good to have confirmation

TIL about Silphium, aka laser, a plant that was used as a panacea in antiquity and the first species in recorded history to go extinct in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The main reason it went extinct...

You'll have to elaborate on that

TIL about Silphium, aka laser, a plant that was used as a panacea in antiquity and the first species in recorded history to go extinct in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I'm glad you like my choice of words :3

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TIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle" (en.wikipedia.org)
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