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  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL It can take a photon 40,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to earth.
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    Coffee is more effective when consumed from 9:30-11:30am
  • Posts: 1,248 Member
    TIL that Airborne drink mix does NOT make you feel better :(
  • Posts: 22,834 Member
    You can ask Siri to "Flip a coin".
  • Posts: 1,800 Member
    TIL that Airborne drink mix does NOT make you feel better :(

    Airborne has help me fight off off a couple of colds........
  • Posts: 1,248 Member

    Airborne has help me fight off off a couple of colds........

    Should I keep drinking it then? Lol

  • Should I keep drinking it then? Lol

    Yes! I swear that stuff really works. Keep at it...it will at least lessen the severity. Oh and: TIL that not everyone swears by Airborne.
  • Posts: 1,800 Member
    edited October 2017
    @cee134 Wow! I know about the random steps and approximately the amount of time for a photon to travel from the sun's core.

    But with this explanation made me realize is that all of the sunlight hitting the earth at the same time is not all the same age. Mind blown........
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    Should I keep drinking it then? Lol

    YES!
  • Posts: 33,711 Member

    Yes! I swear that stuff really works. Keep at it...it will at least lessen the severity. Oh and: TIL that not everyone swears by Airborne.

    Always check your sources.

    This was back in 2008:

    Maker of Airborne Will Pay Refunds for Product That Was Marketed as a Cold Preventive
    https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20080304/cold-remedy-airborne-settles-lawsuit#1
  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL a guy called Vasili Arkhipov saved the world.

    Google it.
  • Posts: 1,248 Member
    cee134 wrote: »

    Always check your sources.

    This was back in 2008:

    Maker of Airborne Will Pay Refunds for Product That Was Marketed as a Cold Preventive
    https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20080304/cold-remedy-airborne-settles-lawsuit#1

    Well dang
  • Posts: 1,248 Member
    edited October 2017

    I make an elderberry syrup that is really good for colds and the flu. Tastes great in tea

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    My mother was talking about this not too long ago! I'll have to find some :) thanks!
  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that despite the common misconception, in most countries ship captains are not actually able to perform marriages, and the United States Navy had to make a rule specifically forbidding captains from doing so.
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    TIL the use of bowls to house goldfish comes from a misunderstanding of Chinese display vessels--small, temporary containers to show guests goldfish that were otherwise housed in ponds. Fishbowls are so detrimental to goldfish health that they are prohibited by places like Rome for animal cruelty.

  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    Timshel_ wrote: »
    You can ask Siri to "Flip a coin".

    Do you know how accurate it is?

    If the coin is tossed and caught, it has about a 51% chance of landing on the same face it was launched. (If it starts out as heads, there's a 51% chance it will end as heads). If the coin is spun, rather than tossed, it can have a much-larger-than-50% chance of ending with the heavier side down.

    However, even on a flat surface it is possible for a coin to land on its edge, with a chance of about 1 in 6000 for an American nickel. Angular momentum typically prevents most coins from landing on their edges unsupported if flipped.
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    cee134 wrote: »

    Always check your sources.

    This was back in 2008:

    Maker of Airborne Will Pay Refunds for Product That Was Marketed as a Cold Preventive
    https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20080304/cold-remedy-airborne-settles-lawsuit#1

    WebMD..........where everyone has cancer at least once in their life.
  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that before whistles were introduced, hockey referees used a cowbell. They had to switch to whistles when fans started bringing their own cowbells to disrupt game play.
  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited November 2017
    Dr. George Franklin Grant was a dentist and also an inventor, who patented the wooden golf tee (No. 638,920. Patented Dec. 12, I899). Previously, golfers carried around buckets of sand, placing their balls on little piles as they went.

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    TIL that donkeys look good in wedding hats
  • Posts: 20,510 Member
    TIL I learned what "busking" is

    same here, just last week I saw a sign that read: Busking Not Permitted
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    newmeadow wrote: »

    And no wonder. A middle agey, well-to-do acquaintance of mine bragged to a group of us about how his son dropped out of the ivy league (which was all expenses paid) for a year to "busk for a living" while traveling around the U.S. like a hobo. He was so proud. I gagged a little.

    this was posted in front of some high faultin' museum, I reckon they had an image to uphold.

    I felt fortunate to slip by security....
  • Posts: 22,834 Member
    I don't have to eat ALL the candy in front of me.
  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL there are medical professionals pushing to make sugar a controlled substance. Among other things, they would like to see the FDA remove the "generally regarded as safe" classification of sugar.
  • Posts: 9,551 Member
    TIL that my filter is actually strong AF, who knew?
  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that if you spent one day on each of the islands in the Phillippines, it would take you almost 21 years to visit them all.

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