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  • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldD

    Haementeria ghilianii (Amazon giant leech, absolutely not)

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    ghilianii is a jawless, blood-sucking leech We have known that for a while...
  • silverchase@sh.itjust.worksS

    Odd-eyed cat

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    If i recall correctly, most Huskys have heterochromia or it is at least extremely common among them.
  • plum@lemmy.worldP

    Bush dog

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    Not my nickname in highschool.
  • tonytins@pawb.socialT

    Belize Barrier Reef

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    There's now a timeline graphic in the article.

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    Comfort noise

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  • tonytins@pawb.socialT

    Kasukabe Station

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  • fancypantsfire@lemmy.worldF

    Sega Channel

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    It was only around for 4 years, and they peaked at 250k subscribers (against 19m segas sold in the US) so it remained pretty niche. I've similarly never met anyone else who had it and remembers it outside of my family.
  • tonytins@pawb.socialT

    Vail, Colorado

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    tonytins@pawb.socialT
    I originally thought the Alps as well.
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    Akbash

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    coelacanth@feddit.nuC
    I think both Great Pyrenees and Kangal Shepherds are used already to defend livestock against wolves (and other predators).
  • tonytins@pawb.socialT

    The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus

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    The guy on the donkey is Silenus, Bacchus is wrapped in the red shawl at the bottom right holding on to a thyrsus (a staff cover in ivy) and wearing a wreath on his head.
  • tonytins@pawb.socialT

    Palace Chapel (Buda Castle)

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  • tehbamski@lemmy.worldT

    Proxy War

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  • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldD

    Wag the dog

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    dantheclamman@lemmy.worldD
    Netanyahu is under extreme pressure from the right and left. Trump is currently trying to pass a budget full of tremendously unpopular stuff and cuts to Medicaid that will affect his base
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    I understood what you meant, don't worry about that.

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  • geekwithsoul@lemm.eeG

    Psalm 109

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    There's a lot of passages about getting rid of corrupt authority; my favorite of which is definitely a story about Ehud in Judges. It has interesting specific details and is kinda comical in a dark way. Basically, a corrupt leader gains rule over Israel, and a left-handed assassin takes up to killing him. He sneaks a dagger into the corrupt king's chamber, stabs him in the bathroom, and the king is so fat that the dagger basically gets stuck in the king. No one finds the body immediately because the servants are like "Oh he must be taking a deuce." The verses are Judges 3:12-30 for anyone curious (edit: typos)
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    American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites - Wikipedia

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    How did these planes get to Teheran, which route?
  • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldD

    Leucochloridium paradoxum (worm that hijacks snail eyestalks and forces them to seek predation by birds)

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trematoda?wprov=sfti1#Intestinal_flukes
  • silverchase@sh.itjust.worksS

    Typography of Apple Inc.

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  • tonytins@pawb.socialT

    February 1 General Strike (1947)

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    The February 1 General Strike (二・一ゼネスト, Ni-ichi zenesuto) was a general strike planned by Japanese labor unions for February 1, 1947, with the goal of fighting for the implementation of the ten demands proposed in last December, including the abolition of the income tax. The strike was eventually stopped by order of SCAP.