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What's the most "oof" or wtf fact you know about an everyday object?

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    Mine is this little tidbit about Khaki's from https://www.heddels.com/2019/05/history-khaki-anything-drab/

    "Tried and tested by all the major powers, khaki-dyed, lightweight cotton twills became the de facto uniform for any colonizing power. If you were going to ship your boys abroad to pillage and conquer someplace in the Southern Hemisphere, khaki was your go-to color."

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    During the War on Terror, there was a much-publicized fact that your own household furnishings were much more likely to kill you than terrorist.

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      Chewing gum is a petroleum product.

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      I find this hard to believe.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_base

      They're right.

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        The gifts from this perfect creatures never cease to amaze me. Thank you kind beaver, your greatness humbles me and all humans.

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        Their tooth enamel is partly iron which strengthens them and makes them a rusty orange color

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        • P [email protected]

          Microwaves penetrate a certain distance into the material and then turn into heat. Heat conduction from the outside doesn't. I don't know exactly what the average of that distance is and how it compares to the size of a hamster, but I would bet that it's pretty competitive with the thickness of the hamster.

          Your whole argument here makes no sense at all. Having the ambient temperature set to the perfect defrosting value would work better than heating the skin of the frozen meat in cycles of full on / full off, if the microwaves were getting stopped right at the skin and then the heat had to conduct in from there.

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          I merely stated basic facts of how microwaves work. It is only your own shortcomings and assumptions that leave you confused.

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            I merely stated basic facts of how microwaves work. It is only your own shortcomings and assumptions that leave you confused.

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            No, you're a shortcoming assumption.

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              HOW IS THAT BETTER

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              The baby comes out much easier in two pieces.

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                The baby comes out much easier in two pieces.

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                Oh, it's for the baby. Okay, got it, carry on then.

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                • mydarkesttimeline01@ani.socialM [email protected]

                  Gross, and yes. That would be why

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                  Diarrhea and the pool has to be closed and shocked with chlorine for 24 hours... That's why

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                    Mine is this little tidbit about Khaki's from https://www.heddels.com/2019/05/history-khaki-anything-drab/

                    "Tried and tested by all the major powers, khaki-dyed, lightweight cotton twills became the de facto uniform for any colonizing power. If you were going to ship your boys abroad to pillage and conquer someplace in the Southern Hemisphere, khaki was your go-to color."

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                    That thing's been in a butt. Almost certainly. Possibly mine. I can neither confirm nor deny. Good luck.

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                    • venus_ziegenfalle@feddit.orgV [email protected]

                      Today they use this sleek and futuristic implement for episiotomies

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                      Thank God it's rounded off, this could really have hurt someone.

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                        The first microwave ovens created were being used to gently re-warm frozen live hamsters, because when they tried to reheat the hamsters with conventional cooking methods, they heated unevenly and burned at the edges, which isn't good for the hamsters.

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                        Why do these white hamsters keep turning brown!?

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                          Artificial raspberry flavor is made from beaver anal glands.

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                          That's a funny way to spell vanilla.

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                            Why do these white hamsters keep turning brown!?

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                            I used to have a really smart hamster. But something... happened... to him.

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                              Today they use this sleek and futuristic implement for episiotomies

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                              I'm a dude and that still have me a physical reflex

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                                helluva mouse problem at the Maxim house

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                                I mean... not anymore.

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                                  You know they are some of the most iconic uniforms of all time I'll give them that

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                                  And yet they did not designed them just used their looms and sewing machines

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                                    Mine is this little tidbit about Khaki's from https://www.heddels.com/2019/05/history-khaki-anything-drab/

                                    "Tried and tested by all the major powers, khaki-dyed, lightweight cotton twills became the de facto uniform for any colonizing power. If you were going to ship your boys abroad to pillage and conquer someplace in the Southern Hemisphere, khaki was your go-to color."

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                                    Some antique toasters gracefully lifted your toast, perfectly browned, rather than popping them up like it's trying to give you a heart attack.

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                                      Hiram Maxim (1840 - 1916) invented the modern mousetrap and the first automatic machine gun.

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                                      I believe that he also invented the first silencers.

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                                        Yeah, it sounds like this might not actually be as common as suggested. Synthetic chemicals are usually going to be cheaper than hunting a beaver.

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                                        Makes me wonder why whale puke still gets used in cosmetics...

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                                          I find this hard to believe.

                                          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_base

                                          They're right.

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                                          There are petroleum free alternatives.
                                          https://www.forestgum.de/products/minze-9er-18er-pack

                                          But they are very small alternatives.

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