What's an interesting fact you learned recently?
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Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It's a solid reminder for me to write my stories. 'Get them out of the way,' so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
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Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It's a solid reminder for me to write my stories. 'Get them out of the way,' so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
There is an anecdote that I can’t currently find, nor am I certain I have the author and story right.
But there was a person who picked up Fifty Shades of Grey while his wife was reading it and claimed he could write better in spite of not being an author; I think they were a programmer. Anyway she challenged hisband Dennis E. Taylor who then wrote the Bobiverse.
So… maybe you just need that first one to really get going.
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Grapes and raisins are potentially fatal to dogs.
https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/grape-raisin-and-currant-poisoning-in-dogs
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Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It's a solid reminder for me to write my stories. 'Get them out of the way,' so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
Similarly Scott Cawthon, the creator of Five Nights at Freddy's, created 79 games before FNAF.
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The water in rain falling in the west of Lake Superior will take 200 years to reach the Atlantic.
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There is an anecdote that I can’t currently find, nor am I certain I have the author and story right.
But there was a person who picked up Fifty Shades of Grey while his wife was reading it and claimed he could write better in spite of not being an author; I think they were a programmer. Anyway she challenged hisband Dennis E. Taylor who then wrote the Bobiverse.
So… maybe you just need that first one to really get going.
Also a reminder that Fifty Shades of Grey started out as a Twilight fanfic titled "Master of the Universe". Which honestly adds a lot of context to the characters, you can basically just substitute names and it works.
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A loon chick is called a loonlet.
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That sharks as a species, are older than trees, flowers... and older than the rings of Saturn.
"Get off my sea-lawn"
-- Sharks probably
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You can graft a tomato plant and a potato plant together so the one plant can produce potatoes underground and tomatoes above ground because they are from the same family.
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I believe the creator of this said the same plant could make fries and ketchup
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That sharks as a species, are older than trees, flowers... and older than the rings of Saturn.
"Get off my sea-lawn"
-- Sharks probably
They're also older than Polaris. Not just older than since Polaris has been our North Star, but older than the star itself.
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The water in rain falling in the west of Lake Superior will take 200 years to reach the Atlantic.
What? How the heck does that make any sense? Also, how would you even track that with high accuracy?
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What? How the heck does that make any sense? Also, how would you even track that with high accuracy?
Estimations are made from the lakes depths, sizes and flow rates. Superior is fed by 200+ sources, but less so for the downflow lakes. Several are only fed by the uphill lake. This gives better accuracy when making estimates on how long it would take to replace all the water contained or travel time of the water itself.
Here’s another: According to fossil evidence, the Grest Lakes used to flow towards the Pacific, but an object, thought to be a comet, struck Lake Ontario (Charity Shoals) and changed the flow to the Atlantic.
Okay, one more: The Great Lakes are tilting over time. The Lawrentian ice sheet depressed the crust of the earth so much by its weight that it is still rebounding. I believe it is Lake Huron that they can see the tilt level changing about a tenth of an inch a year to the south.
The Great Lakes are truly a marvel of nature.
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You can graft a tomato plant and a potato plant together so the one plant can produce potatoes underground and tomatoes above ground because they are from the same family.
Yes it's possible, but the tomatoes and the potatoes fight for resources and make subpar produce
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I'll probably butcher this fact, but 20/20 vision does not mean you have perfect vision. It means you have average / normal vision.
I've always had 20/20 (or perhaps better) vision. But now that I'm on the downhill side of ancient, I'm noticing that my vision is blurry. Especially while watching TV, reading, etc.
Yet, at both my primary care provider and at the optometrist, I'm able to accurately see all the letters on the vision charts and based on that I have 20/20 vision.
The optometrist (or maybe it was an assistant) explained that it's pretty common and that 20/20 is just average vision. It doesn't mean your vision isn't blurry and it doesn't mean you won't benefit from glasses.
The more you know!
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I'll probably butcher this fact, but 20/20 vision does not mean you have perfect vision. It means you have average / normal vision.
I've always had 20/20 (or perhaps better) vision. But now that I'm on the downhill side of ancient, I'm noticing that my vision is blurry. Especially while watching TV, reading, etc.
Yet, at both my primary care provider and at the optometrist, I'm able to accurately see all the letters on the vision charts and based on that I have 20/20 vision.
The optometrist (or maybe it was an assistant) explained that it's pretty common and that 20/20 is just average vision. It doesn't mean your vision isn't blurry and it doesn't mean you won't benefit from glasses.
The more you know!
Interesting! Is your vision still good other than nearsightedness? I wonder if there are other methods of labeling vision that could more accurately describe that.
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Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It's a solid reminder for me to write my stories. 'Get them out of the way,' so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
Vonnegut didn't get famous until Slaughterhouse-Five (1969). He had already written a load of what are now classics but still had to have a day job.
Player Piano (1952)
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
Cat's Cradle (1960)
Mother Night (1961)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)I'm sure there were also loads of short stories in that time frame.
And for anyone who hasn't read Vonnegut, I think it's important that you try.
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Not a new one, but I've learned more recently:
Water does not last forever, is not all dinosaur pee. Natural processes create and destroy it, nonstop, since forever.
Got any plants nearby? Those fuckers are busily cracking water into glucose and oxygen so that you can breathe and eat. Have you said thank you once?!
6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2
Take a shot of baking soda for your heartburn, oh boy will you create water!
NaHCO3 + 2HCl → NaCl + H2O + CO2
CAVEAT: The gas comes up your pipes, the water goes down your pipes. Violently. Probably a gravity thing. Not for the faint of heart, but hey, no heartburn!
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Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It's a solid reminder for me to write my stories. 'Get them out of the way,' so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
Steven Donaldson had his first Thomas Covenant novel rejected by 27 publishers before it was finally bought.
