Stuff you didn't know and probably don't care about

[KMFJD]

Australian outback cattle station to house world's largest solar farm, powering Singapore

Electricity from $20bn farm on 10,000 sq km property in Newcastle Waters also planned to feed Northern Territory’s power grid

www.theguardian.com

test run for powering Europe with Saharan solar?

 

[pmv]

Australian outback cattle station to house world's largest solar farm, powering Singapore

Electricity from $20bn farm on 10,000 sq km property in Newcastle Waters also planned to feed Northern Territory’s power grid

www.theguardian.com

test run for powering Europe with Saharan solar?

Well Australian can go that route...and maybe the US and China could follow? Presumably the main issue would be distribution as the areas where the energy is needed are mostly a long way from the best sites for it? Europe would face other challenges to do likewise, surely, as the Sahara - and North Africa in general - is not within the territory of the EU?

 

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1320140155387142144

nasty wasps

 

[lxskllr]

I liked the comment about making the hornet the 2020 mascot.

 

[IronWing]

Stuff you didn't know pelicans do…

 

[lxskllr]

That's weird looking. Cooling down. or warming up?

 

[shortylickens]

The guy who came up with the Alpha Wolf thing was wrong, and he tried to get it changed to no avail.

5 Animal Myths Everyone Believes (That Are Total B.S.)

We're here to break what we call the 'Circle Of Dumbass,' wherein one dumbass passes down bunk knowledge to another and then it passes again, and again ...

www.cracked.com

 

[KMFJD]

What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy? - Greenheart Games

When we released our very first game, Game Dev Tycoon (for Mac, Windows and Linux) yesterday, we did something unusual and as far as I know unique. We released a cracked version of the game ourselves, minutes after opening our Store.

www.greenheartgames.com

tldr - developer put up a pirated version of his video game about making video games, altered the code so that you never make enough money in the game because of piracy

 

[Red Squirrel]

Snakes and lizards have two penises.

Science: Why two penises are so much better than one

Male lizards and snakes have to make a choice when they mate: which penis should they use? They have two. One is connected to their right testis, and one to their left. Now two biologists from the US have found that some lizards alternate their penises as each is depleted of sperm. In this way, …

www.newscientist.com

 

[KMFJD]

Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene

A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.

phys.org

very interesting way to power low voltage devices

 

[shortylickens]

No woman in the 60's ever burned her bra. Nor did they peel a bra off their bodies.
They brought extra bras from home, and threw them in the trash. Some jackass reporter saw draft cards being burned at a rally or protest similar to the feminism protests, and decided to get creative. Its also one of the most pervasive myths thanks to it being reenacted in many films and tv shows, even advertising.

 

[shortylickens]

The west wing was not created until 1901, and the oval office was not made until 1909.

White House - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Mai72]

The world is only 6,000 years old.
Noah put dinosaurs on his ark! He did!!!!

 

[IronWing]

Termite mounds are really mushroom farms. Termites can't digest wood fiber so they chew it up and place it in huge mounds as a food source for mushrooms. The mushrooms digest the fiber and the termites eat the compost produced by the mushrooms. The mushrooms are the largest in the world.

Termitomyces titanicus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[IronWing]

Smithereens is an anglicized version of the Irish Gaelic word smidiríní.

 

[highland145]

Mother in law, 83, just finished her 185th book this year....and remembers them.

No pics, Boomer. Dirty bastard.

 

[shortylickens]

Mother in law, 83, just finished her 185th book this year....and remembers them.

No pics, Boomer. Dirty bastard.

My father averaged two books a week for most of his life.
But he never learned how to control his drinkin.

 

[highland145]

My father averaged two books a week for most of his life.
But he never learned how to control his drinkin.

 

[shortylickens]

The bottom of Pringles is magnetic.
I just discovered that today.

 

[shortylickens]

Theres an old fashioned expression that even older than I realized.

Play the white man - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[shortylickens]

Where to grow coconuts

 

[lxskllr]

That's a good start for a map of places I don't want to live. If I see a palm tree anywhere, and it isn't some hipster tiki bar, I'm in the wrong place.

 

[CZroe]

I'm a little surprised that neither SoCal nor Baja California can grow coconuts despite their proliferation of palm trees.

 

[IronWing]

I'm a little surprised that neither SoCal nor Baja California can grow coconuts despite their proliferation of palm trees.

I too was curious so I spent a solid five seconds googling.

"Successful growth requires a minimum average temperature of 72°F and an annual rainfall of 30–50 inches or more. Coconut palms are not suitable for areas that regularly experience freezing temperatures. Coconut palms require full sunlight and are tolerant to wind and to temporary flooding."

Coconuts like it hot, wet, and wild.

 

[shortylickens]

The reason I looked it up is somebody on a TV show mentioned it.


"Why can't we grow coconuts?"
"I dunno, we just can't."
"OK so we gotta hit the grocery store?"
"Yes."