What did you learn today?

[Tom Bomb]

Something more, on the spectrum of learning — one distinctly, I'd say, for our sci-fi fandom. May be, we just got our first glimpse of a new moon's gestation. We wish the parents well The pet name, at this stage is Roy Orbitson — The Big O

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The impressive circumplanetary disk is about 500 times larger than Saturn's rings and encircles a Jupiter-like planet dubbed PDS 70c. Scientists have seen plenty of disks surrounding distant stars, and moon-forming disks around planets like this have been suspected before, but this is the first time such a system has been definitively identified, according to the researchers.
Astronomers spot 1st moon-forming disk around an alien world | Space

 

[the harp unstrung]

 

[RedVee]

I am one of 841,789 who've had a first shot of the Oxford vaccine. There's unmasked madness in the streets, wherever you care to look. I live in a pariah state. We've lost the plot, apparently. No mention of all the good people. No links.​

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I’ve had both shots of Astra Zeneca, the Ocford developed vaccine, and pleased to have done so.

 

[Tom Bomb]

Really! I don't know that one

I’ve had both shots of Astra Zeneca, the Ocford developed vaccine, …

 

[RedVee]

Really! I don't know that one

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All thumbs

 

[Tom Bomb]

It's not just you — lockdown scrambles memory and time like it's Groundhog Day, they say. And I may be living proof

"What day is it? What week is it? Did I go to the supermarket yesterday, or was it the day before? Am I actually in the movie Groundhog Day and experiencing the same day over and over?"​

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Don't jive angry.
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[Tom Bomb]

Tick tock tick tock … Time keeps on slipping … into the f u t u r e … TikTok: Data mining, discrimination and dangerous content on the world's most popular apple cart. … She's apples
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[the harp unstrung]

I’ve always been fascinated by this stuff…and Smithsonian Magazine is prolly the best periodical I’ve ever been exposed to.


Well-Preserved Visigoth Sarcophagus Found at Roman Villa in Spain — Smithsonian Magazine

 

[Gorn]

I learned that corn in your poop looks like you didn’t chew it because it’s just the outer shell of the kernel and it doesn’t break up when you chew it. So the kernel sleeve is fully intact in the poop, and is in fact is filled with poop.

 

[PillO]

TIL

Dusty Hill died.

Dusty Hill Remembered: Flea, Martha Quinn, More Recall ZZ Top Bassist – Deadline

 

[Jeff Scott]

I learned that corn in your poop looks like you didn’t chew it because it’s just the outer shell of the kernel and it doesn’t break up when you chew it. So the kernel sleeve is fully intact in the poop, and is in fact is filled with poop.

So, that would be poopcorn, right?

 

[Gorn]

So, that would be poopcorn, right?

Yeah. It’s cellulose which is basically plant plastic. It just sits there in the poop defiantly, mocking us all.

 

[Tom Bomb]

"Simple animals are difficult to find." Be patient. Sometimes, it can take upwards of 890 million years. A PhD student may have stumbled across the world's oldest known animal fossil.
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[Clank Plank]

The expiry date on bottled water refers to the container, not the water within.

 

[FilterFunk]

TIL that some deep sea creatures have the ability to spew their bioluminescence to temporarily obscure the view of would-be predators long enough for a escape.

TI also L the difference between bioluminescence and biofluorescence.

 

[RedVee]

Not today, but only a few days ago, I learned that Rock Lobster was a tribute to Yoko Ono’s musical style.

 

[Tom Bomb]

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[Winslow]

TIL there is apparently no speed on my router low enough to not burn luan plywood somewhere in any cut I make. Fortunately, I only got it for a "test project" (making a rack for yard tools), so appearance is unimportant.

I'll stick to birch ply next time.

 

[bobba66]

I learned the difference between a 15amp and a 20 amp GFCI outlet.

 

[the harp unstrung]