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lord_ne t1_je7oon0 wrote
Reply to comment by johntheflamer in eli5 What do blood labs do with your blood after they have tested it? by ratboy_r97
Isn't blood mostly water? How do you burn it?
lord_ne t1_jdv78fa wrote
Reply to comment by Mundane-Ad-3142 in TIL that there are official guidelines for muslims to perform their rituals from space since 2007, when the first malaysian astronaut join the space station. by TonahVilla
Rather than timezone, it's based on the sunrise/sunset times of where you departed from.
lord_ne t1_ja7zx8w wrote
Reply to comment by Doctor_Expendable in TIL there is a machine for cancer diagnosis from your poop noises, called Synthetic Human Acoustic Reproduction Testing, or SHART by chockychockster
The Cox-Zucker machine
lord_ne t1_j8q82pn wrote
Reply to comment by Viperion_NZ in TIL the 'Negro Motorist Green Book' was based on an earlier 'Jewish Vacation Guide' book which outlined places that Jews were not unwelcome to stay in America in 1917. by aripy
Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahaha
No.
lord_ne t1_j6lpkxy wrote
Reply to TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
"between 2 and 13 million" is a pretty wide range
lord_ne t1_j6kvtgu wrote
Reply to comment by Kleysley in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
Eh. I used to fly a lot around 2010, and they had two-pin headphones, but you could fold one pin down and use them as regular headphones. The remaining pin had two rings on it, so r worked oroprlt
lord_ne t1_j3zwf66 wrote
Reply to comment by sagar-saiyan in A rabbi, a Hindu, and a lawyer are in a car that breaks down in the countryside one evening. by Kwen_Oellogg
Same with Jews, no prohibition on sleeping in a room with any kind of animal
lord_ne t1_j3zwbju wrote
Reply to comment by BathroomCareful23 in A rabbi, a Hindu, and a lawyer are in a car that breaks down in the countryside one evening. by Kwen_Oellogg
Yes, but the J is pronounced as a Y. "Notyeff"
lord_ne t1_j1jcjz9 wrote
Reply to comment by AverageJoe313 in ELI5: Why are electric car engines/motors able to accelerate so much faster (0-60 mph) than internal combustion engines? by jacobhottberry
PIN number
ATM machine
lord_ne t1_izy0znl wrote
Reply to comment by QE7 in Are some North American bat species more likely to reside in man-made structures than others, or is the choice of habitat typically consistent across all bat species? by OrganicDroid
>technically it’s not radar (radio waves) but sound waves
Sonar would be a better comparison, right?
lord_ne t1_iu6utdl wrote
Reply to A bad day that starts out bad is better than a bad day that starts out good by addy_daddy_07
Eh. A bad day that starts out bad and ends bad is worse than a bad day that starts out good and ends bad. There's more total badness. But yeah a bad day that starts out bad and ends good is probably better
lord_ne t1_je82cyx wrote
Reply to comment by Zankastia in eli5 What do blood labs do with your blood after they have tested it? by ratboy_r97
I mean, if you light a fire and heat water enough it evaporates, but I wouldn't have thought of that as "burning" the water, since the water isn't fuel for the fire