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picado t1_jcluj2s wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1950, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, synthesized a highly radioactive element by bombarding curium-242 with alpha particles. They named this new element "Californium" and its discovery was initially kept classified due to its potential military uses. by theID10T
That's just one of 16 elements they've discovered:
https://www2.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/new-elements-here.html
The cyclotron was originally invented at Berkeley and that led to them being the top laboratory for this research.
picado t1_ja6oqbq wrote
Reply to Fake McDonald's by Cavannugent
"Look... me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're McDonald's... I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds."
picado t1_j9y5eeb wrote
Reply to An old baseball I found in the hedgerow by babyabeers
You're killing me Smalls!
picado t1_j6liw9b wrote
Reply to TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
Great, now I'm anxious about the keypads at the grocery.
picado t1_j65ttes wrote
The D&D player in me says glaive.
picado t1_j3nx2c7 wrote
Reply to comment by wildbill88 in Virginia judge decreases punitive damages owed by Unite the Right organizers from $24 million to $350,000 by WhoIsJolyonWest
"We don't need to regulate corporations because if they do bad stuff then they'll get punished by lawsuits."
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"You can't punish corporations with lawsuits."
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"Corporations are above the law."
picado t1_j3nojum wrote
Reply to Virginia judge decreases punitive damages owed by Unite the Right organizers from $24 million to $350,000 by WhoIsJolyonWest
Virginia state law caps punitive damages to a maximum $350,000, so this was automatic. The judge wasn't making any decisions about the merits of the case.
picado t1_j2eyj7o wrote
Reply to comment by rhoshh in TIL there are people in France who have actually done time in jail for stealing garden gnomes in the name of The Garden Gnome Liberation Front by Koivosto
There's gnomention of it in the article.
picado t1_j2ctxu9 wrote
That looks like an IR receiver, maybe how they set prices.
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Reply to TIL Horseshoe Crabs are more closely related to scorpions and spiders than they are to true crabs by ANAL_McDICK_RAPE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
> Carcinisation (or carcinization) is an example of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "one of the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab"
picado t1_j1u7xhq wrote
Reply to TIL Winston Churchill opposed the American use of napalm during the Korean war but still allowed Americans to publish claims of British support for American napalm attacks. by jamescookenotthatone
Maybe Churchill thought they should use poison gas.
> "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes," he declared in one secret memorandum. He criticised his colleagues for their "squeamishness"
picado t1_iydxti9 wrote
Reply to comment by Varaman_ in I just have so many questions.. by HomingPigeon6635
Thieves also stole a bridge in Bihar — the same place as the article — this year.
picado t1_ixzvfuz wrote
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
picado t1_ixk0nmm wrote
Reply to You know the plan? Yes - I throw them the big cute puppy dog eyes on Thanksgiving and we dine like Kings! Perfect... by TheGuvnor247
So, same plan as every other day?
picado t1_ixgd55a wrote
picado t1_iujuvly wrote
I think they're claiming that it's made from plastic that would otherwise have been dumped in the ocean.
picado t1_iu1hmc9 wrote
This has to be for Putin's own supporters in Russia – he can't expect anyone else is going to buy it.
picado t1_jdkbwh7 wrote
Reply to A global warming scented candle by MrBuckets75
Smells like car exhaust and cow farts.