Mine is this little tidbit about Khaki’s from https://www.heddels.com/2019/05/history-khaki-anything-drab/
“Tried and tested by all the major powers, khaki-dyed, lightweight cotton twills became the de facto uniform for any colonizing power. If you were going to ship your boys abroad to pillage and conquer someplace in the Southern Hemisphere, khaki was your go-to color.”
Those fake astroturf fields and yards people are installing are actually quite toxic. In addition to heating plastic to high temperatures and baking it under powerful UV light each summer, the plastics and rubbers used for them are usually from sources like car tires which are full of PFAS to resist fires, wear, UV, etc. Those leach into surrounding areas whenever it rains.
Well that’s fucking awful, thank you!
During the War on Terror, there was a much-publicized fact that your own household furnishings were much more likely to kill you than terrorist.
And supposedly; You’re more likely to die from a donkey than a plane.
If the donkey’s flying a plane does that increase the chances of you dying?
Chewing gum is a petroleum product.
There are petroleum free alternatives.
https://www.forestgum.de/products/minze-9er-18er-packBut they are very small alternatives.
The chainsaw was first used to saw bone, not trees. This was before anesthesia.
It used to be hand-cranked too.
Hadn’t heard the hank crank part before. That’s extra brutal
And it was made for use during childbirth.
I’m so happy that I’m living in 2025
Today they use this sleek and futuristic implement for episiotomies
I’m a dude and that still have me a physical reflex
Thank God it’s rounded off, this could really have hurt someone.
In use in Ireland until the 1980s, apparently. TIL.
“Hey while you’re giving birth anyway, I’m just gonna use this hand-cranked kitchen appliance thing to saw your pelvis apart, please try to relax”
That’s fuckin’ sweet! I want to attach the crank arm to a bicycle crank, then I can ride thru the forest and nothing can stop me
The band saw was also created to cut through meat and bone.
The chainsaw was first used to saw bone, not trees
That makes it sound like it was used for amputation…
It was invented to aid with childbirth
HOW IS THAT BETTER
The baby comes out much easier in two pieces.
Oh, it’s for the baby. Okay, got it, carry on then.
the next invention was the immersion blender
Whatever, king Solomon.
The crazy part is it was less painful then what they were doing without the chainsaw…
On the plus side I believe that was the same time they invented vibrators, and when women complained about how shitty everything was, they’d just go get vibrated to cure their “hysteria”.
Here’s a very upbeat song by Riki Lindholm about it:
Chainsaws are fast, imagine doing it with a manual saw
Yeah. Came here to write that. It was meant for the Pubic symphysis amongst others. Well, think about the structures you hit cutting there.
Yes. The structure they forgot to fully put into anatomy books until recently. Amongst others.
In other words: it would cut right through the inner part of the clitoris when used as intended.
oof
Hiram Maxim (1840 - 1916) invented the modern mousetrap and the first automatic machine gun.
I believe that he also invented the first silencers.
– Hiram Maxim, probably
Trieds to build a better mouse trap.
Invents the machine gun
And the maxim gun is still in use today. Not new ones, mind you, the ones from his lifetime.
helluva mouse problem at the Maxim house
I mean… not anymore.
Looks like that one Love, Death & Robots episode.
Probably a cheap one and nothing new new but: Meta used to serve you specially predatory adds: about crazy beauty standards when you changed your status in facebook from in a relationship to single. Because they knew you’d be more likely to buy these products when your confidence is at it’s lowest.
Nestlé does not only have food products and water in it’s portfolio they also owns 20% of L’oréal and their products.
Relevant Sidney Harris
“Blue lights on train platforms in Japan have been shown to reduce the chance someone will jump in front of a speeding train. In fact, one study in the Journal of Affective Disorders found blue lighting reduced suicide attempts by 84%. It’s believed blue registers as a calming color, associated with the sky and sea, which may be soothing to people in distress, according to Psychology Today.”
I guess people who keep using blue-light filter glasses at end of work will miss this.
Lol dark thought at the end
Not really a secret, but we don’t often think about it.
Cash is fucking dirty. Here is the official Fedral Reserve estimated lifespan for each note:
Denomination Estimated Lifespan* $1 7.2 years $5 5.8 years $10 5.7 years $20 11.1 years $50 14.9 years $100 24.0 years You can assume that something like a $5 bill might change hands on a weekly basis.
So if you a $5 bill that still looks nice, it might be only 2 years old, so it might have seen about 100 owners up until now. It is said that 1 out of 5 people don’t wash hands after pooping.
Your $5 bill is probably filled with poop, pee, sweat, food, cum, dirt, etc.
Your $5 bill is probably filled with poop, pee, sweat, food, cum, dirt, etc.
So you’re saying extra protein when I use it to shove things in my nose.
so the blow wasn’ t the problem I just needed a safer instrument
Cocaine. Lots of cocaine.
That thing’s been in a butt. Almost certainly. Possibly mine. I can neither confirm nor deny. Good luck.
Artificial raspberry flavor is made from beaver anal glands.
The gifts from this perfect creatures never cease to amaze me. Thank kind beaver, your greatness humbles me and all humans.
Their tooth enamel is partly iron which strengthens them and makes them a rusty orange color
Seems unnecessary. Raspberries are plentiful and likely cheaper than beaver parts.
Yeah, it sounds like this might not actually be as common as suggested. Synthetic chemicals are usually going to be cheaper than hunting a beaver.
Makes me wonder why whale puke still gets used in cosmetics…
The synthetics are usually inferior to natural products if you’re going high-end. There’s probably thousands of individual compounds in ambergris. Similarly, I’m guessing if you go for really bougie raspberry flavouring it’s more likely to use castoreum.
I guess that I would have thought that you could isolate those individual compounds, and then reproduce them, rather than hoping that you can find a lucky ball of whale puke.
I dunno, I’m pretty sure I’m not their target audience.
In theory you could, although I’d guess it’d be an incredible amount of work, and might cost more in the end. Most attempts at replicating natural flavours and scents have historically been unconvincing, although some of the recent stuff has been incredible.
I wonder if there’s any food scientists on Lemmy.
Yeah, a little research online says it’s likely only used in perfumes due to expense, but technically it could be used in food.
Most foods though will just use raspberries in some form or another.
That’s a funny way to spell vanilla.
Which brings us to just one of those bizarre US things, “artificial flavor” versus “natural flavor” is totally arbitrary and random. It’s based on which molecule, not what the source is, so you can have “natural flavors” that came from a massive stainless steel tank and will kill you if you touch them in pure form without the proper protective gear, or “artificial flavors” that come from squeezing beaver ass glands.
It’s based on which molecule, not what the source is
Other way around. You can have identical molecules be classified as “artificial” or “natural” depending upon whether they were synthesized or extracted.
https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/svbl7/what_are_artificial_flavors_made_out_of/
Oh, you’re completely right. IDK how I thought it was different, but yes, what I said was completely wrong.
Which brings us to just one of those bizarre US things, “artificial flavor” versus “natural flavor” is totally arbitrary and random. It’s based on which molecule, not what the source is,
But, that’s sensible. If it’s the chemical you find in raspberry, then its natural raspberry flavor. If it’s something we invented or discovered that’s like raspberry, its artificial. Who cares if it came from a bioreactor?
will kill you if you touch them in pure form without the proper protective gear,
While I wouldn’t recommend eating concentrated artificial flavours, touching them won’t kill you. Unless you jump into the reactor, but jumping into one would kill you no matter what the substance inside is.
Any warning label you have ever seen exists because enough people did the thing being warned against that a lawyer said there needed to be a sign.
My wife recently noticed a new sign by our building’s pool saying that you are not allowed in if you have diarrhea or have had diarrhea in the last 14 days. 🤔🥴
That’s a pretty standard sign in most shared pools tbf. People are gross af.
Gross, and yes. That would be why
Diarrhea and the pool has to be closed and shocked with chlorine for 24 hours… That’s why
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Anything organic will burn.
Some antique toasters gracefully lifted your toast, perfectly browned, rather than popping them up like it’s trying to give you a heart attack.
I too dream of the sunbeam radiant toaster.
Ever since I saw Adam Savage showing one off I have craved the majesty with maybe one or two extra safety measures modded in.
I have one from the 50s/60s(?) that will gradually let two slices of toast up, but if you have only one piece of toast and you put it in the wrong slot, it will literally fly out of the toaster.
I had to move the fridge after losing several pieces of toast between it and the counter before ibleanree what was going on. Was very confused about missing bread and the cat was a prime suspect.
Hugo Boss (the clothing line) started out making uniforms for the Nazi Party.
You know they are some of the most iconic uniforms of all time I’ll give them that
And yet they did not designed them just used their looms and sewing machines
How pineapples grow amazes me. Ofc if you’re from a place where pineapples grow, it probably sounds dumb, but I learnt that late in my life. Look:
