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Aug 21, 2023 | 02:19 AM

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08/18/23

Honeybees can be trained to find land mines by associating the smell of sugar with explosives.

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They also recruit and teach each other.
That’ s sweet!

Aug 21, 2023 | 02:20 AM

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08/21/23

There are more bubbles in a glass of lager-style beer than the equivalent size glass of Champagne.

Aug 21, 2023 | 04:57 AM

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lager bubble crap

Aug 21, 2023 | 07:22 AM

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CRAP

Aug 22, 2023 | 08:53 AM

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Fact!

Aug 22, 2023 | 09:17 AM

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08/21/23

There are more bubbles in a glass of lager-style beer than the equivalent size glass of Champagne.

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Lager generates twice as many bubbles as Champagne at 2 million per glass.

Sip, sip, hooray!

Aug 22, 2023 | 09:20 AM

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08/22/23

A U.S. “ ugly law “ banning people with severe disfigurements or disabilities from going out in public or face being arrested wasn’ t repealed until the 1970’ s.

Aug 22, 2023 | 09:31 AM

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ugly fact

Aug 23, 2023 | 06:54 AM

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08/22/23

A U.S. “ ugly law “ banning people with severe disfigurements or disabilities from going out in public or face being arrested wasn’ t repealed until the 1970’ s.

A US law? Like federally mandated? Or a law in the US?

I saws crap due to the ambiguity.

Aug 23, 2023 | 02:24 PM

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08/22/23

A U.S. “ ugly law “ banning people with severe disfigurements or disabilities from going out in public or face being arrested wasn’ t repealed until the 1970’ s.

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Chicago was the last city to repeal the law in 1974; it lasted for 94 years.
That’s an ugly history!

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