What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?

[no one]

Women are having late term, up to 360 month abortions.

[Anomalocaris]

The earth currently has approximately 6 trillion tons of top soil suitable for agriculture,  down from estimated 10 trillion tons in 1970.    Erosion caused by human activity continue to remove approximately 1.5% of the 6 trillion tons each year.    The removed top soil mostly wash down rivers and end up at the bottom of the sea.

Unlike proven oil reserves,  which increases every year as more exploration uncovers more oil,   there is little prospect of significant discovery of new previously unknown topsoil reserves.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Rhinoceros horn was never, ever used as an aphrodisiac in traditional Chinese medicine. It was used for the treatment of fevers.

Boru

[Anomalocaris]

did it work?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

did it work?

It worked every bit as well as an antipyretic as it would have as an aphrodisiac (nil = nil).

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

The upper limits of human survival from jumping into water is about 186 feet (or 56.7 meters).

I found this after watching this scene from Lethal Weapon 2 and wondering how likely it would be for Riggs and Getz to survive such a fall:




I haven’t been able to find stats for the height of the InterContinental Los Angeles Century City where this was shot (or at least the exteriors were), but unless their average floor height is about 31 feet, they’d likely make it. If it was anything but water, they’d probably be dead.

Then again, this is the same movie where a diplomat can get away with being a violent drug lord just because he’s a diplomat.

[Fake Messiah]

The best-selling vehicle in France vs. the US in 2022.

[Rev. Rye]

Evidently, the latest word for what used to be called the Third World is "Non-WEIRD countries." Non-Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

John Wick sometimes runs out of bullets.

I know, right?

[Fake Messiah]

Christianity is even responsible for The Black Death