Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦠🦐<br>To follow-up last-week's post, the Fram expedition was a classic 19th C mission, half <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploration</span></a>, half <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>. Nansen wanted to reach the north pole and thought the (untested) polar ice drift theory would do it. Amazingly, everyone wanted to join this 3 year "fools errand". <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Nansen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nansen</span></a> proposed it in 1890 to the Norwegian Geographical Society and was financed by the Crown and private funds. The Fram ("Forward") cost about half the budget and was built in a year.<br>1/4</p>
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Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦠🦐<br>Some people have a legendary life full of adventure and accolades. One of these is Fridtjof Nansen, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Norwegian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norwegian</span></a> explorer, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientist</span></a>, and plankton pioneer. He intentionally froze the specially designed ship <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Fram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fram</span></a> into the ice for 3 years to study <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceanography</span></a> (a whole story on that!), invented water samplers and a closing plankton net named for him, became a diplomat, and was awarded the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Nobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nobel</span></a> Peace Prize for refugee works post WWI.<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridtjof_Nansen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridtj</span><span class="invisible">of_Nansen</span></a></p>
Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦠🦐<br>When we think of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/nutrients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutrients</span></a> that limit <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> growth, it is usually nitrogen or phosphorus, which is absolutely true, but occasionally, other factors become important. One is hydrated silica dioxide, which is necessary for <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/diatoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diatoms</span></a> to produce their glass "frustule" shells. In both lakes and oceans, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/silica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silica</span></a> can be drawn down to the point it prevents reproduction. So, in some locations "dissolved sand" can actually limit algal growth. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44587-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41598-019</span><span class="invisible">-44587-4</span></a></p>
Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦠🦐<br>The Great Calcite Belt stretches north of Antarctica to the tips of South America and Australia. Its name comes from high levels of calcium suspended in the water from dense blooms of coccolithophores. These <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> have shells of calcium carbonate, which dissolves at shallow depth here due to upwelling, so it is available for new algal growth. The blooms whiten the water which shows up as bright turquoise colour on <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> images. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a><br><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-unveils-the-stunning-turquoise-phenomenon-transforming-patagonias-oceans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/nasa-unveils-</span><span class="invisible">the-stunning-turquoise-phenomenon-transforming-patagonias-oceans/</span></a></p>
Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦠🦐<br>The most common <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/phytoplankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phytoplankton</span></a> on the planet was only discovered in 1986. Prochlorococcus is a genus of picoplankton (~½ micron) <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/photosynthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthetic</span></a> bacteria found in the Sargasso Sea by Penny Chisholm, Robert Olsen +, and eventually across all tropical oceans. It accounts for up to half the world's <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a> production. Recently, a relationship with heterotrophic <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> was found, reinforcing its importance to the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> cycle. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-abundant-phytoplankton-global-network-marine.amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-01-abundant</span><span class="invisible">-phytoplankton-global-network-marine.amp</span></a></p>
Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦠🦐</p><p>A popular type of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/zooplankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zooplankton</span></a>, well-known to comic book readers, are from the genus Artemia, known commonly as Brine Shrimp or "Sea-Monkeys". As their name suggests, this large plankton (~10 mm) dominate in saline <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/lakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lakes</span></a> where there are few fish predators. Their resting cysts are harvested in a lucrative <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> fishery and sold to the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/aquaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquaculture</span></a> and <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/aquarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquarium</span></a> industry as live fish food because they hatch out so easily (thus <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/SeaMonkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaMonkeys</span></a>).<br><a href="https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/great-salt-lake-artemia-fishery-becomes-first-u-s-inland-fishery-to-earn-msc-certification/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">globalseafood.org/advocate/gre</span><span class="invisible">at-salt-lake-artemia-fishery-becomes-first-u-s-inland-fishery-to-earn-msc-certification/</span></a></p>
Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦠🦐<br>Today we look at Phaeocystis, a global genus of uncalcified bi-flagellated Haptophyte <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>. They can be single-celled or form huge colonies with a gelateous matrix which prevents grazing. These harmful blooms can cause <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/hypoxia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypoxia</span></a> and create enormous mounds of foam on beaches which have led to drowning deaths. These blooms are important to the export of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> to deep water and form clouds by emitting dimethylsulfide.<br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a><br><a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-marine-022223-025031" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">annualreviews.org/content/jour</span><span class="invisible">nals/10.1146/annurev-marine-022223-025031</span></a></p>
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦<p>Well I'll be a Yankee Doodle Dandy...</p><p>The linguistic origins of "dude" </p><p>The origins of the word "dude" are a bit fuzzy - but definitely older than you might think! Dude.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e5Rz_YpGeGE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/e5Rz_YpGeGE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PBSStoried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PBSStoried</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dude</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDudeAbides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDudeAbides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a></p>
Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦐🦠<br>A new paper on <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mixotrophs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mixotrophs</span></a>. These protists are both plants or animals. Some algae, often <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/dinoflagellates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinoflagellates</span></a>, can consume other organisms in addition to being able to photosynthesize. They switch as needed, and during the recent heat-waves driven by <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, they become dominant. The fate of this production isn't well known because some species are often not preferred for grazing <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/zooplankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zooplankton</span></a> because of toxicity or armoured cell walls.</p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neither-plants-nor-animals-these-ocean-organisms-protect-their-ecosystems/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/neither-plants-nor-animals-these-ocean-organisms-protect-their-ecosystems/</span></a></p>
Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a> 🦐🦠<br>Why are plankton ecologists *so excited about the launch of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> PACE <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a>? Because: Plankton Aerosol Cloud <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> Ecosystem. It is a giant step forward for <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/phytoplankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phytoplankton</span></a> id because the new Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) is <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/hyperspectral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hyperspectral</span></a>, meaning it can image ultraviolet to visible & visible to near-infrared at 5nm resolution 🤓! Big news because previous satellites only saw a few colors. OCI can now identify algae pigments! <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a><br><a href="https://pace.oceansciences.org/oci.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pace.oceansciences.org/oci.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nando161<p>"Finding out that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/privatized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatized</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> at a time in which such a thing was unheard of until decades later with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> has had my brain on fire. I already knew <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalist</span></a> but this is the most capitalist.</p><p>as mussolini himself said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporatism</span></a> is more accurate name for fascism. </p><p>“No other country in the world would privatize its public works until the Nazis in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> did it between 1934 and 1937, a rhetorically useful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factoid</span></a> if ever you are caught in a discussion with someone claiming that the Nazis were <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/socialists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialists</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://thebaffler.com/salvos/everything-must-go-wimbish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebaffler.com/salvos/everythi</span><span class="invisible">ng-must-go-wimbish</span></a> </p><p><a href="http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/capitalisback/CountryData/Germany/Other/Pre1950Series/RefsHistoricalGermanAccounts/BuchheimScherner06.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/capit</span><span class="invisible">alisback/CountryData/Germany/Other/Pre1950Series/RefsHistoricalGermanAccounts/BuchheimScherner06.pdf</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2022/08/nazi-germany-national-socialism-hypercaptialism-social-darwinism-liberalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2022/08/nazi-germa</span><span class="invisible">ny-national-socialism-hypercaptialism-social-darwinism-liberalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2022/10/nazi-billionaires-businesses-denazification-de-jong-interview/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2022/10/nazi-billi</span><span class="invisible">onaires-businesses-denazification-de-jong-interview/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/erica-x-eisen-nuremberg/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonreview.net/articles/eric</span><span class="invisible">a-x-eisen-nuremberg/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/161afa1312acab/714324335299526656?source=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tumblr.com/161afa1312acab/7143</span><span class="invisible">24335299526656?source=share</span></a></p>
TomWellborn3<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factoid</span></a>:</p><p>The world's largest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico. The Great Pyramid of Cholula is a massive ancient structure located in Mexico, it covers an area of 4 acres, which is much larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Despite its size, the Great Pyramid of Cholula is not as well-known as the pyramids in Egypt because it is covered by a layer of earth and has a colonial-era church built on top of it.</p>
Facts :verified:<p>The average person spends about 6 months of their lifetime waiting on a red light to turn green.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factoid</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/neato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neato</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfact</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/waiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waiting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/patience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patience</span></a></p>
Incredible Photos :verified:<p>Engulfed in flames!</p><p>The unreal scene of a huge and invisible fire at the 1981 Indy 500. Methanol which burns as a colorless fire poured out of Rick Mears' vehicle while refueling. The fire was evidenced only by wavy air and the reaction of those in and near.</p><p>🎥 <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh6VO9_GhLY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh6VO9_G</span><span class="invisible">hLY</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/incredible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incredible</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rare</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rarepics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rarepics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rarephotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rarephotos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amazingshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazingshots</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factoid</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/neato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neato</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfact</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a></p>
Incredible Photos :verified:<p>Lake Berryessa showing its 72 ft wide open bell-mouth spillway for regulating excess water. The lake is also the known for a murder in 1969 by the infamous Zodiac killer.</p><p>Photo source: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/ax2rnj/the_lake_berryessa_glory_hole_in_northern/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinterest</span><span class="invisible">ing/comments/ax2rnj/the_lake_berryessa_glory_hole_in_northern/</span></a></p><p>
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Incredible Photos :verified:<p>Throwing hot water into freezing air. Due to the Mpemba effect, hot water freezes faster than cold water.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/incredible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incredible</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rare</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rarepics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rarepics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rarephotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rarephotos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amazingshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazingshots</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factoid</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/neato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neato</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfact</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a></p>
Facts :verified:<p>Squirrels have been observed adopting orphaned squirrel children.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factoid</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/neato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neato</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfact</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/animalfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalfacts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/naturefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturefacts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/squirrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>squirrel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/squirrels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>squirrels</span></a></p>
Facts :verified:<p>Uranus has 27 moons.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factoid</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/neato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neato</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfact</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/solarsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarsystem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planets</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uranus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uranus</span></a></p>
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