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Name an interesting fact you found out during the quarantine

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    Ewwwwwwwwwwwww.
     
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    @DaDakota has posted over 200,000+ capital D's since he joined Clutchfans -- I don't have an estimate of lowercase d's.

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    Liquid water might be relativity common in the solar system as moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune probably have oceans and even Pluto might have liquid water. Neptune and Uranus might also have liquid water oceans.

    The amount of liquid water might be dwarfed by water in hot ices as inside much of Neptune and Uranus water is subjected to pressures that it transitions from liquid to a solid.
     
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    it’s good to have a hobby
     
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    In 1913, a Greek man named Stathis Chatzi recovered a ship's anchor from 77m after 3 minutes. He had the ability to stay down for 7 minutes at 30 meters and go as deep as 100 meters.

    What is remarkable is the man's physical condition: average lung volume, pulmonary emphysema, elevated heart rate and breathing rate, one eardrum ruptured, the other gone. On land, he could barely hold his breath for 1 minute.1
     
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    He must have Atlantean DNA.
     
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    I learn how to solve a m-f-ing Rubik Cube, b****es ;)


    For a mere moment I was ... Master of my Domain.
     
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    I still have a traumatic experience from those damn Rubiks cubes. Duke decided to send us some cubes in 3rd or 4th grade, along with a stress ball with their name on it, to the GT class. My friend and I were one of the few to never completely solve that damn thing. We were shamed and shunned, as elementary kids are meanies. Ill never touch one again.
     
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    The singer who I only know bc of the hangout and ended up liking his "1989" cover, Ryan Adams, was married to Mandy Moore!
    The Dark twist, he emotionally abused her and other women, studio time for sex?
    He doesn't look the type =( I'm just learning this today.
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    This is one of the fastest accelerating things ever made and was operational for one day.
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    Sprint accelerated at 100 g, reaching a speed of Mach 10 in 5 seconds. Such a high velocity at relatively low altitudes created skin temperatures up to 6,200 °F (3,430 °C), requiring an ablative shield to dissipate the heat.[1][2] The high temperature caused a plasma to form around the missile, requiring extremely powerful radio signals to reach it for guidance. The missile glowed bright white as it flew.

     
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    Check out Deep by James Nestor. Free divers’ capabilities are incredible. There are competitions in Kalamata, Greece where they push their physician boundaries to frightening levels. I’m hooked on his next book Breath as well.

     
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    These used to surround Austin to protect Bergstrom SAC Command -- there are quite a few small base/silos that are still accessible.
     
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    Back in elementary school, after the cube came out, this dork was bragging at the lunch table about how fast he could solve it. So later we snuck it out of his backpack, peeled off 2 squares on each side and randomly stuck them back on. Now I wonder how much time he spent trying to solve it.
     
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    Who was your favorite crooner to see in concert?
     
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    200 million rubik's cubes were sold between 1980 and '83

    I wasn't the only one.

    Tony Bennett, btw, didn't see him until the '90's though.
     
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    That breakdancing and hip hop were derived from martial arts movies airing in NYC at the midnight hour. I did not know that.
     
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    The original lyrics to the Stones song "Brown Sugar" were "Brown p***y"
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Women have female health issues due to dream sex with demons and witches
     

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