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Name an interesting fact you found out during the quarantine

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  1. Asian Sensation

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    Deep breath. Relax. Costco has a great return policy. Even for opened and used coffee beans.
     
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    That there are two massive bubbles of energy and matter extending 50,000 light years from our galaxy’s core in opposite directions perpendicular to the plane of rotation. These look very similar to the jets from a quasar and appear to have started 6 million years ago.

    This means that our galaxy could become a quasar and if it does the resulting explosion could vaporize the Earth.

    Really puts all of our problems now In perspective..
     
  3. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    You say that yet...I just went to the grocery store and half the people and all of the assholes weren’t wearing masks.
     
  4. CCorn

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    First I learned about George Conway, then I learned that he’s asian.

    is he on clutchfans?
     
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    I’m freaking out right now


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    Is this why his soldiers killed him
     
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    Just read an interesting conspiracy theory that Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson were Michael Jackson's real parents, and Berry Gordy convinced them to place him in the Jackson family.

     
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    Between this and murder hornets I learned how memes get started on Facebook.
     
  10. jiggyfly

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    Uh have you not seen his brothers and sisters?

    They all look alike.
     
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    Not all Jacksons look alike
     
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    Ethiopia is building a massive dam on the Nile - there are many concerns with the effects and actual benefits of such a project -- Egypt is not happy with any of this and has been becoming more aggressive as the dam nears completion. During the rainy season excess electricity from the dam will be sold to several countries including the Republic of Djibouti which has one of the saltiest bodies of water on earth.
     
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    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    This is fascinating and the timelines seem to match. I'd like to see it plotted out on a real timeline to visualize the theory. The fact that Smokey and Diana were young and teenagers in the same house at night isn't much of a stretch to think they hooked up.
     
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    o_O
     
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    That is choc full of interesting facts.

    Good ****.
     
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    So how do you explain the brothers all look alike?
     
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    https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-20

    If I'm reading that right, the quasar-like state happened six million years ago and is over.

    It seems we are also in safe distance, according to another article:
    "According to New York University research scientist Gabe Perez-Giz, even though a quasar might be emitting more than 100 trillion times as much energy as the Sun, we're far enough away from the core of the Milky Way that we would receive very little of it – like, one hundredth of a percent of the intensity we get from the Sun."

    https://phys.org/news/2015-02-milky-quasar.html

    So guess we are safe for now and have to more look out for asteroids or random gamma rays. :)
     
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    The brothers are all Jacksons. Michael is not. (says the theory)
     
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    Well that's reassuring... Now I can go back to worrying about stuff like how the Stros will do during the quarantine season..
     
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    Michael looks like the the other brothers and sisters.

    Before all the operations:eek:
     

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