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Random funny/fascinating/cool/odd stuff: ESPN tribute to Coach Corso (tissue alert!!!!) (2 Viewers)

California Vineyards Use Owls Instead of Pesticides

The researchers have surveyed 75 wineries in Napa Valley, and four-fifths now use the owl nest boxes and notice a difference in rodent control. The barn owls have a four-month nesting season, during which they spend about one-third of their time hunting in the fields. A family of barn owls may eat as many as 1,000 rodents during the nesting season or around 3,400 in a single year.
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I, for one....

 
Nathan R. Jessep said:
update on Pablo Escobar's hippos:

Hippos descended from Pablo Escobar's herd to be declared invasive species
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Although this article is dated February 19, it's pretty out of date.   After a court battle which included a ruling that hippos had rights equal to people for the sake of allowing testimony on their behalf, the Columbian government decided that they would not be killed and would instead be sterilized.   Somehow, this all ended up in the lawyer thread.

 
-fish- said:
Although this article is dated February 19, it's pretty out of date.   After a court battle which included a ruling that hippos had rights equal to people for the sake of allowing testimony on their behalf, the Columbian government decided that they would not be killed and would instead be sterilized.   Somehow, this all ended up in the lawyer thread.
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Yeah, that was posted in here a little while back too. There wasn't much substance in this link other than the headline. :lol:   Also, lawyers will argue about anything. :pokey:

 
Very cool, will make you smile.😁

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SEC Network on Twitter: "Suni Lee makes NCAA history again 🌟 @sunisalee_ performed a nabieva, which has never been seen before in collegiate gymnastics! @AuburnGym https://t.co/QLJPTdnvUL" / Twitter

LINK: >>> VIDEO 🎥

 
Bracie Smathers said:
Very cool, will make you smile.😁

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SEC Network on Twitter: "Suni Lee makes NCAA history again 🌟 @sunisalee_ performed a nabieva, which has never been seen before in collegiate gymnastics! @AuburnGym https://t.co/QLJPTdnvUL" / Twitter

LINK: >>> VIDEO 🎥
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big fan of Lee from that docu-series that followed gymnasts trying to qualify for the last olympics.

but was that opening move the nabieva? or the dismount? the opening thing didn't look particularly unusual or difficult...

 
El Floppo said:
big fan of Lee from that docu-series that followed gymnasts trying to qualify for the last olympics.

but was that opening move the nabieva? or the dismount? the opening thing didn't look particularly unusual or difficult...
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I had to look it up myself lol. From the twitters:

After the initial handstand, she swings around the high bar, then goes over it again in the layout position (straight body). That's the Nabieva, considered very difficult because the length of the body going above the bar like that requires such height.

If you're like me, you only watch Olympics gymnastics, where they make it look easy. :lol:  

 
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Nathan R. Jessep said:
I had to look it up myself lol. From the twitters:

After the initial handstand, she swings around the high bar, then goes over it again in the layout position (straight body). That's the Nabieva, considered very difficult because the length of the body going above the bar like that requires such height.
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just read that in my head like... The Aristrocrats!

 
Nathan R. Jessep said:
Arrest made, thanks to a goat

a county sheriff’s office went to arrest a man accused of domestic violence in Martinsville, VA — and he ran away on foot. This goat took off in pursuit and helped flush the suspect from his wooded hiding place.

:lmao:  awesome
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:lol:   I'm just imagining the suspect in his hidey-hole with a screaming goat standing next to him ("shoo... SHOO! sunnava... SHOO!!)

eta: links busted, fyi

 
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Geothermal Company Plans to Dig Down 12.5 Miles To Harness the Energy of Earth

Quaise has raised $63 million in start-up cash to proceed with the development of their technology. Developed by researchers at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, the hybrid deep drilling technology will circumvent some of the classic struggles of drilling. So far, man has only drilled about 7.5 miles down at Russia’s Kola Superdeep Borehole and the Al Shaheen oil well in Qatar. Metal bits are unable to withstand the extreme heat of approximately 930°F found at 12 miles beneath the surface, so to achieve their record-setting goal the team will burn rather than drill.

A gyrotron is a vacuum tube that creates electromagnetic radiation by shaking electrons inside a magnetic field. “Our gyrotron-powered drilling platform vaporizes boreholes through rock and provides access to deep geothermal heat without complex downhole equipment,” reads Quaise's website. Essentially, the technology burns a hole through very hot, dense rock. Water can then be pumped downwards, where it will quickly vaporize into steam (more technically, super-critically heated water). This steam powers the electrical plant, which in turn distributes power to subscribers. While geothermal energy can have environmental side effects, it is substantially better for the planet than coal and oil-based energy.

 
The Myth of Agent 355, the Woman Spy Who Supposedly Helped Win the Revolutionary War

According to popular lore, a woman spy known only as Agent 355 helped George Washington win the American Revolution, serving as a key member of the Manhattan-Long Island intelligence network later dubbed the Culper Spy Ring.

There’s just one problem with this story: No proof of 355’s adventures in espionage actually exists. The sole mention of her in the historical record simply states that she was a lady—not necessarily a spy—who could help the Patriots “outwit them all.”

 
Nathan R. Jessep said:
Earth Pulsates Every 26 Seconds. No One Knows Why

tl;dr:

  • Earth makes a tiny seismic rumble every 26 seconds.
  • Is the pulsating caused by ocean waves, volcanoes, or something else completely? Theories abound.
  • The “microseism” doesn’t seem to be hurting anything and has not been a high priority for seismologists.
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it's just Godzilla's heartbeat in hibernation. if it ever starts to speed up, watch out...

 
thanks to @jhib for finding this thread for me - cross post from another thread

TIL about airway beacons, which functioned as lighthouses for planes in the early days of aviation

the Federal Government built 1,500 of these in the 1920s to help pilots - chiefly airmail pilots at the time - to navigate from city to city

only a few of the beacon towers remain. and even fewer of the adjacent generator shacks/rest station for operators - St Paul, MN restored one in the 1990s

they quickly became obsolete with the advent of radar and on board transmitters 

but you can still find the 70 foot long concrete slabs in the shape of an arrowhead here and there in remote desert areas, which I think is wild

Full restored air beacon site in New Mexico

arrow in Utah on Google Maps

Map of all the arrows

that last link is a rabbit hole - tap on the colored dots for detailed information. tells you if they are accessible, how far off the nearest road, etc.

gray/black dots are beacons no longer there - but I zoomed in on a couple purple/red dots & found arrows that are still visible.

 
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Meet Dan Saunders, Australian bartender who found an ATM glitch

TIL in 2011, a 29-year-old Australian bartender found an ATM glitch that allowed him to withdraw way beyond his balance. In a bender that lasted four-and-half months, he managed to spend around $1.6 million of the bank’s money.

They never caught him. Wracked with guilt, he turned himself into the bank.

The police never came. He went on a media blitz. After three articles and a TV feature, finally they arrested him.

The prosecutor and judge were confused about what he had done or how he even pulled this off. One year jail term, converted to 18 months community service, $200,000 restitution.

“Being able to make your account balance move up into the millions by the stroke of a key was a very addictive thing; I felt like a caveman discovering fire.”

 
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BobbyLayne said:
Meet Dan Saunders, Australian bartender who found an ATM glitch

TIL in 2011, a 29-year-old Australian bartender found an ATM glitch that allowed him to withdraw way beyond his balance. In a bender that lasted four-and-half months, he managed to spend around $1.6 million of the bank’s money.

They never caught him. Wracked with guilt, he turned himself into the bank.

The police never came. He went on a media blitz. After three articles and a TV feature, finally they arrested him.

The prosecutor and judge were confused about what he had done or how he even pulled this off. One year jail term, converted to 18 months community service, $200,000 restitution.

“Being able to make your account balance move up into the millions by the stroke of a key was a very addictive thing; I felt like a caveman discovering fire.”
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link no work.. fix it! bc I wanna read this one :lol:  

 
The fact that he had to go out of his way to get caught makes him both the smartest & dumbest criminal in history.  

 
Leroy Hoard said:
The fact that he had to go out of his way to get caught makes him both the smartest & dumbest criminal in history.  
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He was in therapy for months before he turned himself in. What made him quit was asking himself “Am I an international criminal who's just going to transfer money away and never be seen again?” When he realized the answer was no, there wasn’t anything else to do.

It was a good ride. He paid off friends student loans. Rented a private jet & took a bunch of people to a remote island.

Did one year in jail, went back to being a bartender. No regrets about any of it.

 
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El Floppo said:
SHARK-CANO!

although I feel like this has been covered.
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I could write this script in twenty minutes. 

Hotshot young seismologist (Tara Reid) flies out to remote South Pacific with her sassy assistant (Vivica A Fox) to study underwater volcano. There, she meets up with the Austrian scientist (David Hasselhoff) who has been living there for years, and might be losing it a bit. His only companion has been a wacky researcher (Judah Friedlander). 

When the team experiences some underwater equipment failures, a team of expert divers (Frankie Muniz, Ian Ziering, Lil Wayne) are brought in, led by, of all people, the ex-fiancee of hotshot young seismologist (Mark McGrath).

While working on the rig, Lil Wayne sees the first volcanic shark, spitting sulphur and glaring through red eyes. His eyes 👀

Cut to commercial

 
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