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What have you learned today?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by TheStrongestLink, Nov 16, 2013.

  1. TheStrongestLink

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    Learned anything interesting?
     
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    That a certain very simple arrangement of Kerbal rocket parts is sufficient to get 2/3rds of the way to low orbit in a single stage. As somebody who always designed rockets in a whole bunch of stages, I thought it was pretty cool.
     
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    The surest way to success is to develop a work ethic and stop sitting around all day.
    I just need to figure out how to do that...
     
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    Anal bleaching is better left to professionals LOL

    lol jk, but if you know where that reference is from, we should probably be best friends. In reality, the most exciting thing that I learned today is that one of the buildings on campus is actually unlocked on Saturday
     
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    A propensity for cross-dressing as a child isn't a guarantor that your child will grow up and be gay but it does mean there's an increased likelihood of it. It's been said that homosexuals who don't exhibit these behaviors can trace their homosexuality to specific experiences, suggesting that homosexuality is both environmental and biological. It's important to remember that if a child crossdresses it doesn't necessarily mean they'll grow up to be gay - It's also a good sign they might be transgendered.

    The proverb that you can't fight fire with fire is patently untrue as firefighters have been using this method to curtail wildfires for years. Firefighters intentionally burn down trees, vegetation, and grass because a conflagration with unbounded fuel is more dangerous than one without it. In this sense, fighting fire is more effective than relying on rain and spraying it with water as it slows the fire down, reduces its impact, and makes it much easier to contain.

    A series of smaller fires is more desirable than the widespread fires in the western parts of America, so preventing them is actually bad for the environment, because more vegetation means more fuel for future fires.

    People often mistakenly assume that rain is good for preventing fires, but this isn't true for rain is associated with lightning, and most brushfires are started by lightning. The only way rain could avert fire is if there weren't droughts. But amidst droughts, rain isn't helpful since the downpours only put up exiguous inches of rain, not nearly enough to prevent the trees from succumbing to diseases, thus the trees become more liable to burning, and since rain is often accompanied by lightning, that diminishes its role even more.
     
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