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полоски зебры служат не только камуфляжем от хищников, но и для отпугивания кровососущих насекомых


Выяснилось, что полоски зебры служат не только камуфляжем от хищников, но и для отпугивания кровососущих насекомых. Полоски не мешают мухам и слепням находить жертву, тут они справляются, но проблемы возникают при посадке: у насекомого "сбивается" оптика. Муха оценивает скорость, с которой визуальные контуры объекта расширяются в ее поле зрения, и на основе этого автоматически корректирует свою скорость, чтобы вовремя затормозить. Высококонтрастный черно-белый узор ломает эту зрительную систему.

В СССР была самая лучшая медицина? Да, все познаётся в сравнении!


США, 1925 год.

Врач говорит пациенту, что он выглядит изможденным, и выписывает ему тонизирующее средство. Это дистиллированная вода с радием. Продано четыреста тысяч бутылок с медицинской рекламой, а сталелитейный магнат по имени Eben Byers, выпивший полторы тысячи, похоронен в 1932 году в свинцовом гробу. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Byers

Перед смертью Eben Byers весил около 40 кг. Ему полностью удалили почти всю верхнюю челюсть и часть нижней, а в костях черепа образовались отверстия.

Немного этимологии


Ангел — просто вестник. В «Илиаде» angelos — это обычный человек, приносивший известие.
Энтузиазм — религиозный экстаз. Буквально en — внутри, theos — бог. Шоссе Энтузиастов недоумевает.
«Симпозиум» — совместное распитие спиртных напитков. Из древнегреческого (syn - вместе, с и posis — пью). Ученые прекрасно это знают и сами. Syn звучит во множестве слов, например в симфонии + phone — голос.

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Well, our "supreme" judicial system ruled against Leonard, and I agree in this case. Because watching a TV ad does not constitute a binding contractual agreement. Even if the ad was serious (it wasn't), the ad is not a contract. Pepsi never owed Leonard a fighter jet.

Frontier is just milking the story for more PR. Good for them. Or rather, whatever.
Well, our "supreme" judicial system ruled against Leonard, and I agree in this case. Because watching a TV ad does not constitute a binding contractual agreement. Even if the ad was serious (it wasn't), the ad is not a contract. Pepsi never owed Leonard a fighter jet.

Frontier is just milking the story for more PR. Good for them. Or rather, whatever.
Well, our "supreme" judicial system ruled against Leonard, and I agree in this case. Because watching a TV ad does not constitute a binding contractual agreement. Even if the ad was serious (it wasn't), the ad is not a contract. Pepsi never owed Leonard a fighter jet.

Frontier is just milking the story for more PR. Good for them. Or rather, whatever.
Well, our "supreme" judicial system ruled against Leonard, and I agree in this case. Because watching a TV ad does not constitute a binding contractual agreement. Even if the ad was serious (it wasn't), the ad is not a contract. Pepsi never owed Leonard a fighter jet.

Frontier is just milking the story for more PR. Good for them. Or rather, whatever.
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EU lacks the first and second amendment freedoms that USA citizens seem to enjoy. Those freedoms are the right to free speech and the right to defend your free speech. I'm not saying USA has much free speech, but maybe Europe has even less.
To be clear: this doesn't mean that RT doesn't want piousbox dot com to share their content. On the contrary: that is encouraged. And it is the European Union centralists who say that sharing RT content is illegal because the content is banned.

EU lacks the first and second amendment freedoms that USA citizens seem to enjoy. Those freedoms are the right to free speech and the right to defend your free speech. I'm not saying USA has much free speech, but maybe Europe has even less.
To be clear: this doesn't mean that RT doesn't want piousbox dot com to share their content. On the contrary: that is encouraged. And it is the European Union centralists who say that sharing RT content is illegal because the content is banned.

EU lacks the first and second amendment freedoms that USA citizens seem to enjoy. Those freedoms are the right to free speech and the right to defend your free speech. I'm not saying USA has much free speech, but maybe Europe has even less.
To be clear: this doesn't mean that RT doesn't want piousbox dot com to share their content. On the contrary: that is encouraged. And it is the European Union centralists who say that sharing RT content is illegal because the content is banned.

EU lacks the first and second amendment freedoms that USA citizens seem to enjoy. Those freedoms are the right to free speech and the right to defend your free speech. I'm not saying USA has much free speech, but maybe Europe has even less.
Okay... spinal tap? Or did the migrants need to donate a finger?
Okay... spinal tap? Or did the migrants need to donate a finger?