• potcandan@lemmy.one
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    I always think about when I was taught about taste and the human tongue back in grade school, they had these diagrams about zones on the tongue corresponding to sweet, sour, bitter, etc. like a “taste map”. I’m not sure how many generations were taught about it but turns out it just isn’t true at all. So, not like it’s important but you got a lot of misinformed folks out there in regards to taste lol

  • SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    That cold water will boil faster than warm water.

    It’s a confusion. You should always cook with cold tap water, not hot, because hot tap water can contain excessive amounts of lead.

    There are several instances where hot water can freeze faster than lukewarm water. I believe people saw this on shows such as Bill Nye and then forgot the specifics.

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        “Go Vote!” Rings more and more hollow every day we have watch the country crumble. I am begging you to think outside the box of electoral politics because it is where dreams go to die.

        Nobody voted to put kids to work at meatpacking plants and we will almost assuredly not be allowed to vote on a solution but there are children suffering dangerous jobs right now. The capitalists that run the country do not care about your votes they care about profits and they have so many more resources than us to tip things in their favor.

        Voting has not and never will be enough. It is literally the bare minimum you can do and you should not pat yourself on the back for it.

        • Sleepless One@lemmygrad.ml
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          Bourgeois democracy, although a great historical advance in comparison with medievalism, always remains, and under capitalism is bound to remain, restricted, truncated, false and hypocritical, a paradise for the rich and a snare and deception for the exploited, for the poor.

          –Lenin

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    1 year ago

    That ivermectin is a hazardous medicine…

    It’s actually donated by Merck since 1970’s to African countries to fight river-blindness! The safety profile is well established and it’s safe. https://mectizan.org/