That is the point. You’re basically trying to say “Look how rich I am, I can afford to have all this land dedicated to looking pretty and not being useful for anything else”

Cheetahs are quite a bit more fragile since they’re optimized for speed. Any injury could hamper their ability to hunt, so as a result they’re more skittish and flighty than the other big cats. In zoos they often raise cheetahs alongside dogs, giving them a service animal of sorts so they are calmer around the weird hairless monkeys and don’t get stressed out as much.

The Beast is hotter than his human version ngl

Bender: “I’m 40% chocolate!”

This would have been a much better movie than whatever The Happening was about.

It’s probably for the smell. The plant is rafflesia arnoldii, which smells of rotting meat to attract flies as pollinators.

!surrealmemes@sh.itjust.works

Yeah but I also get to play Skyrim on my toaster

Fun fact! During the Apollo flights to and from the Moon, the spacecraft would perform “Passive Thermal Control” or “barbecue roll” where it would rotate around its long axis about once per hour, to distribute the thermal load from the sun and keep one side from heating up too much

holds up spork

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure"

Because it was sponsored by grain industries. Similar to the “breakfast is the most important meal of the day!” and “milk is good for your bones!” myths.

Soap box

Ballot box <—We Are Here

Ammo box <— But getting mighty close to Here

Is that why people go “Ah, ‘37, a very good year”?

I used to take the train quite a bit - like the general consensus here, it was scenic, comfortable, if slow and non-punctual. But I was willing to put up with that if I had a non-time-sensitive trip, since it was so much better than flying or driving. For one trip from Washington to Minnesota, I decided to fly out then take a sleeper car back (Empire Builder). All went well, until the train derailed and three people were killed. Not Amtrak’s fault, and I don’t blame them at all, but I haven’t been able to bring myself to ride another train since.

Plants don't have the ability to pull out a gun to defend itself

Yet.

“Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series”

“…& Knuckles”

As a railfan, this would be a dream come true

Who the hell watches videos at 2x speed anyway?

My favorite fact about the ISS is that it actually has an engine to do its own orbital boosts. Astronauts have taken videos where they slowly drift from one side of the cabin to the other during a burn