The moon is about 1.25 light seconds away from Earth. There are retroreflectors placed on the surface of the moon by NASA, some of which are still functioning.

Given the number of people that stare up at the moon, it seems likely that someone has blinked twice with correct timing to be at the same time as their reflection.

On the other hand, I have blinked with my face only a few cm away from a mirror, so my reflection blinked 0.00000000007 seconds after me, so maybe “at the same time” is doing the heavy lifting here in the sense that there is some minimal period of time between most events we would consider simultaneous.

People with big mouths (like me, I have a big mouth) eat hotdogs in bites that span left to right, and top to bottom along (approximately) a plane that lies perpendicular to the axis along which the hotdog was extruded. With this approach, the condiments merely have to run the length of the hotdog (or just the bun if you dislike messy eating) in order for them to participate in every bite.

Only small mouth dweebs that can’t fit a wide, juicy frank into their mouth when they’re gobbling down a… Nevermind, I think I got sidetracked.

When I moved into my house, I ran tests on my tap water, and found that my hot water had higher levels of iron and other metals dissolved in it. This is likely corrosion from the water heater tank. After I replaced the anode rod, the tests came out nearly identical.

All of the levels I found were within the legal limits for human consumption, so it would’ve been fine… But maybe there are cases where that isn’t true. The tests were very cheap, and Home Depot near me offers a 3 test kit (including lead) for free, near the water filter section. It’s worth testing to be certain.

Then one of those is right, and one is wrong. Probably There’s a non-printing character in one of the answers that makes it parse as an invalid answer.

You are out of date: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Miracle

"After adjusting for demographics, in 2024, Mississippi was the nation’s #1 state in Reading as well as in Mathematics. The state was the state whose students’ performance increased the most from 2013 until 2022, despite the Covid-19 pandemic which contributed to depressed scores nationwide.[10]

Even without any adjustments for demographics, Mississippi ranks ninth in fourth-grade literacy. African-Americans in Mississippi outperform African-Americans in 47 of the other 49 states in reading; Mississippi’s Hispanic students actually lead the nation for their demographic in reading (and second place in math)."

The universe can’t be a simulation, the framerate is way too good.

I’m destined to go to heavim forever.

True noble gases are extremely resistant to producing liquid at room temperature.

This sounds like an example of qualified immunity, but the article doesn’t seem to mention it. There’s been growing calls to change how that works, and I think the current implementation by the courts is complete BS.

Absolute immunity that prosecutors and judges and such get is even worse, but I’m sure the judges will keep that one in place.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which planned, built, and owned the site. They also operated it from construction until July 2001.

The world trade center was required to be insured against terrorism by the banks in the leasing deal. That was an obvious requirement for the banks to include because of the recent (at the time…) 1993 world trade center bombing.

Larry Silverstein got the insurance so recently before the attack because he signed a lease that included the insurance provisions, and he signed that lease in July 2001 because negotiations for the deal took from January 2001 until July 2001. Prior to that, the Port Authority was having trouble keeping the occupancy of the building high, and they thought private management of the building would increase tax revenue, and give them money for other projects. The plan for privatization began in the 1990s, and coincided with other revitalization efforts in the area, some managed by the Port Authority, and others stemming from the city government.

I think in context there’s nothing surprising involved here, and the timeline of the attack was driven by different things than the timeline of the leasing deal. In other words, this is a coincidence.

Surely a metric rifle such as this should fire in bursts of 1, 10, 100, or 1000 bullets?

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Whitespace is European propaganda. Don’t fall for their deceptions.

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None of the other openings you mention are big enough for a dick like him.

Days before the Queen of England died, the Roman Empire collapsed. Coincidence? (Literally no, but I sure could speculate).

My most frequent breakfasts are just coffee, or 2 eggs over medium, some kind of meat (spam, bacon, sausage, or steak in that order of prevalence), and some kind of bread (toast, English muffin, biscuit) with coffee. Those options account for perhaps 85% of my breakfasts.

Sometimes (1-3 times per month?) I have cereal and milk. Very rarely, I’ll have fruit and salami.

During the summer, I sometimes substitute iced tea for coffee. During winter, I sometimes have leftovers from dinner the night before. Any time of year, if there’s leftover pizza, I’ll have that for breakfast, cold, with salt and red pepper flakes added.

About twice a year I pull out my waffle maker, and make waffles on a weekend. Every time I tell myself I should do it more often, but every time it seems to sate my craving for ~6 months.

As always, the real cursed item is in the replies

Is that 3 times more deadly per mile traveled, or for a given amount of time spent using stairs, or just total, for every one person killed by a car (as a pedestrian), 3 are slain by stairs?