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May 20, 2025 2:40 AM
Jordan00
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Jordan00
**i dunno why the saying goes, 'the straw that broke the camel's back', when, literally, actual cannons were fired from the back of a camel. Even war of attrition style ~not very effective sieging fortress. Couldn't tell you how often, science is cruel, perhaps even more cruel than history itself.
Jordan00
The lantern-like fruit is from Alkekengi officinarum--novel phytochemicals, similar but long separated from Calliphysalis carpenteri, from North America.
Jordan00
bonus fact: has been cultivated for over 2 millenia and was a local favorite among festivals for as long as the history goes back.
slotheroll
Jordan00
CreamYourJorts
lizard
Jordan00
and dinosaurs weren't all cold-blooded. Some had proto-fur/proto-feathers.
CogentMoment
A, B, C, and [REDACTED]
Jordan00
exaptation gets wild.