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   𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" (lana@beige.party)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 09:59:04 JST 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"

   What's your favorite completely true fact that's so bonkers it sounds made up? I'll start.

   Camels don't store water in their humps.
   That's an urban myth.
   But they do store fat.
   But then they burn that fat.
   And the carbon gets released as carbon dioxide
   And the hydrogen gets released as water.
   And for every gram of fat they store and burn the camel gets back 1.1 grams of water.
   So camels do actually store water in their humps.
   They actually store more water in there than if it was actually water.

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 09:59:00 JST mark

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     @rupert @log @negative12dollarbill @Lana im seriously upset that this hashtag goes no where.

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     Rupert V/ (rupert@mastodon.nz)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 09:59:01 JST Rupert V/

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     @log @negative12dollarbill @Lana
     #StochiometrySaturday

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     Log 🪵 (log@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 09:59:02 JST Log 🪵

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     @negative12dollarbill @Lana Animal fats are mostly octadecanoic acid (stearic acid) with three of those bonded to a glycerol as stearin. Basically C18H36O2 + 26 O2 -> 18 CO2 + 18 H2O. The oxygen (most of it) comes in from atmospheric breathing gas. The CO2 departs during exhalation.

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     Negative12DollarBill (negative12dollarbill@techhub.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 09:59:03 JST Negative12DollarBill

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     As written, that would seem to go against the laws of physics. I must be missing something. Where does the extra matter come from?

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     Rupert V/ (rupert@mastodon.nz)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 09:59:31 JST Rupert V/

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     @Lana The President of the United States was a regular client of the world's most notorious pedophile pimp.

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 09:59:31 JST mark

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     @rupert @Lana and people knew this and still voted for him

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     Jo - pièce de résistance (joblakely@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 10:01:27 JST Jo - pièce de résistance

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     Pistol shrimp can create plasma reaching thousands of degrees in temperature by snapping its claws. It’s been replicated mechanically.
     https://blogs.ubc.ca/communicatingscience2019w211/2019/03/17/snapping-shrimps-creates-plasma-with-its-claws/

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 10:01:27 JST mark

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     @JoBlakely @Lana mantis shrimp as well. Cavitation is crazy

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 11:41:08 JST mark

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     @negative12dollarbill @rupert @log @Lana lol. I have tonight to come up with content

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     Negative12DollarBill (negative12dollarbill@techhub.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 11:41:09 JST Negative12DollarBill

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     @ATLeagle @rupert @log @Lana Every journey starts with a single step. Post some more content and tag it!