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Mildly Interesting

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[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Was this not known? I've known that my fingers wrinkle the same in water every time since I was 5.

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, just because most people know something, doesn't mean shit unless some guys in lab coats get grant money to test it a bunch of times.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

They don't necessarily need to be paid, they just need to corroborate the evidence and be established in their fields.

Will that happen?

... no, but it could.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

I never thought about it. That's interesting research. Can't imagine what use it is to know that, but we are often surprised by that sort of thing.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Asking the important questions(but the link isn't working for me)

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

I mean that's... Science.

I certainly never paid attention to it. And I'm not sure it makes a lot of sense. But it's knowledge I have now.

[–] zout@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago

IG Nobel price coming in!