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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

To be fair, those Thagomizers are brutal

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Pirk and Kicard

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Spoiler Alert!

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Those canons were surprisingly ineffective, despite their number (>100) and size (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun). It took many months of all of those canon, concentrating on a single spot, to finally make a breach.

The problem was inaccuracy, and very low rate of fire (I think the largest could only fire twice a day maximum). The guns got so hot when firing, they had to be cooled between shots. Using water would cool them too quickly and they'd crack, so they used hundreds of gallons of oil to slowly cool the guns.

They did ultimately work, despite the plucky defenders rebuilding the wall every night, but it was exceedingly expensive, difficult logistically, and very slow.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33717074

xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

Title text:

During the most recent glacial maximum, it's believed that land bridges extended from the surfaces and connected several of the spheres together.

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3122/

explainxkcd for #3122

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

We fixed this station
We fixed this station on rock and roll
fixed this station
We fixed this station on rock and roll

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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After destroying a rope toy

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Same, man. Same

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Also staring John C. Reilly as his long-lost brother: Conor O'Brien

Edit: long-buffered brother

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