Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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TIL that the "holes" in Swiss cheese were, until recently, seen as a sign of imperfection and something cheesemakers tried to avoid
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Three types of bacteria are used in the production of Emmental: Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus helveticus, and Propionibacterium freudenreichii. Historically, the holes were a sign of imperfection, and until modern times, cheese makers would try to avoid them. Emmental cheese is used in a variety of dishes, particularly in gratins, and fondue, where it is mixed … -
I thought that I was already playing in HD, but now they want to sell me this add-on pack to give me HD vision. What gives?
Alt"HD Vision" glasses
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Hi /r/polyamory!
How are you spending your Valentines' Day? With somebody special? With several special people? Boycotting the celebration entirely?
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Geek Week Remake/Homage to the classic series (because nobody's posted anything else in /r/knightmare...)
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Doing a book test twist; does it sound original? Compelling?
I've got a twist on a book test that I'm hoping to work into a performance in a couple of weeks time (cabaret-size), and I was wondering if anybody's got any thoughts about it. Specifically: does it sound compelling?
The effect: I'll be following on from a couple of other mentalist effects and selling this … -
Before we had the Oxford Tube/X90, we had this. It only cost £1, but on the other hand it took eight hours...
Timetables uncovered by Memory Lane reader David Brown show that a stagecoach service was operating between the two cities as late as 1928.
You could take the stagecoach from Oxford to London, then catch a train back to Oxford, or vice versa.
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Where'd it go!? [x-post from /r/funny]
AltCat pranked by video of another cat
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#102 - Strong
Oh man. Sorry....and I'm done ( for now ). Should be another comic up next week.
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Normally-respectable news provider the BBC interviews "terrorist puppet?". WTF, BBC?
AltTerrorist puppet
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ELI5 "TheRedPill" and its incomprehensible terminology
A couple of recent posts in /r/bestof (one, two) drew my attention to /r/TheRedPill, which I'd not come across before. I looked at that subreddit... and I still don't get it.
It's... something like The Game, right? All that stuff about "easy, foolproof" ways to get laid? But the entire subreddit just talks about red … -
The Community Solar System
If the different land uses of the UK were divided up into their percentage-ratio blocks, what would a 100-second tour of the country (with each second covering a single percent of the land usage) look like?
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We need to talk about TED
If the different land uses of the UK were divided up into their percentage-ratio blocks, what would a 100-second tour of the country (with each second covering a single percent of the land usage) look like?
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Yo dawg, I heard you like gold on your gold on your gold.
[this post was originally made to a private subreddit]
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habeas corpus
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Inefficient Rulers
Golomb Rulers and Costas Arrays.
DataGenetics