Jeremy MallinNo idea why I thought to check, but… "bork" is in the dictionary. 🤪
Today's random rabbit hole… reading all about Sinead O'Connor—triggered just because there's a bald character in a game I was playing online.
I was curious about what the definition of bread even is, as in what are the requirements to call it bread. It sounds like the only absolute requirements are some combination of flour and water in some sort of mixture. I thought there would be a more involved definition.
Today's #RandomResearch…
I just got a motor oil change for our car. I've often wondered what the "synthetic" stuff is.
Synthetic motor oil, Wikipedia
Today's #RandomResearch
Black pepper from Wikipedia
"Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning."
What Is A Male Ballet Dancer Called—Dance Ivy
#RandomResearch #TIL #Ballerino #Danseur #Linguistics #Vocabulary
https://danceivy.com/blogs/news/what-is-a-male-ballet-dancer-called-in-america
What Is A Male Ballet Dancer Called In America
A Ballerina is a female dancer in french, so it only makes sense that the term for male dancer would be Ballerino? Not totally true. To outsiders, many of these terms and practices remain unknown most of the time. Ballerina is one of these terms that has become broadly used outside of the particular field where it is o
Because I was curious…
Horseradish—Wikipedia
Today in looking up random stuff…
"You snooze, you lose." in Latin.
I'm no linguist, but I think it looks something like "dormis perdis" according to the Interwebs.
Are the December solstice and January perihelion related?—Deborah Byrd
#RandomResearch #Astrophysics
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/december-solstice-january-perihelion-related/
Why I’m so short—Robert Reich, on Substack
TIL
#RandomResearch #Health #Science
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-im-so-short-140
