@vgr Ants cultivate crops, maintain livestock, wage wars, and keep slaves.
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@vgr (there's an incomplete reference list here: https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/my-favorite-genera-of-ants/ … )
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@vgr Water is completely opaque at just about all wavelengths except the visible ones. http://omlc.org/spectra/water/gif/segelstein81.gif … -
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@vgr War pigs were one of the countermeasures against war elephants. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_pigThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr Chinook winds in the Great Plains can cause temperature swings of as much as 49°F in 2 minutes. http://www.blackhillsweather.com/chinook.htmlThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr red snapper is a marketing name that can be used for multiple distinct fish species -
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@vgr Eratosthenes of Cyrene made first estimate of earth's circumference circa 200 BCThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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