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This is what the shape of the flower and its placement of the stamen and pistils are all about.

Just above your comment is one lamenting the situation in New York City. That's roughly the same population as Switzerland in a not quite as massive area.

If there were reliable statistics, I'd much rather have the methods used to produce those statistics than the numbers.

Is the stove radiating too much heat? You want it to heat the air, not fry your skin! I once got a stove glowing hot because I had failed to get a high enough temperature going on …

Some Swedes will be delighted to learn that not only was there a historical d'Artagnan, but also a real life cardinal named Mazarin. But I have yet to find a historical person name…

Interesting. I was really impressed by the art at first, taking joy in exploring that as much as the scenes themselves. But it soon faded out of focus as I was engrossed in the sto…

If you let people walk on snow, it turns to ice. Shovel that snow asap. Also keep a brush on your doorstep and always use it to clear off the small patches of snow that falls off y…

> “When I close my eyes, there’s absolutely nothing there,” Shine recalls telling his colleagues. They immediately asked him what he was talking about. “Whoa. What’s going on?” Shi…

> "Schultz" is German for "brown". Beleg fehlt.

The 5 grams per sheet of common printer paper has certainly proven handy once or twice in some of my interactions in the informal economy.

The bottle wouldn't be empty though.

Try making it through a few northern European winters as a pre-modern farmer. I'm sure you will develop a keener interest in measuring these things.

Sweden didn't have an "official" language before the Language Law of 2009. Five minority languages (Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Sámi, Yiddish) were officially recognized as such si…

Malta has Maltese and English as official languages. I don't know what they bring to the EU list of official languages.

> I've first hand seen lockers destroyed to remove the lock. A neighbor secured his expensive bike with a hefty lock and chain around a tree in our courtyard. Bad guys brought a sa…

> LOT Just capitalised for emphasis, right? > COE Center of Excellence? Council of Europe? Still wondering even after Googling. > SLA Service Level Agreement. This I knew beforehan…

This makes me think of the Barbary Wars where piracy out of the Barbary states was a huge issue. There's also the connection with the slave trade then and the human trafficking for…

Hold on, are those pebbles Imperial or Troy?

Still it skips over weirdness like the same person being both a sovereign king and vassal of another king. See for example King Henry II of England and Duke of Normandy etc.

There's even "West Indian Grog" to be found! Surely, that must be the rum based drink? https://www.alltext.nyc/panorama/63DKJbMdVQY8ah6jgobU9g?o=85...

At first glance, there's plenty of grog to be had in NYC. But sailors will be disappointed. It all seems to be OCR errors of "Groceries" or the "Google" watermarks.

Turn your handlebar all the way to the right side (assuming the stand is on the left) and it will be much more stable.

I hit a link labeled "reply" to write this comment. A good translation requires context to tell if that is a verb or a noun. Providing that context is the hard and expensive part. …

> Since there's no salvation, farts are also meaningless That's begging the question. I'd argue that all meaning is in how we fart around.

A panel door is basically designed to minimize warping as the wood expands and contracts. There is leeway for the panels to move inside the edge pieces (sorry, not sure about the t…