interestingasfuck

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55321777

Since the 17th century, the all-female Haenyeo divers have harvested seafood near South Korea’s Jeju Island — and they don’t use modern scuba gear to this day.

Mongol herders perform the coaxing ritual to encourage a female camel to accept a new-born calf or to adopt an orphan. The mother is tied close to the calf and a singer begins a monotone song accompanied by gestures and chanting. The coaxer changes the melody depending on the mother’s behaviour, which may be initially aggressive, and slowly coaxes her into accepting the calf. Performance of the ritual takes place at dusk or twilight and requires great skill in handling camels, as well as talent for singing and musical skill on the horse head fiddle or flute.

Fishing for shrimp on horseback was once practiced along the North Sea from Germany to England. Today, only 17 fishermen remain, and the world’s first women have joined their ranks.

“Elite universities are rife with communism, socialism, transgenderism…”?

Vitaly got into hot water with Filipino law after he was seen grabbing a security guard’s hat and trying to take a gun from another guard during a stream. He was also heard threatening to rob a woman in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30057761

In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, researchers found that polymetallic nodules-metal-rich rocks spread across the seafloor-may be creating oxygen in complete darkness. Acting like tiny natural batteries, these nodules split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen through electrochemical reactions, without sunlight or microbes.

YT non-TT alt: Clèment Bourgue

Another cloud free day in Scotland let me catch almost 9 hours of this huge and lively prom. Taken with my home made 90mm modded Coronado PST and DMK21 camera. Software: CdC, Eqmod, DSSR, AutoStakkert!, Wavesharp, DVS, Shotcut and Gimp.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mancha_Negra

For those outside of the US, 8th grade would be about 13-14 years old.

The shiny puddles look like some low-temp metal melted and oozed out of the car as it burned. I wonder what part(s) melted, and what type of metal it is?

From CNN. Picture is roughly 2.5 miles / 4 km wide. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is barely cut out of the picture to the west.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4065667863

The world's oldest known wild bird has laid an egg at the approximate age of 74, US biologists say.

The rest is available to read on the justice.gov website here

Seen in the ocean off the Florida keys. According to the Coast Guard all passengers were safely picked up.

Unfortunately, I can't find much more reliable information on the area. It's apparently also known as Wan Tkufi and Karakeb.

This is a 1963 book by the American Institute of Architects awarding the best designs for school fallout shelters.