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wackypants , in TIL that a day on earth used to be just 19 hours long

And the moon was 17 times closer to the Earth than it is now! You’d have needed air tanks and maybe a full environmental suit to appreciate it for more than a few seconds though.

NosyRock , in TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.

I wonder what percentage is a choice or social pressure or affordability

glorious_albus ,

Probably not that high. From experience, it’s just that you’ve been eating vegetarian food all your life, it’s really weird to eat non vegetarian. In fact, there are many of my friends who’ve turned non vegetarian due to peer pressure from their friends.

Znarl , in TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.

4 out if 5 people in India are also protein-deficient. Meat and diary consumption will only increase in India going against global trends.

Aux , in TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.

Almost a half of world’s population lives in India. Most of everyone will end up there.

lightsecond ,

For comparison, India has ~18% of the world population.

Fulthi ,

Half? It's around 18% of the world's population.

crunchypotat77 , (edited ) in TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.

Not surprised. Vegetarianism has been the default in India for ages.

They’ve greatly explored the spice palette and can make pretty much anything taste amazing.

EDIT: some clarification. I did not mean to imply that majority of Indians are vegetarian. No. Majority do eat meat.

But in most parts of India they do not eat meat on a daily basis. It’s typically a once a week kind of thing. And yes, I’ve observed this among friends and colleagues from practically all parts of India. Even the most fierce non-veg fiends will typically do a weekend bash, but eat regular roti sabzi, dal chawal rest of the week.

givesomefucks ,

But they also have one of (probably the) highest levels of food insecurity, for kids and adults.

Most can’t even afford beans, very few could afford meat if they even wanted to.

kvothelu ,

they also have world’s biggest food security program. nutrition is improving and they also lifted huge percentage of their population from below poverty.

xuxebiko ,

Yeah, no. 70% of Indians are non-vegetarian. Rice &/ rotis are the important part of the meal and stuff like dal & vegetable are standard being both cheaper & easier to cook. Meat, fish, eggs, etc. being more expensive are curried or fried as side-dishes to make a little go a long way.
A dish like pot roast or meat loaf would just be too expensive as main course for most. And we do love to get creative with our spices.

crunchypotat77 ,

I merely said that vegetarianism was the default. I’m not saying that majority are vegetarians.

What i meant was that most families do not eat meat on a daily basis. And not because they can’t afford it. Most average families eat chicken once a week, while the rest of the week is all vegetarian food.

All what i said still stands. Even though 70% of people do eat meat, they don’t do so on a daily basis.

Source: am Indian, with dozens of friends and colleagues who do eat meat. They do not eat meat daily.

lifttruckoperator , in TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.

Makes absolute sense after you’ve tried paneer.

Moohamin12 ,

I am a meat eater extraordinaire.

But Paneer is love. Will absolutely demolish it.

boredtortoise , in TIL about Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,' an album so exclusive, only one copy was ever produced.

Someone should make their mission to put up a magnet link

AndyGHK , in TIL about Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,' an album so exclusive, only one copy was ever produced.

Truly, it was Once upon a time.

hdmnep , in TIL about Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,' an album so exclusive, only one copy was ever produced.

I recently learned about this album too and lowkey would be interested in it. I wonder if it was on what.cd at some point…

Crackhappy , in TIL that Prey is the first ever feature film available in a full Comanche dub
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

By far the best Predator movie, hands down.

Deceptichum , in TIL scientists in a restricted zone, closed off to the public, discovered a plant grown out of the solidified lava. It was a tomato plant. Further research concluded it was from a tomato seed grown...
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Iceland named the new island Surtsey, after Surtr, a mythical Norse fire-giant who will probably show up in a Thor movie someday.

And only a few years later he did in Ragnarok. Good guess writer!

StrangeName , in TIL the UK’s oldest joke is a crude riddle that features in the Exeter Codex and dates back to the 10th Century AD - What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked bef...

What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked before?
Answer: A key

Tommy_the_Gun , in TIL of Kevin Budden, who caught a deadly taipan by hand and hitchhiked to town still holding the snake. He lost his grip and was bitten, but bagged the snake and made the driver promise to get it t...
@Tommy_the_Gun@lemmy.world avatar

Your title gets cut off for me, so:

While attempting to bag the snake, Budden was bitten on his left thumb but was successful in placing the captured snake in a bag. Extracting a promise from the truck driver that he would get the snake to someone who would transport it south to researchers, Budden was taken for medical treatment. Not having any antivenom for taipans, Budden was given tiger snake antivenom. Although that helped counter the coagulating effect of taipan venom, it did not overcome the second effect of the taipan venom which paralyses the nervous system. Though doctors were initially hopeful he would recover, he died the following afternoon.

thisisdee ,

Was curious whether the snake made it to the research facility and here’s a continuation:

Budden’s captured snake was sent alive to the Commonwealth Research Laboratories in Melbourne, where its venom was successfully milked by zoologist David Fleay, who was at that time the director of Healesville Sanctuary. Venom from the captured taipan was instrumental in researching and developing an antivenom, which became available in 1955, and saved the life of an 11-year-old Cairns boy before the year was over.

Graphy ,

I’m just here for someone to post the third continuation. Feel like if we have time after that then we should read The Hobbit one paragraph at a time or something.

Tommy_the_Gun , in TIL of Kevin Budden, who caught a deadly taipan by hand and hitchhiked to town still holding the snake. He lost his grip and was bitten, but bagged the snake and made the driver promise to get it t...
@Tommy_the_Gun@lemmy.world avatar

Your title gets cut off for me, so:

While attempting to bag the snake, Budden was bitten on his left thumb but was successful in placing the captured snake in a bag. Extracting a promise from the truck driver that he would get the snake to someone who would transport it south to researchers, Budden was taken for medical treatment. Not having any antivenom for taipans, Budden was given tiger snake antivenom. Although that helped counter the coagulating effect of taipan venom, it did not overcome the second effect of the taipan venom which paralyses the nervous system. Though doctors were initially hopeful he would recover, he died the following afternoon.

Guy_Fieris_Hair , in TIL scientists in a restricted zone, closed off to the public, discovered a plant grown out of the solidified lava. It was a tomato plant. Further research concluded it was from a tomato seed grown...

"The plant had to be eradicated with extreme prejudice " lol

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