i learned that ancient civilizations developed iron tools well before the Iron Age by finding meteorites made of iron and nickel that didn’t require smelting (x)
Today's fact of the day is inspired by some advanced studying I was doing on genetics :)
Fact of the day:
Octopuses can edit their own genes!
Cephalopods like squids, cuttlefish, and octopuses are incredibly intelligent and wily creatures—so much so that they can rewrite the genetic information in their neurons. Instead of one gene coding for one protein, which is normally the case, a process called recoding lets one octopus gene produce multiple proteins.
“Don’t have an abortion! Just give the baby up for adoption if you don’t want it”
First of all, unless you have an adoption lined up, you are not giving that child up for adoption, let’s not sugarcoat it. You are giving that child to the foster system with less than a 40% chance of being adopted before the age of five, if they are even adopted at all.
Second of all, pregnancy in the United States has a higher death rate than Covid. Also in the United States, 25% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. That does not take into account miscarriages before 4 weeks (over a 50% chance of miscarriage) and after 20 weeks (no longer counts as a miscarriage medically speaking). The majority of pregnancies end in miscarriage.
Lastly, no matter what your opinion is, everyone has the right to choose what they do with their body. To force someone to give up their own body in order to give life to a child is unconstitutional. That’s not an opinion, that’s based on the fact that bodily autonomy is a constitutional right, given even to corpses. You cannot legally use someone’s body even to save someone’s life, that is why organs must be donated before they can be used to save lives. If you think women have less rights than corpses, that is your own problem. Stop overturning laws based on the constitutional rights of our country because of your own misogynistic opinions.
Facts over feelings, and a personal ‘fuck you’ to anyone who can’t accept that.
Do you ever get EXCITED anymore? I feel like it's rare to actually get the feeling like thing are going great and there's a future ahead. I know it sounds depressing but pretty sure we can all relate. AnyWHO! I am VERY excited for Wednesday's upcoming auction items and you should be too. Interested in shopping for your loved ones early? Check out our catalog now!
"Friend means love, it means a soft kind of love that you can't get from a sexual standpoint.. it is a softness of heart that only a friend can give. They don't have any interest in you besides loving or liking your character, and that means a lot.. there aren't a lot of true friends in this world, so cherish the ones you have."
Friends are amazing!! It's sad that everyone can't be my friend - eUë
Many people consider India a realm of mystery and wonder. The country offers everything: a diverse cultural heritage, hundreds of regional dialects, and fascinating sites. These characteristics attract a large number of tourists to India. Despite the fact that it has so much to offer, humanity has yet to fully appreciate its beauty and secrets.
All my past relationships have taught me to never date a guy who has a female best friend and to never get in the relationship unless their words match their actions..
Y'all! I found some really cool info about a tortoise, and thought my fellow Tumblr users are going to find it as fascinating as I did :)
Fact of the day:
The oldest-known living land animal is a tortoise named Jonathan, who is currently 190 years old. He was born in 1832 and has lived on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean since 1882. Jonathan is a Seychelles giant tortoise, a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise!