Carthag Tuek posted:

bertolt rekt posted:

The batman (or bateman) was first recorded in English in 1599, in Babylon (probably modern Baghdad), where it was said to be equal to "7 pound and 5 ounces English weight".[1] In the central Ottoman system of weights, the batman was equal to six okas, as is attested in 1811 in Aleppo,[8] 1821 in Baghdad[9] and in 1850 in Constantinople.[1] At this point, the batman was equal to 16 lb 8 oz avoirdupois (7.484 kg).[9]

Tunicate posted:

This estimator is provably optimal for any duplicate insensitive approximate distinct counting sketch on a single stream.

Carthag Tuek posted:

Men typically find female breasts attractive[7] and this holds true for a variety of cultures.[8][9][10]

Lutha Mahtin posted:

This article is about the cotton fabric. For the Italian stationery brand, see Moleskine. For the actual skin of moles, see Mole (animal) § Pelts.

Grum posted:

University Physics, informally known as the Sears & Zemansky, is the name of a two-volume physics textbook written by Hugh Young and Roger Freedman.

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"Whoever after me becomes king resettles Hattusas, let the Stormgod of the Sky strike him!"[3]

Midjack posted:

The name of the city is most probably derived from a hydronym.

Kazinsal posted:

smells like ChatGPT

Sagebrush posted:

(sitting on the front stoop as people walk by) "boy, it sure is dark in my house. reeeeaal dark. no lights on at all."

there is a website you can check to see if the san francisco eruv is up in real-time. i'm sure all other large orthodox communities have the same.

of course, the eruv is just a convenience, not a barrier. you can pass through it on shabbos. you just can't carry any objects across the line, as carrying objects between public and private domains is considered work. "objects" doesn't include your clothing, but it does include pretty much anything else, including your house keys. so what if you have to leave the eruv on shabbos (or are an observant jew but don't live in a place with an eruv) and you haven't got anyone staying home to watch the house??

why, just get yourself a key belt! you hook the key(s) into the open links, making the keys an integral part of the belt and the whole construction an article of clothing. no longer are you carrying any objects -- you're just wearing a belt. good to go!

ultrafilter posted:

And there's no reason why a neighborhood can't be a significant chunk of Manhattan.

e: Products that are kosher only without a heksher is the all-time classic.

ColTim posted:

The boy screams, hits the computer screen repeatedly and breaks the monitor, urinates in his pants, runs to the person filming him and starts crying. Since the upload, the video has been viewed over 25 million times.[26]

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In 2004, K-fee (Kaffee), a German caffeinated energy drink company, released nine television advertisements that feature peaceful footage, such as a car driving through a green valley, or two people at a beach. A zombie or gargoyle then pops up on the screen, along with a loud, high-pitched scream, potentially scaring the viewer. At the end of each advertisement, the slogan, "So wach warst du noch nie", which translates into English as, "You've never been so awake", appears on the screen, simulating the effect the energy drink will have on its consumers.

Jabberlock posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Case

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"Pisanus Fraxi" is described by Ashbee's biographer David Chambers as "a scatological anagram of the Latin words for ash and bee, fraxinus apis".[33]

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Logician and philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein used an example of a rhinoceros in the room either to show the impossibility of disproving negative existential statements, or possibly a more subtle philosophical point.[18]

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Characteristics

Pulcinella embodies the Neapolitan plebians, the simplest man who occupies the bottom place on the social scale, the man who, although aware of his problems, always manages to come out of them with a smile. On that basis, many writers have come to refer to Pulcinella, in retrospect, as a model ENFP of sorts (based on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator 16 personality test).[citation needed]

Carbon dioxide posted:

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The origin of the Kaifeng Jews and the date of their arrival is one of the most intensely debated topics in the field of Chinese-Jewish relations.[b]

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According to Job 28:25, the Holy Spirit rested upon the Prophets in varying degrees, some prophesying to the extent of one book only, and others filling two books.[21] Nor did it rest upon them continually, but only for a time. The stages of development, the highest of which is the Holy Spirit, are as follows: zeal, integrity, purity,