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[โ€“] trouser_mouse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I am quite old and responsible when I'm not here?

[โ€“] Chadus_Maximus@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Every possible Rubik's cube permutation can be solved in 20 moves.

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[โ€“] Doomladen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The first fax machine was invented years before the first telephone.

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[โ€“] unhook2048@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My last one was a bit confusing. Here's one

the word Helicopter is not as you'd think. Heli-copter.

The word is Helico, to mean spinning

and pter, as in feather, like pterodactyl

so the pronounciation is helico-ter.

P.S. I'm so sorry.

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