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What was your "I can't believe I have to explain this to an adult" moment? (sopuli.xyz)
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[-] Pofski@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

That wood glue used to be made from horse bones and that, yes, the horse dies. Another I had to explain the correlation between 1 cube meter, 1000 liters and 1 ton.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

And one calorie is the energy needed to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius. God I hate the Imperial system.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

And that the calories listed on food are actually kilocalories.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

How different could bones between animals be that you can't make wood glue from other animals' bones?

[-] Wiz@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

You can. It's made from bones and connecting tissue if animals.

There's also non-animal based proteins that can be gels and glues, for vegans.

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