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    Walker has claimed she was in a romantic relationship with singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman in the mid-1990s: “It was delicious and lovely and wonderful and I totally enjoyed it and I was completely in love with her but it was not anybody’s business but ours.”[78] Chapman has not publicly commented on the existence of a relationship and maintains a strict separation between her private and public life.[79][80]

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      It’s because he’s wearing a double-breasted suit. Not really in fashion anymore.

      (Useless fact for you :))

      • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I like useless facts! :D

        Here’s another! The degree Celsius and degree Centigrade are technically two distinct temperature scales; the difference just only becomes noticeable at the resolution of thousandths!

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              Eggs have a protective layer of wax that protects them from bacteria. However, in the US, this layer is removed, which means eggs need to be refrigerated there, while in most other countries they can be kept at room temperature for long periods of time without spoiling.

              Wait, maybe this isn’t useless…

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                In ancient times, one of the timekeeping devices used in some places was the water clock, where a hole was put into the side of a water container, where the water dripped into another container, and the water level of the second container corresponded to certain times!

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                  Whales have their own form of language. Scientists have identified a number of patterns in whale calls that seem to suggest they have a similar system of communication to our own. Their calls have certain sequences called codas that seem to repeat reliably in their speech, and show similar properties to our human vowels.

                  These aren’t just instinct either, they must be learned, and so baby whales will start out only being able to make incoherent sounds, until eventually they are taught to use the same codas their parents do.

                  Not only that, but they are different for each pod, so two separate groups of whales can’t communicate with eachother because their languages are differerent.

                  Scientists are currently trying to decipher whale language with the help of AI language models.