Articles tagged with: esoterica
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This is mostly for Prescott. But I like the way it’s edited and shot, mixing in clips from the movies. Go The Atlantic.
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We’ll start with some important, unknown facts about hyenas.
Hyenas are not scavengers. They kill around 95% of what they eat. More than their Disney inspiring neighbors. Hyenas will eat anything (as long as it is, or used to be, alive). A researcher in the Masai Mara observed Hyenas who seemed to be grazing but it turned out they were licking live caterpillars off the grass. That is awesome.
Hyenas are completely matriarchal. Adult males eat last and are constantly ridiculed by the rest of the pack (even the juvenile males are …
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This article is amazing. I’m going to be wearing moccasins soon. Or flip flops in Brasil. Havaianas!
In a 1997 study, researchers Steven Robbins and Edward Waked at McGill University in Montreal found that the more padding a running shoe has, the more force the runner hits the ground with: In effect, we instinctively plant our feet harder to cancel out the shock absorption of the padding. (The study found the same thing holds true when gymnasts land on soft mats—they actually land harder.) We do this, …
