I already knew Tolkien was insane about languages. We all did. Well today I wanted to do a simple decoration for my Rohan MTG deck and it sent me down a fascinating rabbit hole. First of, what little is written in the language of Rohan (I will call Rohirric because I like it better) is […]
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A kid asked me the other day what tortoises were the closest relatives of the Sulcata Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata). I told him I did not know but that I would get back to him tomorrow. Well I looked into it and it was harder than a quick google search. They’re in testunidae of course, they
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Sorry I missed the last couple of days, I was held hostage by a cat sleeping on my lap when I was going to sit down to write. Here is an extra cool thing I learned. Apparently, how snakes drink is a very interesting bio-mechanical question that scientists don’t fully understand the answer to. Snakes
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Today I learned that you are not supposed to touch a Madagascar Day Gecko. This is because their skin is so fragile and delicate that even the slightest miscalculation in handling could cause their skin to rip and for chunks to fall off. Apparently this is not unique to the Madagascar Day Gecko as there
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