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Low Quality Facts

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A community dedicated to the lowest quality facts.

While the community is named after the mastodon account Low Quality Facts it is not required to post related to that account. As long as the post is low enough quality, it belongs in this community.

A low quality fact could be a few things:

Examples:

"Louis Armstrong stored jelly beans in his trumpet, which he would discreetly eat during his performances."

"If you took a persons digestive system and stretched it out end to end, it would hurt a lot."

"Whales are notoriously bad trumpet players."

Posts can be in whatever form best displays the low quality fact.

RULES

1: Be civil. No racism or any of that non-sense

2: Only low quality facts!

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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found the community where RFK Jr is getting all his hot health tips.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can hear this picture. His voice sounds like a shaky cigarette.

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The worms have trouble imitating human speech.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's in a good position though to pass pro-worm public health policy.

Every time I'm reminded about this, I can't help but think of the brain slugs from Futurama.

[–] spidertrolled@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

People with constant exposure to oxygen will die. Nobody has ever survived long term contact with it.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100% of humans that are exposed to dihydrogen monoxide die.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No wonder, it's an industrial solvent after all!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, that shit is super deadly when inhaled. 💀

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It sounds silly, but oxygen toxicity is actually a thing:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430743/

[–] kubica@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago

But I've heard that rust improves your memory by a lot.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This post actually has some truth to it. Oxygen is tightly regulated in the body, because hyperoxia is a thing.

And remember those free radicals people were so scared of eons ago? Those are (amongst other things) oxygen ions, and too many are bad for you.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

You should see what it does to your blood.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

We're all constantly on fire because of it, just slowly