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With how things are going around the world, I'm decently sure everyone's competing to be the worst

Haha sorry if it came off weird, I just like nerding on science

Venus fly traps evolved in this specific manner as a result of their environment. They are native to nutrient deficient bogs. They can still perform photosynthesis to create sugars, but that's just one of many things they need. Cellular activities require things like nitrogen, phosphorus, and some trace elements which are not present in the soil they live in. Venus fly traps get around this by digesting insects for these nutrients. Otherwise, they wouldn't have the nutrients to sustain cell growth and maintenance.

The fact that they evolved like this also means that they aren't evolved to live in nutrient rich soil. All venus fly traps guide say to not put them in regular soil for good reason. Plants don't understand overnutrition, which means that their roots try to take whatever they can. Excessive nutrients usually end up causing death as the chemical imbalance messes up with cellular activities. Venus fly traps are just much more sensitive to this than other plants.

The fake leak about pausing tariffs earlier the past few days was the test to see how much money can be moved with one announcement

Not market manipulation, he tweeted in the morning that it's a good time to buy, we should've just trusted the orange man /s

Brine can be from industrial waste

Technically, brine just means a high concentration of salt in a fluid. It doesn't necessarily have to be sodium chloride like we know, it can be other salts, like calcium chloride. Though the most common case for industrial brine is just desalination plants, other industries can still create brine, like mining/oil drilling. It also depends on how it's released. Large amounts dumped at once is the reason for manmade brine pools.

Maybe

I get mild frostbite super fast though because my circulation to my fingers are nonexistent

I also unfortunately live in the lands of cars, in the part of the washington where theres no real bike lane and I have to share the road with cars

I dont know about afford, surely there's some idiot who took out a loan for this

Unfortunately I live where its cold and raining 99% of the time. They are trying to build a line from where i live to where I work though so it might be bearable to bike the distance to the station in the rain

Solid post, froge approved.

There are lakes in the ocean called brine lakes/pools. Brine is essentially concentrated saltwater; its high salinity means it's denser than water. On rare occasions, brine doesn't mix enough with the existing saltwater around it, sinking to the bottom of the ocean and forming these lakes. The lake itself is usually devoid of life; brine itself is so salty that animals go into toxic shock if exposed for too long. However, the edges usually are full of life, where usually things like mussels and other extremophile organisms thrive.

Side note, subnautica's lost river is based off of this. No big leviathans in real life though, at least none observed yet...

Video for fun: https://youtu.be/ZwuVpNYrKPY

Gotta look at the right places and be patient

I went to an estate sale and got a bunch of freebies

I also picked up folding mattresses for 10 usd when a new one is 60 ish

My pc is a secondhand for about 600 or so when the parts itself are 1.2k new

Buying secondhand is not the same as just walking into a store and finding what you need at a fixed price.

Sure it's harder especially for certain things (mostly hobbyist stuff and fashion) but TVs are not hard to find for a reasonable price.