this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
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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 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] NineMileTower 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MeatPilot 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The worms have trouble imitating human speech.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Aganim 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] over_clox 4 points 2 months ago

Yep, that shit is super deadly when inhaled. 💀

[–] Sterile_Technique 7 points 2 months ago

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

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You should see what it does to your blood.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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