Looking through my photos I found this curiosity from a couple of years ago:



Looks like a large bumble bee with proboscis extended, but the wings are held out from the body when resting and there is only one pair, i.e. diptera, so a fly, not a be...

Gordief posted a link to a youtube which I (a jackass) think could answer the Earth/raindrop question
Vector spaces and their duals It would be hard to overestimate t...

Come one come all, hey you! Stop jerking off, that's not what I meant, this isn't the big penis thread, wrap that around your leg or something. Anyway, bring you masterpieces or you apprenticepieces or you notevenqualifiedfortoiletpaperpieces and share with the world. Err, the world of Sciforums anyway. I'll start off.

Untitled(no that's not a clever title, it just does...

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I heard this one today.

Sverdrup

The Gulf Stream carries about 31 Sverdrups of water per second into the North Atlan...

i am:
virginia moon- foo fighters (ft. nora jones)