#Fun facts

[crystalstorm]

Fun facts about

Leona Kingscholar

Let’s start with a few common ones,

He has a special talent of falling asleep within 3 seconds

His favourite food is meat, any kind of meat

Hates vegetables

Loves playing chess, often playing against himself

Loves reading from a young age

Exceptional flier on a broom

Very respectful towards women and a gentleman

Can’t stand constricting clothing

Doesn’t like to wear the hood of his ceremonial robes because it presses down on his ears and makes him uncomfortable

Nose is hypersensitive and can smell the presence of magic. (Magic has a smell??)

Now for more obscure ones,

He was 17 when he started at NRC then was held back a year when he was 19 as a third year due to poor attendance

He’s always thinking of ways to help the Sunset Savanna progress (economically, access to basic utilities) even in class

His views on how the Sunset Savanna should be run clashes with his family, which is partially the reason why he doesn’t like being around them as it always leads to disagreements.

Likes things that challenges him intellectually (strategy games, spelldrive, etc.)

He doesn’t play video or computer games, having at most poked at online chess when he’s bored.

His favourite candy is a spicy sweet from the Sunset Savanna

Has had a driver’s license before joining NRC and likes to drive in the open savanna to clear his mind and relax

Plays billiards very well

Used to cry as a child when Kifaji bests him at chess

Has insane amounts of stamina (take that how you will)

Good singer

Tutored Ruggie when he first started at NRC and gave Ruggie his old uniform to wear.

Can’t cook for the life of him because he’s too lazy to cook properly.

Doesn’t know how to use a microwave

Finds the feathers on his staff annoying but can’t take them off or he’ll get scolded.

Believes that if the Sunset Savanna won the Spelldrive World Championship, it would help boost tourism. But Farena believes it’s just a distraction for the masses.

Kinda implied but he’s a burnt out overachiever that has severe depression. He already learnt the entire academic syllabus even before he joined NRC from the best tutors his family can get.

Edit: Holy shit this is the first time I’ve made a post with so many notes. Highkey feeling like Idia rn lolol

[thecinephileperson]

fun fact in this scene Chris Evens had to wear a fake jaw because he had grown a beard for his next project. this is why he is not eating and always has his hand in front of his face.

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1337

Years before Martin Luther King Jr. Day was made a federal holiday on November 2, 1983, official Sesame Street calendars marked his birthday in on January 15.

Source:

Smollin, Michael J. The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar. Random House, 1976.

[relaxedstyles]

[marvin-facts]

marvin likes to say "news flash, buddy" in a deeply sarcastic manner.

[soupsysoup]

It's so complicated, I'm convinced that Gender doesn't actually exist

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

Monday Musings: The Ordovician Meteor Event

Hello and welcome to another Monday Musing. Today we are going to learn about the Ordovician Meteor Event which was a dramatic increase in the rate at which L chondrite meteorites fell to Earth about 467.5±0.28 million years ago. 

What the heck is an L chondrite meteorite? Glad you asked. Chondrites are stony meteorites that have not been modified by either melting or differentiation of the parent body. L chondrites are ordinary chondrites meaning they are some of the most common meteorites found on Earth (87% of meteorites are O chondrites). There are three types of ordinary chondrites: H, L, and LL. This comes from their iron metal content. H is high in iron, L is mostly iron silicates with some (less than 10%) iron and LL has almost no iron.

During the middle Ordovician, dozens of L chondrites hit about 30 degrees north of the equator...right where Laurentia and Baltica were. According to a 2019 study, this temporary increase in the impact rate could have been caused by the destruction of the L chondrite parent body that was 150 kilometers (93 mi) in diameter and orbited in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

A 2024 study found that all of 21 studied craters from this event were at the time within 30° of the equator. Impactors directly from the asteroid belt would be expected to produce a random distribution of craters, so this suggests that the event may have been caused by an asteroid that passed within Earth's Roche limit and broke up into a ring system, material from which then deorbited and formed the craters. Below is a demonstration of how that would work.

It was speculated at one point that this event contributed to the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (maybe even started it) but many also question that and say it was just a separate event altogether. It is also speculated that it contributed to the Hirnantian or End Ordovician Glaciation.

The breakup of the L-chondrite parent body caused a rain of extraterrestrial material onto the Earth and  increased stratospheric dust by 3 or 4 orders of magnitude and may have triggered the ice age by reflecting sunlight back into space.

A 2024 study suggests that rather than a complete breakup or outright impact, the L-chondrite parent body may have had a near-miss encounter with Earth, causing a part of it to break off from Earth's gravitational pull. This debris may have formed a planetary ring, and down-falling debris from the ring may have shaded Earth from the sun's rays and triggering significant cooling. Evidence for this comes from the fact that craters dating from the Ordovician meteor event appear to cluster in a distinctive band around the Earth instead of being randomly scattered, which may have come from debris falling to Earth from the ring. This ring may have lasted for nearly 40 million years.

Either way, there was some sort of meteor event during the middle Ordovician and it may or may not have had a big impact on life at the time. (Pun intended). Tune in tomorrow for a quiz on meteorites! Fossilize you later!

[kingoftieland]

Old Man Logan was the PERFECT INSPIRATION for the 2017 film! 🎥

[marlynnofmany]

I had to look it up and see if there is any explanation for how a log is Doing That, and there seem to be two theories:

#1: Tree fell in water via landslide, brought rocks clutched in its roots, floated upright because of the rocks' weight at first, then by the time the roots rotted away and the rocks fell, the lower part of the trunk was soaked through and the top bit was dried out by the sun, which was just enough to keep it floating that way forever. Plus the water's too cold for it to decompose properly.

#2: Wizard's staff.

NO WAY

[vikramsharma007]

[azhar456]

All the best people are crazy

[bloggyhollyva]

CLOVER!SANS N BLIGHT MEETING (REQUEST) ☘️🩵✨

* Blight meeting Clover!sans for the first time! (Request Art) ☘️🩵✨

* Blight doesn’t really like interacting with very hyper people but he has seen his far share of them and clover!sans is just another one of them which blight might start to like!

* Fun fact about blight: Blights Pin/charm on his hoodie doesn’t translate his words when he speaks when it’s around people it’s not comfortable with yet, basically so other monsters don’t think they earned blights trust the first day the meet him! Just for Blights safety and the other person talking/near to him!

Translation for blight: “Um… Hi..”

* Schedule post btw! ✨

[xvxblahhhxvx]

Atsushi Trivia From the Guidebooks

"What color would you compare yourself to?" "White, because my hair is white and it's also the furthest color from Akutagawa."

Man, I love this kid so much

[milk-545]

Пеппи Фейки(Under Tower)

Интересный факт: Пеппи Фейки должен был быть первым персонажем, которого можно было спросить.

У него уже есть арт концепты и просто зарисовки. А ещё должен был быть арт, где он контактирует с другими клонами =]

(ты можешь нарисовать его в одежде врача, или в свитере. Без разницы ^^)

So... I've been bored since this morning, so I want to draw your characters, but I don't know which ones. Can you suggest them in the comments or in messages... Please?👉👈 / Итак... Мне стало скучно с самого утра, поэтому хочу нарисовать ваших персонажей, но каких не знаю. Можете предложить в комментариях или в сообщениях... Пожалуйста?👉👈

I just really don't know, there are no questions, nothing to answer, so it's become boring :') / Просто я правда не знаю, вопросов нет, отвечать не на что, вот и скучно стало :')

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1336

Vicki used to watch The Muppet Show when she was a kid.

Source:

The Jim Henson Hour. Episode 105, "First Show." May 14, 1989.