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[Baffler]

Geology, and how soap and (kind of) glass and pottery are made.

[Finn]

That bronze is copper and tin, and brass is copper and zinc.

[klefenz]

How do aquifers work. I live in a place without running water, every house has its own pump and we get our water from the aquifer, i always thought they were like flooded caverns, and wondered how they didn't collapse.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Geology and the realization that in a situation where my life is threatened, absolutely everything around me I can manipulate can be used as a weapon.

[PDF urist master]

eugenics is sometimes viable if a particular species is really pissing you off.

[dbay]

I was once asked on a first-year EOSC class what "reddish mineral is an ore of aluminum and has an extremely high melting point"

I never would have known it was Bauxite if not for DF. That point bumped me from a B+ to an A-.

[Raphite1]

I was once asked on a first-year EOSC class what "reddish mineral is an ore of aluminum and has an extremely high melting point"

I never would have known it was Bauxite if not for DF. That point bumped me from a B+ to an A-.

Definitely things like this. Knowing the names of ores of various common metals is a surprisingly obscure, specialized knowledge.

Also, being able to list several types of igneous intrustive rock off the top of my head, without having taken a single geology class in my life.

[locustgate]

What flux stone was and not to trust people in my family.....they may be vampires,especially my 2nd oldest cousin, 5 kids and counting.


EDIT: Also that chances are mormons are vampires.

[Keldane]

That male platypi have venomous spurs on their hind legs.

[Man of Paper]

Not to open the door for strangers.

[gtaguy]

Not to open the door for strangers.

Drinking helps you work better!

[Cruxador]

With all these people learning Geology from DF, Toady should really take a moment to make it a bit more accurate, one of these days.

[mastahcheese]

I learned what exactly sweetbread is. I didn't know that before.
Like others, I learned a bunch of geology stuff.
I learned more about metalworking.
I learned about a few animals that I didn't know about before.
I learned a bit about the finer, more vulnerable points of the human body.
I figured out how to mod raw files.

[Gnorm]

I learned that boogeymen do not hide under my bed, but rather roam freely outside. Thus, children should fear neither closet nor dark hallway, but rather open windows.

[mastahcheese]

I learned that boogeymen do not hide under my bed, but rather roam freely outside. Thus, children should fear neither closet nor dark hallway, but rather open windows.

This is actually a good thing to teach kids.