[Kool Keith Sweat]

so, I've got some interesting knowledge due to my training, and I imagine other people have unique knowldege due to their training either via jobs or school. Feel free to share it here!

To start, rivers generally try to maintain an equilibrium in space, so when a river "cuts down", it actually means the land surface is rising. Most rivers maintain an equilibrium in space (i.e. elevation), and try to maintain an average elevation. For instance, if a river on the coast empties into the sea, the detritus it carries into the sea will weigh the seabed by the river down and (because beds are flexible) the seabed will sink while the adjacent coat will rise, creating a "cutting down" of the river and landforms like terraces and knickpoints/waterfalls. When a river-end rises, the river will fill with detritus like sand, silt, and whatever people throw in it because the flow will slow down to a speed which only carries fine particles.

There's some knowledge, fill me with yours. I know there's lots of uni students on here. Tell us about facts we see everyday yet don't know about!

[Jackwc]

I wanted to share something entertaining, so I scrounged my brain for shit I learned about the mongols in my Asian History lectures when I wasn't cruising for Asian booty. Here goes.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS, OR, THE MOST RIDICULOUSLY BADASS CIVILIZATION THAT EVER ROAMED THE EARTH
BY JACKWC

1213
The Mongols, united for the first time in pretty much forever under Genghis Khan, a man whose birth name "Timujin" was Mongolian for fucking "Iron Man" (that's right, look it the fuck up), reach the Great Wall of China, the greatest defensive structure ever built. Setting the precedent for what will be the rest of their existence, they pass right through it.

1218
Afghanistan, a country that even the Soviets and the American Armed Forces couldn't tackle because of its gruelling landscape and penchant for dirty warfare, a country considered by most history lecturers to be historically un-take-able, is taken by the Mongols along with all of its neighbours in quite literally no time at all, completely annihilating the Persian Empire in the process.

1223
In 1717 Sweden invades Russia during the winter and fucking fails miserably and the resulting military failure puts an end to the Swedish Empire. In 1812 Napolean marches his grand army into Russia beginning in the Summer and does really well until winter comes and suddenly he fucking fails miserably and the resulting two front war puts an end to Napolean's French Empire. In 1941 Hitler breaks his non-agression pact with Russia and invades. During the winter. He fucking fails miserably. The resulting two front war puts an end to the Third Reich.

Carrying on their tradition of doing absolutely everything wrong yet somehow achieving great results, the Mongols invade Russia in the dead of winter and win. And unlike the Swedes, French or Germans, they didn't go into Russia through the warm side - they went in through East. Where it's colder.

UNDATED BUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THESE TWO EVENTS
The Mongols show that, like the Evangelicals, they TOO believe life begins at conception. Which is why they decide to tear unborn fetuses out of pregnant women's stomachs and crush them to death.

1236
The Mongols decide to go West, because typhoons in the China Sea keep them from continuing their carnage in THAT particular direction. So they march into Europe and end up taking on a legion lead by King Bela IV that ends up being the largest land army in European history and totally fucking dwarfs the Mongol hoard. The Mongols lose approximately 7,000 men (some of whom didn't actually die in battle, they just kinda "wandered off" out of typical Mongolian boredom).

The European forces suffered a loss of over half a million.

So the Hungarians just sort of huddle in their homes waiting to be slaughtered and raped and then the Mongols, despite just defeating one of the largest armies in history while being incredibly outnumbered, just kinda look around and go "this land is pretty shitty, actually, it's not even fit for our horses to graze on" and turn around and go home without a second thought, which should go on record as history's greatest mother fucking bitchslap.

1240
After sacking the city of Kiev (and by sacking I mean completely destroying, and by completely destroying I mean they actually completely levelled it to the point that you could've started calling it a field) the Mongols execute the local nobility by (no word of a lie) putting planks on top of them and eating their dinner on top of the princes while their collective weight crushed them to death. Then, to make sure that the ruins of the city aren't mistaken for a beautiful field, they salt the earth to make it into a wasteland.

1347
The Mongolians invent Biological warfare when they, juuuust for fun, catapult diseased decapitated heads into the trading city of Kaffa. It is rumoured that this is what starts the Black Plague, which, in the spirit of those who birthed it, goes on to kill two hundred million people.

1387
Some villagers in the city of Isfahan "rebel" (really more like "awkwardly complain") against the new taxes of their new Mongolian overlords. The Mongols kill all 200,000 people within the city, burn down the city, and then rebuild the city. And by rebuild the city, I mean they rebuilt it out of 200,000 decapitated heads.

During their worldwide conquest during this relatively short period, the Mongolians killed an estimated forty million people.

Memorable Genghis "Iron Man" Khan quotes:

"The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters."

“I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”
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[JMan]

I can give you a piece of unique knowledge (though I posted it once before.)

Natural Raspberry Flavor - Did you know beavers have two scent glands? One for stench (like a skunk), and one for the scent of raspberry. Big companies use this scent in their products and label it "natural" because it came from an animal. Beaver anus is natural raspberry flavor, and I see natural raspberry flavor EVERYWHERE. I stick with either things with raspberries as a listed ingredient or aritificial flavor.

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Amongst my friends I'm the guy who knows a lot about music.

Other than that: nothing.