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[normalhumanblogger]

thinking about how my peers are so far ahead dating wise that i'll never catch up and how no one approaches me first but i dont know how to approach any one else and how you are supposed to learnthis in highschool/your early twenties but i missed it and ill never catch up and crying sooo hard 😍

[patcegan]

Failure

Failure is a great professorshowing us what will not workguiding us to discover new solutionsyet we complain when troublecomes our wayrather than embracing itto ponder and learnthis very day.***** Proverbs 24:16 For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Psalm 73:26 ESV /…

[ilearnedthistoday]

When did we start using tarmac (asphalt) on roads?

When did we start using tarmac (asphalt) on roads?

I learned this today. Tarmac (asphalt) only really became popular once the motorcar was invented. Once you know that, it seems obvious, but it never really occurred to me. “Macadam” was invented by John Loudon McAdam, a Scottish engineer, in 1820. He used a base of large stones with crushed stones bound with gravel on top. The road was then compacted to make it firm. He called this type of road…

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What was the last Apollo mission?

What was the last Apollo mission? The last Apollo mission was Apollo 17.

The Apollo program stretched from 1967 until 1972. There was supposed to be an Apollo 18, 19, and 20 but they were all cancelled. The booster for Apollo 20 was repurposed to launch Skylab, America’s first space station into orbit. The decision to cancel the last few missions was taken in 1970, after congress cut NASA’s budget. There is some evidence that after the Apollo 13 catastrophe and rescue, President Nixon wanted to cancel Apollo 17 as well.

The Apollo space program took over after the Gemini and Mercury programs which had worked to build rockets capable of orbit and putting people in orbit. The first Apollo mission, Apollo 1, was meant to launch in 1967, but it unfortunately never flew because a fire in the cabin tragically killed the crew. The next Apollo rocket to fly was number 4 and that, followed by 5 and 6 were all unmanned and were used to test out different systems. Apollo 7 was crewed and orbited the Earth. Apollo 8 orbited the moon. Apollo 9 orbited the moon and tested out life support systems. Apollo 10 sent a Landing Module down within 15 km of the moon’s surface as a test and flew home. That must have been hard for them not to go the last little bit. Apollo 11, as I’m sure you are aware, landed on the moon. Apollo landed on the moon. Apollo 13 had several problems and didn’t get to land on the moon. The Apollos 14, 15, 16, and 17 all successfully landed on the moon and returned. Apollo 17 was the last one and Gene Cernan was the 11th and last person to walk on the moon. So far.

So, why was Apollo 17 the last mission to the moon? The main reason was money. NASA was started in 1958, when President Eisenhower signed it into being. After World War 2 and the Korean War, the Department of Defense had become very interested in upper atmosphere rockets and they wanted to launch orbital satellites. High speed planes were being built that could fly at the edge of space. Russia had launched sputnik in 1957, and America felt that it was getting left behind. Every time America made a technological advance, they found that the Russians had already beaten them to it. Later on, they would find out that the Russian space program was basically held together with chewing gum, but they didn’t know that at the time and there was a desperate feeling of losing to Russia. JFK tapped into this when he became President and used it in his famous, “We choose to go to the moon … because [it] is hard,” speech. And NASA was basically given a blank check.

From the beginning of the Apollo project until the end, NASA spent $28 billion, which is $280 billion when adjusted for inflation. This seemed like a good deal while America was trying to beat Russia, but once the race was won, people couldn’t see the need to keep spending so much money. There were so many other things the money could be spent on. The late 1960s were much harder for people than the early 1960s. The growth after the end of World War 2 had started to slow. Inflation was beginning to rise, and the dollar wasn’t as strong as it had been. The Vietnam War was picking up and social problems in America were coming to the fore. Getting people on the moon was no longer a priority.

People had lost interest in the space program as well. It had been a source of national pride during the space race, but now that was over, people weren’t interested. Space flights and moon walks were not broadcast on TV, and without public opinion behind them, NASA couldn’t get funding. And without funding, there was no way to get more people on the moon.

The goals of space flight changed as well. The purpose of all 6 of the Apollo missions that landed on the moon was experimentation and geology. They wanted to know all they could about the moon. To that end, the crew of Apollo 17 were scientists and geologists. By Apollo 17, NASA realized they had learned everything they needed to learn from the surface of the moon and experiments in space could be carried out from far cheaper space stations in orbit around the Earth.

When Congress cut NASA’s funding in 1970, they had to make choices. They could continue with the moon landing planned for Apollo 18, or they could use the money for several other projects that would have more value. They obviously chose the other projects and Apollo 18 was abandoned. After Apollo 11, though, all future trips to the moon were basically doomed because they cost too much, and people weren’t interested once the race with Russia had been won. And this is what I learned today.

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[thereturnofthedirtyblog]

What is a young 20+ year old to a 40+ year old?

YOU'RE JUST NOT A PRIORITY TO HIM.

You are not a priority in his life.

When we think about a side chick, we often associate it with another woman, but that's not always the case. His main chick could be his friends, work, school or a combination of them all.

I've been a side chick, I've had a side dude and I've dated men who have had side chicks. It all comes down to priorities.

If you are looking for a serious relationship, then you need to realize your worth. If you are simply an option to him and not a priority, then you just might be a side chick.

[afrikas-blessing]

Parents in general.. but specifically Black parents, have got to STOP referring to their children as their property!!! Your children DO NOT belong to you!! They DO NOT have to do what you say simply because they wouldn’t have life without you. PERIOD!!! That’s terrible fucking parenting. The dumbest shit I have ever heard. You are hindering that child by allowing them to believe that bullshit.

[chaplaincate]

Do you know God loves you with an everlasting love? and the things you struggle with are important to Him? #MakeTime to get in His face (presence). Learn to praise Him regardless of your situation. That’s when the fountains of the deep (God’s presence, power, love and life) will come in and fill your lamp (heart) with His eternal oil (joy) capable of lighting the darkest path. Drink and be refreshed. Walk in your season of change. When you know you’re doing the right thing, don’t worry or fear what others say, think, or feel. This is your journey. #LearnThis… “People will not always celebrate you or celebrate with you.” Sometimes you have to celebrate yourself. You’re never alone. Remember, you and God are a majority. What matters is that He knows where you’re going. So… #ChinUp! #ListenForHisVoice. #FollowHisLead. #KeepTheFaith. #GodsGotThis and you. #ItsAllGood. Chaplain Cate. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBlE-P7AUivlRx3xlF8iPyTGCcVot_4f_STOxw0/?igshid=1cecf0dtm834g

[milestoneacademy]

#LEARNTHIS 📈📉National Richter Scale Day is observed annually on April 26th. This day honors the birth of the Richter Scale inventor, Charles F. Richter #MileStoneAcademy https://www.instagram.com/milestone.academy/p/BxBc_qflwlP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qv4qig8te4bo

[lavoiedelhomme]

Learn to work harder on yourself than on your job. #learnthis (at Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/BugqgCSA9UM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w6xui2qhsyxs

[ilearnedthistoday]

How do LED lights show different colors?

How do LED lights show different colors?

I learned this today. The first LED light was red, and white LED lights were the last to be made. LED lights don’t change color because of the different colors of their cases (which is what I always thought). LEDs use a semiconductor that has positively charged atoms in it. These positively charged atoms have a space where there is no electron, called an electron-hole. When a current is passed…

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Why does the house always win in a casino?

Why does the house always win in a casino? The house always wins because of the odds they give, the way casinos are set up, and because of psychology.

Why is a casino called the house? It’s because the word “casino” comes from the Latin, through Italian, word “casa”, which means “house”. “Casino” means “small house”. Gambling tended to take place in small houses, hence the name. There was also dancing and music in these small houses. The church stepped in and gambling was made illegal. You can’t suppress something like gambling, though, casinos began to spread across Europe. They became more popular and the British are credited with taking the idea of casinos to their colonies. Gambling took hold in America, but the first casino wasn’t opened until the early 1800s. So, a casino is called “the house” because the word literally means “small house”.

So, why does the house always win? The main reason is because of something called the house edge. Let’s make something clear though, the house always wins doesn’t mean that you cannot win games in a casino. You obviously can. People win a lot of money in casinos. However, people also lose a lot of money in casinos. The casinos are set up so that they make small profits off each of their games, all the time, and over a long period of time the house will make a profit. If this wasn’t true and the house didn’t always win, there wouldn’t be any casinos.

Let’s look at roulette. European and American roulette wheels are slightly different, so let’s look at the American one. There are 38 numbers and you can bet on:0, 00, and 1 to 36. However, if your number comes up, you are only paid 35:1. That means if you put $1 down, you get $35 back. If you put a dollar on every number, you spend $38 but you get $35 back. Betting on red or black appears to pay out 1:1, and it does, but you have to take the 0 and 00 into account. They are green, so the table won’t land on red or black 50% of the time. Now, someone might bet $100 on number 5, win $3500 and walk away. They might wonder how the casino can make money if they just won that much. The casino makes money because the house edge for roulette is 5.26%. One person might walk away with $3500, but for every $100 played on that table, the house will keep $5.26. That doesn’t sound like a lot, but the tables run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The MGM Grand, a famous Las Vegas casino, made $6.475 billion in 2022. The house edge for all of the games a different, but the house has an edge on every game. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t let people play it.

Each game makes a small amount of money, so the casinos need people to play for as long as possible. They don’t want someone to win and walk away. If someone plays roulette for four hours and plays $250 an hour, they may win some and lose some, but at the end of four hours, they will have lost an average of 5.26%, which is about $50. If they play for 8 hours, they will have lost $100, and so on. To make people play for as long as possible, casinos give out free drinks and free food. They don’t want people leaving the casino to eat and a drunk player loses more than a sober player. They have shows to keep people in the casino. They have no windows or clocks, so players can’t tell the passage of time. They keep the air temperature slightly low to keep people from getting sleepy and wanting to give up. The longer you are in the casino, the more the house edge will work against you.

Our own personal psychology works against us in casinos to help the house win. The first thing they do is change our money to chips or digital credits. It is much easier to bet and to bet more when you don’t think you are playing with real money. Think about buying something with a credit card or buying it with cash. The same works in a casino. We also have the gambler’s fallacy to contend with. We attribute meaning to random chance. There is also a psychological trait called “loss aversion”. People who are winning feel that they can win more, but they are more likely to stop than someone who is losing. If we start to lose money, we feel driven to recover the money we have lost and to not walk away while we are down. The longer a casino can keep people gambling, the more money they will win. Never forget the law of large numbers. Millions of people go to casinos. If one person wins big, another person loses big, but everybody loses a little bit all the time to the house. And this is what I learned today.

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[yesimmortalspiritblog]

Let Silence Be Your Guidance - To behold through spiritual vision is to be willing to be spiritually awakened. Let the poetry of truth within be reborn and let true wisdom and understanding flourish in your memory. For what you already know is there. It’s just dormant while you worship what the world offers.🕊💞💞💞🕊 - Soon to be published - King of Innocence and Peace, The Guiltlessness In You, A Poetic Truth.

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[otheunstoppable]

Question your fears instead... * ... from @iam.loveandlight - Don’t waste opportunities/blessings because you’re too busy questioning them! #Learnthis 🙏 -- https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPojNVFwU6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9dg8dgrglm5b