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    • skip0110@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1 month

      It’s no accident that lightning rods are tall

        • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1 month

          Did scientists learn that by watching giraffes?

            • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
              1 month

              Yes. That’s called bionics.

          • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1 month

            A good part of this may be due to the fact that people stay indoors during thunderstorms. Giraffes not so much.

              • moody@lemmings.worldEnglish
                1 month

                I’ve never seen a giraffe indoors

                  • skooma_king@piefed.socialEnglish
                    1 month

                    I’ve never seen a giraffe during a thunderstorm either

                      • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                        1 month

                        🎶 Where do they come from?
                        🎶 Where do they go?
                        🎶 Where are the 'raffes?
                        🎶 We might never know…

                          • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                            1 month

                            Long-necked Joe.

                        • ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.ukEnglish
                          1 month

                          I have, zoos usually have shelter for the animals to go in at night or as they please

                      • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                        1 month

                        So if you know at least 30 people and none of them have ever been struck by lightning, that means you’re a giraffe.

                          • funkajunk 🇨🇦@lemmy.worldEnglish
                            1 month

                            The numbers don’t lie

                              • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
                                1 month

                                They do, though. The probability of humans getting struck by lightning is 0.000083%, or 1 in 1.2 million . 30x that is 0.0025%, or 1 in 40,000.

                                  • funkajunk 🇨🇦@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                    1 month

                                    Sir, this is a Wendy’s

                                    • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
                                      1 month

                                      Get outta here with your MATHS AND LOGIC! Take it to [email protected] 😄

                                • Tudsamfa@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                  1 month

                                  Meanwhile, many millions of years ago:

                                    • bluesheep@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                      1 month

                                      Nature is truly amazing

                                    • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
                                      1 month

                                      Probably because they spend so much time playing golf

                                        • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                          1 month

                                          30x as much golf even.

                                        • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                          1 month

                                          It’s probably because they don’t wait after eating before they go in the pool.

                                            • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
                                              1 month

                                              Oh, your not meant to go in the pool. Go to the bathroom before swimming.

                                                • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                  1 month

                                                  Do giraffes prefer to shit in the water? I feel like they could walk out and tail whip it for a all natural bidet

                                                    • 18107@aussie.zoneEnglish
                                                      1 month

                                                      No, that’s hippos.

                                                • Perspectivist@feddit.ukEnglish
                                                  1 month

                                                  Human living outdoors on a field 24/7 would also be much more likely to get hit by a lightning.

                                                  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
                                                    1 month

                                                    This is a special kind of fact. It’s pretty obvious, but most of us have never considered it before.

                                                    • anon_8675309@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                      1 month

                                                      Sounds like a problem for evolution.

                                                        • yermaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                          1 month

                                                        • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
                                                          1 month

                                                          it’s because they’re 30 times as tall

                                                            • anon_8675309@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                              1 month

                                                              TIL that I am 6 inches tall.

                                                                • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
                                                                  1 month

                                                                  i’m sorry you had to find out this way

                                                              • someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                1 month

                                                                BBQ for lions.

                                                                • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                                  1 month

                                                                  This makes me happy

                                                                    • Kabaka@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                                                                      1 month

                                                                      Wow, what do you have against giraffes?

                                                                        • Visstix@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                          1 month

                                                                          Stupid longneck horses

                                                                            • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                                                                              1 month

                                                                              green alligators and long neck horses

                                                                        • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlEnglish
                                                                          1 month

                                                                          Now I want to see a charred giraffe

                                                                          • modus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                            1 month

                                                                            Who is tallying up all these giraffe deaths?

                                                                            • DrDickHandler@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                              1 month

                                                                              Removed by mod

                                                                                • MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                                  1 month

                                                                                  Please elaborate.

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