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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] 79 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (18 children)

Next he'll be forcing us all to drink dihydrogen monoxide, a chemical that's known to be fatal to humans under certain conditions!

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    They literally use that shit to power steam engines! Now imagine what it does to your insides. Nasty, nasty stuff.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    I'm sorry but as a technicality none of the power used in a steam engine is derived from the dihydrogen monoxide. The chemical compound is used as a medium to turn thermal energy into kinetic energy. The thermal energy, likewise, is usually obtained from another source such as chemical, nuclear, or photovoltaic.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Good luck running your steam engine without it!

    Also:

    tidal

    Pretty sure there aren't moon-powered trains, bro, but nice try.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Good luck running your steam engine without it!

    Its actually pretty common practice when restoring a steam engine to run it on compressed air to test it's a ability to hold the amount of pressure it needs to. Much less of a catastrophic failure if compressed air leaks out without warning than 400° steam

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    A steam engine can also be used to generate power, or to operate mechanical indistrial equipment like rock crushers or pumps, as a stationary device, but in hindsight the tidal power probably never gets that hot. The engine for moving trains could also be powered by electricity from wind or tidal, though I don't think there are any practical examples.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Every single person in my family tree, born prior to 1920, have two things in common... They are ALL dead and they ALL drank dihydrogen monoxide regularly!

    This has got to stop!

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