Pofski comments on What was your "I can't believe I have to explain this to an adult" moment?

[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That wood glue used to be made from horse bones and that, yes, the horse dies. Another I had to explain the correlation between 1 cube meter, 1000 liters and 1 ton.

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

And one calorie is the energy needed to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius. God I hate the Imperial system.

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

And that the calories listed on food are actually kilocalories.

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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

How different could bones between animals be that you can't make wood glue from other animals' bones?

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[–] Wiz@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

You can. It's made from bones and connecting tissue if animals.

There's also non-animal based proteins that can be gels and glues, for vegans.

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[+] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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