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TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins (www.smithsonianmag.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/til@lemmy.ca
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You read the same article I did, so I'm also a little fuzzy on the exact details other than attaching fishing lines to tendons and possibly tightening them with guitar tuners. I'm not sure how they launched an attack.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Gauges measured stress on the metacarpals during punches and slaps on padded-dumbbell targets created with a pendulum-like device.

    I take "a pendulum-like device" to mean they suspended either the arms or the targets and swung them to a collision.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Fucking dangling modifiers. I thought they were saying that they manufactured targets using a pendulum-like device. I kept reading that statement thinking it was such an oddly specific detail to vaguely reference. But using a pendulum to ensure consistent force and accuracy makes sense.

    Although, for my money, I'd rather strap a dead hand to a rocket-powered sled.

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