Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoFun fact of the day: Avocados, pineapples, and tomatoes are berries, but strawberry, raspberries, and blackberries are compound fruit (not berries)message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareFun fact of the day: Avocados, pineapples, and tomatoes are berries, but strawberry, raspberries, and blackberries are compound fruit (not berries)Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareredtealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoYesterday, I learn we’re all fish. Today this. When will the horror end??
minus-squarePosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoAbout 8% of the human genome is comprised of human endogenous retroviruses.
minus-squarethe_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI kinda love that we’ve all got (slightly) more bacteria cells than human cells in our bodies: Thoroughly revised estimates show that the typical adult human body consists of about 30 trillion human cells and about 38 trillion bacteria. It makes me feel like a mech for bacteria!
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoTbf the bacteria cells are much smaller, by volume and by mass you’re definitely mostly you cells
Yesterday, I learn we’re all fish. Today this. When will the horror end??
About 8% of the human genome is comprised of human endogenous retroviruses.
I kinda love that we’ve all got (slightly) more bacteria cells than human cells in our bodies:
It makes me feel like a mech for bacteria!
Tbf the bacteria cells are much smaller, by volume and by mass you’re definitely mostly you cells