Well, they took inspiration from Clement Clarke Moore’s (1922) “Twas the night before Christmas” and illustrations from Thomas Nast (1881) showing him in red with the sack over his shoulder. Certainly, Coca Cola has solidified the modern image with their ad campaign though starting in 1931. Src

Good on them. Can someone non-snarkily explain why this is good for them financially?

Doing a fresh Linux install on your partners laptop

Got me

Not even on the same continent. Hippos are in Africa and Tigers are in Asia. Pretty big desert in between

That’s why it never worked for me. I assumed CE was Clear Everything.

Thanks!

This is awful. But can we get a better news source on this?

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I concur

I’ve always heard from my biochemist buddies, you are what you eat plus 1 ‰ (per mil).

Most creatures are a tube. Food goes in one end and out the other… Well, not starfish

We all are… Well, unless you happen to be a starfish

He’ll call you tomorrow

If only we could change directions of that storm with a sharpie

Mass per volume is density, and I suspect the Trex and kangaroo are similar (~1000 kg/m^3) so yes they’d both bounce in that case. I think what you’re looking for is surface area to volume, which decreases rapidly as an object gets larger while maintaining geometry.

Today?

Texas?

Chris is still sailing his schooner around the Horn of Mexico

This is inconceivable