Comments by "king james488" (@kingjames4886) on "Fire of Learning" channel.

  1. "the 100 years war that was actually 4 wars over 116 years" "the 7 years war that actually lasted 9 year" what monkey named these wars?
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  2. well it floats... so it's probably some sort of burning fat or oil... probably with some sort of pitch or sticky tree resin added. seems like there's some sort of pre-heater in the system, so either it's too thick or has too high of a flashpoint in it's raw form. wonder if it's as simple as lard and pine sap :P
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  3. you also have to remember that something that may be the simplest scientific fact may have seemed like magic to an ancient person. for all we know the "secret" is as simple an an emulsifier to combine fat and water based sap... also I've never heard that it needed to be stored under pressure and honestly that seems unrealistic. really, most of the accounts of things like "burning on water" and "setting fire to whatever it touches" could be true for a simple oil fire... they'd probably think a disaster like an oil rig blowout was the wrath of the gods ffs lol.
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  4. dez nuts.
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  5. I find it somewhat hard to believe that no other acidic foods were eaten off pewter plates before a tomato... and I doubt it would leech enough lead for it to matter much.
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  6. I'd argue calling a callphone a portable phone isn't a new word... a lot of languages don't seem to have an actual word for it and just use their word for phone and for portable.
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  7. @Xaris Xeros i think you're misinformed...
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  8. @Xaris Xeros ok, you obviously have more to say about it than I do...
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  9. so... powerade isn't pure power juice?
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  10. the pepenut?
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  11. well I doubt they were in communication, but there have been trade networks spanning most of the world for a long time and the traders probably shared stories.
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