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TIL in 1896 a rubber tire company built an eleven-foot tall, 1,500 pound tricycle, powered by eight men to advertise its products.
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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
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Riding Giant Mechanical Tricycles, 1896

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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The very definition of the word Monstrosity.

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bigmclargehuge lemmy.zip bigmclargehuge@lemmy.zip
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Simpler times

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safesyrup feddit.org safesyrup@feddit.org
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The very definition of the word Monstrosity.

Skookum, one could say

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antidote101 lemmy.world antidote101@lemmy.world
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The very definition of the word Monstrosity.

It's an 8 man menstrosity.

...it's a real menstrual cycle.

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village604 adultswim.fan village604@adultswim.fan
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Fun fact: due to the Vulkanization process, the rubber in tires is a single massive molecule.

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noma lemmy.dbzer0.com turboshadowcool@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Fun fact: due to the Vulkanization process, the rubber in tires is a single massive molecule.

Wow, that's an exceedingly fun fact!

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Someonelol lemmy.dbzer0.com Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Much like EVs, fat-tired HPVs have been around for way longer than most people would've expected.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
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It's an 8 man menstrosity. ...it's a real menstrual cycle.

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Atelopus-zeteki fedia.io Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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You're just upset that you didn't think of it first.

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Default Username lemmy.dbzer0.com defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Fun fact: due to the Vulkanization process, the rubber in tires is a single massive molecule.

I would like to subscribe to more fun facts.

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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I would like to subscribe to more fun facts.

Breathing and blinking are controlled by the autonomic nervous system, but now you're doing both manually.

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Default Username lemmy.dbzer0.com defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Breathing and blinking are controlled by the autonomic nervous system, but now you're doing both manually.

Joke's on you. That trick stopped working on me years ago. I learned how to manually automate my normally automatic bodilly fumctions.

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user1234 fedinsfw.app user1234@fedinsfw.app
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Michelin just wrote a guidebook to get people to travel more and use more tires. Probably a better strategy in the long run.

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pahlimur lemmy.world pahlimur@lemmy.world
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Fun fact: due to the Vulkanization process, the rubber in tires is a single massive molecule.

Thats wrong. The entire thing doesn't cross link. Vulcanization increases the polymer chain lengths until it crosses into being more of a solid. Polymers are like big balls of spaghetti and longer noodles make them more solid.

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village604 adultswim.fan village604@adultswim.fan
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Breathing and blinking are controlled by the autonomic nervous system, but now you're doing both manually.

You can always see the tip of your nose; your brain just ignores it.

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Trigger2_2000 sh.itjust.works Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-04
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Something like this: [Lot #1075

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pimento64 sopuli.xyz pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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Joke's on you. That trick stopped working on me years ago. I learned how to manually automate my normally automatic bodilly fumctions.

Does it help with the game too?

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wonderingwanderer sopuli.xyz wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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Fun fact: due to the Vulkanization process, the rubber in tires is a single massive molecule.

Now that's cool.

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Valmond lemmy.dbzer0.com Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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You can always see the tip of your nose; your brain just ignores it.

Except in the dark.

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Valmond lemmy.dbzer0.com Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Something like this: [Lot #1075 CUSTOM 7.5 FOOT TALL TRICYCLE](https://www.equipmentfacts.com/listing/auction-results/259650413/custom-7-dot-5-foot-tall-tricycle-other?AccountCRMID=8739555)

With a hand brake and all!

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Trigger2_2000 sh.itjust.works Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works
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With a hand brake and all!

Just noticed it has a Chevy bowtie on it too.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
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Michelin just wrote a guidebook to get people to travel more and use more tires. Probably a better strategy in the long run.

Hindsight is 20/20. For all they knew everyone would be riding around in huge tricycles... I see you point.

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