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conulyThe Wikipedia article on the motif of the star and crescent gave a lot more information than I'd expected, but I still don't know why it's so associated with Islam in the present day.
Speaking of symbols made literal, here is a snake saved from eating its own tail. I don't know anything about snakes, but this does look like a vet's office, so if the vet thinks that hand sanitizer is the way to go then it's probably the way to go. (Also, I strongly suspect most of the people in the comments talking about how hand sanitizer to make a snake not eat itself is animal abuse or that the fact that the snake did this is a clear sign of animal abuse don't actually know any more about snakes than I do. If they're right, it's not because they really know.)
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Caught on camera, capuchin monkeys kidnap howler monkey babies (From the article: "'We’ve all spent hours wracking our brains why they would do this,' said Goldsborough." Doesn't seem so strange to me, humans kidnap baby animals all the time)
Gone in seven seconds
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death'
‘Manu jumping’: The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool
Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he’s a foreign head of state?
3 Teens Almost Got Away With Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches
'We didn't see it as treason': The Russian couple who became informants for Ukraine
Behind Davos, Claims of a Toxic Workplace (Gosh, I'm just shocked)
US abandons police reform accords sought over deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
Trump administration fined this low-income migrant $1.8 million
Speaking of symbols made literal, here is a snake saved from eating its own tail. I don't know anything about snakes, but this does look like a vet's office, so if the vet thinks that hand sanitizer is the way to go then it's probably the way to go. (Also, I strongly suspect most of the people in the comments talking about how hand sanitizer to make a snake not eat itself is animal abuse or that the fact that the snake did this is a clear sign of animal abuse don't actually know any more about snakes than I do. If they're right, it's not because they really know.)
Caught on camera, capuchin monkeys kidnap howler monkey babies (From the article: "'We’ve all spent hours wracking our brains why they would do this,' said Goldsborough." Doesn't seem so strange to me, humans kidnap baby animals all the time)
Gone in seven seconds
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death'
‘Manu jumping’: The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool
Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he’s a foreign head of state?
3 Teens Almost Got Away With Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches
'We didn't see it as treason': The Russian couple who became informants for Ukraine
Behind Davos, Claims of a Toxic Workplace (Gosh, I'm just shocked)
US abandons police reform accords sought over deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
Trump administration fined this low-income migrant $1.8 million
