The quark flavors were given their names for several reasons. The up and down quarks are named after the up and down components of isospin, which they carry.[60] Strange quarks were given their name because they were discovered to be components of the strange particles discovered in cosmic rays years before the quark model was proposed; these particles were deemed “strange” because they had unusually long lifetimes.[61] Glashow, who co-proposed the charm quark with Bjorken, is quoted as saying, “We called our construct the ‘charmed quark’, for we were fascinated and pleased by the symmetry it brought to the subnuclear world.”[62] The names “top” and “bottom”, coined by Harari, were chosen because they are “logical partners for up and down quarks”.[41][42][61] Alternative names for top and bottom quarks are “truth” and “beauty”,[nb 4] but these names have somewhat fallen out of use.[66] While “truth” never did catch on, accelerator complexes devoted to massive production of bottom quarks are sometimes called “beauty factories”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark

Yep, quarks are spin-1/2 particles. They also have electric charge and color charge (strong nuclear force).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark

Sharks also predate basically all big recognizable surface geology features on earth. They’re way older than the Grand Canyon or the Himalayas. It kind of makes sense once you realize they date back to the Pangea supercontinent.

Also, biologically modern humans are much older than Niagara Falls.

Ah okay, I get it now. You explained that perfectly, thanks! That’s a good weird geography fact.

I don’t understand the clock one.

The shark fact is impressive though. I like to tell folks that the galaxy is so big that the solar system hasn’t even made 1/4 of an orbit since the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. Might add some perspective.

Nitpick: there are many species of shark so maybe you meant taxonomic genus or family.

If you’re not familiar with the flavors of quarks, they probably seem fake.

• Up
• Down
• Top
• Bottom
• Charm
• Strange

Of course they all have antimatter counterparts. But anti-up is not the same as a down quark, anti-top is not the same as a bottom quark, etc.

Pretty sure Google can afford to handle… checks math… All of them.

Should be called Middle-Out? That was the algorithm IIRC. Pied Piper was the name of the startup.

Either way, funny shit.

I don’t think it’s cosplay. Look at those eyes. She’s some kind of insect hybrid. Probably gonna lay 1000 eggs.

This one always makes me giggle.

Right, but the crosspost feature takes care of this by linking directly to the source.

But we missed that opportunity, because Coca-Cola decided it was better for their pocketbooks to A) run a long-term propaganda campaign on plastic recycling (which barely works at all) to convince us that plastic bottles are fine and normal, and B) buy out the politicians who would support any kind of tax.

Hehe, well since you have good taste I’ll forgive you if you falsely raised my hopes.

Is your username a Black Books reference?

Good, good. Next, tell me there will be a 3.5mm headphone jack, swappable SD card, and user-replaceable battery and we’ll be golden.

Big Lots went out of business 😞