If I know my dopers well, there’s at least one more person who finds this info useful. 
Someone should tell him. 
…when it murdered a cast member. I had no idea there was still one called Carousel of Progress. The one in Anaheim just changed out the automatons with cute animals and called it America Sings. They changed the robots but they didn’t remove the killer ride!!,
According to Wikipedia, the building has changed a couple times since then. It was America Sings from 1974 to 1988, storage and office space for 10 years, Innoventions from 1998 to 2015, and has been the Star Wars Launch Bay since then.
I just looked this up. The death actually happened shortly after the switch to America Sings
Er… Hi guys. Look what I found.
Spanish shame. Love it.
j
(Just to make sure, I’ll @Pardel-Lux as well. Belt-and-braces, y’know?)
I thought that meant “pregnant”.
Indeed, está embarazada in Spanish means both “she is pregnant” and “she is embarrassed”. But es embarazoso means only “it is embarrassing”, not “it can make you pregnant”. I wonder what they were thinking of.
Vicarious! That is a word to remember! Thanks!
Mea Culpa @Pleonast - I just wasn’t good enough to get the gag. I’d still be in ignorance if @Pardel-Lux hadn’t explained it.
::sigh::
j
It’s a common false friend for English speakers learning Spanish.
Just like “prägnant” doesn’t mean “pregnant” in German, but succinct.
Am I gregnant?
This sent me down a bit of rabbit hole - it’s an easy google: which animals photosynthesize will do it - it’s just everything else that’s difficult (for me). “Animal photosynthesis” seems to be generally done by the use of endosymbionts, which are, as I understand it, photosynthesizing organisms which have been incorporated into the animal.
The list includes other sea slugs; and the pea aphid (maybe),.
Regarding the oriental hornet, I’m no biologist, but the description sounds more like built in solar panels than photosynthesis
This daytime digging behavior of V. orientalis may be possible because of the ability of its cuticle to harvest solar energy… Measuring the electric voltage between the hypocuticle and the exocuticle of the yellow stripe shows a negative electric potential at the hypocuticle with respect to the positive exocuticle.
The spotted salamander is the only vertebrate that I’ve seen listed. This is a very specific relationship:
Photosynthetic algae are present within the egg capsule of the developing salamander embryo, enhancing growth.
Do we have a biologist in the house? I’m sure we must. It would be nice to have someone do a much better job on this subject than I can. I would particularly like to know if solar panels have really evolved in nature.
j
Not useful for me, but definitely interesting!
I’m listening to YouTube music at the computer (going through The Dope and whatnot). Happens to be the third Oasis album, Be Here Now.
So: who plays slide guitar on track 7, Fade In-Out?
Answer: Johnny Depp. Source.
Crikey. And, inevitably, I discovered this whilst listening to Fade In-Out. Of course.
j
Lately I’ve been watching old Bogart movies then reading about them on Wikipedia and occasionally going down a rabbit hole. So yesterday I learned that Lauren Bacall and former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres were cousins.
The northernmost spot in the contiguous United States is a place in Minnesota called the Northwest Angle. A mapping error in 1783 left this practical exclave completely cut off from the rest of the state (and from the US). The only way to get to it is either by boat, or through Canada by road. This caused a lot of problems when Canada closed its borders during Covid.
And it is privately owed. That would be a good buy if you’re a geography nut.
Well, the airport is private and the Red Lake Ojibwe have 70% of the Angle in a trust, but there is a bit where an average Yankee fishing family might settle.
There are also exclaves like this in Washington (Pt. Roberts) and the northern end of Lake Champlain in Vermont (Province Point).