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What would you expect from a seahorse though, am I right?

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but would you be aware if you hadn't learned about it in school?

Oh wait. Fish spend lots of time in school. Dang.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There are lots of effects you cannot explain without air. Even if you haven't been to school, you can observe wind, use a hairdryer, blow up balloons, fly a drone etc.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And "air" as a word dates back to both Latin and Greek "aer", probably from proto-Indo-European "awer" so it's pretty much been the same word in European since civilization was a thing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

in European

Oh yes, my favourite language. It's "vzduch" or similar in most Slavic languages, and I'd bet you're not pronouncing it right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I meant "parts of Europe" but my fingers didn't catch up with my brain

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I vaguely recall reading about people not knowing the science of wind and air. They explain trees swaying in the wind as spirits.