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What are some commonly known facts that are too bizarre for you to believe to be true? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by zirzedolta@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it is the fact that our blood contains iron. I earlier used to believe the word stood for some 'organic element' since I couldn't accept we had metal flowing through our supposed carbon-based bodies, till I realized that is where the taste and smell of blood comes from.

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[–] el_doso@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its Western most point crosses the international date line and is therefore technically "really far east" instead of "really far west".

[–] superkret@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's arbitrary, though. And I've never heard of the dateline being the border where east and west start. It makes no sense.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait until you find out that some places breach that line (in addition to it being wobbly to begin with) which is we have timezones greater than +12 or -12. I hate timezones. With a passion. Signed: a programmer.

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

The world would be better if we just used UTC everywhere.

[–] cheezpatrol@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Albeit arbitrary... if it's globally recognized that each new day begins as the sun crests the international date line, and the sun indisputably rises from the East, why would it not make sense?

[–] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 2 points 1 year ago

Because time and direction are different metrics? West is a metric that only means anything in relation to something else in a straight line. It's a direction. West doesn't stop being west if you go too far. It's always west.