Another post from betting market company Polymarket read: “BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals.” The post has almost 14 million views.

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    15 hours ago

    Next he’ll be forcing us all to drink dihydrogen monoxide, a chemical that’s known to be fatal to humans under certain conditions!

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      48 minutes ago

      Every single person in my family tree, born prior to 1920, have two things in common… They are ALL dead and they ALL drank dihydrogen monoxide regularly!

      This has got to stop!

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        19 hours ago

        Dont forget it is a key component in both hydrochloric acid and making nuclear power plants operate.

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        14 hours ago

        I’m sorry but as a technicality none of the power used in a steam engine is derived from the dihydrogen monoxide. The chemical compound is used as a medium to turn thermal energy into kinetic energy. The thermal energy, likewise, is usually obtained from another source such as chemical, nuclear, or photovoltaic.

        • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.world
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          14 hours ago

          Good luck running your steam engine without it!

          Also:

          tidal

          Pretty sure there aren’t moon-powered trains, bro, but nice try.

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            13 hours ago

            A steam engine can also be used to generate power, as a stationary device, but in hindsight the tidal power probably never gets that hot. The engine for moving trains could also be powered by electricity from wind or tidal, though I don’t think there are any practical examples.