Honestly probably not that serious. Even in their myths/stories, the oracle would tell great doom and then no one would listen. I expect they got inspiration for that from somewhere.

At the time, there were too many standards. But looking back from today, we see that standardization does eventually occur, it just takes time.

It looks like it’s prepaid only

Coke (the soda) is 90% water.

Your soup will still be a soup (or a thin broth, at least) at a far higher percentage of water than you think it will.

From what I understand, the “set point” for the hormonal triggers that decide whether someone stores fat or burns it are out of whack.

So someone might be so calorie-deficient that it becomes a serious issue, and yet their body is still trying to store fat instead of burning it.

This makes losing weight a lot harder and it’s a lot more miserable for them, as opposed to someone who can just eat a little less and their body will smoothly transition over to burning fat to make up the difference.

If I had to guess, it’s mostly water.

The really scary stuff (in aqueous solutions, anyways) isn’t usually brightly colored, it’s usually clear. Of course there are exceptions - like bromine or iodine - but I know what those look like and nothing on that tree looks like either of those.

The reason for that is that most pigments are conjugated ring systems - complex organic molecules that break down in harsh environments - so anything sufficiently reactive would actually destroy any colorants you added to them.

I’m not saying that bright, friendly colors are always safe… but the easiest way to get a bunch of bright colors is to use food coloring and water.

Thanks for the good work! Education is important!

I couldn’t express it better myself. Although in terms of “having a functioning democracy” the colonizer countries aren’t exactly doing well either. (It’s almost like powerful people will exploit anyone and corrupt any system…)

I’m sure their democracy functions about like everyone else’s - i.e. not democratic at all