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oh wait it didnt work\
how do you send pictures
Before they found that there was such a thing as oxygen, there was the phlogiston theory, as a possible explanation for things to be able to start burning, as it were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory
Before the 1800s,people didnt need oxygen.
@DogyBrown said in #14:
They grew 'em mighty tough in those days, Dogy.
@WillyGudelian said in #15:
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> They grew 'em mighty tough in those days, Dogy.
They grew what? Lungs?
I also like the fact that the balloon gas that makes your voice squeaky was first discovered on the Sun, by an astronomer.
@CoffeeBeanKiller said in #16:
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> > They grew 'em mighty tough in those days, Dogy.
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> They grew what? Lungs?
No, they didn't need to! People were completely anaerobic in those days. Amazing, isn't it?
@WillyGudelian said in #18:
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> > They grew what? Lungs?
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> No, they didn't need to! People were completely anaerobic in those days. Amazing, isn't it?
They must have been a breed of athletes in comparison to which our Messis and Ronaldos and Pogacar are naught but pale imitations.
@CoffeeBeanKiller said in #19:
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> > > > They grew 'em mighty tough in those days, Dogy.
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> > No, they didn't need to! People were completely anaerobic in those days. Amazing, isn't it?
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> They must have been a breed of athletes in comparison to which our Messis and Ronaldos and Pogacar are naught but pale imitations.
Indeed! They are but pale facsimiles next to those giants of yore.