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You're going to have to find out for yourself, if you're so curious. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 months ago (4 children)

My mother had a personal experience with quicksand. Unlike the movies, its name is correct. She was just suddenly stuck in it up to her knees.

So now you all know.

Also, it wasn't in the jungle, it was in Canada, so she had to rely on being pulled out by my uncle since no vines were around.

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

As a teen I was in the woods fucking around with my friend like teens are wont to do and I got stuck in some. I was quickly half calf deep before he helped me out. Overall that was a fun day.

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

Tangential, but quicksand is called so because it moves, much like quicksilver.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

She should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A moose once bit my sister

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or reached for a maple tree's branch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Or held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers

[–] [email protected] 69 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Fun fact, the “Quick” part of it is an old timey synonym of “Living”. So basically, Living Sand. It’s the same thing with Quick Silver (mercury).

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is that why that movie was called "The Quick and the Dead"?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Yeah, and apparently that phrase dates back to at least a 1526 translation of the Bible. It’s old.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

When a fetus starts to move: “quickening”

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

No, that's when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.

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

Which historically is when some Christian writers believed the fetus gets a soul

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

That fact really was fun!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

This is a fun fact!