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(4,309 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:13 PM 22 hrs ago

Fun fact of the day. If you stand on a beach near an ocean...

It sounds just like you put a seashell up to your ear.

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Fun fact of the day. If you stand on a beach near an ocean... (Original Post) Enter stage left 22 hrs ago OP
If you stand in a beach on the shore of lake Erie Srkdqltr 22 hrs ago #1
I love that Nictuku 22 hrs ago #2
How lovely Srkdqltr 22 hrs ago #4
If you stand on a beach near the ocean, the horizon is about 6 miles (most people think it's much more) chouchou 22 hrs ago #3
A beach is a place Morbius 21 hrs ago #5
I am totally stealing this. PoindexterOglethorpe 18 hrs ago #6

Nictuku

(4,581 posts)
2. I love that
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:19 PM
22 hrs ago

Made me think of this one unique moment in my life where I stood on the furthest point on Kauai, and it was a sunset and moon rise event, where both were viewable within moments from the same spot. It was magical.

chouchou

(2,848 posts)
3. If you stand on a beach near the ocean, the horizon is about 6 miles (most people think it's much more)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:31 PM
22 hrs ago

Morbius

(926 posts)
5. A beach is a place
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:54 PM
21 hrs ago

... where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real.

- - P. Townshend

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