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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 3h

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While the stegosaurus could grow as large as 9 meters (30 ft) long, it possessed a small brain roughly the size of a lime; poor thing probably never figured out how to get the ice beam in Metroid.

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《 stronger soup 》 @machturtl.wearybones.rest · 1d

Once made a fursona out of spite of this dinosaur.

Mostly so I could draw vent comics of my ex, but whatever lol

This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 1d

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Did you know that "stegosaurus" means "roof lizard?" When the first stegosaurus remains were identified in 1877, it was mistakenly believed that its plates laid flat on its back, overlapping like roof shingles. The hypothesis proved false...but the name stuck!

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 1d

#ThisThingRulesTrivia 🦕

Did you know that "stegosaurus" means "roof lizard?" When the first stegosaurus remains were identified in 1877, it was mistakenly believed that its plates laid flat on its back, overlapping like roof shingles. The hypothesis proved false...but the name stuck!

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 5d

You know what rules? Gingerbread Houses! And Stegosauruses! And also Snaggletooth from Star Wars! Come hear Brian and Max talk about ALL THREE!

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1NBv...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

#Gingerbread #Dinosaurs #StarWars

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 3d

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Zutton - the Star Wars cantina patron also known as Snaggletooth - is a "Snivvian," an alien species native to Cadomai Prime. Snivvians live much of their lives avoiding Cadomai's harsh winters in underground caverns, and can communicate by snorting through their nostrils.

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 4d

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The largest gingerbread house in the world was created in November of 2013 in Bryan, Texas. Over 18 meters (60 ft) long, 12 meters (42 ft) wide and 6 meters (20 ft) tall, it was effectively a real house - albeit without any witches or cunning children.

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 4d

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Gingerbread Houses, Snaggletooth & Stegosauruses Rule!

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 5d

You know what rules? Gingerbread Houses! And Stegosauruses! And also Snaggletooth from Star Wars! Come hear Brian and Max talk about ALL THREE!

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1NBv...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

#Gingerbread #Dinosaurs #StarWars

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 5d

Cinnabon is definitely gonna be tackled at some point 🥐 (why isn’t there a cinnamon roll emoji?!)

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 5d

Tomorrow's episode of This Thing Rules is (once again) about 3 wildly different topics!

The first is sweet treat, the second is a toothy character, and the third...lived about 155 million years ago.

Can you guess what they are?

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 12d

because there’ll be one next week, and another two weeks after that, and another two weeks after that, and…you get the idea.

Thank you all so much once again for your support; y’all rule ❤️ (3/3)

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 12d

we were in agreement that it would be best to give ourselves a little more breathing room, since this show is ultimately a fun side project we squeeze in between the margins of jobs and real life stuff.

This means there’ll be no new episode this week - but worry not, (2/3)

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 12d

Hey friends! With the show’s 50th episode on the horizon (and potentially some neat stuff in store for said milestone), we’ve decided to move to an every-other-Friday publishing schedule for new episodes. After discussing long and hard what we want to do with the show next, (1/3)

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 13d

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The album art of Rush's final studio album, Clockwork Angels, depicts an esoteric clock that reads "9:12." This is a reference to both the birthday of Neil Peart (who was born on September 12th, 1952) and to Rush's album 2112 (as 9:12 in military time is "21:12").

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 14d

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In 1999, Iron Maiden and Synthetic Dimensions released "Ed Hunter," a greatest hits compilation/first-person shooter in which Eddie (Iron Maiden's ghoulish mascot) blasts his way through levels inspired by the band's past album covers:

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 19d

You know what rules? Album Covers! Come hear Brian and Max talk about the best, coolest, and most outlandish ones out there:

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7zYk...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
YT: youtu.be/Kfn_KgI02ac

#Podcast #AlbumCovers #Albums

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 17d

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H.R. Giger produced covers for some 20-odd records over the course of his life, starting in 1969 with the album Walpurgis from Swiss psychedelic rock group The Shivers; some of his most famous works include the covers for Debbie Harry's KooKoo and Danzig's How the Gods Kill:

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 17d

Crabs: the most unforgettable of all animals 🦀🦀🦀

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 18d

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The original album cover for Prodigy's The Fat of the Land was going to be a doner kebab - imprinted with the album's title - before it was changed at the last minute to the crabby fellow pictured on the right:

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 19d

You know what rules? Album Covers! Come hear Brian and Max talk about the best, coolest, and most outlandish ones out there:

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7zYk...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
YT: youtu.be/Kfn_KgI02ac

#Podcast #AlbumCovers #Albums

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 21d

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In some parts of Asia the George Foreman Grill is co-promoted by Jackie Chan, with the famed actor having appeared in both commercials and the grill’s packaging since the mid-2000s.

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 22d

They should make all foods on swords ⚔️

This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 22d

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Shish kebabs - possibly the most fun-to-pronounce thing that you can grill - originated in Turkey; its name comes from the Turkish words "şiş," which means "skewer" or "sword," and "kebap," which means "roast meat."

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 26d

You know what rules? Grilling! Come hear Brian and Max talk about the best way to heat those delicious meats:

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1l7q...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
YT: youtu.be/P-4VBD8_QZo

#Podcast #Grilling #BBQ

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This Thing Rules @thisthingrules.bsky.social · 23d

Even if you've (somehow) never grilled before, you've seen the Maillard reaction in action if you've ever roasted marshallows, baked bread, fried dumplings, and so on. A helpful reaction if there ever was one!

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