manuals are usually restricted to 6 speeds, which is 5 plus overdrive
On many 6-speed manual transmissions, 5th and 6th are both overdrive gears.
It illustrates that culture is not unique to humans and that such behaviors need to be considered also in nature conservation."
Well, ok. But this is well established, and I don't think anybody was actually questioning it. Any even slightly social species that has any ability to learn is going to have culture, as it is defined here.
I put Alexa through a similar but simpler loop a while ago.
Alexa, where am I?
You are in Lancaster.
Alexa, where is Lancaster?
Lancaster is a medium sized city in the UK.
Alexa, am I in the UK?
this was just plastic.
It wasn't just plastic. It was real leather, produced by the Radel Leather Manufacturing Company in New Jersey. It actually wasn't anything different than the leather they had already been using in their cars. The only thing added was the word "Corinthian", which was meaningless in this context.
Do it the old fashioned way...
By turning down the appropriate corner of my calling card when I leave it with the servant?
a fit human adult who practices can throw a 50-60mph object.
Pro baseball pitchers regularly throw 90-100mph fastballs.
Simply being in possession of stolen property is a crime in most developed nations.
Simple possession is not a crime in most developed nations. Receiving or possessing goods while knowing the were stolen is when it typically becomes a crime.
Forty two.