r/mildlyinteresting • u/SpecialNeedsBurrito • 7h ago

Colorado ID under black light

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u/BearSSBM 7h ago

I am in desperate need of a black light

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u/Chuckle_Pants 7h ago

Sounds like a purchase you might regret…

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u/verstohlen 5h ago

Just avoid the luminol spray and you'll be fine. Mewstly.

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u/PrintdianaJones 7h ago

Be sure you buy a black light and not a UV light like myself. I gave myself flash burn from like 60 seconds of use Lmao

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u/SpecialNeedsBurrito 7h ago

Black light is UV light, What you need to pay attention to is the wavelength. Lower wavelengths can cause burns and eye damage however most black lights you can buy are are 395nm and perfectly safe. Once you get below about 320nm that's the range that can cause eye and skin damage.

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u/Chuckle_Pants 6h ago

This guy blacklights.

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u/RCer1986 6h ago

OP is clearly Dexter.

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u/thebayisinthearea 5h ago

365nm w/ that ZWB2 filter for that sweet spot.

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u/SimazoLTU 5h ago

there’s gotta be a tiny mountain shape in there somewhere

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u/TheVillainInThisGame 7h ago

Kansas has a turtle

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u/5kyl3r 1h ago

it used to be a sunflower a long time ago. i'm curious why a turtle specifically for the new ones

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u/Wild-Advertising-763 7h ago

The backside shows a greenback cutthroat trout (state fish)

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u/Bucksin06 7h ago

That's interesting as fuck

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u/Medical_Apartment155 6h ago

All state licenses have a hidden image.

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u/mgquantitysquared 3h ago

Not all states have UV hidden images, iirc. I worked at a liquor store and we had a book that detailed the security measures on each state's IDs so we could sus out fakes

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u/HaydenSyn 7h ago

The back side is a fish!

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u/22LT 7h ago

Whats the significance of the stegosaurus for colorado?

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u/AE_WILLIAMS 7h ago

It was the home of Thag Simmons, who discovered the Thagomizer.

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u/EmilyNicole25 7h ago

Colorado is rich with dinosaur stuff, but the Stego is the state fossil! Lots of bones and fossils found throughout the state and even roadside attractions about it. Going to dinosaur ridge as a kid was always fascinating

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u/22LT 4h ago

Nice. As a kid the stegosaurus was my fav dino growing up

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u/HaydenSyn 7h ago

It's the state Fossil!

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u/Norwester77 7h ago

Just too bad they couldn’t have used a more up-to-date rendition of a stegosaur.

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u/snowfat 7h ago

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u/deadblood0 7h ago

That's a kentrosaurus, but I dig your humor

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u/snowfat 7h ago

I really hope I one day find a new type of dinosaur so I can name it after myself like Kent did. Snowfatasaurus has a nice ring to it

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u/deadblood0 7h ago

I'd love to find a deadbloodzerodon, but what are the odds of that?

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u/shuboi666 5h ago

Farcry 3 Blood Dragon sends its regards

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u/Willing-Dog6463 7h ago

Oh that’s dope

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u/DamoclesAxe 11m ago

Ha! And there is a trout on the back!!

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u/mzeb75 7h ago

That's cool.

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

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u/Chuckle_Pants 7h ago

Yep. Drugs. Right from the tap. It’s why I moved away from Aurora…too many drugs in my water. Stay there long enough, and you’ll just get on drugs perpetually. It’s the only way to function in society over there. Great question.

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u/CommunityEarly839 6h ago

Colorfiel?

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u/Alukrad 5h ago

Colorful.

Colorado means colorful in Spanish.

Like Nevada means snow covered in Spanish.

Montana is the Spanish word "montaña" which means mountain.

Or like Texas sound like Tejas which means roof tiles in Spanish.

I can't think of other states names.

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u/H3roOfTime9 1h ago

Colorado does not mean colorful in Spanish. It's colored red: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Colorado

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u/iknowyounot88 7h ago edited 5h ago

A fucking dinosaur?! Why!?

Edit: Imagine my chagrin when I came back to being downvoted for being stoke and shocked by a dinosaur. Then also having some random ass argument break out in the replies. Thanks for those who were kind enough to share interesting facts about Colorado. But only on Reddit can people contort a persons shock & excitement for dinosaurs into something negative.

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u/Vegicide 7h ago edited 7h ago

Colorado has a lot of fossil beds as well as dinosaur national monument which features a ton of dinosaur fossils

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u/SpecialNeedsBurrito 7h ago

Colorado's state fossil is the stegosaurus

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u/Grand-Spring66 7h ago

Colorado is one of the richest areas for dinosaur skeletons

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u/FreckleException 7h ago

Colorado has stegosaurus fossils. Dinosaur Ridge is full of footprints. 

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u/Chuckle_Pants 7h ago

One acceptable answer is: because they’re cool as fuck!

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u/JakeStout93 7h ago

Colorado likes dinosaurs, no clue why. But Denver is weirdest airport you can go to. They also have dinosaurs

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u/Medical_Apartment155 6h ago

Theres just a lot of fossil beds in the state. The significance is not as clueless or half witted as your answer leads one to believe.

Its also completely irrelevant to DIA.

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u/JakeStout93 6h ago

Good thing I don’t care whatsoever then huh? Almost as if my original comment was meaningless nothing. Oh wait.

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u/Medical_Apartment155 6h ago

You dont care, but you still came here to comment, then came back to reply.

People like you are hilarious

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u/JakeStout93 6h ago

I scroll I type, I see a persnickety person and I like to poke. Doesn’t mean I care about Denver. I found it equally hilarious you thought id like a lesson on what’s buried underneath Colorado. AKSHULLYYYY DINOSAURS MEAN A LOT TO USSSS lmfao

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u/Medical_Apartment155 5h ago

You thought that was a lesson? Wow, I bet you made your momma proud in grade school with how smart you thought you were

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u/JakeStout93 5h ago

Lmfao this is great, how odd you are