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  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #60 - May 29, 2012, 07:31 PM
    Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician and geographer from Alexandria in Egypt (276-195 BC). He used measurements of the angle of the sun at two different places in Egypt to estimate the circumference of the Earth to be 39,690 kilometers (an error of less than 2%).

  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #61 - May 29, 2012, 08:18 PM
    a snail can sleep for three years...

    and..

    turtles can breath through their butts..

    pearls melt in vinegar...

    rats may have sex twenty times a day...  yes
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9vdUjuWxc
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #62 - May 29, 2012, 08:19 PM
    i can't whistle..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9vdUjuWxc
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #63 - May 29, 2012, 08:52 PM
    that nessrriinn is one of the coolest people ever, even if she cannot whistle? Tongue
    Life is what happens to you while you're staring at your smartphone.

    Eternal Sunshine of the Religionless Mind
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #64 - May 31, 2012, 05:38 AM
    Scientists transcribed the words of the song 'Its A Small World After All' into the DNA of bacteria that is resistant to radioactivity, so that if there were a nuclear catastrophe, the message can be passed on to future intelligent life.

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3243
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #65 - June 01, 2012, 03:45 AM
    Just been checking out the BBC2 site, as their Origins of Us series has just started over here.

    Nifty factlets:

    - Your bones are as strong as granite in supporting weight. A block the size of a matchbox can support 9 tonnes.

    - An adult has fewer bones than a baby. We start life with 350, but they fuse together as we grow and we end up with only 206.

    - The brain of a newborn baby is only 1/4 of its full size, while those of other Great Apes are already half grown at birth.

    - Because of this, the 22 bones of your skull were not fused at birth and overlapped each other to fit through the birth canal.

    - You use 200 muscles with each step, but only 12 of these are in the leg.


    ETA: Oh yeah, another interesting factlet. Even the first episode of this series, which only deals with the skeletal features, is enough to totally trash the idea that our ancestors evolved as vegetarians. Cheesy
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #66 - June 01, 2012, 03:58 AM
    I think the idea that our ancestors were vegetarians is the stupidest and most irrelevant argument pushed in support of ethical vegetarianism.
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #67 - June 01, 2012, 04:02 AM
    Me too. Always have thought that, but I've run into quite a few people who use it as one of their points.

    However, it's not just ethical vegetarianism. Some people argue purely on the basis of supposed health benefits, and they claim that we should be vegetarians because we evolved as vegetarians. I've long though that was bullshit too, and the science is pretty conclusive now.
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #68 - June 01, 2012, 04:04 AM
    I think the whole our ancestors were vegetarian idea, come from the Garden of Eden, as I've heard some seventh day adventists state that humans weren't allowed to eat meat until after the whole Noah and his sons got off the ark thing.
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #69 - June 01, 2012, 04:06 AM
    Not just that. Some people claimed that the anthropological/fossil evidence supported it. It was plausible at one stage, but not any more.
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #70 - June 01, 2012, 04:07 AM
    A lot of people think that vegetarianism will automatically make them healthy, so they stop eating meat and eat all sorts of junk food instead, then wonder why they've gained so much weight and become fatigued so easily.

    The problem with being a vegetarian is that most cultures have meat as the main source of protein, so if you don't want to consume meat, you need to consciously search for alternatives. Just dropping meat isn't going to suddenly make you healthy.
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #71 - June 01, 2012, 04:15 AM
    paleo diet is the best, the end.   Smiley
    So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
    My political philosophy below
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwGat4i8pJI&feature=g-vrec
    Just kidding, here are some true heros
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBTgvK6LQqA
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #72 - June 01, 2012, 04:16 AM
    Yeah but mammoths are hard to come by.
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #73 - June 01, 2012, 04:17 AM
    There aren't many paleoconservatives around for me to eat.
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #74 - June 01, 2012, 04:18 AM
    I want to become a mangoterian
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #75 - June 01, 2012, 04:19 AM
    You want to eat men?
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #76 - June 01, 2012, 04:20 AM
    Paleoconservatives are a dying bread anyways.  We call them racists now.  The fact that once meat is removed you have to do some searching in order to find all the proteins you need to be healthy should be a pretty big indicator for vegetarians that something needed to supplement their diet.  It's not like cavemen could order from Whole Foods.  
    So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
    My political philosophy below
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwGat4i8pJI&feature=g-vrec
    Just kidding, here are some true heros
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBTgvK6LQqA
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #77 - June 01, 2012, 04:21 AM
    Quote from: osmanthus on June 01, 2012, 04:19 AM
    You want to eat men?


    Cheesy No, mangoes!
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #78 - June 01, 2012, 10:30 PM
    Quote from: Godot on May 14, 2012, 04:08 PM
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne-Louise_Calment

    Found that out while I was doing research for my dissertation.


    But Noah lived for 900 years.


    Did you know if you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

    Did you know the strongest muscle in proportion to its size in the human body is the tongue.

    Did you know every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

    Did you know the human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

    Did you know banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

    Did you know a person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. Try it!

    Did you know the average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

    Did you know your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself

    Did you know humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

    Did you know thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

    Did you know it's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #79 - June 02, 2012, 02:10 AM


    i still can't whistle...


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9vdUjuWxc
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #80 - June 03, 2012, 07:29 PM
    Quote from: Eternity on June 01, 2012, 10:30 PM
    Did you know humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.


    Humans are also the only primates not to have a bone in their penis.
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #81 - June 03, 2012, 08:23 PM
    Spider monkeys also do not have them.
    Life is what happens to you while you're staring at your smartphone.

    Eternal Sunshine of the Religionless Mind
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #82 - June 03, 2012, 08:24 PM
    And you know this how?
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #83 - June 03, 2012, 08:26 PM
    Wink



















































    google
    Life is what happens to you while you're staring at your smartphone.

    Eternal Sunshine of the Religionless Mind
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #84 - June 05, 2012, 01:00 AM
    Quote from: Kodanshi on June 03, 2012, 07:29 PM
    Humans are also the only primates not to have a bone in their penis.


    Ewww, seriously?

    Imagine if it broke?  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #85 - June 05, 2012, 05:29 AM
    Human penises can still fracture. Tongue

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_fracture
    Life is what happens to you while you're staring at your smartphone.

    Eternal Sunshine of the Religionless Mind
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #86 - June 05, 2012, 01:19 PM
    We can say this in different ways


    "Evil triumphs when good people do nothing."

    "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."  

    "When good men do nothing, they get nothing good done"



    But, I didn't know that  for a long time..
    Do not let silence become your legacy.. Question everything   
    I renounced my faith to become a kafir, 
    the beloved betrayed me and turned in to  a Muslim     
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #87 - June 05, 2012, 09:34 PM
    if you mix thousand island dressing with a touch of mayo and relish you'll end up with macdonald's secret big mac sauce  yes

    if you mix parmesan cheese and ranch dressing, you'll end up with a real quick imitation alfredo sauce for chicken and pasta  yes

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9vdUjuWxc
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #88 - June 05, 2012, 09:37 PM
    Shocked
  • Re: Did you know...
     Reply #89 - June 06, 2012, 11:16 AM
    Women are twice as likely to have depression than men, but men who do have depression are three to four times as likely to commit suicide.
    "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl

    'Life is just the extreme expression of complex chemistry' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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