Originally posted by angie88Angie,
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To elaborate: I've set myself the task of learning at least one interesting thing per day during my school break. Eg. yesterday I learned about the etruscans (thx Bosse de Nage ), I found out where Malaysia is and I learned what prions are and that what used to be Persia is now Iran (and parts of Irak). (The latter 3 of these 4 things I learned o ...[text shortened]... d them interesting 😉
Thank you... when I win money in a quiz show I'll share some with you 😉
You can read up on the Templar Knights...that's interesting stuff. Or, if you're not into conspiracy theories and such, you can check into the medicinal knowledge of the ancient Mayans.
Or you could always learn why most farm barns are RED.
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Good luck in your quest for knowledge!
Originally posted by angie88The Author Mark Twain's took his nom-de-plume from a saying used by boatsmen on the Mississippi river, meaning that the river was over 12 foot deep.
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To elaborate: I've set myself the task of learning at least one interesting thing per day during my school break. Eg. yesterday I learned about the etruscans (thx Bosse de Nage ), I found out where Malaysia is and I learned what prions are and that what used to be Persia is now Iran (and parts of Irak). (The latter 3 of these 4 things I learned o ...[text shortened]... d them interesting 😉
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Originally posted by angie88There are 2 mammels that lay eggs (platypus and porkupine anteater).
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To elaborate: I've set myself the task of learning at least one interesting thing per day during my school break. Eg. yesterday I learned about the etruscans (thx Bosse de Nage ), I found out where Malaysia is and I learned what prions are and that what used to be Persia is now Iran (and parts of Irak). (The latter 3 of these 4 things I learned o ...[text shortened]... d them interesting 😉
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You shiver when you have a fever because once your bodie's used to the high temperature that if it goes down slightly (even if it's still higher then the normal temperature) your body thinks it's cold and start shivering to heat it's self back up. Or so I hear at least.
John Wilkes Booth (the man who shot abe lincoln) was an actor.
George Washington Carver found over 300 (I think) uses for the peanut, one of my favorite weird ones is soap.
Peter Jennings was from Canada.
Albert Instine worked at a patent office.
The Salem Witch Trials were a terrible mistake (more then likely), it was actually due to a type of fungus or something growing on the grain which when eaten makes the muscles in the body to contract which would make the body move uncontrolably which was a sign of being cursed by a witch or being a witch (in those days at least).
A palm tree was found at the north pole (if I remember correctly)
The heat of a pepper is not in the actually flesh but in the seeds.
Frech fries are originally from Belgium and are commonly eaten with mayonaise instead of kastup.
If you stretched out your DNA it would stretch to the moon.
When lightning strikes it's actually hotter then the surface of the sun.
Mars once or still has water (if it does it's under the surface).
If the daddy longleg bug could bite it would be the most venomous bug in the world (if I'm remembering correctly).
Mad cow disease was caused by feeding cow to cows.
Josh
Originally posted by angie88GIRAFFE'S HAVE NO VOCAL CORDS. Sincerely, Trains44
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To elaborate: I've set myself the task of learning at least one interesting thing per day during my school break. Eg. yesterday I learned about the etruscans (thx Bosse de Nage ), I found out where Malaysia is and I learned what prions are and that what used to be Persia is now Iran (and parts of Irak). (The latter 3 of these 4 things I learned o ...[text shortened]... d them interesting 😉
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Originally posted by angie88The Muppet Show was banned from tv in Saudi Arabia because one of its stars was a pig.
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To elaborate: I've set myself the task of learning at least one interesting thing per day during my school break. Eg. yesterday I learned about the etruscans (thx Bosse de Nage ), I found out where Malaysia is and I learned what prions are and that what used to be Persia is now Iran (and parts of Irak). (The latter 3 of these 4 things I learned o ...[text shortened]... d them interesting 😉
Thank you... when I win money in a quiz show I'll share some with you 😉
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Originally posted by GalaxyShieldThe grain/fungus was ergot or at least that's a theory. It comes from the fungus Claviceps purpurea, and is a disease of grain.
Albert Instine worked at a patent office.
The Salem Witch Trials were a terrible mistake (more then likely), it was actually due to a type of fungus or something growing on the grain which when eaten makes the musc ...[text shortened]... witch (in those days at least).
Josh
Albert Instine worked in a patent office, was one of his colleagues Albert Einstein? (Einstein worked there until he was 26!)
Edit: Animals are frequent sufferers of ergotism. It can affect mammary gland development. So if you see a cow with small tits don't eat the grass!
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Originally posted by angie88The three most commonly used rocket engines are, in order of increasing performance:
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The expander cycle. Used mainly on upper stages such as the Pratt and Whitney RL-10 found on the Centaur vehicle.
The gas generator. Made famous by the Rocketdyne F1 engines that propelled the first stage Saturn 5 moon rocket.
The staged combustion cycle. Used on the Space Shuttle, these are the three largish engines seen at the back of the orbiter.
Speaking of the Space Shuttle, the large cylinders attached to the external tank aren't called engines, but rather motors because they burn solid fuel and it is a convention to refer to all solid fuel rockets as "motors" while calling liquid fuel rockets "engines".
Originally posted by demonseedSorry I didn't remember how to spell Einstein, I figured I miss-spelled it but oh well, it happens.
The grain/fungus was ergot or at least that's a theory. It comes from the fungus Claviceps purpurea, and is a disease of grain.
Albert Instine worked in a patent office, was one of his colleagues Albert Einstein? (Einstein worked there until he was 26!)
Edit: Animals are frequent sufferers of ergotism. It can affect mammary gland development. So if you see a cow with small tits don't eat the grass!
josh
Originally posted by GalaxyShieldActually, capsaicin and its related capsaicinoids, the compounds responsible for the "heat" of a pepper, come from glands in the stem end of the pepper which flows down and covers/infiltrated the membranes and the seeds. Theoretically, if you grew the pepper upside down, the heat would be concentrated in the stem end.
The heat of a pepper is not in the actually flesh but in the seeds.
Originally posted by PBE6Huh, that's pretty cool, thanks.
Actually, capsaicin and its related capsaicinoids, the compounds responsible for the "heat" of a pepper, come from glands in the stem end of the pepper which flows down and covers/infiltrated the membranes and the seeds. Theoretically, if you grew the pepper upside down, the heat would be concentrated in the stem end.