Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I do believe.windlenot said:
Which is another cool thing I know!
Something cool you know.
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Which is another cool thing I know!
The most succulent piece of meat on a human is the muscle between your thumb and pointer finger. Don't ask how I know that...
It is possible to lick your elbow, I've seen it done, TWICE
It is possible to lick your elbow, I've seen it done, TWICE
Stanley Kubrick's film, Dr. Strangelove, apparently has some truth to it. There was a real and actual Russian Doomsday Device in existence. It was, wisely, never employed, and THANK GOD FOR THAT.
The cracking of a whip is actually a miniature sonic boom, as its tip briefly breaks the sound barrier.
More than half the cost of building a rocket engine is making a turbopump which can feed the engine bell fast enough to produce thrust.
one of my best mates has been texting another of my closest friends asking her if she wants to meet up at a hotel for a night for some you know what 
only thing is, he used to be with her sister, and hes now got another gf anyway. gossip much?
only thing is, he used to be with her sister, and hes now got another gf anyway. gossip much?
In the end the most important thing
is that we never forget.
The end of a shoelace is called the aglet.
is that we never forget.
The end of a shoelace is called the aglet.
?!?!?!?! Tell that to all my drowned queens!kayisking said:
OT: Robin Hood was in reality a shit archer, by modern standards he was only 1st Class (from bottom: 3rd, 2nd, 1st, Bowman, MB, GMB).
Light travels very quickly, but it doesn't travel instantly. The delay between the light reflecting off of the object and hitting your eye, in a way, means that everything you see is from the past.
Also, there is a parasite in fish, Cymothoa exigua, that enters the fish through the gills and attaches itself to the base of the tongue to feed on blood. The tongue eventually atrophies and dies away due to blood loss, but the parasite replaces it as an actual, functional tongue.
Also, there is a parasite in fish, Cymothoa exigua, that enters the fish through the gills and attaches itself to the base of the tongue to feed on blood. The tongue eventually atrophies and dies away due to blood loss, but the parasite replaces it as an actual, functional tongue.
Yeah, I know, they're surprisingly water resistant (one species migrates by forming a writhing islet and jumps in the water, pretty cool watching that in high speed). A couple of the nests that a colleague works with (I tend to work with queenless colonies) swarmed and the lesser queens just committed suicide.kayisking said:
There is a plant called Arabidopsis thaliana that has a gene, when there is a mutation in that gene, the plant grows multiple stamens (male genitals) in their flowers. They called this gene the Superman Gene.
Now, there is another gene in this plant that suppresses the Superman Gene.
They called it the Kryptonite gene.
fruit-fly with a mutation in the Ken and Barbie gene lack external genitalia.
Fruitflies with a mutation in this gene are especially sensitive to alcohol, it's name; Cheap Date Gene.
Another gene was dubbed Ring. Was it because of the protein's shape? Nope. It stands for:
"Really Interesting New Gene".
Now, there is another gene in this plant that suppresses the Superman Gene.
They called it the Kryptonite gene.
fruit-fly with a mutation in the Ken and Barbie gene lack external genitalia.
Fruitflies with a mutation in this gene are especially sensitive to alcohol, it's name; Cheap Date Gene.
Another gene was dubbed Ring. Was it because of the protein's shape? Nope. It stands for:
"Really Interesting New Gene".