EmaleighFriend Super Troll
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re: Random Facts
by Emaleigh on 2013/07/17 10:33
You're more likely to die on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you are to actually win the lottery.
We’ve all heard the adage “you’re more likely to get struck by lightning than to win the lottery.” Sounds grim. Apparently, it’s also more likely that you will die on the way to buying your lottery ticket than actually win the lottery.
Of course this all depends on your mode of transportation to buy the ticket and the characteristics of the area where you buy it and even your demographics. It is true that you are more likely to die in a car accident than win though. The gist is that it’s very unlikely that you will win the lottery.
Some other things that are more likely than winning the lottery? Dying from flesh-eating bacteria, dying from a bee sting, becoming a movie star, dying in a bathtub and having identical quadruplets.
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EmaleighFriend Super Troll
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re: Random Facts
by Emaleigh on 2013/07/17 10:34
Yawning is contagious. Even thinking about yawning is enough. In fact, there's a 50% that you're about to, or just did, yawn.
Yawning is a reflex of simultaneous inhalation of air and stretching the ear drums followed by an exhalation of breath. It is linked to tiredness, boredom, overwork, stress and lack of stimulation. In humans, yawning is often triggered by others yawning around you.
In this way, it is contagious. Interestingly enough, this contagiousness has also been observed in chimpanzees and dogs. So why is that when we see those around us yawning, we too want to yawn?
Some studies have suggested that infectious yawning developed to keep groups of animals alert. The increase of oxygen to their brain will help ready them for action. Other studies have suggested that yawning is associated with the cooling of the brain.
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EmaleighFriend Super Troll
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re: Random Facts
by Emaleigh on 2013/07/17 10:37
Grapes EXPLODE when you put them in the microwave!
You may have heard of frozen grapes as a tasty snack, but what about heating grapes in the microwave? You probably shouldn't try this one. It turns out that grapes react very oddly when they're microwaved.
Since grapes are full of moisture, when they are microwaved, that moisture turns to steam. If the stem is still attached to the grape and there is nowhere for the steam to escape, it will explode slightly and rupture the skin.
If you place two grapes close together with their stem holes facing each other, some arcing and sparking will occur. If there is just a single grape with its stem hole open, it will let out a stream of steam. Good thing we don't serve grapes warm.
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EmaleighFriend Super Troll
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re: Random Facts
by Emaleigh on 2013/07/17 10:40
Racecar is a Palindrome
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of elements that has the same meaning read forward or backwards. The word itself comes from the Greek roots palin meaning “again” and dromos meaning “way” or “direction.”
Some examples of a palindrome would be the name “Hannah” or the word “madam.” The word “racecar” is also a palindrome. Forward or back, it still reads the same.
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re: Random Facts
by Emaleigh on 2013/07/17 10:45
Make a fist with your left hand, squeeze your left thumb, then put your right index finger down your throat. NO GAG REFLEX.
You'll have to let me know if this one is true :P
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re: Random Facts
by Xythin on 2013/07/17 10:49
Thanks I just yawned like a billion times.
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re: Random Facts
by Emaleigh on 2013/07/17 10:51
Blue eyes are a genetic mutation.
Having blue eyes is actually a mutation. Before the mutation occurred, all humans had brown eyes.
Biology nerds know that these mutations often occur in the womb. In this case, the OCA2 gene, which is also involved in the production of melanin, is disrupted to make the eyes blue rather than brown.
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re: Random Facts
by Emaleigh on 2013/07/17 11:13
Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries because Colgate translates into the command 'go hang yourself.'
You can overdose and die from coffee.
There is such a thing as a lethal dose of caffeine. Medical literature contains reports of people dying from ingesting large amounts of caffeine, often through unconventional means, such as injecting caffeine straight into the bloodstream or having a coffee enema (literally putting coffee in your butt!).
It takes ten grams of caffeine in one sitting to kill a person, which would literally take between 80 and 100 cups of coffee, which is pretty hard to do. If you want to know how many cups of coffee will kill you, check out this calculator. http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine
On the 10-piece Chicken MgNugget box for McDonalds, there is a picture of 11 McNuggets.
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re: Random Facts
by Byleana on 2013/07/17 11:38
Emaleigh wrote: | Blue eyes are a genetic mutation.
Having blue eyes is actually a mutation. Before the mutation occurred, all humans had brown eyes.
Biology nerds know that these mutations often occur in the womb. In this case, the OCA2 gene, which is also involved in the production of melanin, is disrupted to make the eyes blue rather than brown. |
I'm a mutant!
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re: Random Facts
by wom-d (leesinga) on 2013/07/17 14:50
Byleana wrote: | Emaleigh wrote: | Blue eyes are a genetic mutation.
Having blue eyes is actually a mutation. Before the mutation occurred, all humans had brown eyes.
Biology nerds know that these mutations often occur in the womb. In this case, the OCA2 gene, which is also involved in the production of melanin, is disrupted to make the eyes blue rather than brown. |
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Jamais vu is the oposite of déjà vu and occurs when a word or phrase is repeated until it becomes incoherent or meaningless. The phenomenon is casued by the brain becoming fatigued due to semantic satiation
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re: Random Facts
by Diligence - Glutt on 2013/07/17 15:18
Byleana wrote: | Emaleigh wrote: | Blue eyes are a genetic mutation.
Having blue eyes is actually a mutation. Before the mutation occurred, all humans had brown eyes.
Biology nerds know that these mutations often occur in the womb. In this case, the OCA2 gene, which is also involved in the production of melanin, is disrupted to make the eyes blue rather than brown. |
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Mutation Level: Asian
Get on his level!!!!
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