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09-25-2008, 06:10 PM | #1 |
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Did you know...?
Hey all, this should be a simple, fun, and educational thread! And who doesn't love that?!
Lol, ok, basically I thought it would be interesting to tell the forum about interesting things you may have learned recently, this could be pop culture trivia, LotR-related information, scholarly tidbits, whatever... just give us your knowledge. And please start your post with a "Did you know..." So, to begin.. Did you know that water is actually blue?
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09-25-2008, 06:21 PM | #2 |
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Did you know...Denver was the only place to not accept the invitation to the olympics? in 1973 i think? b/c of all the polution it would cause
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09-25-2008, 06:24 PM | #3 |
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Did you know...that a cat can make 29 different sounds?
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09-25-2008, 06:28 PM | #4 |
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haha seriously?! thats so funny!!
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09-25-2008, 06:34 PM | #5 |
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I knew my cats could talk...
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"Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind." |
09-25-2008, 06:37 PM | #6 |
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I thought ocean water just reflected the sky. The water I drink is pretty clear....I think...
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09-25-2008, 06:39 PM | #7 |
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I swear it's true that water is blue! (haha... rhyme...)
The water molecules are actually a very faint blue... you just need them in pretty large quantities to see this. Try filling a white bathtub with water sometime... you can see a definite blue tinge to it and there is no sky to reflect off of (unless you bathe outside, which I suppose is not impossible)
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"Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind." |
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Quote:
Did you know...that roughly 2500 left handed people die yearly using products designed for right handed peopole?
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One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons |
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09-25-2008, 06:47 PM | #9 |
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lol i love that. Blue water is the best color ever.
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09-25-2008, 06:59 PM | #10 |
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I think the sky reflection must be a factor though. The water is usually the same tint as the sky, whether it's blue or gray or purple or what have you.
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09-26-2008, 05:53 PM | #11 |
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Heh, Empress, you may have just sent Nautipus off spinning. He is somthing of an expert in that area.
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09-27-2008, 01:08 PM | #12 |
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Oh good... then he'll have some special insight into it
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09-29-2008, 06:06 PM | #13 |
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Funny thing about octopi, you dont really need to "teach" them alot. Many of the behaviors are instinctual. They are capable of learned behavior, however, and extremely so.
Real funny Sane.
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09-30-2008, 06:57 AM | #14 |
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I also learned that they tend to forget the behaviors they learned rather quickly, so you have to reteach them a lot... is this accurate, based on what you know?
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"Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind." |
10-01-2008, 02:36 PM | #15 |
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Not really. They seem to retain alot of the information they take in. But I suppose that it varies from individual to individual. I've kept several, and they all seem to learn at their own pace, with some engaging in very "social" behavior with me, and several people I know, even responding to repeated signals to come to the surface of the tank.
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One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons |
09-27-2008, 09:13 AM | #16 |
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Haha, Sane, I was just thinking the same exact thing
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09-29-2008, 09:14 PM | #17 |
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We all know it's true, refutation is futile.
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