61 replies to this topic

[Voridan Atreides]

This blew my mind.

[Agent of Change]

it would have

huh

[Voridan Atreides]

ha...........................................................................ha...................

[blinkin]

[Noesis]

Interesting bye-law:

It is still legal to shoot a Scotsman with a longbow whilst within the walls of York.

[Noesis]

Edited by Noesis, 06 May 2013 - 11:03 PM.

[Voridan Atreides]

Jackson Jax Teller, on 06 May 2013 - 02:03 PM, said:

- It is considered an offense to hunt whales. (Those not familiar with the state of Utah, its a land locked state in the middle of the Rocky Mountains)

I have heard this before. I really have no hope for Humans now.

[Mike Forst]

Fun fact: this thread is not very good

[Voridan Atreides]

[Agent of Change]

Sleep Deprivation can induce a psychotic state,

also hallucinations,

slower metabolism,

impaired reaction times,

and memory loss.

[Voridan Atreides]

Mike Forst, on 07 May 2013 - 03:45 PM, said:

Fun fact: this thread is not very good

Oh Mike.

[Mike Forst]

Yes?

[xenoglyph]

Agent of Change, on 09 May 2013 - 03:32 AM, said:

Sleep Deprivation can induce a psychotic state,

also hallucinations,

slower metabolism,

impaired reaction times,

and memory loss.

Also sleep paralysis. When I was starting my first business I had a day job that started at 3am. Had serious sleep dep for a year or more.

Fun fact: sleep deprivation sucks.

[Agent of Change]

Fun fact:

I don't consider most

HomoSapiens

people

(one word for auto-censor beating)

Edited by Agent of Change, 13 May 2013 - 05:30 AM.

[Voridan Atreides]

Cracking your knuckles (or any of your joints) can have therapeutic benefits. When you crack one of your joints you are pulling the bones that are connected at the joint apart from each other. This process stimulates your tendons, relaxes your muscles, and loosens your joints. Chiropractors do this for spinal joints when your back is sore and stiff, but you can do this on your own for your knuckles, toes, knees, neck, etc.

Unfortunately, there can be too much of a good thing. Cracking your knuckles will never lead to arthritis (despite what your mom keeps telling you), but scientists have discovered that it can cause tissue damage in the affected joints. Knuckle-cracking pulls your finger bones apart which stretches your ligaments. Too much stretching of your ligaments will cause damage to your fingers akin to the arm injuries sustained by a baseball pitcher who throws too many pitches. In addition to making your hand really sore, this ligament damage can also result in reduced grip strength.

How does this work? Your joints, the places in your body where you can bend, are where your bones intersect and are held together by ligaments. These joints are surrounded by a liquid called synovial fluid. When you stretch your ligaments by pulling the bones apart to crack your knuckles a gas in the synovial fluid escapes and turns into a bubble. This process is called cavitation. Cavitation ends when the bubble eventually bursts, producing that popping sound we know and love. After that, your joints won't be able to crack for another 25-30 minutes while the gas gets reabsorbed into the synovial fluid.

Edited by Voridan Atreides, 13 May 2013 - 11:11 AM.

[Voridan Atreides]

Anatidaephobia is the pervasive, irrational fear that, somewhere in the world, a duck is watching you. The person believes that no matter where they are or what they are doing, a duck is watching them.

The people who suffer from this phobia have suffered some sort of trauma in their lives, likely when he or she was a child. This trauma probably had to do with a duck or some sort of related water fowl, like a goose. Perhaps the person was attacked by one of these animals.

Some of the symptoms of this phobia include an anxiety or panic attack. This results in a dry mouth, shortness of breath, muscle tension, hyperventilation, etc.

Edited by Voridan Atreides, 13 May 2013 - 11:11 AM.

[Agent of Change]

Triskadecaphobia is the fear of the number 13, and groups of 13.

It's a weird fear to have.

Edited by Agent of Change, 13 May 2013 - 10:46 AM.

[Voridan Atreides]

Agent of Change, on 13 May 2013 - 10:45 AM, said:

Triskadecaphobia is the fear of the number 13, and groups of 13.

It's a weird fear to have.

There are a lot of interesting and random phopias out there. Dendrophobia is the fear of trees. Blennophobia is the fear of slime. And neophobia is the fear of anything new. However, the fear of long words may have the most ironic (and cruelest name).
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. So let’s say you do have this phobia. You’d be terrified to name your ailment. Kind of a conundrum.

Edited by Voridan Atreides, 13 May 2013 - 01:24 PM.

[Voridan Atreides]

When jellyfish are in the water, they can be a bit intimidating. Their tentacles can pack a painful electrical shock. However, once they wash up on shore, they are anything but intimidating. It turns out that jellyfish are 98% water. Most are transparent and bell-shaped. If they end up on the beach, they will most likely evaporate in a few hours and mostly disappear. Jellyfish also don’t have brains, bones or a heart. They do have rudimentary sensory nerves though.

Edited by Voridan Atreides, 13 May 2013 - 11:15 AM.

[Voridan Atreides]

A Rubik's cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,00 possible configurations.