Yuri’s Night
Via Wikipedia: Yuri’s Night is an international celebration held on April 12 every year to commemorate the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, and the first Space Shuttle launch on April 12, 1981. In 2004, people celebrated Yuri’s Night in 34 countries in over 75 individual events. Locations have included Los [...]
Olives
There seems to be debate over what the difference is between black and green olives. I, myself, had no clue. I thought they might be two different crops. Well this comes from wikipedia: “The olive has been used since ancient times for the making of olive oil and for eating of the fruit, which, being bitter [...]
The Autism Numbers, is there an epidemic?
A brief look at anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker’s book on Autism and its history. It was first described in medical journals by Leo Kanner in 1943. English Historian William of Newburgh described children who would today no doubt be diagnosed as autistic in the 12th century. Is autism an epidemic or was it just largely [...]
Wertenberger’s First Theory of Green Olive Consumption
While talking about “Wertenberger’s Theory of Female Mushroom and Olive Consumption”, as mentioned in my last post, I thought of a new theory. I’ve put together a graph to address my idea. As you can plainly see, as green olive consumption increases, one’s happiness increases inffinitly. My next step is to seek funding to further [...]
The Female Condition
I think I may have stumbled a fact of the female condition. As far back as I can remember, every female I have known either dislikes mushrooms, and/or green or black olives. I’d like to get some feed back from the ladies whom read this. Where do you stand? I’m sure this isn’t a universal [...]
Periodic Table
Click this link to use this periodic table. It’s pretty cool, most of the elements are represented by a picture of the element. As you move your mouse over the chart it highlights the elements. Clicking an element gives you and exploded view which lists a description, along with further scientific data. Makes for a [...]
Brain Fact
Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250 (Harper’s Index, October, 1989) 15-20% of all blood pumped out of the heart goes directly to the brain, despite the fact that the brain accounts for only about 2% of body weight The brain is composed of approximately 75% [...]
You are now 1 of 6.5 Billion People
A population milestone is about to be set on this jam-packed planet. On Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7:16 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the population here on this good Earth is projected to hit 6.5 billion people. Along with this forecast, an analysis by the International Programs Center at the U.S. Census Bureau points to another [...]
Ants
LONDON, England (Reuters) — British researchers said on Wednesday they had uncovered the first proof of teaching in non-human animals — ants showing each other the way to food. The ants studied over two years by scientists from Bristol University used a technique known as tandem running — one ant led another ant from the [...]
