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Post by nicholai on Jul 1, 2011 22:30:08 GMT -5
I made this thread so that we can talk about nerdy stuff like Physics and other science. Chat on! Show off your geekiness! It's all here!
FACT OF THE DAY:
It is actually possible to transport matter, according to Quantum physics. And two guys have actually done it with two atoms in their lab! Beam me up, Scotty!
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Post by chikaradesu on Jul 2, 2011 10:33:39 GMT -5
this thread, I will fill it with useless IB stuff once I return to school >D woo Are we counting Math as a science?
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Post by nicholai on Jul 3, 2011 21:50:07 GMT -5
Sure. As long as its not something as easy as 2+2.
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Post by Krepta on Jul 4, 2011 18:16:10 GMT -5
Hiiiiss! Math! *fizzles and melts* I shall lurk though, because your facts are fascinating.
Did you know that moray eels have a second set of jaws inside their mouth like the Aliens from the Aliens movie? Also, there was a huge, prehistoric mammal-like reptile that looked like a cross between a saber-toothed wolf and a ferret. It was poisonous. There were also dragonflies the size of eagles.
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Post by domofudge on Jul 8, 2011 18:27:11 GMT -5
The only fun facts I know are disturbing, like the fact that flamingos have red milk and a koala's appendix is 5 meters long.
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Post by Krepta on Jul 11, 2011 19:19:54 GMT -5
Ermmm... tomatoes are actually fruits? But I'm sure most of you already knew that.
Lesse. There's a type of small, aquatic snail that hunts clams. To do this it has a tiny natural drill it uses to burrow through the hard shell, which it then injects a muscle relaxant into in order to force the clam to open up it's shell. Said clam is then devoured. Scary, no?
The Aztecs believed that when you died you were actually waking up from a dream. Life was the dream, and when you died, true life began. So death was not necessarily a bad thing for them. Explains a lot about their culture. So more often than not, death represented change.
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Post by chikaradesu on Jan 5, 2012 8:22:28 GMT -5
Biology: About half of earths human population does not fart methane, but hydrogen. This is caused by Methano-genic becteria in their bodies
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Post by cptdragon9 on Jan 16, 2012 8:19:26 GMT -5
Ermmm... tomatoes are actually fruits? But I'm sure most of you already knew that.
I'll go one further. They are actually in the nightshade family, along with potatoes, and garden huckleberries. I can personally testify to the last as I poisioned myself with raw huckleberries for a week before discovering that little fact. For further notice, make sure you boil any garden huckleberries you plan to eat with baking soda to make them edible, and less poisonous.
You'd think they'd put that little tidbit on the seed packets...
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Post by chikaradesu on Mar 7, 2012 8:09:24 GMT -5
here we go! Taken from a post on Tumblr Biotime: This is a tardigrade, also known as a”water bear” or “moss piglet.” It is probably the coolest narf!ing microscopic life form that you’ve never heard of. Besides looking like miniature, animatronic gummy bears, tardigrades can live at temperatures close to absolute zero. Before you Google what absolute zero is, it’s -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit (lol no parenthetical Celsius conversion for the rest of the world haha). That’s pretty narf!ing cold. Anyways, tardigrades are tiny little living things that eat shit inside of mosses and whatnot. They can survive in any environment (including outer space), are able to go without water for up to 10 years, and are like a million bajillion years old (they originated in the Cretaceous period for you kids that understand whatever that means). cooly doodle
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Post by Krepta on Mar 7, 2012 10:00:28 GMT -5
Hah! I read about those little beasties! They're pretty cool. XD They practically freeze-dry themselves when they hibernate by pumping all the water out of their body. Tough little things! If I remember correctly, they're also some of the only species that are actually native to Antarctica.
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Post by mauvelantern on Mar 7, 2012 18:03:38 GMT -5
Guys! Did you know that a2+b2=c2 in a right triangle?!
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Post by Krepta on Mar 7, 2012 20:09:38 GMT -5
Oh god. THAT equation. My teacher BEAT that equation into me.
... In hindsight though, it's probably the only equation I remember now. XD
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Post by mauvelantern on Mar 7, 2012 20:17:12 GMT -5
Unfortunately, this means that I've exhausted just about all the science/math in my head...
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Post by chikaradesu on Mar 9, 2012 3:02:04 GMT -5
OH! I LOVE THAT! Here's the expanded version which is used if you don't know one of the sides, but have an angle instead a 2=b 2+c 2 - 2bc cosA <3 <3 Aint it puretty?!
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Post by Krepta on Mar 9, 2012 12:14:30 GMT -5
-rolls around- Math! Tis my one true Kryptonite! XD You have bested me!
Here's one for you! Did you know there are dunes in some of our deserts that make noise? It's a low pitched hum, like perhaps a bass or a violin! They're not sure what causes it, but one of the theories is that it's somehow caused by the sand rolling down the really big dunes. Could you imagine being stranded out there and all of a sudden hearing that?!
Also, whales and dolphins speak and different dialects depending on where they are, and elephants often have their own designated "midwife" elephant within the herd that helps other elephants when they're giving birth.
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