Racoon Posted April 11, 2006 Report Posted April 11, 2006 The first FDA approved genetically-engineered vaccine in 1986 was used to treat Hepatitis B :xx: Quote
bpjg2fat Posted April 11, 2006 Report Posted April 11, 2006 The fluff I find curled up in my belly-button, is always blue. HAHA! i know whatthe****! :xx: Quote
Racoon Posted April 11, 2006 Report Posted April 11, 2006 The leaves of trees can be described as dentate, crenate, sinuate, or undulate :xx: Quote
Racoon Posted April 11, 2006 Report Posted April 11, 2006 A Princeton Biologist's genetically-enhanced strain of "Smart Mice" were named after a sitcom - "Doogie" :xx: Quote
Racoon Posted April 11, 2006 Report Posted April 11, 2006 Heres a quirky science fact! Chicken Pox was once thought to be cured by laying down in a chicken coop while a flock of hens ran over you! :doh: :unlove: Quote
Turtle Posted April 12, 2006 Report Posted April 12, 2006 Of all the known gold ever recovered by humans, we have found 90% of it since 1848.:hihi: Quote
Boerseun Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Posted April 12, 2006 If all the gold ever dug up in the history of mankind were to be melted and cast, it will form a cube 36x36x36 meters! No wonder people will kill for the stuff - there's not a heck of a lot to go around! Quote
InfiniteNow Posted April 12, 2006 Report Posted April 12, 2006 The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz. Quote
Racoon Posted April 12, 2006 Report Posted April 12, 2006 The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz. DAAAAMN!watch your *** when you find that! :evil: --->>>:phones: Reminds me of Steinbeck's book "The Pearl" - a nice lil' read The Platypus, once thought to be a Hoax, was first seen by ogling Americans at the Bronx Park in 1922.:eek: Quote
Boerseun Posted April 13, 2006 Author Report Posted April 13, 2006 Okay - more history, not science, but cool nonetheless: The BIGGEST diamond ever found, the Cullinan diamond, was shipped off to England to form part of the Crown Jewels. The thing is, by the time they shipped it, the news of the humungous diamond has travelled, and they were scared of thieves coming to steal it! So they sent a couple of Scotland Yard's Finest to South Africa to accompany the little box with the diamond in back to England, on a steamship. They made a fine performance of guarding the diamond in transit, all hush-hush and secret, and foiled a couple of theft attempts on the way! ...whilst the actual diamond was posted in a simple box to England via the Royal Mail! Unguarded! The box the cops were protecting had a blob of molten, dirty glass inside! Remember, the thing was still uncut, even the Bobbies didn't know the truth! So one day, a few months later, the postman delivered an inconspicuous box to Scotland Yard, worth millions of pounds! History is cool! Quote
Racoon Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 History is cool! At least we can agree on something. :lol: I thought Tormod was going to add a History forum? :eek2: Maybe after he gets back from all that Space Mumbo-Jumbo :eek: Quote
Racoon Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 Dennis Gabor got the Idea for producing 3-dimentional images for Holography (not hypography;) ) while watching a Tennis match in 1947! :eek2: Quote
Qfwfq Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 ...whilst the actual diamond was posted in a simple box to England via the Royal Mail! Unguarded! The box the cops were protecting had a blob of molten, dirty glass inside! Remember, the thing was still uncut, even the Bobbies didn't know the truth!Somewhat like the reason armoured vehicles are called "tanks". They wanted to ensure the secret right up until deployment on the field, so they had most of the people involved in the production and shipment thinking they were some special new kind of tank, and the name stuck. Quote
Racoon Posted April 14, 2006 Report Posted April 14, 2006 Speaking of Diamonds... The only place this Gem is found in North America is around The Northwest Territories' Point Lake Quote
Racoon Posted April 15, 2006 Report Posted April 15, 2006 Garden Gnomes, the popular garden ceramics, were banned from the Royal Horticulture Society show in London, in 2000 because they thought the Gnomes were "too tacky" Gnomes around the World protest at such Discrimination!!! :) Quote
DFINITLYDISTRUBD Posted April 16, 2006 Report Posted April 16, 2006 Tall persons that marry short persons tend to have back problems.Ex. I'm 6'2" Sweetie is 4'10" just getin a smooch requires quite a lot of bend of the ol spine. Multiply that times many many times a day....sore back. (Well worth it though...and she does have a step-stool to even things out when possible :) ) Quote
DFINITLYDISTRUBD Posted April 16, 2006 Report Posted April 16, 2006 The water in Erie county Pa. caries known carcinogens! (The triannual water reports clearly state it!) I am even certain of the source most of the grape farmers (which is pretty much every farmer in the region) use a pestide which is known to cause cancer. ( I know most of them personally or indirectly through friends or family) Further proof though I can't actually prove it are the deaths (due to cancer) of pets (including every pet I've ever had) , the massive tumors on my present pet (a wolf/husky hybrid) and the tumors on the fish in lake Erie and it's tributaries. Which I guess proves the argument that the mass poisoning of insects poisons us all. Racoon 1 Quote
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