The Daily Fact Thread

[Jim]

The Daily Fact

If you take two raw eggs and smack them together* only one will break.

*-hard enough to try to crack the egg, not demolish it.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

The Daily Fact

The smallest bone found in the human body is located in the middle ear. The stapes (or stirrup) bone is only 2.8 millimetres (0.11 inches) long.

(Also, thanks Jim)

[Taeblewalker]

Originally Posted by Dr.Goomonkey

The Daily Fact

The smallest bone found in the human body is located in the middle ear. The staples (or stirrup) bone is only 2.8 millimetres (0.11 inches) long.

(Also, thanks Jim)

The three inner ear bones are evolved from the jawbones of our reptilian ancestors.

[Agent Minivann]

Originally Posted by Dr.Goomonkey

The Daily Fact

The smallest bone found in the human body is located in the middle ear. The staples (or stirrup) bone is only 2.8 millimetres (0.11 inches) long.

(Also, thanks Jim)

*cough* Stapes *cough*

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand on a standard 'QWERTY' keyboard.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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About 70% of Americans believe you can influence the physical world with your mind, while only about 50% believe that vaccines are safe and effective, according to a recent Chapman University study.

[Taeblewalker]

Originally Posted by Dr.Goomonkey

The Daily Fact

About 70% of Americans believe you can influence the physical world with your mind, while only about 50% believe that vaccines are safe and effective, according to a recent Chapman University study.

When I worked in a medical lab, I learned that the Hepatitis B vaccine is actually a yeast cell with the Hep B antigen (a molecule) attached to its cell membrane. So when you get that vaccine, you are not even getting a dead version of the virus, but a completely harmless yeast with a marker attached. The yeast I believe is Sacchoromyces cerevesiae, but I could be misremembering the spelling.

[Lesur]

Originally Posted by Taeblewalker

When I worked in a medical lab, I learned that the Hepatitis B vaccine is actually a yeast cell with the Hep B antigen (a molecule) attached to its cell membrane. So when you get that vaccine, you are not even getting a dead version of the virus, but a completely harmless yeast with a marker attached. The yeast I believe is Sacchoromyces cerevesiae, but I could be misremembering the spelling.

Cool.
If only we could tag little brothers to defend ourselves. Because a dead version would get you arrested.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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One third of the plant life on the island of Socotra near Yemen can’t be found anywhere else on Earth.

(you should look up pictures)

[mtl1998]

A group of owls is called a parliament.

[IAmBatman]

A group of crows is called a murder. Or, interestingly enough, a congress!

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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During the French Revolution, the county had a ten-day week, a ten-hour day, hours comprised of one hundred minutes, and minutes comprised of one hundred seconds. This system lasted twelve years, until Napoleon took power.