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You know what I mean. When under water your head is less supported than the rest of your body.
This is true, but "corn" was never discovered. Corn is actually a heavily modified version of a plant called "teosinte". When teosinte was discovered, farmers used artificial selection to produce the corn we know today (though the term 'artificial selection' didn't come until hundreds of years later... ie, modern times). Seeds of corn are attached strongly to the "cob", and they are protected by the husk of the corn flower, which prevents them from dispersing and finding a place to grow. This is what prevents them from reproducing naturally. Teosinte on the other hand, has tiny, loosely attached kernels that fall off easily and can be dispersed easily.
Actually I'm not quite sure what you mean, and what you said still isn't really true.
Are you sure "weight" is the correct word? Not buoyancy, or something along those lines?
"Corn" (or what would become "corn"), when originally found, was teosinte, and this was some 10,000 years ago (the "hundreds" from my previous post was incorrect). Humans 'domesticated' the plant, essentially. The result is the maize, i.e. corn, that we see today.
This still doesn't make much sense. What you're saying doesn't make much sense either. Unless you can back this up with physics or some source, I'm going to say it's false.
This is not true and does not have any basis.
Sort of... the joints are surrounded by something called synovial fluid, which contains dissolved gases including oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide among others. When you crack your knuckles, you increase the volume of the region within the joint, which causes the dissolved gases to come out of solution and make the "cracking" sound.
It's actually something they secrete continually, not when they're angry or anything. Along with sweat, they also have glands that secrete red and orange substances (hence the red color), which act as natural sunblock and antibiotic.
Obviously someone had some fun discovering this one.
Look at your head. The Eyeballs, nostrils, mouth and ears give pleanty of space for your boiled blood to explode out of.
This is not true. They exit in any direction where there is not an object blocking their flight path.
This still doesn't make much sense. It's just not true. I think I have an idea what you're trying to say, but still not very well. The head has just as much tendency to sink as any other part of the body. The act of floating is an attempt to keep the head above water so you don't drown. You know, actually I think I do know what you're trying to say, but I don't think it's true regardless.
Actually, an infant's eyes are about 75% the size of an adult's!
F&V is right on this one. You wouldn't freeze immediately, you wouldn't explode, and your blood wouldn't boil. You'd pass out soon due to the total lack of oxygen and your body would probably expand a little bit; but your skin and circulatory system protect the blood and prevent it from 'boiling'. You would simultaneously suffer from the effects of radiation (probably get a bad sunburn).
They probably didn't put a fish in blood. This is probably referring to the fact that the density of certain salt water areas is similar to the density of blood; the dissolved content is roughly similar.
Well that's boring. I wa slooking forward to one day going into space with half a dozzen rats....nevermind. However that link does say that Saliva started to boil, so that's something at least!
I might be wrong again, but I heard that's got something to do with Plasma "evolving" from Seawater. I use evolving very loosely
Probably true, but only because most people had TB back then, including Poe himself. Here's a graph showing decline in TB deaths from his era to more modern times (in Massachusetts... which happens to be Poe's birthplace!)
Nonsense. GoldShadow couldn't correct the broad side of a barn.
I'd bet the majority of the world's population hasn't heard the Mario tune. They're deprived
I've never actually eaten a Slider but if what I hear is true, it can be swallowed without much chewing and is high in fat! Unfortunately, not chewing slows down digestion because it gives the stomach more work to do (don't get lazy with the mastication!). And higher levels of fat also slow down digestion. If anything, it's slow to go through the whole digestive tract. This food's been busted.
They probably found this out by hearing the experiences of people who have passed out or had near death experiences (these people often tend to remember what was going on around them, even if they'd already lost vision and other sensation... the only explanation is that they could hear it). Certain surgeries require doctors to stop the heart ("clinical death") to perform, but upon waking up after these procedures, patients tend to accurately recall certain things that were happening around them, almost certainly because they still had some hearing left.
me and my dad have wrapped tape around a duck body that covers one of it slegs. it swims in circles.
Good thing my house isn't made out of wood.
So, when are you going to start reserching facts before you post them? How do you think they measured that spider one? You also left out the fact that a duck's quack doesn't echo.
False. They might be attracted to the sweet scent of fruits, but there's no evidence showing that having eaten a banana will necessarily attract mosquitoes.
False. Mammals generally have two vocal cords, one on each side of the larynx.
False. I'd bet money this one is made up. Couldn't find a single scientific journal or site that had anything to say about it. Still, it's not ridiculous to think that noise or vibration might affect their behavior, so I guess it might be up for grabs.
False. tmw's defintely right here, this is definitely a myth.
False. Ah... in fact, they both can and do swallow with their eyes open. "Most anurans retract and close their eyes repeatedly during swallowing." (anurans are frogs/toads).
True. This is true. Ultrasound is any sound with a frequency of 20,000 Hz or higher. The upper range of a cat's hearing is around 60,000 Hz.
False. Though it might seem logical considering they don't really make sounds, giraffes do indeed have vocal cords. "Despite possession of a well-developed larynx and a gregarious nature, the giraffe is able to utter only low moans or bleats."
False. It has the voltage. An average car ignition, like this one (PDF file), generally has a voltage of around 12 V (though it can be more or less). Electric eels can discharge 500-600+ V. Which is around 50 cars indeed.
True. This scientific article (warning: LONG .pdf file) talks about a bivalve called Enigmonia aenigmatica that climbs mangrove trees. It's a type of oyster. So I wouldn't doubt that there are oysters in the Caribbean that can do the same.
Wicked, but cool. Just saw this is a myth
, cool one though.I used to think it was around 350 V.
No no no! False! Didn't you read my awesome post, or did I waste my time?
"They can produce voltage as high as 650 volts"
The ocean is blue because it reflects the sky.
no no, that's not what I am saying. not everything, most everything. There is infinitely more space than there is matter in the universe, so the universe is mostly comprised of nothing.
LOL, I've actually believed that untill I was like 14 or so because my mother said it once to me when I was very young, and I simply never thought about it untill I read in my science book that O3(ozone) is a blue gas. First thing I did when I came home was telling to my mother that she was wrong about that xD. She didn't even remember she told me that <_<.
