Fact O' The Day

[Peelz]

cool.

[Segkast]

Gian Giorgio Trissino... Oprah thanks you for the V and the J ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVxm-SO6Vdo

[Krandall]

'Drunkenness is influenced by the placebo effect.'


Researchers in New Zealand found that test subjects who believed they had been drinking alcohol had worse memories than those who didn't. The experiment placed two groups of students in a bar-like atmosphere, but gave one group "vodka tonics" which were actually just water with lime, and then presented both groups with a series of slides and quizzed them on details they had seen. The students who had been "drinking" had comparatively impaired memories, and were more suggestible than their counterparts.

[Hefe]

how could you confuse the taste of Vodka with water?

[Krandall]

Adolph Hitler played chess daily. He always played the white pieces, and insisted on being allowed to replace one of his bishops with a second queen.

[Peelz]

how could you confuse the taste of Vodka with water?

dont get that either. But...i have seen it happen. Give some dumb annoying chick some "mixed drinks" and watch the fun.


Seen it happen with a fake joint too.

"Dudes, I'm so Baked!"

"suuuuure you are"

[Krandall]

"Taiwanese scientists are breeding green-glowing pigs."


One of the most scientifically relevant facts about this story is that the genetically modified ("transgenic") pigs were able to breed successfully; the first green-glowing pigs were produced in 2006, but it took much longer for a cloned sow to pass on her particular traits to her offspring. The long-term worth of the experiment lies in using the pigs to help produce viable organs for human transplants: the green-glowing protein, originally from injected jellyfish DNA, would allow transplanted tissue to be tracked and monitored.

[Peelz]

weird

[Krandall]

Very weird.

Would be interesting to know how long they've been trying to do this...

[Spartan]

I don't want a green glowing liver...kthxbye

[Krandall]

Most people can't drink milk."

Only about 40% of the world can actually digest milk after childhood. Most of those people are of European descent and share a genetic mutation that enables them to do it: only about 25% of Africans, 5% of Asians and 0% of Native Americans can fully digest the lactose in milk in adulthood. Lactose persistence likely comes from an ancient European dairy-farming people (potentially the Funnelbeaker culture or the Linear Pottery culture) and spread across the continent from that genesis around 7,500 years ago.

[Peelz]

Most people can't drink milk."

Only about 40% of the world can actually digest milk after childhood. Most of those people are of European descent and share a genetic mutation that enables them to do it: only about 25% of Africans, 5% of Asians and 0% of Native Americans can fully digest the lactose in milk in adulthood. Lactose persistence likely comes from an ancient European dairy-farming people (potentially the Funnelbeaker culture or the Linear Pottery culture) and spread across the continent from that genesis around 7,500 years ago.

interesting. 

[Lady4Fiddy]

Most people can't drink milk."

Only about 40% of the world can actually digest milk after childhood. Most of those people are of European descent and share a genetic mutation that enables them to do it: only about 25% of Africans, 5% of Asians and 0% of Native Americans can fully digest the lactose in milk in adulthood. Lactose persistence likely comes from an ancient European dairy-farming people (potentially the Funnelbeaker culture or the Linear Pottery culture) and spread across the continent from that genesis around 7,500 years ago.

Good thing I am a Spaniard! I needz my milk!

[disco]

Most people can't drink milk."

Only about 40% of the world can actually digest milk after childhood. Most of those people are of European descent and share a genetic mutation that enables them to do it: only about 25% of Africans, 5% of Asians and 0% of Native Americans can fully digest the lactose in milk in adulthood. Lactose persistence likely comes from an ancient European dairy-farming people (potentially the Funnelbeaker culture or the Linear Pottery culture) and spread across the continent from that genesis around 7,500 years ago.

Good thing I am a Spaniard! I needz my milk!

I don't think the Dread Pirate Roberts is going to trust you very much.

This is interesting, I have a neighbor that was born in China, she said they don't drink milk like we do here.  Milk is for infants and looked at baby food.

[Krandall]

"Testosterone is good for your heart."


A British study of 930 men linked individuals with low testosterone and increased risk of mortality from heart disease and other medical problems. The study indicated that even otherwise healthy men with borderline-low testosterone were more likely to die than men with ordinary levels of the hormone. Researchers stressed, however, that this particular study suggested a link, but did not strictly prove causation (although testosterone was shown to reduce the buildup of arterial cholesterol in animal test subjects).