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I really need to stop with the bad thread titles. I just don't know how...
Anyways, welcome all to another new forum devoted to your interests! 'But we just got 'Fan Club!' you say. I know I know, I just made a thread for our interests other than books. But this one's different! I know quite a few of us (I'm lookin' at you Jenny!)have a lot of interest in the more scientific side of life. So, this one is about interesting, true, awesomeness. Stuff like science, history, philosophy, all that cool stuff. And you can discuss whatever you'd like. Science news, recent archeological discoveries, psycho murderers, physiological experiments. Anything that's good food for thought or anything that has simply piqued your interest! I'm sure there will be a lot of link posting (I know I'll be doing a lot of that) so just try to make sure that you don't post anything nefarious or that may put anyone at risk to a virus! Thank you all and enjoy!!

Here's the reason I got this idea for this thread!

I ran across this article and thought it was super interesting but I didn't have anyone to tell about it. So I thought 'Hey, why don't I just talk to my GR peeps about it!'
Isn't that so cool! I would love to have seen this forest in it's prime! It would almost feel like being on an alien planet I imagine. I wonder what new discoveries and information this will bring to the scientific community!

I learned in The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating that humans anuses develop before their mouths, but with snails it's the opposite.

Lisa wrote: "I really need to stop with the bad thread titles. I just don't know how...
Anyways, welcome all to another new forum devoted to your interests! 'But we just got 'Fan Club!' you say. I know I know, ..."

Blushes.

Kandice: *wispers* gastropods are awesome.

That's crazy Kandice! I knew about humans developing the anus first but I had no idea that it was opposite in snails!

Snails have tiny hooks-teeth thingies on their tong too so the can chew on leaves and stuff :) they are called radula, in english, I believe. Snails (well gastropods, okay a big deal of the molusks phylum) are really old. Having stayed roughly the same since they clamperted over 650 million old plants. They are really cool :)

Giraffes and human beings have the same number of vertebrae in their necks despite the extreme difference in length.

Yes! Almost all mammels have actually :) pretty cool uh.

Science is awesome!! I'm glad I decided to make this thread haha

Sciencing is one of the few things I like as much as I like books. And that is totally a verb, if it isn't it bloody well should be!

Haha I'll take it! I make up words all the time! I mean technically every word is made up so it works out. And I love sciencing too! Have you ever heard of howstuffworks.com? They have an awesome series of podcasts ranging from science, conspiracies, history, women's stuff, car stuff,and the list goes on and on. I've been a huge follower of theirs for years now and I listen to so much of their stuff. Their website is awesome too. If you haven't heard of it you should definitely check it out! Plus there is so much content you won't run out of awesome stuff to listen to for a long while!

No I haven't and yes I will! That sounds like a great place to go find myself something fun to listen too :D Thanks for the suggestion ^-^

You're welcome! You'll love their website. They have articles, blogs, videos, quizzes, games, all sorts of sciency awesomeness!

Ok so this is fascinating!! You guys have to check this article out! It is about the way that scientific studies have been done on pigeons who are trained to spot cancer cells in images taken from samples of patients tested for cancer. Apparently after they are trained, the pigeons are able to spot the cancer cells with an accuracy level at 85% - 90% which is 5 to 10 percent higher than the average human specialist. I just find this absolutely amazing!

Wow! Gives new meaning to the phrase "bird brained."

Definitely! Maybe it's not so much of an insult anymore haha

Speaking of birds.. I had no idea these types of birds lived this long! This sweet old bird has raised 3 DOZEN chicks and is believed to be about 67 years old!!

Ha I knew about the age! Not about the pidgens though. I wonder how you train a bird to do something that complicated. Its not like you can explain it to them. Scientist speak terrible pidgeon xD

Haha true!! I really have no idea how they train them to do stuff like that. I can barely train my dog to sit!

Maybe pidgeons have some hidden facination with human cancer patients? Maybe they talk to the crows and know how to spot dying people!

lol birds are crazy!! I have no idea how their tiny little brains work! I think they are just really intelligent but in a way that's totally different than how the human brain operates

Probably, yeah. :) Who knows what goes on in those tiny heads

Fun read for Christmas!!

So I don't know about you guys but I am super into cryptozoology and myths and legends and things of that sort. I found this article today and thought I'd share.

I knew about most of these, my favorite being the Wendigo. I always thought this was a terrifying and fascinating creature. There were a couple of the list I hadn't heard of like The Donkey Lady which actually sounded kind of funny. America, especially in the south, seems to come up with some crazy and interesting things. What are some interesting local legends/myths from your part of the world?

I have some favorites :) The one where Thor and Loki dress up as Freja to get Mjölnir back from a frost giant still amuses me to no end. (Finding even half decent translation was hard)

I also found a super cool explination to "news report grammer". Read it to the end ^,^

Haha Thor the Transvestite is a wonderful title for an article. Just wanted to say that. I have never heard that story before, very very cool!

I find this explanation very cool and informative and had one of those 'Oh that makes total sense' moments. I forwarded that on to my Mother-in-Law who is a writer. I thought she would enjoy it as much as I did.

I thought this was a cool share! It's a recording of J.R.R. Tolkein singing a song from The Lord of The Rings!

Lisa wrote: "I thought this was a cool share! It's a recording of J.R.R. Tolkein singing a song from The Lord of The Rings!
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Oooooohhhhhh!!!!

Jenny wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I thought this was a cool share! It's a recording of J.R.R. Tolkein singing a song from The Lord of The Rings!
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But the link doesnt work anymore!

Oh no!!! I'll find another one!

Ok, I think this is the same one. I'm at work so I can't play the audio haha.

Yaaay!

I have read everything Tolkien wrote, but if my introduction to his writing had been that...I don't think I would have!

haha I could see that! Gotta love the man though!

Hahaha, its a good thing I've heard the soundtrack to the movies first because just those tunes would have made me want to read the books all on their own. But this... well...

Lisa wrote: "I thought this was a cool share! It's a recording of J.R.R. Tolkein singing a song from The Lord of The Rings!
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Neat :D

Is anyone interested in watching this today? I'm very excited about it!

Your post was the first I had heard of it.

Here is the updated information on the NASA press conference.



They found a small group of 'likely' habitable exo-planets in the Aquarius constellation orbiting a dwarf star. Pretty cool stuff!

Cool!!!

. Cool discovery and awesome pics for you history buffs!

Aww...

"You don't have a soul. You are a soul; you have a body."
~A Canticle for Leibowitz

Shikhar wrote: ""You don't have a soul. You are a soul; you have a body."
~A Canticle for Leibowitz"

Beautiful

Lisa wrote: "Shikhar wrote: ""You don't have a soul. You are a soul; you have a body."
~A Canticle for Leibowitz"

Beautiful"

I know, right?

Shikhar wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Shikhar wrote: ""You don't have a soul. You are a soul; you have a body."
~A Canticle for Leibowitz"

Beautiful"

I know, right?"

I could spend all day just admiring the way people put words together and make them sound so exquisite. (Wait, that is what I do! It's called reading!) I obviously do not have the same skill haha.

Lisa wrote: "Shikhar wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Shikhar wrote: ""You don't have a soul. You are a soul; you have a body."
~A Canticle for Leibowitz"

Beautiful"

I know, right?"

I could spend all day just admiring t..."

Haha, I like your sense of humor.

Shikhar wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Shikhar wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Shikhar wrote: ""You don't have a soul. You are a soul; you have a body."
~A Canticle for Leibowitz"

Beautiful"

I know, right?"

I could spend all day ju..."

Thanks! As my mom used to say 'I may not be good at anything but at least I'm good for a laugh!'

Ha! This is my type of a topic. Would be great if it'd be more active.

Kandice wrote: "Giraffes and human beings have the same number of vertebrae in their necks despite the extreme difference in length."

Some time ago I had a girlfriend who had some kind of genetic aberration and therefor she had one extra vertebrae in her neck. Since she was really short and that meant her having one more than giraffe we had a lot of laughs about it :)

I suppose it's my turn to share something interesting right now. Let me think...

I really like the unbelievable stories of courageous people who risked their lives fighting for values so much ahead of their times.



As someone said "Poles happened to be bad soldiers, but good people".

There is a similar story about Newton Knight, depicted in Free State of Jones movie (starring Matthew McConaughey).

Kacper wrote: "Ha! This is my type of a topic. Would be great if it'd be more active.

Kandice wrote: "Giraffes and human beings have the same number of vertebrae in their necks despite the extreme difference in..."

Wow, that's amazing about the extra cervical vertebrae. Most mammals all have the same bones, they are just specialized to some degree (mostly with animals that have hooves).

A fun fact I like to share with my figure drawing classes is that the reason humans can stand is all thanks to our highly defined and large butts (gluteus maximus). All other mammals are glutealy challenged.