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Da fuq? - rønin

Jesus. :( - Tamara J. B.

"In about two and a half minutes, the folks at MinuteEarth give us a solid explanation incorporating fluid dynamics, fractals, and some interesting examples of what happens when rivers get "too bendy" and the bends collide." - rønin

HAHAHA - Shevonne

I also think it's hilarious that they hide his last name everywhere, but when one of them calls him "Mr. Winter." - Shevonne

I'm sorry. HAHAHA I remember last year, some show kept playing this song in every ep. for 2 months. It wouldn't go away until like July. - Anika

"Lee Wachtstetter, an 86-year-old Florida widow, took her daughter's advice. She sold her five-bedroom Fort Lauderdale-area home on 10 acres and became a permanent luxury cruise ship resident after her husband died. Mama Lee, as she's known aboard the 11-year-old Crystal Serenity, has been living on the 1,070-passenger vessel longer than most of its 655 crewmembers — nearly seven years." - rønin

If that's all-inclusive then it's not too terrible of a deal. - That's So CAJ!

Glutton. "The hamster, it turns out, is the rodent version of the Weasleys’ bewitched tent in Harry Potter or Dr. Who's TARDIS: It’s bigger on the inside than it appears from the outside. As the X-rays in this video show, hamsters’ cheek pockets extend all the way to their hips!" - rønin

SCIENCE - Stephen Mack

You know what? I don't wanna click cause I don't wanna know. Some things should remain a mystery :) - Johnny

""Maybe I was enjoying the burger too much; I needed to tone it down. I was certainly willing to do so, but I didn't expect to be fined or punished," Turner told the Atlanta station." - rønin

"Georgia's distracted driver law does not mention food. It says only that drivers can't engage in actions that distract them from operating a vehicle safely. "Maybe if you had a giant pizza in both hands and you weren't holding the wheel, or maybe if you had a watermelon - half watermelon - and you were just diving into it holding it with both hands, maybe that would be something," Head said." - rønin

Whether you get ticketed all depends on the peace officer and the mood he happens to be in. - Stephan Planken

"I always make her jump up and down after sex, so I know it's not hers. I have a suspicion it belongs to a different girlfriend. I've heard of paternity tests, but is there something like a maternity test to expose her lie?" - rønin

Dilemma! - Jennifer Dittrich

How did I miss this last year? - rønin

Oddly enough our schools are still open though. - rønin

"South Dakota has yanked its "Don't Jerk and Drive" ad campaign for reasons that are totally obvious to anyone who's ever been 13 years old: It's reminiscent of the (disturbingly popular) pastime of masturbating while driving." - rønin

"On The Wire, “corner boys” were street-level drug dealers, selling their product until the 5-0 drives by. SNL took that idea, and gentrified it. Kenan Thompson, Kevin Hart, and Jay Pharaoh are living in Bushwick, Brooklyn, hanging out on the corner and discussing what they’ve been up to." - rønin

"There’s been a recent surge of people trying to eat Samyang’s Bool Dak Bokkeum Myun (translation: Flaming Chicken Fried Noodles), one of South Korea’s spiciest ramens, as quickly as possible on YouTube. Why are so many people doing this sadistic challenge? I have no idea, but watching strangers cry and writhe in food pain is surprisingly entertaining." - rønin

Well now I want to try this... - Hookuh Tinypants

I don't know why but the last part of this sentence just made me ROFL: "The researchers measured pain reactions from people who were alone; with a friend; with a stranger; with a stranger when both had been given a stress-blocking drug; and with a stranger when both of them had just played Rock Band together." - rønin

I used to love playing Rock Band with my kids (as long as I could be the drummer). :D - Jenny H.

"In the words of one New York Times columnist, “Horses are America’s sacred cows” -- they are our companions, our honorable pals. Eating them, it seems, triggers our moral compass. As one NPR commentator elucidates, tongue-in-cheek, “It's okay to kill a ton of chickens and cows, but kill a horse? By golly, there's something wrong with you!” Yet, historically, when we have eaten horse -- either out of necessity, or, in the fashion of Harvard professors, for taste -- we’ve savored it." - rønin

I ate a lunch meat made from horse for a little while in grade school. It tasted vile, but it riled up the horse loving girls in my class. - Eivind

"A recent study from researchers at the University of North Dakota offered some troubling data about the sex lives of college men. Among the respondents, a group of 73 straight male students, one in three reported that they would force a woman to have sex if they knew they could get away with it. According to the report, 31 percent of the men surveyed said they would force a woman to have sex “if nobody would ever know and there wouldn’t be any consequences.”" - rønin

"But when researchers asked the same question, this time dropping the language of forced sex and using the word rape instead, that number dropped to 13 percent. Respondents, it seems, were comfortable with the act of rape, just not the name. The findings, that copping to sexual violence can be a strange matter of semantics, aren’t all that unique, according to the researchers." - rønin

Wow. That's a huge change and not really a good one. - Anika

I wasn't aware that they had, but it sounds like a terrible policy and a huge pain in the ass for sellers. - Jenny H.

Yeah I hadn't sold in a long time so wasn't aware of the change either. But I've had more deadbeat buyers in the past 2 months than I've had my first 14 years with them. At least the latest one finally paid up when I opened the non-payment case against them. - rønin

"A few years ago, Carl Zimmer and I ran a workshop on science writing, where we talked, among other things, about explaining science without talking down to your audience. It apparently left an impression on Craig McClain, a marine biologist and blogger who was in the audience. “I made a comment about how I always wanted to write a post on how giant squid sizes are bullsh*t,” he recalls,” but that those always come off as an arrogant scientist telling the world that it’s wrong. And you said: You should write it, but you just need to find the right tone. That kicked me off.”" - rønin

"A bowl of ramen consists of four basic elements: the broth, the tare, the noodles, and the toppings. The broth is generally a mix of pork, chicken, seafood, and vegetables, with each shop crafting their own blend. Most mix various parts of pig and fowl, some add more complex elements, and some never reveal their secrets. Though most diners categorize ramen into shoyu, miso, shio, and tonkotsu types, many shops specialize in just one style, referred to simply as “ramen” on their menu. This guide details the basic characteristics of a number of established regional styles; it only scratches the surface of the myriad varieties of ramen being served every day across Japan." - rønin

"The "47 ronin" samurai who inspired the long-loved saga of loyalty and honor eulogized in films, books and plays are fighting a new kind of battle in urban Japan. An apartment complex is going up next to the curved tile-roofed Sengakuji temple where the three-century-old graves of the ronin, or masterless samurai, lie. The stone monuments, standing barely waist-high, are known here and elsewhere as a humble but proud testament to sacrificing one's life for what's right." - rønin

"One of the more unusual approaches being tested is using blood from the young to reinvigorate the old. The idea was borne out in experiments which showed blood plasma from young mice restored mental capabilities of old mice. A human trial under way is testing whether Alzhemier’s patients who receive blood transfusions from young people experience a similar effect. Tony Wyss-Coray, a researcher at Stanford leading the work, says that if it works he hopes to isolate factors in the blood that drive the effect and then try to make a drug that does a similar thing. (Since publishing his work in mice, many “healthy, very rich people” have contacted Wyss-Coray wondering if it might help them live longer.)" - rønin

What? No way. =p "Li fell into his coma in August 2013 after spending nearly a week at an Internet cafe without sleep. He passed out as he was researching business ideas, according to CEN. For months doctors searched for a way to awaken Li, but to no avail. It wasn’t until his family revealed what he loved most in the world that they found their key to success." - rønin

"Ms. Kondo’s decluttering theories are unique, and can be reduced to two basic tenets: Discard everything that does not “spark joy,” after thanking the objects that are getting the heave-ho for their service; and do not buy organizing equipment — your home already has all the storage you need." - rønin

"Norwegian scientists say people born during periods of solar calm may live longer – as much as five years on average – than those who enter the world when the Sun is feisty. The team, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, based their study on demographic data from church records of some 8,600 individuals from two different mid-Norwegian populations, one poor and one wealthy. This was matched to maps of historical solar cycles. The lifespan of those born in periods of solar maximum – interludes marked by powerful flares and geomagnetic storms – was “5.2 years shorter” on average than those born during a solar minimum, they found." - rønin

Huh. - Jenny H.

One day someone has to do metadata analysis of all the things scientific studies have said shorten or lengthen your life... - Spidra Webster

One interesting hypothesis to test would be to see if reading studies about human lifespan decreases your lifespan. - Technodad

"More than 20 years ago, the psychologist Arthur Aron succeeded in making two strangers fall in love in his laboratory. Last summer, I applied his technique in my own life, which is how I found myself standing on a bridge at midnight, staring into a man’s eyes for exactly four minutes." - rønin

"I explained the study to my university acquaintance. A heterosexual man and woman enter the lab through separate doors. They sit face to face and answer a series of increasingly personal questions. Then they stare silently into each other’s eyes for four minutes. The most tantalizing detail: Six months later, two participants were married. They invited the entire lab to the ceremony." - rønin

"that guy mooning manhattan was a friend of mine that i met in Miami through other great friends. his name was Dickie Riley, one of the funniest and greatest i have ever met. he worked on The World Trade Center during its construction as a Union Steel Worker, and he was also involved in the demolition work many years later after the 9-11 attacks. unfortunately Dickie passed away about two years ago, suffering from illnesses related to working in such toxic conditions at ground zero. he was a hell of a guy, one who i will miss dearly." - rønin

Yes, actually. It's been determined that men are not as messy when they have a target. http://www.npr.org/templat... ""Apparently," Berenbaum says, in males, "there is a deep-seated instinct to aim at targets," and having a fly to aim at reduces what she politely calls "human spillage." When flies were introduced at Schiphol Airport, spillage rates dropped 80 percent," - bentley

:-) - Amit Patel

"Upon seeing the fans, even TNT basketball analyst and longtime Knicks adversary Reggie Miller remarked, "Oh, my God. That's not right." Then he checked himself, "Maybe it is."" - rønin

WTH is up w/the comments about never seeing a pregnant Asian. That's the first I've heard of that one. - rønin

>.> - Alix May