What did you learn today?
I learned new research shows that within the brains and neural tissue of cockroachs are antimicrobial compounds that hold potential for creating newer, safer antibiotics for human use in fighting ultra-resistant pathogens.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39066753/ns/technology_and_science-science
In a few years instead of mold you might get cockroach brain to fight off that nasty cold!
Yesterday (I'm aware that's not today) I learned how to speed-tie my shoes! Awesome skill to have.
I want to be your medicine
I want to feed the sparrow in your heart
Don't make me argue with you over my jokes again! Golly!
I did copy and paste "ultra-resistant pathogens." and double check the spelling on "antimicrobial". Other than that the only difference is that it is less rambly and summed up better than when I speak.
But phooey, second post ruiner. The point is we might have cockroach brain antibiotics soon. And I want to know what random weird stuff other people learned, perferably told in their voice of humor.
That is brilliant!
How do you do this?
She got velcro shoes.
Ramadan, i'm going to learn about it from a Malian man after work today!! we're going to feast on African food and read from the quran in... NOT arabic, and i can't remember the language now. no matter, i'm squealing with deLIGHT 
also, i'm learning how to a cook's hellper, which officially starts sunday but no time like the present.
pepper i wish i could learn that stuff you did as i've seen more cock's roaches lately than ever before in my life.
I learned that, according to David Sedaris, Normandy is the West Virginia of France.
I also learned that France is deporting gypsies. My day apparently has a theme! viz., France is trashy.
There is hope, but not for us.
I learned that the Star Wars kid committed himself to an institution because he couldn't handle the noteriety of being "famous."
What Star Wars kid?
Anikin?
labelleza wrote:
This is what I thought Pete said.
I'm going to assume you're talking dirty to me because I'm the Book Club god.
Anikin?
No, that fucker from YouTube with the curtain rod or whatever. Just type "Star Wars kid" into YouTube...it'll pop up.
I also learned that the cat will take a bath.
There is hope, but not for us.
I also learned that France is deporting gypsies. My day apparently has a theme! viz., France is trashy.
ILOVEDAVIDSEDARIS.
he's going to be in my town in october.
i will cry happily if i get to see him.
he wrote about his mother dying, in which book i can't remember now (i've read them all). i think i remember him mentioning finding wigs in her closet... of course i was crying so hard it took me like an hour to read just a few pages or a chapter, BUT THEN THE BEST THING HAPPENED. he still made me laugh even after i made it through that dark bit. for me, he makes life tolerable.
hope he's just as good to you as he is to me
did he just do this recently? Because i don't think he's been that "famous" for at least 3-4 years now.
I learned that if all the bones in your foot were just one big bone, that you wouldn't be able to walk. That the pressure of taking a single step would instantly break your one footbone.
did he just do this recently? Because i don't think he's been that "famous" for at least 3-4 years now.
I just read about it today so I don't know. Nothing about when or where was specified...only that he did.
I also just learned that the time it takes your brain to recognize a nerve signal, If your brain was in New York and you stubbed your toe in Los Angeles, you wouldn't feel the pain for 3 minutes 23 seconds.
That 100 pounds of apple seeds have the explosive capability of a quarter stick of dynamite.
that Olivia Newton-John is a long distant cousin of Sir Isaac Newton.
That the Bendy Straw was invented in 1967 as part of NASA's Apollo Space Program.
The Star Wars Kid committed himself shortly after the whole mess started. Apparently, he is now either a lawyer or going to law school.
I also learned that France is deporting gypsies. My day apparently has a theme! viz., France is trashy.
ILOVEDAVIDSEDARIS.
he's going to be in my town in october.
i will cry happily if i get to see him.
he wrote about his mother dying, in which book i can't remember now (i've read them all). i think i remember him mentioning finding wigs in her closet... of course i was crying so hard it took me like an hour to read just a few pages or a chapter, BUT THEN THE BEST THING HAPPENED. he still made me laugh even after i made it through that dark bit. for me, he makes life tolerable.
hope he's just as good to you as he is to me :)
Yes, I saw him read about 3 years ago, it was a really great experience. You simply cannot miss it.
There is hope, but not for us.
I learned that a staggering number of people I know don't know the difference between philosophy and psychology.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
ANIMAL FACTS
As of the 1990s, some mules are now fertile. So far this only applies to female mules but given enough time they could become their own species or something.
Also, the number of tigers in captivity in the US outnumbers the tigers left still in the wild. Most of them are pets. There was an explosion of tiger babies in the 80s and 90s, driving the price of tigers way down. This is probably because of Scarface
A psychologist can't prescribe medication, but a philosophist can. Duh!
That's how you make some research...boom.
no! no!
a psychiatrist can prescribe meds.
i hate them both.
ALL.
psychologist/psychiatrist/meds
a psychiatrist can prescribe meds.
i hate them
ALL.
psychologist/psychiatrist/meds
You missed the point, Hopi. But that's okay.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
"okay"
Cormac McCarthy - The Road
site your sources!
ps~
oh yeah. i just noticed that.
sorry monkey!
Not today, but yesterday I learned that about half of the American budget deficit can be attributed to defense expenditures.
There is hope, but not for us.
I learned that I think everyone who have posted in this thread are spectacular!
And that my grammar sucks today. I learned that too.
The sentiment outweighed the error
Rabbits love crunched-up ramen noodles.
I learned that Killer Whales (Orca) are the fiercest hunters in the Ocean next to us Humans. Apparently they now even Hunt and eat Great White Sharks and learned a trick to kill them very easily. Apparently they learned this trick with Sharks thyat our scientists had also figured out. Just like Alligators if you flip them upside down they go to sleep. However since Great Whites need to keep moving to be able to breathe all the Orca did was flip it over and hold it there for 15 minutes exactly and the shark couldn't even fight back. So now they pretty much eat and hunt anything on the ocean. If they had thumbs I'd say watch out.
Internet stalker extraordinaire, and street poet.
Martin Luther King Jr played 1 season in the negro leagues and had a .217 batting average.
The Hindenburg was the exact same length and height as the Titanic.
"Tuffy, you're a Dalek, but only because you're only being kept alive by metal, science and hatred." - ScubaSteve1729
MAN THAT SHIT IS TRUE!
You didn't learn anything! You just cut and paste some fancy schmancy words you wouldn't use every day and didn't bother to use your own words.
Today I learned what a "microbial" was from reading that article cause I had to google it!