/sci/ - Science & Math

op is a faggot

well, of course, because its 10101.

Doesn't work with me, I'm 100

Oysters can change genders back and forth.

I'm 109, what now, whippersnapper?

>>1008004

wanna tussle?

An olive tree can live over 2000 years

Red Foxes are the most widespread carnivore and have over 40 recognized subspecies.

The Saimese's coloration is due to an enzyme that is <span class="math">supposed[/spoiler] to deposit pigment in the hair EVERYWHERE, but shuts down in warmer areas of the body (hence, colder areas, like the nose, ears, and paws, are darker).

Birds have unidirectional airflow through their lungs (as opposed to our tidal airflow).

FOXP2 is unusually diverse in echolocating bats (i.e. FOXP2 is an transcription factor that appears to be one of the keys to OUR developing language).

Eye shine is caused by a structure called the tapetum lucidum (I could talk about this for a while, but I won't because I'm tired [It was a good chunk of a 10 page paper for me]).

Tans are just damaged skin cells

You get a tan by exposing yourself to harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This is the case, whether you're tanning in the sun, or in a tanning bed. Exposure to UV radiation can lead to prematurely aged skin (wrinkles, brown spots, etc.) Worse still, you can get skin cancer.

Your risk of melanoma more than doubles if you began using tanning beds before the age of 35. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends banning the use of tanning beds by children under the age of 18.

Some people mistakenly think that you need to use a tanning bed to develop a "base tan" to protect them from UV rays from the sun, but actually the opposite is true. You're really just adding even more radiation to your skin.

Globally in 2000, over 200,000 cases of melanoma were diagnosed and there were 65 000 melanoma-associated deaths. UV rays can also cause cataracts and eventual blindness.

The WHO recommends that you use sunscreen and sunglasses with UV protection when out in the sun, and to stay in the shade as much as you can. Babies should always be left in the shade because they are more at risk.

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The math measurement Pi has been accurately calculated to 1.24 trillion decimal places.

>>1008020
I should point out that by "carnivore", I mean "member of order Carnivora".

Also, this pic is an example of a choroidal tapetum lucidum.
(Here's the wikipedia version which somehow even managed to work DESU CAT into the article: http://dis.4chan.org/%64erefer.php?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum )

The Shining holds the world record for the most takes of a single scene.

President James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other - AT THE SAME TIME.

the ocean is full of really scary shit

There's an English word with no vowel: "CRWTH"

op im 100 years old and it didnt work

>>1008089
"Crwth" is Welsh, and does indeed contain a vowel.

Mario's name used to be "Jumpman".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I

As of 4/20/10 Lady Gaga's Bad Romance was the number one most viewed video on YouTube with 185,247,313 views (as of 4/20/10). It would take 108,554.3615 years to watch it that many times.


well shit

>>1008020
>hence, colder areas, like the nose, ears, and paws, are darker
The warmest part of a kitty is their little ears

Approximately 95% of software in China is pirated.

>>1008024
>The WHO recommends that you use sunscreen and sunglasses with UV protection when out in the sun
Well of course a bunch of pasty white brits would recommend that.

Everyone on the LOST island was really dead the whole time.

>>1008127
No, wrong, the ears are exposed, so they feel warm to the touch, but they are not the warmest part of the cat. I originally got this from a genetics class, but Wikipedia is aware of it also:

http://dis.4chan.org/%64erefer.php?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_%28cat%29#Appearance

>>1008066
how does i hotlink?

>>1008151
I saw some guy do it the other day and copied him. Just copy-paste everthing before and including "url=" and then add whatever URL you want after that. It appears to have a length limit, though (i.e. long URL don't work).

>>1007985
I'm 9 and it didn't work.

>>1008089
See this:
>>1008106

An English word that truly doesn't have a vowel is the word "shh," representing the sound you make to get someone to be quiet.

Languages where you find words without vowels with any regularity are in the Pacific Northwest of the US and Canada, such as Nuxálk (formerly Bella Coola).

In Nuxálk, you find words like 'sps', meaning "northeast wind", or 'sxs', meaning "seal fat".

However, you can optionally insert vowels if you are lazy, or unable to say the word without a vowel, etc.

>>1008001
Hyenas can go female to male when there are no males

>>1008077
Is that the scene where he's slamming the door to the car. Kubrick's all "AGAIN"

>>1008165
Hm, alright. Lemme try this out:

http://dis.4chan.org/%64erefer.php?url=http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=polar+r%3Dsqrt(sin(t)*(a
bs(4*cos(t))-1)-2*cos(2t))+from+t%3D0+to+pi

It's a long link, so we'll see...

Approximately 99% of /b/ is fucktards.

L'esprit de l'escalier or esprit d'escalier (staircase wit) is thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late. The phrase can be used to describe a riposte to an insult or any witty remark that comes to mind too late to be useful - after one has left the scene of the encounter. The phenomenon is usually accompanied by a feeling of regret at not having thought of it when it was most needed or suitable.

>>1008178
Dicks, didn't work. Let's try this again...

http://dis.4chan.org/%64erefer.php?url=http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm

>>1008178
Dawww

Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist. Solipsism is an epistemological or ontological position that knowledge of anything outside one's own specific mind is unjustified. The external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist.

Draculin (named after Count Dracula) is a glycoprotein found in the saliva of vampire bats. It is composed of 411 amino acids. It functions as an anticoagulant, inhibiting coagulation factors IX (IXa) and X (Xa), thus keeping the blood of the bitten victim from clotting while the bat is drinking. This anticoagulant is a hundred times stronger than any other known anticoagulant and is prescribed for heart attack and stroke patients.

Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only SIX DAYS OLD. Her father had no male heirs and he died six days after she was born.

Fluoroantimonic acid is the strongest known superacid, 20 quintillion times stronger than 100% sulfuric acid.

OUR SUN WILL NEVER EXPLODE. It is far too small to generate enough energy to become a supernova (an exploded star.)

Albert Einstein left his first wife for his COUSIN. lol wincest

India has more honor roll students than America HAS students.

It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

The worst 6 hour movie ever.

Jim Fixx, the man who started the trend of jogging, died of a heart attack while jogging.

'Dreamt' is the ONLY WORD in the entire English language that ends in the letters 'mt'.

The word "facetiously" is the only word that has ALL the vowels IN ORDER if you include "y"

In "Grease", a scene where Rizzo is singing a line about Elvis was actually filmed the SAME DAY that Elvis died.

Disney's The Lion King is a total ripoff of "Kimba the White Lion", a Japanese cartoon. The plot also closely follows Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

"Kimba the White Lion" was a Japanese manga (comic book) from the 1950s that became a cartoon show (anime) in the 1960s. In addition to having a similarly-named protagonist ("Kimba" as opposed to "Simba") the "Kimba" cartoon and "The Lion King" feature extremely similar characters: a wise monkey character, hyenas as comic-relief villains, a dead father who appears to his son in the clouds, and an older relative (an aunt in "Kimba" and an uncle in "Lion King") who serves as the main antagonist.

Early screenshots from preproduction work on "The Lion King" show that Simba was intended to be an albino, just like Kimba. The cartoons were so similar that when Matthew Broderick was hired to be the voice of Simba he had assumed he was playing Kimba in a theatrical interpretation of "Kimba the White Lion".

Ironically, Osamu Tezuka,the creator of "Kimba" and the popular series "Astroboy", drew from Walt Disney's early work as inspiration for his own artistic style, and he even received permission from Walt Disney to make a manga adaptation of Disney's "Bambi".

The Lion King also shares some plot details with Hamlet. Both Simba and Hamlet are on a quest to avenge their fathers and take back their kingdoms. Both had their uncle kill their father and assume power. Both were visited by the ghosts of their fathers to inspire them to take revenge. Thankfully, the similarities don't extend to the end of the story, otherwise the Lion King would (spoiler alert!) end with Simba, Nala, Simba's mom, and Timon and Pumba all dying.

No word in the English language rhymes with purple, orange, month or silver.

"Goodbye" came from the Middle English "godbwdye", which is short for "God be with ye".

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th".

There was once a 5-cent bill in circulation in America.

North Carolina released a 5-cent bill in 1861 while a part of the Confederacy. In addition to being a small denomination, it was also only 3 inches wide.

Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem.

Lions sometimes mate 40 times a day.

Origin of "okay", the most recognizable word in the world:

initials of a facetious folk phonetic spelling, e.g., "oll" or "orl korrect" representing "all correct", first attested in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1839, then used in 1840 by Democrat partisans of Martin Van Buren during his election campaign, who allegedly named their organization, the "O.K. Club", in allusion to the initials of "Old Kinderhook", Van Buren's nickname, derived from his birthplace Kinderhook, New York

>>1008143

ok this picture is making me laugh right now almost as hard as the first time i got high

One tablespoon of semen has approximately 20 calories. Semen also contains zinc and calcium which helps prevent tooth decay.

One typical ejaculation contains 150 mg of protein, 11 mg of carbohydrates, 6 mg fat, 3 mg cholesterol, 7% US RDA potassium and 3% US RDA copper and zinc. The protein content is roughly equivalent to that found in one egg white. Also, women physically exposed to semen are less likely to suffer from depression. The ingesting of it is called 'spermophagia'. Studies suggest that seminal plasma both prevents and fights cancer, particularly breast cancer.

>>1008282

Adiós is Spanish for "goodbye" or "farewell". Literally translated, the word is the contraction of "a" (to) and "Dios" (God).

>>1008332
So... let's say my name was 747 on a list of 1000 back in 2009. Does that qualify as unusual under your broad generalization?

>>1008352
If it made the list, I'd say no.

>>1008349
>prevents and fights cancer, particularly breast cancer.

>>1008352

possibly, furfag

pic related

>>1008374

Nothing happened.

inb4 "That's the joke."

>>1008253

In his defense i guess, Jim Fixx had congenital heart issues. It's thought that the jogging prolonged his life, although he eventually succumbed to the problem.

The longest word that can be typed on one row of the keyboard is typewriter

The longest word that can be typed with your left hand is stewardessess

The longest word with only one vowel is strength

hmm, just trying this out

url=>>1008269

>>1008392
Internal links (within 4chan) automatically convert AND you missed all the stuff before "url=".

So it's like:

http://dis.4chan.org/%64erefer.php?url=<INSERT_URL_HERE>

url=http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient-ff

>>1008082
i've heard this said about a lot of old dead smart people (newton, galileo, archimedes), its probably all bullshit

url=<;http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient-ff>

the word with the most vowels in a row is latchstring

>>1008414
No, Jesus, just look what I did HERE:
>>1008149

So it's like:
http://dis.4chan.org/%64erefer.php?url=http://www.dailycoyote.net/

>>1008428
You mean consonants?

>>1008428
You obviously mean consonants because the one with the most vowels in a row is Sequoia (yes, names shouldn't count but so what).

>>1008387
what about "strengths"?

>>1008452
Well latchstring has 6
strengths has 5

Counting is hard isn't it?

>>1008428
Catchphrase also has 6 in a row