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einstein

MV — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Espero que no seamos un sueño que Dios sueña, o nuestro futuro será muy relativo.
– Albert Einstein

Self surgery

quitos — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:17:57 +0000

Leonid Rogozov performed surgery on himself, removing his appendice without anesthetics, using a mirror.
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Sonic Hedgehog

quitos — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:46:00 +0000

Sonic Hedgehog is a signaling molecule in the brain. Researchers named the gene after the cartoon character.

blood-pressure

quitos — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

rubber

vicke — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

dfd

quitos — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:00:32 +0000

Donald Duck’s middle name is ‘Fauntleroy.’

cat-ear

quitos — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

bagpipe

alvarez_4carlos — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

The bagpipe was originally made from the liver of a sheep.

yell

vicke — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

chirps

quitos — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000

If you count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the correct ambient temperature in celcius degrees.