The interesting fact thread
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Wow, did you just make up every one of these lies?
The titanic couldn't have sent an SOS because the lucitania didn't arrive for 4 hours after it sank... Nice try though.
Hippo sweat is red, but it's always red... Natural sunscreen.
BluuueJaaam (SP?) caught you on the other two, and Honey isn't fully digested, they spit that up soon after arriving back to the colony.
Wow, 100% of yours were wrong... That's gotta be a record! :bowdown:
Although the oldest ears of corn are from Mexico, dating to at least 2750 BC, and still a staple food in all central American diets, the United States grows and consumes 16.65 TIMES as much corn as all of Mexico annually, fully 40% of the world's corn harvest.
That doesn't include our corn imports from many other countries, including Mexico.
We are the only country on Earth that uses it for such a wide variety of uses, including starch, liquor, livestock feed, fabrics, chemicals, plastics, biofuel, and of course food and food sweeteners. Fully 90% of American prepared foods have some kind of corn-derived sweetener in them such as Maltodextrin or High-fructose corn syrup!
This is because of seriously heavy US government incentives at the end of the Great Depression that continues through today.
Corn is so cheap and overused that our farmers feed it to our cows as the main source of feed... Instead of grass, which is more expensive but much easier to digest.
Sound like corn is a miracle plant?
It's not the plant's doing. Corn kernels are nothing but a pocket of starch. The US Government Incentives are what gets all the glory here, spending billions on researching uses for this one plant.
Meanwhile the raw potential of soybeans far surpasses that of corn and would have been a much better choice for them to focus on. Oh well.
That doesn't include our corn imports from many other countries, including Mexico.
We are the only country on Earth that uses it for such a wide variety of uses, including starch, liquor, livestock feed, fabrics, chemicals, plastics, biofuel, and of course food and food sweeteners. Fully 90% of American prepared foods have some kind of corn-derived sweetener in them such as Maltodextrin or High-fructose corn syrup!
This is because of seriously heavy US government incentives at the end of the Great Depression that continues through today.
Corn is so cheap and overused that our farmers feed it to our cows as the main source of feed... Instead of grass, which is more expensive but much easier to digest.
Sound like corn is a miracle plant?
It's not the plant's doing. Corn kernels are nothing but a pocket of starch. The US Government Incentives are what gets all the glory here, spending billions on researching uses for this one plant.
Meanwhile the raw potential of soybeans far surpasses that of corn and would have been a much better choice for them to focus on. Oh well.
You might, that's why I drive with two feet.
I just got into an argument with one of my employees earlier this week. He argued that aliens moved the stones...
No one said salespeople are the brightest lights on the tree.
I met this chick once from Alaska who said she grew up in a fishing villiage there, where 75% or more of the population were men.
When speaking of men there, she loved to use the quote: "The Odds were Good but the Goods were Odd."
-No wonder she doesn't live in Alaska anymore. I think she'd love to see this chart...
The Dream Team never called a single timeout during the '92 Summer Olympics.
Sheridan: Barkley looks back at the Dream Team - ESPN
Sheridan: Barkley looks back at the Dream Team - ESPN
How to swallow a sword
Physically, in medical terms, the blade goes into the mouth, the epiglottis must be flipped open, the alignment and placement must be just right, so that the blade goes into the glottal chamber behind the prominentia laryngea, the voice box, past the pharynx, through the cricopharyngeus or upper esophageal sphincter (UES), down the esophagus, between the lungs, nudge aside the heart, relax the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) so the blade goes through the diaphragm, past the liver, and into the stomach to touch the bottom of the stomach at or near the duodenum - each step must be done correctly and very precisely - one slightly wrong move and you could puncture any of those organs and kill yourself.
More importantly, in psychological terms, it take years of practice and a strong mind-over-matter mental attitude to consciously relax one's mind and body, repress the gag reflex and wretch reflex, get past the uncomfortable sensations, focus very carefully on the correct alignment and placement, making sure you are directing the blade exactly where it needs to go without puncturing yourself. Combining these physical and mental disciplines correctly every time is what makes sword swallowing so extremely difficult and extremely dangerous if not done correctly.
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Physically, in medical terms, the blade goes into the mouth, the epiglottis must be flipped open, the alignment and placement must be just right, so that the blade goes into the glottal chamber behind the prominentia laryngea, the voice box, past the pharynx, through the cricopharyngeus or upper esophageal sphincter (UES), down the esophagus, between the lungs, nudge aside the heart, relax the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) so the blade goes through the diaphragm, past the liver, and into the stomach to touch the bottom of the stomach at or near the duodenum - each step must be done correctly and very precisely - one slightly wrong move and you could puncture any of those organs and kill yourself.
More importantly, in psychological terms, it take years of practice and a strong mind-over-matter mental attitude to consciously relax one's mind and body, repress the gag reflex and wretch reflex, get past the uncomfortable sensations, focus very carefully on the correct alignment and placement, making sure you are directing the blade exactly where it needs to go without puncturing yourself. Combining these physical and mental disciplines correctly every time is what makes sword swallowing so extremely difficult and extremely dangerous if not done correctly.
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I know this thread was spam bumped, but here's my contribution:
It costs taxpayers much more to kill someone via the death penalty than to keep them in prison for the rest of his or her life.
It costs taxpayers much more to kill someone via the death penalty than to keep them in prison for the rest of his or her life.