Teach me stuff!

[i_h8_evil_stuff]

Damn you, DPW, I was going to post that.

I do, however, know that this is a new page.
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[Quailman]

Unlike mammals, which have separate openings for releasing urine and feces, birds only have one opening, called a vent. Inside the vent is a structure called the cloaca. It is a common conduit for the digestive, reproductive and urinary systems. That's why you see birds 'poop' on statues, freshly washed cars and the like, but you never see them pee on them. They excrete a combination of feces and urine.

So now you know that the brown eggs in the supermarket really are no different than white ones, just in case, like me, you were wondering if they got that way because they came out the wrong end. Apparently all eggs come out the wrong end.

[Agamemnon]

It is illegal to appear in a public place in the Kingdom of Tonga without a shirt.

Tonga is the only monarchy in the Pacific.

Heilala is Tonga's national flower

Tonga hosts the yearly 'Miss Galaxy Pageant', where the contestants are all men.

King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV of Tonga is 87 years old.

Tongans are the last true pure blood Polynesians.

[mathgrant]

[NeocortX]

The volcanoes of Tonga

Tongan peanut butter??

[Courk]

Male swans are the only birds that have penises.

[mathgrant]

That's good to know if you're IS.
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[The Cruciverbalist]

That really doesn't make much sense on the first read. The second read doesn't do much either. Third through sixth? Nope.

Also, you can find peanut butter in volcanoes. You can find peanut butter ANYWHERE. It's the cosmic matter of the universe. That's why eating it feels so right.
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[Samadhi]

[Quailman]

It's called a cloacal kiss. You can learn pretty much anything you want about avian reproduction here, including viewing a movie of buffalo weavers going at it.

Here's more info on bird eggs.

[Internet Stranger]

Wow this reads like an avian pr0n mag.

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Copulation & fertilization:

For most birds, copulation involves a 'cloacal kiss', with the male on the female's back & twisting his tail under the female's

copulation typically lasts just a few seconds, e.g., Brown-headed Cowbirds (but, there are exceptions, like the Red-billed Buffalo Weaver; video source: http://www.shef.ac.uk/aps/stafftimbirkhead.html)

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Phony phallus puts sperm ahead in bird first-- "These birds would be at it for 10-20 minutes," said co-author Tim Birkhead of the Red-billed Buffalo Weaver. Males use their organ to rub females and improve their sperm's chance of success. Few male birds have a phallus; most achieve fertilization via a cloacal kiss. So 19th-century reports of a mock member in the Buffalo Weaver sent Winterbotton et al. (2001) to Namibia. Catching the birds in the act was tough, recounts Birkhead: "In 3 years we saw eight matings." Pairs occasionally emerged from nests and flew to a nearby tree. "I'd run after them, sweating profusely with my binoculars steaming up," he says. The pair would start bouncing up and down - over numerous consecutive bouts. Compared to the 1-2 second tryst of most birds, their staying power is unique. Yet, entry of the elusive organ was hard to make out. Even in captivity "they performed beautifully," but the view was blocked, says Birkhead. So they glued a piece of cardboard to an unlucky bird's member. This did not prevent mating, suggesting that the Buffalo Weaver organ is actually a weapon in sperm wars. By choosing a male who rubs longest or best, females may be selecting top-quality sperm. Paternity testing revealed that female Buffalo Weavers sire birds from multiple males, providing evidence of sperm competition. Time spent courting must be shown to predict sperm transfer or success to really back up the idea. The 1.5-cm appendage lacks blood vessels and has a twisted furrow down its length. Males in communal nests have longer ones than those that live alone, showing that size is a factor in social success. But for males at least, the phallus is for more than foreplay.
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[Jedo the Jedi]

Well, whatever turns the guy on...

[The Cruciverbalist]

I knew that smiley was going to have a use some day.
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[Samadhi]

It is the year of the cock after all....

[mathgrant]

I can't wait for the next Chinese New Year. GLers make too many cock jokes.

You guys may feel happy NOW, but next year, it'll be over. You'll see! It'll end! So quit being so cocky.
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[Kd]

Hmm... I know I said I wanted to scare people with random knowledge, but I'm not about to perplex them with pr0n, especially if it's not human pr0n. But thankyou for all the random stuff so far, I totally appreciate it.
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[Jack_Ian]

What are you talkin' about.
The internet is full of sites filled with birds that have a penis.

13/16 and I'm sober. I guess I'll have to be carefull this weekend.

[jadesmar]

In an equal tempered scale, the ratios of the frequencies of two consecutive musical notes is the 12th root of two.

For example,
A - 55 Hz
A# 58.27047019 Hz
B - 61.73541266 Hz
C - 65.40639133 Hz
C# 69.29565774 Hz
D - 73.41619198 Hz
D# 77.78174593 Hz
E - 82.40688923 Hz
F - 87.30705786 Hz
F# 92.49860568 Hz
G - 97.998859 Hz
G# 103.8261744 Hz
A - 110
is most common

This means that the only frequency in the scale with a non-trancendental number is A.

Now, the harmonic series based on A-55Hz produces E165Hz. (3 x fundimental frequency). Dividing by two, we get E-82.5Hz, which is one octave lower. Looking at our chart, however, the equal tempered scale gives us E-82.406...

This means that the using the harmonic on the 7th fret of the guitar to tune is equivalent to tuning the A string to A-440Hz and the E string to A-440.5.

[mathgrant]

[jadesmar]

Ahem! You seriously need to work on your delivery.

You are correct in that I meant rational. You are incorrect in assuming my nationality has anything to do with it.

Your delivery came off as xenophobic to the point being of racist.

[mathgrant]

Sorry. It didn't help that this happened on the same day that DP didn't know what a freaking lei was. I guess I just live to lose karma.
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[jadesmar]

Ok, mathgrant, I probably over-reacted due to the DP thing.

But, just so we aren't hijacking the thread, here is what would happen to guitar strings if you were to tune them only using harmonics.

[Courk]

Leis. I remember the first time I heard of one - a priest at my church had just come back from Hawai'i and said he had been leid.

[wordcross]

The Senior Prom was Tropical themed, and when my friend got home his mom asked him if he got leid. I wasn't there, but knowing my friend, the look on his face was hilarious!
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[Termital]

The first use of punched cards to programme machinery seems to have been deciding on the weaving pattern of a Jacquard loom. This loom control method was invented in 1801, and the looms have moving parts and follow complex predetermined instructions, so I suppose they count as robots. That would mean we had robot technology quite some time before we had computers. Well, maybe not; depends on your definition of computer. Or robot for that matter.

This guy is an earlier contender for both titles: Heron was an Alexandrian engineer and geometre, living in the 1st century BC. He is credited with devising machines that could respond to feedback and could be programmed (in an analogue and mechanical rather than electrical and digital fashion of course). His inventions included a moving shrine of progammable movement, topped with assorted miniature fountains and moving bird statuettes; an odometre; the world's first vending machine (it sold holy water if you must know) and the aelopile (a steam engine). Sadly, a big chance was missed there, one that could have meant a goodly part of the industrial revolution gains could have been had a couple of millenia early. Well, maybe his failing to see the potential of his work was not too bad, since he also designed a machine gun. Thankfully, material technology had not progessed enough for him to able to prototype it.

Well, not exactly random factoids, but a bit more fun to hear imho.
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[Chuck]

[Samadhi]

Most people who die in avalanches (assuming they survive the initial crushing and what not) don't die of exposure or suffocation, they die of carbon dioxide poisoning. If you have a tube with you, try to make one end of it at your back, breathe in the air in front of you and breathe out through the tube.

[Chuck]

[Courk]

*space reserved to explain what exactly happens when your body gets too much carbon dioxide*

78% of CO ₂ is carried as HCO ₃ ^- . That is an acid. The actual reaction is CO ₂ + H ₂ O <--> H ₂ CO ₃ <--> H ⁺ + HCO ₃ ^- . This is good, because CO ₂ helps regulate the pH of our blood. Respiratory acidosis occurs when there is too much CO ₂ . This leads to decreased activity of the nervous system and one may become disoriented. Eventually this leads to coma and death. Your kidneys will do their best to help out by excreting H ⁺ and reabsorbing HCO ₃ ^- (a buffer), but eventually this isn't enough. Other causes of respiratory acidosis include: muscle damage; fluid collection in the alveoli and lungs, called pulmonary edema, which is a result of congestive heart failure; chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), such as emphysema; and hypoventilation.

The opposite, respiratory alkalosis, is caused by hyperventilation.

And since I have my notes out, I'll explain carbon monoxide poisoning. Hemoglobin (Hb) is what is used to transport oxygen in the blood. According to what I learned, CO is 200 times mroe likely to bind to Hb than O ₂ is. If CO is already bound to Hb, then O ₂ can't bind and you suffocate.

@ Sam

[Samadhi]

^{pssssst....you die...}

[Vader]

The McDonald's in Sedona, AZ, is the only McDonald's in theWorld to have the trade mark M(or the golden arches) colored Teal instead of Yellow(or Gold).
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[mathgrant]

[Vader]

So have I, that's how I learned it.
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[Internet Stranger]

And the reason is...
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[Samadhi]

I think he was probably hungry.

[Vader]

well the reason I was there was indeed hunger and I also happen to LOVE Sedona, it is a great place to be, IMO.

The reason the M is Teal is there is some sort of law that all signs and buildings must conform to a certain color code or something like that, in Sedona.
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[Samadhi]

Debunking, it's easy and fun!
http://www.factcheck.org/specialreports157.html

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http://www.dimlights.com/boots/trips/sedona/sedona8.htm