Books...And all that other stuff discussion

Are you an epistemophile? A philosophile? Have any random facts you're dying to talk about? Want to learn about violet eyes or that Scotland has 421 words for 'snow'? If so, this is the place!

I'll go first, There is a condition called Pupula Duplex, where multiple irises are in one eye.

Weird!!

Random fact: Ketchup used to be used as medicine

I mean....Ketchup is amazing stuff.
McDonald's made a bubble gum flavored broccoli to get kids to eat veggies.

feeding a mouse cheese can cause it to die faster. the cheese makes it's body overheat so they eventually die

Starwisher wrote: "feeding a mouse cheese can cause it to die faster. the cheese makes it's body overheat so they eventually die"

I did not know that!

most doctors graduate at the bottom of their class
my dad told me that lol

oh and don't feed ducks bread either it kills them very slowly
ive got tons of animals so i needa know these things

I can believe that!

Did you know the hard plastic on the end of your shoelaces are called anglets

no i didn't
that foot thing you measure your feet with at shoe stores is called the Brannock Device. i asked one of the employees working there if they had one and the look of confusion on her face was priceless.

Haha, that's funny!
The opposite of albinism is melanism.

OMIGOSH MELANISM IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

Right! Albinism vs. Melanism. Melanism is actually healthy, albinism is really dangerous, ocular albinism usually claims eyesight, they are also more prone to get diseases. Ocular albinism can actually cause violet/pink eyes or even red.

That's sad :(

Did you know a single strand of Spaghetti is called a Spaghetto?

i guess im a spaghetto then lmao

:)

Monkeys can't have bananas. The sugar content is too high, they get sick and up with diabetes and all kinds of other health problems.

I had no idea!

Yeah it's weird, They can eat the natural kind that is in their habitat, which is practically inedible to humans. Our mutated ones will kill them though.

What?
The bananas we eat are fake?

Mutated, ours don't have seeds and are sweeter. They're genetically modified for our tastes.

Good to know.
A lot of food today is genetically modified.

The Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959 the first day she was shelved.

Aw, I love Barbie, I mean Barbara! :)

:) One of President John Tyler’s biological grandsons is still alive today.

A regular ear of corn has an even amount of rows.

Seriously! That's shucking.

:)

One fast food burger can have meat from one hundred different cows.

Wow, I did not know that. A hundred different cows!
The average piece of fresh fruit at a grocery story is 14mo from harvesting.

Really?
Mcdonald's fries were cooked in beer fat until 1990

The longest fingernails ever recorded were 28 feet long.

Good to know!

Your highest blow flow is in your kidneys.

The biggest pizza ever created was 13,580 square feet, made in Rome, Italy, in 2012. The pizza was gluten-free and named “Ottavia” after a roman emperor.

Nice one!

German chocolate cake didn't originate in Germany.

Correct! It was invented by someone with the last name of German!
Water is not wet.

Huh?

Mr. Potato head, was the first toy to be advertised on TV.

ok not a mind blowing fact, but if you have 28 ft nails, how do you get dressed? how to use the bathroom? cook? eat? brush your teeth or hair? how do you live like that???
also banana flavored candies have the taste of a certain species (gros michael) of banana that almost went extinct

I know! Having nails that long seemes like an inconvenience.
Not to mention it's kind of gross!

Mark Twain is actually a riverboat term.

Seriously?

Yup. Mark Twain was the pen name of a man named Samuel Clemmins, he spent some of his life by the river so gphe would have heard, "Mark Tawin!" being called so that the crewmembers of the riverboats would know to mark 'two fathoms'.