ITT we post something interesting

[samoth]

OMG, you have a Bolt Thrower song up!!! SWeet!

 

[puddlemonkey]

OMG, you have a Bolt Thrower song up!!! SWeet!

Hell yeah, my fav song from them! Every so often I'll upload something if nobody else has and its a song I may want to listen to while at work.

 

[MichaelScott]

snapple cap fact #133-Honeybees navigate using the sun as a compass.

 

[samoth]

Androgens are metabolized to estrogens via CYP19A, also known as aromatase, a liver-produced enzyme of the cytochrome P450 family responsible for drug metabolism.

 

[samoth]

About 300-400 years ago, the letter s, when used within a word, was written like the letter f, but without the horizontal line. See, for example, the cover page of Milton's Paradise Lost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milton_paradise.jpg

Possible carry-over from similar practices in the greek language?

 

[pin]

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!

 

[pin]

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

 

[pin]

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

 

[Frisky]

Bullet proof vest, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.

 

[pin]

An RFID tag is an object that can be applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader.