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Post by Char on Jan 31, 2011 13:46:03 GMT -5
Don't fall on your knees, guys. For the love of everything, don't fall on your knees.
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Post by Omni on Jan 31, 2011 14:31:07 GMT -5
This was a few days ago, but I learned that the more particles or solution or whatever you put into a liquid, the longer it takes to freeze.
Keep this in mind if you ever make homemade ice cream.
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Post by Tam on Feb 2, 2011 2:25:47 GMT -5
(Thread located and posts consolidated. xD;)
I learned that there is a berry called miracle fruit that you can eat in order to temporarily change the way your taste receptors perceive sour foods, making them seem much sweeter. Once your tongue is coated with the berry, raw lemons taste like candy and vinegar tastes like apple juice. =D
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Post by Komori on Feb 2, 2011 2:56:19 GMT -5
(Thread located and posts consolidated. xD;) I learned that there is a berry called miracle fruit that you can eat in order to temporarily change the way your taste receptors perceive sour foods, making them seem much sweeter. Once your tongue is coated with the berry, raw lemons taste like candy and vinegar tastes like apple juice. =D I tried one! 8D (Well, it was technically the dried berry compacted into a capsule) It really did make lemons taste sweet. I dunno about vinegar being apple juice, but it was definitely sweeter. :3 (Still burned your throat if you actually gulped it tho)
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Post by insanepurpleone on Feb 2, 2011 3:01:15 GMT -5
Today I learned about the Hokey Cokey from reading this thread. XD
EDIT: I saw a thing on TV once about those berries.. they were talking about how different everything tasted, except they said that bananas still tasted just like bananas. xP
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Post by Tam on Feb 2, 2011 3:10:16 GMT -5
(Thread located and posts consolidated. xD;) I learned that there is a berry called miracle fruit that you can eat in order to temporarily change the way your taste receptors perceive sour foods, making them seem much sweeter. Once your tongue is coated with the berry, raw lemons taste like candy and vinegar tastes like apple juice. =D I tried one! 8D (Well, it was technically the dried berry compacted into a capsule) It really did make lemons taste sweet. I dunno about vinegar being apple juice, but it was definitely sweeter. :3 (Still burned your throat if you actually gulped it tho) That's so cool! =D Where did you try it? It's handy that it still works when it's been dried. I wonder if the effects would be stronger if it's fresh, though? Heh. I downed a glass of vinegar for a dare once. Miracle fruit would have been useful then. >.> Today I learned about the Hokey Cokey from reading this thread. XD EDIT: I saw a thing on TV once about those berries.. they were talking about how different everything tasted, except they said that bananas still tasted just like bananas. xP Me too, actually. xD I guess Canada didn't take after the British tradition there. And that makes sense, I guess, because it's only supposed to work on the sour-sensing taste buds, and bananas aren't particularly sour. They are, however, good.
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Post by Omni on Feb 3, 2011 1:57:58 GMT -5
So apparently rabbits have this nerve in their back where if you hold them a certain way and turn them upside-down, they fall asleep. Also, it is possible to genetically engineer mice so they won't get afraid of (thus, also not chased by) cats.
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Post by Gelquie on Feb 8, 2011 2:56:17 GMT -5
I learned that the premier of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" and its ballet was so ill-received that it started a riot in the audience.
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Post by Shadyy on Feb 9, 2011 11:16:56 GMT -5
That in my neigbourhood, on wednseday, all the bakeries are closed, forcing me to walk 40 minutes to a supermarket to feed my mother bread : p
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Post by lemmykoopa300 on Feb 9, 2011 11:53:39 GMT -5
Everybody was totally right about how good The Mountain Goats are.
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Post by Sq on Feb 9, 2011 12:00:03 GMT -5
Everybody was totally right about how good The Mountain Goats are. I learned that I still suck at stick shift. and driving your little brother to school and killing it like 10 times on the way is kind of embarrassing >_>
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Post by Tam on Feb 9, 2011 14:04:34 GMT -5
The Neopian Times is totally a new-age pulp magazine. =D But a good one.
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Post by insanepurpleone on Feb 20, 2011 20:35:08 GMT -5
Some people call spring break "reading week". Yay for the international-ness of the NTWF teaching me new things. ^_^
Also, when doing physical activity in the cold/rain, STILL DRINK WATER. Dehydration headache..
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Post by Usikustars on Feb 23, 2011 13:47:48 GMT -5
Erm, when I was looking up some possible names for a side account, I learned a little about the Valles Marineris, a rift system located on Mars' equator. It means "Mariner Valleys" in latin, and it's longer than all rifts on earth, execpt the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Don't ask me why/how I remembered that. I just did. l_l'
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Post by Omni on Feb 23, 2011 18:32:32 GMT -5
Despite being a gamer for awhile, I just learned the term ' kill screen.' Similarly, I learned about POST error beeps and the earlier Macs' "Death Chimes." Donated blood for a second time, found that it takes even less time than usual to get blood from me than from most people (a couple minutes as opposed to 4-10 minutes). An inherited trait. Dad says I 'bleed fast.'
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