Did You Know That?

[April_Rose]

I figured that I could just start a random scientific chat about random things that we learn that we never knew before. Today I learned that sand dollars were animals and actually (sometimes) alive. (I can't believe that I didn't know that before lol)

 

[Tone]

I figured that I could just start a random scientific chat about random things that we learn that we never knew before. Today I learned that sand dollars were animals and actually (sometimes) alive. (I can't believe that I didn't know that before lol)

Oh wow, thx for that!

I always thought they were like shells for some creature to live in.

 

[April_Rose]

Oh wow, thx for that!

I always thought they were like shells for some creature to live in.

Yeah, I certainly didn't know that they were alive.

 

[Tone]

Did you know that ketchup is berry sauce?

"Although in culinary terms, tomato is regarded as a vegetable, its fruit is classified botanically as a berry.[12] As a true fruit, it develops from the ovary of the plant after fertilization, its flesh comprising the pericarp walls. The fruit contains hollow spaces full of seeds and moisture, called locular cavities."
Tomato - Wikipedia

At least, that's what I like to call it.

 

[JackRT]

Did you know that our bodies inside the outer boundary of the skin only contain about 50% human matter?

 

[Tone]

Did you know that our bodies inside the outer boundary of the skin only contain about 50% of cells that are human?

 

[SeventyOne]

I figured that I could just start a random scientific chat about random things that we learn that we never knew before. Today I learned that sand dollars were animals and actually (sometimes) alive. (I can't believe that I didn't know that before lol)

As a kid, I used to swim out to a sandbar at Clearwater beach, in Florida, and dig with my feet to find these under the surface of the sand. It was a lot of fun, except when you stepped on a starfish.

 

[April_Rose]

As a kid, I used to swim out to a sandbar at Clearwater beach, in Florida, and dig with my feet to find these under the surface of the sand. It was a lot of fun, except when you stepped on a starfish.

Did it hurt? Also, poor little starfish. (And you if it did hurt.)

 

[Lazarus Short]

Did you know that ketchup is berry sauce?

"Although in culinary terms, tomato is regarded as a vegetable, its fruit is classified botanically as a berry.[12] As a true fruit, it develops from the ovary of the plant after fertilization, its flesh comprising the pericarp walls. The fruit contains hollow spaces full of seeds and moisture, called locular cavities."
Tomato - Wikipedia

At least, that's what I like to call it.

Did you know that ketchup began life in China...as a mushroom sauce?

 

[SeventyOne]

Did it hurt? Also, poor little starfish. (And you if it did hurt.)

It's tough to describe. I'd get some kind of a jolt from my foot to my head. It didn't feel like an electric shock exactly, just a very uncomfortable jolt. I didn't like it at all. No starfish were hurt. I'd tread very lightly because I didn't want to damage the sand dollars.

 

[Tone]

Did you know that ketchup began life in China...as a mushroom sauce?

Rrreeeaaalllyy... interesting. I love it! I love mushrooms too!

 

[Macchiato]

Wow so neat

 

[April_Rose]

Rrreeeaaalllyy... interesting. I love it! I love mushrooms too!

I don't like to eat them,.. but those mushrooms are sure fun guys.

 

[plain jayne]

Did you know that elephants and mice [and other animals] have about the same number of heartbeats in their lives? About one and one-half billion. [In and around that number, not exact]

The mouse has a very short life-span - about a year and a half on the long end. The elephant [the African] - about 70 years on the long end.

Mice die relatively quickly because their hearts beat so rapidly and they use up their allotted number very fast - to keep warm, to digest food, and more.

The elephant with the same number of heartbeats lives much longer as its heart beats MUCH more slowly.

ABOUT 1.5 billion beats......and then it's over. Humans, it's estimated, about 2.25 billion beats.

 

[JackRT]

Gee I am up to 1.89 billion beats at last count. I think it is time to stop counting.

 

[AV1611VET]

Did you know that, in a vacuum, if you fire a .44 Magnum and drop a penny from your hand at the same time (and height), both the bullet and the penny will hit the ground at the same time?

 

[April_Rose]

Did you know that, in a vacuum, if you fire a .44 Magnum and drop a penny from your hand at the same time (and height), both the bullet and the penny will hit the ground at the same time?

Since when do you follow science? I didn't even know that. 0__0

 

[Lost4words]

Did you know that Corgi's are excellent at chess?

 

[April_Rose]

Did you know that Corgi's are excellent at chess?

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Lol I don't think that that's actually considered science though,.. maybe a bit but that's more like math. XD

 

[Tone]

Did you know that most people, at least here in the U.S., drink bean juice every morning?