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[Blue Fire]

A nanosecond is 17 inches long.

17 light-inches?

[Lance]

A nanosecond is 17 inches long.

17 light-inches?

I get 11.8

[Peter Wilson]

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

You mean wagging your tongue to lick the stamp consumes 1/10th calorie, or there is 1/10th calorie worth of digestible material on the stamp

[Blue Fire]

The vein that was in my inner lower left thigh is now camping out in my chest attached to my heart. So are both mammary arteries.

[Click Ticker]

The vein that was in my inner lower left thigh is now camping out in my chest attached to my heart. So are both mammary arteries.

I am also a member of the zipper club. Plastic valve for me.

[VARN]

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Definition: fear of long words

[phunk]

I once found a 6 leaf clover, but a monkey ate it.

[ToSeek]

You mean wagging your tongue to lick the stamp consumes 1/10th calorie, or there is 1/10th calorie worth of digestible material on the stamp

I assume that we're referring to the amount of exertion involved.

[pghnative]

I assume that we're referring to the amount of exertion involved.

Really??? My assumption was the exact opposite, that stamp glue (some of which will enter your digestive track) has a small amount of caloric content.

Hmm - based on this website, a 200 lb person walking for 3 miles at 3MPH = 300 calories burned. Assuming a step of 2.5 feet, this means that 2 steps burns 0.09 (or ~ 0.1) calorie. I would think wagging your tongue is less exertive than taking two walking steps.

Assuming the stamp glue is carbohydrate/protein, then 0.1 calorie = 25 mg of stamp glue. That seems possible -- 25 mg is a pretty small quantity

[parallaxicality]

The Da Vinci Code is Tom Hanks's highest grossing film worldwide.

[Peter Wilson]

Really??? My assumption was the exact opposite, that stamp glue (some of which will enter your digestive track) has a small amount of caloric content.

Hmm - based on this website, a 200 lb person walking for 3 miles at 3MPH = 300 calories burned. Assuming a step of 2.5 feet, this means that 2 steps burns 0.09 (or ~ 0.1) calorie. I would think wagging your tongue is less exertive than taking two walking steps.

Assuming the stamp glue is carbohydrate/protein, then 0.1 calorie = 25 mg of stamp glue. That seems possible -- 25 mg is a pretty small quantity

The calories on that web site are kilo-calories. The 1/10th calorie involved in licking a stamp is the regular, un-extrasized mono-calorie. The only thing unclear is whether the 1/10th calorie is a net gain from the sweet, sticky stuff on the stamp, or a net loss due to tongue exertion. I'm guessing its a zero-sum game.

And that's a fact

[Blue Fire]

Elephants can't jump, . . . can they?

Bird eggs are bigger than their brains. At least I can't think of any bird that has a brain bigger than their eggs.

[VARN]

The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18mph.

[pghnative]

The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18mph.

Unless you are flying upward at 50 mph.

[korjik]

or driving at any speed along the ground.

[VARN]

The raindrop hits you, you do not hit it

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.

[ToSeek]

Really??? My assumption was the exact opposite, that stamp glue (some of which will enter your digestive track) has a small amount of caloric content.

Hmm - based on this website, a 200 lb person walking for 3 miles at 3MPH = 300 calories burned. Assuming a step of 2.5 feet, this means that 2 steps burns 0.09 (or ~ 0.1) calorie. I would think wagging your tongue is less exertive than taking two walking steps.

Assuming the stamp glue is carbohydrate/protein, then 0.1 calorie = 25 mg of stamp glue. That seems possible -- 25 mg is a pretty small quantity

After more Googling, I think you're right: they're saying that the glue is 0.1 calories.

[VARN]

Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name.

[Blue Fire]

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.

Before or After the glass breaks?

[VARN]

random fact: I was the 7th person to join universe today

[Roy Batty]

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.

Bounced off what?

[VARN]

One human hair can support 6.6 pounds.

[Blue Fire]

Myth: the daddy-longlegs spider isn't really a spider and it's poisonous but it's mouth is too small to bite people.

Truth, according to:
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
The spider we most commonly see and call a daddy-longlegs actually is a spider, and the claim that it's poisonous but can't bite us is not based on any known facts.

[Roy Batty]

Interesting. Not only had I not heard of that myth, I wasn't even aware there was a Daddy Longlegs spider. Here in the UK, we know the Crane Fly as a Daddy Longlegs

[Blue Fire]

Interesting. Not only had I not heard of that myth, I wasn't even aware there was a Daddy Longlegs spider. Here in the UK, we know the Crane Fly as a Daddy Longlegs

Oooops, sorry, I wasn't keeping in mind that we have an international community here. I was talking U.S. Many folks in rural settings in the U.S. run across Daddy Longlegs (the real spider kind) quite commonly. I confess to spreading the myth myself in my ignorant days not to long ago.

[Roy Batty]

No apologies required, I've learnt something

[Swift]

This is post # 148 in this thread

[Arneb]

Our fingernails grow at the same speed at which the Americas and Europe/Africa are currently drifting apart along the mid-Atlantic ridge,

[Blue Fire]

Our fingernails grow at the same speed at which the Americas and Europe/Africa are currently drifting apart along the mid-Atlantic ridge,

Now There's a random fact that I'll bet all of us here can use non-randomly to illustrate in person the process of contninental drift. I Like It!