Anyone have any random nerdy facts?

[OverTheTop]

The nice bright white glossy paper we have uses a high clay content to give the paper its qualities. Kaolin is the clay, it is named after the mountain in China where it was mined from in the early days.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

The nice bright white glossy paper we have uses a high clay content to give the paper its qualities. Kaolin is the clay, it is named after the mountain in China where it was mined from in the early days.

And the Kaolin used to be mixed with a plant derivative pectin to make an anti-diarrhea medicine, Kaopectate. The types of clay were switched, then removed completely. The current formula includes bismuth subsalicate, like Pepto Bismol.

 

[jqavins]

(Speaking of paper) The light reflected from the black ink of a newspaper (remember newspapers?) in full sunlight is more than the light reflected from the unprinted areas indoors. I would not be surprised to learn that this is also true of better quality paper.

 

[NTP2]

(remember newspapers?)

I actually read a newspaper, honestly I find it clumsy the pages are so big that they are constantly falling over and you have to shake it back into place.

 

[dr wogz]

I actually read a newspaper, honestly I find it clumsy the pages are so big that they are constantly falling over and you have to shake it back into place.

busses (and trains..) used to be filled with people reading papers.. everyone had a knack of folding it just right to make it / them manageable..

 

[NTP2]

busses (and trains..) used to be filled with people reading papers.. everyone had a knack of folding it just right to make it / them manageable..

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A lost skill it appears…

 

[kuririn]

busses (and trains..) used to be filled with people reading papers.. everyone had a knack of folding it just right to make it / them manageable..

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And men wore hats.

 

[fyrwrxz]

Still read papers, still wear hats. Don't ride trains, so hats and newspapers are mutually exclusive now. Come to think of it, don't wear suits anymore, either. I have officially become a Luddite. They never go out of style. Lol.

 

[Antares JS]

Poland's F-35's are apparently going to be called "Hussars." I cannot even begin to express how much this name for a modern military aircraft pleases me.

 

[Azamiryou]

Sloths don't fart.

 

[Rob Campbell]

Sloths don't fart.

And Wombat turds are cubes.

 

[jqavins]

And unicorns piss... never mind.

 

[Azamiryou]

And Wombat turds are cubes.

See post #4

 

[DEmery]

Beavers (as well as some other animals) eat their poop.

https://www.livescience.com/59601-why-do-animals-eat-poop.html

 

[OzHybrid]

Koalas feed their poop to their baby Koalas which gives them the bacteria to digest Eucalyptus. As we're getting poopy....


And as you're looking at this photo and wondering about 2 thumbs.....
https://www.google.com/search?-lm&q=would+2+thumbs+and+3+fingers+be+better

 

[Azamiryou]

Koalas feed their poop to their baby Koalas which gives them the bacteria to digest Eucalyptus. As we're getting poopy....
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And as you're looking at this photo and wondering about 2 thumbs.....
https://www.google.com/search?-lm&q=would+2+thumbs+and+3+fingers+be+better

Your Google search landed me here

Which is just absolutely astounding and cool.

 

[dr wogz]

 

[kuririn]

If you think this is funny then you are a nerd.

 

[dr wogz]

But... how do they calibrate the fabric?!?

 

[SolarYellow]

Beavers (as well as some other animals) eat their poop.

https://www.livescience.com/59601-why-do-animals-eat-poop.html

Our dog occasionally chews on a dried turd she finds. She also seems to want to roll in any non-canine poop she finds. Like cat, which is awful. We got some gardening soil this afternoon to plant veggie beds. Let her out in the back yard where we were working and she started rolling on one of the bags; it smelled like manure is a significant component of the mix.

 

[dr wogz]

 

[Antares JS]

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I did actually know he was a pilot because he flew a tour plane for Iron Maiden, "Ed Force One."

 

[dr wogz]

Grew up with him.
Saw him (And thtm) in concert .. twice.. (late 80's early 90's)

 

[John Kemker]

Our dog occasionally chews on a dried turd she finds. She also seems to want to roll in any non-canine poop she finds. Like cat, which is awful. We got some gardening soil this afternoon to plant veggie beds. Let her out in the back yard where we were working and she started rolling on one of the bags; it smelled like manure is a significant component of the mix.

Random nerdy fact:

Dogs roll in poop in order to disguise their scent from prey. It's like hunters spraying fox urine on their boots.

 

[prfesser]

Technically, it can be said that the lightest element is not hydrogen. It's positronium (Ps), with one electron and one positron. It was postulated back in the 1940s. Unlike the other elements, in Ps the electron and positron circle about their center of mass.

Ps-H and Ps-Ps have been made. Such materials would make rather interesting propellants if it weren't for the fact that the lifetime of Ps is about 0.1 ns.

There are analogues of Ps, e.g., protonium (proton and antiproton).

 

[jsdemar]

Technically, it can be said that the lightest element is not hydrogen. It's positronium (Ps), with one electron and one positron. It was postulated back in the 1940s. Unlike the other elements, in Ps the electron and positron circle about their center of mass.

Ps-H and Ps-Ps have been made. Such materials would make rather interesting propellants if it weren't for the fact that the lifetime of Ps is about 0.1 ns.

There are analogues of Ps, e.g., protonium (proton and antiproton).

This has my vote as the best random nerdy fact in this thread!