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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #210 on: December 15, 2012, 06:06:18 PM »
It is mandatory (well, almost) that parades in Southern Louisiana throw items from the floats, vehicles, etc. in the parade.  The Christmas parade today was no exception.  But, the PR got the weirdest throw I've ever seen.  When we got home I showed it to PA and he looked at it with a puzzled look on his face and said, "It's a light bulb, but, but it's green!"  That's right folks she got a 25 watt green light bulb in the sleeve.   :GA:
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #211 on: December 16, 2012, 05:28:03 PM »
If you've ever wondered about those strings you have to peel off a banana, wonder no more.  The strings are called Phloem Bundles (pronounced flom). They are part of the system that carries nutrition to all parts of the banana.
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #212 on: December 31, 2012, 09:45:21 AM »
Master 3 wheel combination locks are incredibly easy to open.  I have one I forgot the combination to so I looked up how to reset it and found this vid. I was able to open it in under a minute
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #213 on: January 13, 2013, 03:37:36 AM »
Did you know that bananas are berries, technically. As in it's a fleshy fruit containing seeds.

 :orly: Um, this also to maybe clear some of the uncertainty concerning el tomato..    yep, like the melon as well.. a berry.

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #214 on: January 13, 2013, 06:43:48 PM »
Did you know that bananas are berries, technically. As in it's a fleshy fruit containing seeds.

 :orly: Um, this also to maybe clear some of the uncertainty concerning el tomato..    yep, like the melon as well.. a berry.

To expand on this and to increase your knowledge and chances of winning a bar bet:

In botanical language, a berry is a simple fruit having seeds and pulp produced from a single ovary; the ovary can be inferior or superior.
 
Examples of botanical berries include: 

Avocado (Persea americana) a one-seeded berry
 Banana
 Barberry (Berberis; Berberidaceae)
 Bearberry (Arctostaphylos spp.)
 Blueberry
 Coffee berries
 Cranberry
 Crowberry (Empetrum spp.)
 Currant (Ribes spp.; Grossulariaceae), red, black, and white types
 Elderberry (Sambucus niger; Caprifoliaceae)
 Gooseberry (Ribes spp.; Grossulariaceae)
 Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
 Grape, Vitis vinifera
 Honeysuckle: the berries of some species are edible and are called honeyberries, but others are poisonous (Lonicera spp.; Caprifoliaceae)
 Cowberry/Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea
 Persimmon
 Mayapple (Podophyllum spp.; Berberidaceae)
 Nannyberry or sheepberry (Viburnum spp.; Caprifoliaceae)
 Oregon-grape (Mahonia aquifolium; Berberidaceae)
 Pumpkin
 Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), not to be confused with the actual strawberry (Fragaria)
 Tomato and other species of the family Solanaceae
 Watermelon
 Wolfberry
 
[edit] Modified berries - The fruit of citrus, such as the orange, kumquat and lemon, is a berry with a thick rind and a very juicy interior that is given the special name hesperidium.
 
Berries which develop from an inferior ovary are sometimes termed epigynous berries or false berries, as opposed to true berries which develop from a superior ovary. In epigynous berries, the berry includes tissue derived from parts of the flower besides the ovary. The floral tube, formed from the basal part of the sepals, petals and stamens can become fleshy at maturity and is united with the ovary to form the fruit. Common fruits that are sometimes classified as epigynous berries include bananas, coffee, members of the genus Vaccinium (e.g., cranberries and blueberries), and members of the family Cucurbitaceae (e.g., cucumbers, melons and squash).[1]
 
Another specialized term is also used for Cucurbitaceae fruits, which are modified to have a hard outer rind, and are given the special name pepo. While pepos are most common in the Cucurbitaceae, the fruits of Passiflora and Carica are sometimes also considered pepos.[2]
 
Many fruits commonly referred to as berries are not actual berries by the scientific definition, but fall into one of the following categories:
 
[edit] Drupes - Drupes are fleshy fruits produced from a (usually) single-seeded ovary with a hard stony layer (called the endocarp) surrounding the seed.
 Olive
 Plum
 Peach
 Cherry
 Hackberry (Celtis spp.; Cannabaceae)
 Bayberry
 
Other drupe-like fruits with a single seed, that lack the stony endocarp include:
 Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides; Elaeagnaceae) An achene surrounded by the hypanthium, which provides the fleshy layer
 
[edit] Pomes - The pome fruits produced by plants in subtribe Pyrinae of family Rosaceae, such as apples and pears, have a structure (the core) that clearly separates the seeds from the ovary tissue. However, some of the smaller pomes are sometimes referred to as berries. Bright red haws from Crataegus are sometimes called hawberries. Amelanchier pomes become so soft at maturity that they resemble a blueberry and are known as Juneberries or Saskatoon berries.
 
[edit] Aggregate fruits - Alaska wild "berries" from the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, a mixture of true berries and aggregate fruits
Aggregate fruits contain seeds from different ovaries of a single flower. Examples include blackberry and raspberry.
 
[edit] Multiple fruits - Multiple fruits include the fruits of multiple flowers that are merged or packed closely together. The mulberry is a berry-like example of a multiple fruit; it develops from a cluster of tiny separate flowers that become compressed as they develop into fruit.[3]
 
[edit] Accessory fruits - In accessory fruits, the edible part is not generated by the ovary. Berry-like examples include:
 Strawberry - the aggregate of seed-like achenes is actually the "fruit", derived from an aggregate of ovaries, and the fleshy part develops from the receptacle.
 Gurbir, Duchesnea indica - structured just like a strawberry
 Sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera; Polygonaceae) - the fruit is a dry capsule surrounded by fleshy calyx
 Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) - the fruit is a dry capsule surrounded by fleshy calyx
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #215 on: January 14, 2013, 03:31:08 AM »
If you are doing something very dusty you can use a cheep box fan and put a furnace filter over the intake side to get the dust out of the air quicker
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #216 on: January 14, 2013, 03:48:19 AM »
Another option, to get dust out of the air, in rooms with moppable floors, is using a plant spray. The water droplets will attach to the dust, make it heavier, thus on the floor sooner. And wet too, so, not immediately rising up in the air again.
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #217 on: January 16, 2013, 07:00:44 PM »
or

you could pop upstairs and put on your best black dress.


guaranteed the dust will cling to it :zoinks:
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #218 on: January 17, 2013, 01:07:22 PM »
or

you could pop upstairs and put on your best black dress.


guaranteed the dust will cling to it :zoinks:

Pure white dress works as well, if black isn't your colour.  :orly:
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #219 on: February 19, 2013, 09:52:38 AM »
or

you could pop upstairs and put on your best black dress.


guaranteed the dust will cling to it :zoinks:

Pure white dress works as well, if black isn't your colour.  :orly:

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #220 on: February 25, 2013, 09:20:24 PM »
While doing some research on taste buds, I gleaned these 2 bits of information from Wikipedia.

1)  The peripheral end of the cell terminates at the gustatory pore in a fine hair filament, the gustatory hair. Some early experimental studies (Kirk and Grills, 1992)it was shown that subjects who were genetically predisposed to baldness were found to be 78% more likely to experience taste loss sensations in 5 out of 5 taste trials.It was hypothesized that this was due to 'balding' of the tongue.
 
2)  The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.
 
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #221 on: February 26, 2013, 01:24:19 AM »
A balding tongue?!?

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #222 on: February 26, 2013, 06:40:30 PM »
A balding tongue?!?

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Tasteless, isn't it?
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #223 on: February 26, 2013, 06:42:04 PM »
I can do upside down chocolate moo things!

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« Reply #224 on: February 26, 2013, 10:55:26 PM »
A balding tongue?!?

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