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The 'hmm.. Interesting' thread

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
I wish they had Wikipedia when I was in high school. Encyclopedias are so big and bulky! It would have helped with all those darned reports I had to do in English classes. :)
I remember when my family got Encarta... a whole encyclopedia on one CD! I thought it was amazing!

Before that, we had the Canadian Encyclopedia (the hard copy version... before it went online, and before people started using expressions like "hard copy"). I'd always use that first, and I'd get annoyed when I had a project on a non-Canadian topic, because that meant I'd have to make a special trip to the library.

Hmm... interesting.
 

Reptillian

Hamburgler Extraordinaire
I wish they had Wikipedia when I was in high school. Encyclopedias are so big and bulky! It would have helped with all those darned reports I had to do in English classes. :)

I know! My parents had some encyclopedias from the early 1970's that I always had to use for resources back in the late 80's early 90's. We also had some old medical encyclopedias in the basement that were full of bad advice. The best part about the internet is that its up to date information. The worst part is that its sometimes unreliable and riddled with pornography...although that can be a benefit depending on who you ask. :D
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
The best part about the internet is that its up to date information.
The part I like best is that it's machine-searchable. I didn't like having to go the index, find the general topic I was looking for, and sort through 20 different references to find the specific information I was after.
 

Reptillian

Hamburgler Extraordinaire
The part I like best is that it's machine-searchable. I didn't like having to go the index, find the general topic I was looking for, and sort through 20 different references to find the specific information I was after.

True, I have some "fond" memories of that in the old library. :)
 

.lava

Veteran Member
mrinteresting.jpg

that .... must be the man ...... of my preams O_O

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.lava

Veteran Member
I'm sorry to break this to you, but your breams have turned to prostitution. Mr. Interesting is their pimp.

:sad4: no, it is a lie! now i see ... you misinterpreted the sound you heard O_O listen, boy... i don't mean to break this to you but there is nothing wrong with seahorses

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9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
:sad4: no, it is a lie! now i see ... you misinterpreted the sound you heard O_O listen, boy... i don't mean to break this to you but there is nothing wrong with seahorses
Indeed - they're very progressive. Their males give birth.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
I'm serious!

Male seahorses are equipped with a brood pouch on their ventral, or front-facing, side. When mating, the female deposits her eggs into his pouch, and the male fertilizes them internally. He carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases fully formed, miniature seahorses into the water.
Seahorses, Seahorse Pictures, Seahorse Facts - National Geographic

And another fun fact that I didn't know until just now:
Seahorses have no teeth and no stomach. Food passes through their digestive systems so quickly, they must eat almost constantly to stay alive.

Hmm... interesting!
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
Another fun fact: when a human male releases baby seahorses from his brood pouch, he gets kicked out of the aquarium!

Hmm... interesting!
 
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