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The Random Facts You Were Completely Oblivious About Until Fairly Recently Thread
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Wandered Off
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The words of the hymn "Amazing Grace" fit the tune of the "Gilligan's Island" theme song.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Not easy to explain, lol.
I watched a show the other night about "Feral children" and was surprised to find that language is somewhat tied to age. If a child is not taught to speak by about 3 years old, it is difficult for them to learn. One girl who was 13 when discovered, did learn to speak in short clipped ways, but brain scans showed that her brain (specifically speech/language centers) had indeed atrophied due to lack of use which inhibited further possibility of her acquiring normal language skills. That was a revelation, but it makes a certain sense. If you sit around all day, you are going to develop motor problems eventually as the muscles deteriorate...
The researchers studies seemed to prove the old adage of "use it or lose it".
I watched a show the other night about "Feral children" and was surprised to find that language is somewhat tied to age. If a child is not taught to speak by about 3 years old, it is difficult for them to learn. One girl who was 13 when discovered, did learn to speak in short clipped ways, but brain scans showed that her brain (specifically speech/language centers) had indeed atrophied due to lack of use which inhibited further possibility of her acquiring normal language skills. That was a revelation, but it makes a certain sense. If you sit around all day, you are going to develop motor problems eventually as the muscles deteriorate...
The researchers studies seemed to prove the old adage of "use it or lose it".
Buttercup
Veteran Member
I think I saw this same show recently...or one like it.YmirGF said:Not easy to explain, lol.
I watched a show the other night about "Feral children" and was surprised to find that language is somewhat tied to age. If a child is not taught to speak by about 3 years old, it is difficult for them to learn. One girl who was 13 when discovered, did learn to speak in short clipped ways, but brain scans showed that her brain (specifically speech/language centers) had indeed atrophied due to lack of use which inhibited further possibility of her acquiring normal language skills. That was a revelation, but it makes a certain sense. If you sit around all day, you are going to develop motor problems eventually as the muscles deteriorate...
But Paul, you were supposed to name something you've learned on RF recently.
Halcyon
Lord of the Badgers
No silly chimpy, any old fact.Buttercup said:I think I saw this same show recently...or one like it.
But Paul, you were supposed to name something you've learned on RF recently.
The full title of the thread would have been;
The Random Facts You Were Completely Oblivious About Until Fairly Recently When Someone Told You Or You Heard It On TV Or Read It In A Magazine Or Maybe A Newspaper Thread
But i ran out of typing room :sad4:
lunamoth
Will to love
I learned last night that a good way to get a stuck bottle off a four-year-old's finger when vegetable oil or soap do not work is to hold her arm above her head for four minutes, have her close her eyes tight, count 1-2-3-4-yell! and then pull it off fast.
Then tell her she's very brave and promise to show her some talking parrots.
Then tell her she's very brave and promise to show her some talking parrots.
tcprowling
Junior Member
A crocadile can't poke out it's tongue ( now i wonder who paid for the research on that startling bit of information)
Buttercup
Veteran Member
Oh ok, my bad. I like things complicated I guess. Dur!Halcyon said:No silly chimpy, any old fact.
The full title of the thread would have been;
The Random Facts You Were Completely Oblivious About Until Fairly Recently When Someone Told You Or You Heard It On TV Or Read It In A Magazine Or Maybe A Newspaper Thread
But i ran out of typing room :sad4:
I recently learned that kittens can be spayed as early as two months old.
tcprowling
Junior Member
A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year.
A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.
A capon is a castrated rooster.
A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time. 9 So what? so could I after a good night out)
A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.( Hmmmmm)
A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't. ( Buttercup?)
A Cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds.
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
A father Emperor penguin withstands the Antarctic cold for 60 days or more to protect his eggs, which he keeps on his feet, covered with a feathered flap. During this entire time he doesn't eat a thing. Most father penguins lose about 25 pounds while they wait for their babies to hatch. Afterward, they feed the chicks a special liquid from their throats. When the mother penguins return to care for the young, the fathers go to sea to eat and rest. ( OMG more penguins and their feet LOL)
A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.
A capon is a castrated rooster.
A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time. 9 So what? so could I after a good night out)
A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.( Hmmmmm)
A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't. ( Buttercup?)
A Cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds.
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
A father Emperor penguin withstands the Antarctic cold for 60 days or more to protect his eggs, which he keeps on his feet, covered with a feathered flap. During this entire time he doesn't eat a thing. Most father penguins lose about 25 pounds while they wait for their babies to hatch. Afterward, they feed the chicks a special liquid from their throats. When the mother penguins return to care for the young, the fathers go to sea to eat and rest. ( OMG more penguins and their feet LOL)
Buttercup
Veteran Member
He does seem to like animals doesn't he? You've probably heard the tales of those South Pacific folks and their love for sheep too I'm sure?lunamoth said:Somehow I knew tcp was going to like this thread...
I know there is one thing I learned recently that was really a surprise to me....and now I can't think of it. I need to resort the files upstairs.
lunamoth
Will to love
Buttercup said:
Did you know that each day a dairy cows eats:
28 lbs. corn silage, 12.64 lbs alfalfa hay, 8.41 lbs barley, 4.33 lbs wheat bran, 3 lbs beet pulp, 5.5 lbs cottonseed, .75 lb fat, .12 lb salt, .5 lb minerals/vitamins, 255 lbs water (30 gallons) tat's almost a bathtub full
There was a more disgusting cow fact where I found this one...but I'll refrain from posting it as it is lunch time.
tcprowling
Junior Member
OMG luna I am becoming transparent LOLlunamoth said:Somehow I knew tcp was going to like this thread...
Fact
A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length. Once it is born It is blind and pretty much helpless yet It has to make the journey from the birth canal to the pouch. Should it fall off in doing this the mother cannot ( Is incapiable of ) picking it up.
There you go now how many of you thought that a baby kangaroo was born in the pouch?