Gelatin comes from where!!?
It’s one of those truths that you’d rather not know. That bright red, orange, and green gelatin you slurped down as a child is actually made from animals. Vegans avoid it like the plague because it’s derived from the collagen in an animal’s skin and bones. But what if it was made from humans? How do you categorize it then?
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Snails are more resilient then prior thought.
Imagine if you ate an animal and then later saw it smiling back at you, unscathed, from the toilet bowl.
Something similar happens to birds that eat snails, since new research shows the snails can survive passage through the bird’s digestive tract…
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Bath salts are labeled “not for human consumption,” which helps them skirt a law that would make them illegal.
This spring in the emergency room at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa, .Dr. Jeffrey J. Narmi could not believe what he was seeing. There were people arriving at the emergency room so agitated, violent and psychotic that a small army of medical workers was needed to hold them down.
Continue reading… “‘Bath Salts’ – alarming new stimulant legal in many states”
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Developmental psychologist and mother, Erin Carr-Jordan, has made a shocking discovery of what is really lurking in children’s playlands. There is a lack of state/local regulation that is resulting in potentially deadly conditions for our children.
Continue reading… “Arizona mom inspects and records filthy conditions at fast-food playlands”
The picture on the shows the original phonograph removed from the doll’s body.
Using advanced imaging technology, scientists have recovered a 123-year-old recording made by Thomas Edison. The recording is believed to be the world’s first attempt at a talking doll and may mark the dawn of the American recording industry.
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If sea levels rose to where they were during the Last Interglacial Period, large parts of the Gulf of Mexico would be under water (red areas),
Melting ice sheets contributed much more to rising sea levels than thermal expansion of warming ocean waters during the Last Interglacial Period, a UA-led team of researchers has found. The results further suggest that ocean levels continue to rise long after warming of the atmosphere has leveled off.
Continue reading… “Is it too late to turn the tides on rising sea levels?”
Since the dog-lovers union had protested using real dogs to make the movie
called “Underdog” he switched gears to make “Undercats”
“There are truths of which I have an inkling, but of most I have only a penciling.” – – Robert Brault
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One big bang!
In 1939, Adolf Hitler needed to figure out how to get past the French Maginot line, a 1500km defensive wall of fortifications, tank barriers, artillery and machine gun nests running along the French-German and French-Italian borders. Before he figured out to simply run around the line via Belgium, Hitler schemed to destroy it outright…
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Here’s an experimental app that can measure your brain waves. This wireless device embraces the head, clips onto an earlobe, and measures neural activity and pulse. The results are sent to an gaming app installed on an Android smartphone, which displays graphs and info about the state of the brain during a 30-second test…
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The E-Prime language promotes critical thinking.
To be or not to be … is not a question in the invented language of E-Prime. TopTenz explains:
Another language constructed to make a philosophical point, E-Prime is simply a version of English that forbids all forms of the verb ‘to be’ (is, was, were, etc).
According to Alfred Korzybski, who promoted the language in his 1933 book Science and Sanity, E-Prime can be used to sharpen critical thinking and make ideas clearer…
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Maintaining a lofty position in the social hierarchy causes your stress levels to rocket.
Researchers found that while alpha males get the pick of the girls, the money and the power they pay a heavy price for their dominance.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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