Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

Actress Hedy Lamarr - Inventor!!

She "pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems."​

1914–2000
By Colleen Cheslak | 2018
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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who

As a natural beauty seen widely on the big screen in films like Samson and Delilah and White Cargo, society has long ignored her inventive genius.

https://www.womenshistory.org/educa...rian,GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
 

In the early stages of WW2, the British Government moved the entire gold reserves of their country, to Canada. Three Royal Navy ships carrying TONS of gold bars traveled to Halifax, Nova Scotia where the gold was loaded onto a number of special trains, guarded by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The trains went to our capital city Ottawa, where the gold was safely stored in the Bank Of Canada's vaults. In 1947, the gold was shipped back to Great Britain in secret. JImB.
 
JonSR77 said:

Actress Hedy Lamarr - Inventor!!​

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She "pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems."​

1914–2000
By Colleen Cheslak | 2018
Hedy%20Lamarr%20%282%29.png

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who

As a natural beauty seen widely on the big screen in films like Samson and Delilah and White Cargo, society has long ignored her inventive genius.

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hedy-lamarr#:~:text=Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian,GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
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This was an amazing woman! I had no idea she was an inventor! Thanks for sharing this with us!:)
 
In the early stages of WW2, the British Government moved the entire gold reserves of their country, to Canada. Three Royal Navy ships carrying TONS of gold bars traveled to Halifax, Nova Scotia where the gold was loaded onto a number of special trains, guarded by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The trains went to our capital city Ottawa, where the gold was safely stored in the Bank Of Canada's vaults. In 1947, the gold was shipped back to Great Britain. JimB
 
  1. Eight average homes lawns have the same cooling effect as 24 home central air conditioning units!
  2. A 2500 sq. foot lawn produces enough oxygen for a family of four each day.
  3. 90 % of the weight of a grass plant is in the roots and the grass clippings are 90% water by weight!
  4. A 10,000 sq. ft. lawn will contain: 6 grass plants per square inch, 850 per square foot, and 8.5 million total plants!
  5. The front lawns of 8 average homes has the cooling effect of 70 tons of air conditioning; whereas the average home a/c unit has 3 to 4 ton capacity.
  6. On a hot summer day, lawns will be 30 degrees cooler than adjacent asphalt and 14 degrees cooler than bare soil.
  7. Turfgrass helps clean the air by entrapping particulate matter. Turfgrass traps 12 million tons of dust and dirt annually.
  8. Turfgrass filters our water that percolates into ground water and healthy turf negates runoff.
  9. A dense lawn is 6 times more effective than a wheat field and 4 times better than a hayfield at absorbing rainfall.
  10. Grassed areas beside busy roads reduce noise by 8-10 decibels.
  11. A well-manicured landscape can increase the value of your home by 15 %.
 
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generally, with medications, it is not really all that hard to find medications which can create dramatic results. So, they can, and easily, make medications that kill cancer cells. That is not the problem.

The problem is making medications which kill cancer cells, but don't create other powerful harmful effects to the body.

And that is so, not just generally, but in specifics. So, will the drug cure cancer, but in patients with blood sugar issues, kill them???

Or, will the drug cure cancer, but kill patients with a certain allergy profile???

So, when you add up all the possible dangerous interactions with a very large population group, you get the kind of limitation that makes a drug acceptable for public use...to be much, much, much harder to create.
 
RadishRose said:
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oh, and thanks for giving me feedback! I am glad you are enjoying these. I am a former stand-up comedian (1990s)...and our kind really likes to please other people with humor...and it is how we are wired. So, it is nice to know that folks are getting some enjoyment. Really miss being on stage and making people happy. That is the real juice of stand-up comedy...enjoying that time with the crowd, when everyone is on the same page and happy.
 

Flamingos bend their legs at the ankle, not the knee​

They essentially stand on tip-toe. Their knees are closer to the body and are covered by feathers.


Digitigrade​

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


In terrestrial vertebrates, digitigrade (/ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd/) locomotion is walking or running on the toes (from the Latin digitus, 'finger', and gradior, 'walk'). A digitigrade animal is one that stands or walks with its toes (metatarsals) touching the ground, and the rest of its foot lifted. Digitigrades include walking birds (what many assume to be bird knees are actually ankles), cats, dogs, and many other mammals, but not plantigrades or unguligrades. Digitigrades generally move more quickly and quietly than other animals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitigrade
 

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