Tell me something I don't know

SisterSix

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 6:10 am

acemom wrote:

Have you ever seen the little "baby" peppers growing inside a regular pepper? Those are usually the same color as the outside pepper.

I’m pretty sure those aren’t actually “babies”. More like extra “skin” that grows in a funny direction, so it’s just as “old” as the rest of the pepper

ETA turns out I’m wrong. Thanx google. But many of these internal baby peppers are in fact at least partially green, also per google

SuperWify

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 6:41 am

particles of dust are really tiny tiny insects called dust mites.

Gross!!

imasinger

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 6:47 am

SuperWify wrote:

particles of dust are really tiny tiny insects called dust mites.

Gross!!

Some particles of dust are dust mites. Others are not.

4everhappy

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 9:05 am

If you don't want to feel the taste of something that tastes really bad like medicine, pinch your nose together while you take it. It almost won't have a taste!

Laiya

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 9:23 am

SuperWify wrote:

particles of dust are really tiny tiny insects called dust mites.

Gross!!

Dust mites can live in dust. When people say they are allergic to dust, they are actually allergic to the fecal matter produced by dust mites. Just as gross!!

Iymnok

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 10:40 am

Carob is absolutely delicious and is good itself, not asa chocolate substitute. (Chocolate is it’s own goodness).

mommyla

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 10:55 am

SuperWify wrote:

particles of dust are really tiny tiny insects called dust mites.

Gross!!

Dust is actually largely made up of dead skin Surprised

mommyla

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 10:57 am

There's a "singing runway" at the abandoned Disney World airport in Orlando, designed with grooves that play When You Wish Upon a Star when you drive over it fast enough.

Laiya

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 11:27 am

mommyla wrote:

Dust is actually largely made up of dead skin Surprised

The mites live off of the dead skin...I think I'm skipping lunch

imasoftov

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 12:23 pm

4everhappy wrote:

If you don't want to feel the taste of something that tastes really bad like medicine, pinch your nose together while you take it. It almost won't have a taste!

Unless the terrible taste is bitter, the receptors for that are on your tongue.

MiriFr

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 1:00 pm

dankbar wrote:

Besides for ice cream cones other inventions that were born by mistake....choco chip cookies....rubber....antibiotics

AND DONUTS

33055

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 1:16 pm

Laiya wrote:

The mites live off of the dead skin...I think I'm skipping lunch

Almost every adult has mites that live on their face. When you go to sleep at night, they come out and mate.

BTova

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 1:22 pm

chilax wrote:

You can't laugh while you blink

You can't laugh while you

I made you laugh! I made you laugh!!!!!

FranticFrummie

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 1:26 pm

The average ladybug (or ladybird) eats over 1,000 aphids a day.

ONE THOUSAND per DAY!

They are neither ladies, bugs, or birds. They are beetles.

Also, ladybugs in the larval stage look like tiny little Gila Monsters. Very Happy

https://youtu.be/3fKpt_Z7YYc

nechamashifra

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 1:37 pm

You can use the space bar on your phone and slide it to move the curser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIiN5ATvHc

InnerMe

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 1:42 pm

FranticFrummie wrote:

https://youtu.be/3fKpt_Z7YYc

cool info, I just looked up why they are called lady bugs.
Looks like there's a few theories.

fraimal

Wed, Dec 19 2018, 1:44 pm

4everhappy wrote:

If you don't want to feel the taste of something that tastes really bad like medicine, pinch your nose together while you take it. It almost won't have a taste!

I'm not sure this is true. I was born without sense of smell and I taste everything. (So I can't imagine pinching nose helps)

imasoftov

Thu, Dec 20 2018, 11:43 am

fraimal wrote:

I'm not sure this is true. I was born without sense of smell and I taste everything. (So I can't imagine pinching nose helps)

How do you know you taste everything? There are some taste receptors on the tongue, and there are odor receptors in the nose. Both are involved in tasting food, and if one stopped working, I imagine it would be immediately apparant, but if one never had one or the other, food would still have taste, and I don't imagine one would miss what one never knew existed, but one wouldn't be tasting as much as the next person.

ahuva06

Thu, Dec 20 2018, 12:41 pm

fraimal wrote:

I'm not sure this is true. I was born without sense of smell and I taste everything. (So I can't imagine pinching nose helps)

Do you enjoy very spicy food?
A relative of mine who has a dull sense of smell enjoys really spicy food. We all assume it is related to the sense of smell that this person is lacking in.