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[Craig_HFC]

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Yes I know that but how can we assign colour to something we can't see?

This is a really interesting podcast on this very subject, actually talks about that shrimp too.

http://www.radiolab.org/story/211119-colors/

[snooky]

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This is a really interesting podcast on this very subject, actually talks about that shrimp too.

http://www.radiolab.org/story/211119-colors/

If referees can't see a ball one yard over the goal line I can believe the shrimp thing no problem.

[Peevemor]

There's a theory that it was only recently that we became able to distinguish blue from green. In fact, many languages with diverse roots had only one word for the 2 colours.

https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-...earch-suggests

[Hibrandenburg]

Our eyes were originally designed to see underwater. Since leaving the oceans they've adjusted but are nowhere near as good as they once were.

[lord bunberry]

The water we drink is the same water that the dinosaurs drank. It's almost certain that when you have a drink of water it's passed through the body of a dinosaur or a similarly prehistoric being. Basically we're all drinking dinosaur piss.

[Allant1981]

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The water we drink is the same water that the dinosaurs drank. It's almost certain that when you have a drink of water it's passed through the body of a dinosaur or a similarly prehistoric being. Basically we're all drinking dinosaur piss.

i posted that in march, keep up😀

[lord bunberry]

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i posted that in march, keep up😀

That's probably where I remembered it from .

[Godsahibby]

Great story in the times today.

If the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had impacted 30 seconds earlier or later then it's likely that we wouldn't be here and the dinosaurs would still rule the earth today!

[McD]

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Great story in the times today.

If the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had impacted 30 seconds earlier or later then it's likely that we wouldn't be here and the dinosaurs would still rule the earth today!

How did they come to that conclusion?

[Scouse Hibee]

Armed CP Police officers dressed in suits on protection duty wear something on their person to indicate they are carrying a firearm to other officers.

[lord bunberry]

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Armed CP Police officers dressed in suits on protection duty wear something on their person to indicate they are carrying a firearm to other officers.

Is it a firearm holder

[Mr White]

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Is it a firearm holder

Or one of those big long strips of collated bullets that Rambo has slung over his shoulder?

[Mon Dieu4]

I've just eaten a kit kat

[Godsahibby]

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How did they come to that conclusion?

It was to do with where it landed. It landed in ground very high in sulphur which was then spread into the atmosphere which caused the poisoning and black out of the sun, almost like a nuclear winter.

Where it landed, the Yucatan Peninsula is a narrow strip of land. 30 seconds before or after then it would have more then likely landed in one of the surrounding oceans which would have caused a lot less damage. With the dinosaurs still alive and kicking mammals and humans would never have had the opportunity to evolve.

There is a programme about it on BBC 2 tonight.

[pacoluna]

Hitler was the first person to ban human zoos.

[Hibee87]

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It was to do with where it landed. It landed in ground very high in sulphur which was then spread into the atmosphere which caused the poisoning and black out of the sun, almost like a nuclear winter.

Where it landed, the Yucatan Peninsula is a narrow strip of land. 30 seconds before or after then it would have more then likely landed in one of the surrounding oceans which would have caused a lot less damage. With the dinosaurs still alive and kicking mammals and humans would never have had the opportunity to evolve.

There is a programme about it on BBC 2 tonight.

I find things like this interesting, but id love to know how it comes to the conclusion that humans would never have evolved otherwise. Assuming evolution in its current understanding is correct would the same variables for life not be present regardless of where it landed? looking forward to watching this now

[McD]

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It was to do with where it landed. It landed in ground very high in sulphur which was then spread into the atmosphere which caused the poisoning and black out of the sun, almost like a nuclear winter.

Where it landed, the Yucatan Peninsula is a narrow strip of land. 30 seconds before or after then it would have more then likely landed in one of the surrounding oceans which would have caused a lot less damage. With the dinosaurs still alive and kicking mammals and humans would never have had the opportunity to evolve.

There is a programme about it on BBC 2 tonight.

Interesting, cheers mate

[lord bunberry]

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I find things like this interesting, but id love to know how it comes to the conclusion that humans would never have evolved otherwise. Assuming evolution in its current understanding is correct would the same variables for life not be present regardless of where it landed? looking forward to watching this now

Mammals were only able to evolve the way they did due to their main predators the dinosaurs dying off. Mammals lived mostly underground at the time. When you look at all the catastrophes that have befallen the Earth, it's an absolute miracle that we're here. There was a good series narrated by Tony Robinson that goes through all the catastrophic events that led to us being here. It was called Catastrophe and it's available on you tube.

[Pretty Boy]

The 'Spanish flu' outbreak of 1918 killed between 50-100M people, about 3-6% of the the population of the world at the time. For comparison a total of about 17M servicemen and civilians were killed in WWI.

[lord bunberry]

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The 'Spanish flu' outbreak of 1918 killed between 50-100M people, about 3-6% of the the population of the world at the time. For comparison a total of about 17M servicemen and civilians were killed in WWI.

Every time I hear that I find it astonishing. Experts reckon that another outbreak that could kill in similarly huge numbers is inevitable. That's why there was so much media coverage of bird flu and swine flu, even though hardly anyone died from them.

[Scouse Hibee]

There is a street in Morningside with a wild west town theme area to it, looks very realistic if not very run down.

[snooky]

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Hitler was the first person to ban human zoos.

The Soviet Union was the first country to issue a postage stamp commemorating Robert Burns.
http://www.dalryburnsclub.org.uk/stamps/stamps.html

[pacoluna]

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The 'Spanish flu' outbreak of 1918 killed between 50-100M people, about 3-6% of the the population of the world at the time. For comparison a total of about 17M servicemen and civilians were killed in WWI.

Those with a weaker immune system had a better chance of surviving than those who were regarded as "healthy" due to the nature of the virus. The stronger your immune system the more severe the reaction.

[lord bunberry]

On the subject of diseases. Orphaned children were used to transport the smallpox vaccine around the world. There was no refrigeration at the time, so they injected the vaccine into children and sent them on boats to places like South America.

[Pretty Boy]

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Those with a weaker immune system had a better chance of surviving than those who were regarded as "healthy" due to the nature of the virus. The stronger your immune system the more severe the reaction.

Yep, the 'cytokine storm'.

I wrote an essay about the 1918 outbreak as part of a course on post WWI society and some of the reasons put forward for the death toll were really interesting. One of the more recent was that people were actually dying from aspirin poisoning rather than the flu itself. The theory was based on the fact the US Army surgeon general recommended an exceptionally high dose to treat the illness. Bayers patent on aspirin also expired at the time and a host of drug companies rushed to try and make money by marketing aspirin as a 'cure'.

The likely truth is the war itself was the driving factor behind the death rate. Wartime censorship stopped early reporting of the illness so people weren't aware or prepared. The war also totally flipped peoples natural behaviours to flu which allowed the far deadlier 2nd strain to gain a foothold. Normally really ill people stay at home whilst those with a more serious illness go on with their life. During the war soldiers who were more severely sick packed onto trains and travelled to overcrowded field hospitals and heavier population centres to seek treatment. Those with the milder illness had to stay where they were.

[snooky]

A tipi (or teepee) is a pointed tent.
A wigwam is domed shaped.

[lord bunberry]

If you look in the mirror you can't see your eyes move. This is because your brain makes you temporarily blind as you move your eyes around. It happens so quickly we don't notice it, but we spend around 2% of our lives blind.

[stuart-farquhar]

The blue planet globe is the only picture of earth from space. The size of the continents changes every decade or so.

Go figure.

[Scouse Hibee]

Your driving licence has a code to indicate you should be wearing eye sight correction (glasses or lenses) if you declared it when applying for licence. If stopped and not wearing your glasses/lenses you can be prosecuted.

[ColinNish]

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Armed CP Police officers dressed in suits on protection duty wear something on their person to indicate they are carrying a firearm to other officers.

Yeah, a pin badge of some sort.