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What's YOUR BLOOD-TYPE???

March 12th 2009 10:37

The human body contains one of four main blood types: A, B, AB and O.

Each blood-type also has an accompanying Rhesus or Rh factor of either positive or negative.

The most commonly found blood-type in the world is O positive while the rarest is AB negative.

From the U.S population it was determined that the percentages of blood types were as follows.

O positive ~ 38.4%
O negative ~ 7.7%

A positive ~ 32.3%
A negative ~ 6.5%

B positive ~ 9.4%
B negative ~ 1.7%

AB positive ~ 3.2%
AB negative ~ 0.7%

So what blood type do you have? Are you reasonably rare like me (O-) or do you have a more ~~common~~ popular blood type?

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The Astounding Cellular Makeup of the Human Body!!!

February 27th 2009 10:33

The human body is complex structure of cells, so many cells in fact that it would be impossible to count them all. Scientists estimate that there are around 75 trillion cells in the human body with an additional 750 trillion bacteria cells living in the human gut.

10% of your bodyweight consists of bacteria.
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Inhererited Characteristics/Traits AKA - CAN YOU ROLL YOUR TONGUE????

January 8th 2009 10:59

You may have a vague recollection of coming across this in high school science - particularly if you did biology and genetics.

There is a set of traits that we all as human beings have one or the other of. These are known as inherited traits or characteristics. Depending on which traits your parents have determines your outcome, but it is a 50/50 split as to whether you inherit a particular trait or not..
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Periodic Table Video Experiments Online

September 21st 2008 08:08

Ever struggled to remember the elements of the periodic table and how they perform?

Well in todays YouTube age, scientists at Nottingham University have put together a periodic table of video links. Each element that you click on takes you to an experiment done using the element selected.
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CALLING ALL ALIEN ABDUCTEES!!!

August 14th 2008 16:22

You know what - I'm not even going to write my own interpretation of today's little number - instead I'll let you figure it out for yourself from what the makers have to say........but feel free to make your own judgements - I just wouldn't know where to start with this one!

"Picture yourself lost in the galaxy...UFO sightings and Alien Abductions are on the rise...Will you return to tell the story?
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Replacing Mouse Balls!

July 24th 2008 10:30

This reportedly was a real memo sent by Logitech during the late 1980's. As I've actually set this post up in a hurry in advance due to being on holiday, I haven't had time to check it's authenticity as yet, but it's still good for a laugh regardless.
Supposedly it was sent to all field engineers about a computer peripheral problem. The author of this memo was quite serious. The engineers rolled on the floor!

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If Operating Systems Were Beers!

July 20th 2008 10:30

OK, you'll notice from the start that it is a little more than outdated, but for those of us who remember the 'good old days' of computers and operating systems, it should still give a chuckle!

And of course I'm open to suggestions about what today's 'beers' are really like!

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Unusual Occupations

July 2nd 2008 08:19

Ant Catcher - catches ants for use in ant farms.

Bone Crusher - crushes animal bones into a powder in order to make glue.
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FART DEODORISERS!!!

April 30th 2008 16:31

Yes, you heard me correctly, fart deodorisers!

Somewhere, someone in a company out there in the big wide world, has designed an odour absorbing pad to wear in your briefs/underwear to absorb the smell of the thunder down under.
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Are OTHERS Attractive To You When You Are REALLY In Love With Your Partner? STUDY

March 29th 2008 01:30

In a study published in the journal Evolution and Biology and also reported upon by the British weekly New Scientist, scientists have discovered that people who are really in love with their partners are less attracted to other people.

Even though many studies in the past have shown that humans are not particularly good at restraining themselves when it comes to self-gratification, psychologist Gian Gonzaga ran a study involving invited 60 heterosexual undergraduates who had been in relationships for at least three years.
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WHY DO ONIONS Make You CRY???

February 21st 2008 22:40

A very old question indeed!

Exactly why is it that chopping and peeling onions makes our eyes water furiously???
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EYELID TWITCHING!!!

February 1st 2008 22:45

Who else here is a card carrying member of the Eye Twitch Club???

I'm sure there are quite a few of us out there. you wake up in the morning, and everything seems normal, but then one of your eyelids decides to branch out on it's own, despite any central commands from the brain.
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The MOST Populated TIME ZONE In The WORLD!

January 13th 2008 00:05

With so many people living all over the world and with so much of our planet consisting of water, if you had to make a guess at the world time zone in which most people live, where do you imagine it would be?

You not only have to balance out water and land versus population, but also where those populations actually exist, that is to say that while it's fine to say that Australia only has 21 million people as the Australian Bureau of Statistics is now claiming, the majority live along the coastal areas due to the inhospitable nature of Australia's arid interior.
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A Motorola 12 Days Of Christmas

December 19th 2007 00:05

Only a year ago mobile phone company Motorola came up with their own version of the 12 Days of Christmas which it played on the radio stations of certain countries such as the Philippines.

Going by the last verse of the song, it plays as thus:
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