What did you learn today TIL

[psiberzerker]

"The doctor said my nose wouldn't bleed so much if I kept my finger out of there."

~R. Wiggum

[ChirpingGirl]

I was having a Twitter back and forth with one of my BFF's. She's black, and she was noticing a trend going on "#BlackWomensEqualPay". And she's saying "Congratulations, bitches, it's called the equal pay act." 

My personal favorite: "61 cents on the dollar to literally any white man in America? That's Illegal and how come ya'll don't bitch about how much more Lebron James makes selling soda and fast food to children than you do selling soda and fast food to children? Why don't you target his ass instead?" 

I learned my homegirl is even cooler than I thought. 

And I learned her daughter has been complaining "CJ doesn't visit us enough".   

[Athos_131]

When I was reading about her, I was thinking of Katie, our Warrior Princess.

I sure would like to learn what happened to her today.   

I agree.

#Resist

[psiberzerker]

 39 cent to the dollar tax for every white man (Legally myself included) would go a long way toward reparations.

It won't #ReverseRacism, but it sure would make a good start.

[ChirpingGirl]

39 cent to the dollar tax for every white man (Legally myself included) would go a long way toward reparations.

It won't #ReverseRacism, but it sure would make a good start.

 

I'm not even gonna go into it. 

[ChirpingGirl]

On the average a fart is composed of about 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, and 4% oxygen. Less than 1% is what makes them stink. The temperature of a fart at time of creation is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second.

 

[psiberzerker]

  I'm not even gonna go into it.   

At least I didn't have to add the requisite smiley:



To mark it as a Poe.

Less than 1% is what makes them stink.

Sulpher Dioxide isn't just the primary odorant in rotten eggs, but also the irritant in Onions.  In Aqueous Solution (Such as your tears) it makes Sulphuric Acid.  It was also a component in Acid Rain, as well as Nitric Acid (HNO3+H20)  From "smog," ironically the Sulfides were keeping Global Warming down to undetectable levels until we banned them in the 70s.

If you're triggered by nerds nerding out, then don't look in the Learning thread.  It might just look back...

[IdleBoast]

Actually, sulfur dioxide reacts with water to form sulfurous acid, H2SO3.

Sulfuric acid is formed after further reactions with oxygen (working from memory, but the reaction might need a catalyst from somewhere in the transition metals).

[psiberzerker]

(working from memory, but the reaction might need a catalyst from somewhere in the transition metals)

True, or an alkali Salt, like Sodium Chloride.

[ChirpingGirl]

Like you two are scientists or some shit. Bitches, please! 




 

[psiberzerker]

Like you two are scientists or some shit. Bitches, please!

<Industrial engineer.  (Retired)  You don't have to be a "Scientist" to look this stuff up any more.  Nobody questioned your fart research.

[RopeFiend]

I presumed she'd used her gas chromatograph... or Google.  


I didn't know IB had a 40W CO2 laser at hand... and yep, that's LOADS of power.  The little scanners at the grocery store use 5mW (about 8,000 times lower), and the laser speed detector the cops use can't be over about 10mW.  I think our engraver at work runs 500mW.

[psiberzerker]

Yeah,    if you've got a gas chromatograph, or access to one at work, I'm gonna go ahead, and consider you a scientist.

though, depending on the method of extraction, I might question that Nitrogen count.

[ChirpingGirl]

Mac and Me (1988) is the 76th lowest rated movie on the IMDB bottom 100.

I never thought it was THAT bad. My kids think it's hilarious. 

How the fuck does Stan Helsing rank better than Mac and Me? 

I mean, you can watch 'em both on YouTube for free, but Stan Helsing is actually in YouTube's free movie section while Mac and Me is uploaded by users. That's fuckin' stupid. Stan Helsing SUCKED! Mac and Me is at least funny to watch because of how stupid it is.

By the way, did you know Mac And Me allegedly has some kind of rejected music from predator in it? I read that somewhere. Can't find the source though. But Alan Silvestri did the music for Predator and Mac and Me the same year.

https://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom

Also I didn't know this till I looked it up, but the kid in the movie actually gets a big hole blasted through his chest and that explains how he died in the movie before the super advanced god like aliens who slurp coke and don't know what a wheel is save him at the end of the movie.

It won't embed and Jules will murder me if it did anyway, so just go watch it if you want:

[psiberzerker]

Okay, I guess I learned that I have to watch Stan Helsing.

Thanks!

[IdleBoast]

Like you two are scientists or some shit. Bitches, please! 

 

Two degrees, used to run an industrial lab, now entering my 25th year teaching Science. Decades of simply paying attention mean I know a ton of stuff about a ton of stuff - I'm the teacher that other teachers go to for information because it's easier than googling.

[IdleBoast]

I presumed she'd used her gas chromatograph... or Google.  


I didn't know IB had a 40W CO2 laser at hand... and yep, that's LOADS of power.  The little scanners at the grocery store use 5mW (about 8,000 times lower), and the laser speed detector the cops use can't be over about 10mW.  I think our engraver at work runs 500mW.

Um... it depends on your context. 40W is weapons-grade when you're talking about scanners and pointers, but it's tiny compared to other cutters, almost the lowest power on the market. The one in my workshop at school (I teach shop as well as science) is 80W, and the one on my lottery-win shopping list is 200W.

FYI I'm typing this on my phone as I lean on my laser, while it cuts out 200 wooden coins a chap is going to give to guests at his wedding. This is a three hour job, that will earn me £40 after costs.

I need to raise my prices...

[ChirpingGirl]

Like you two are scientists or some shit. Bitches, please! 

 

Two degrees, used to run an industrial lab, now entering my 25th year teaching Science. Decades of simply paying attention mean I know a ton of stuff about a ton of stuff - I'm the teacher that other teachers go to for information because it's easier than googling.

Nothing is easier than googling.

[MintJulie]

a chap

:swoon:

This is a three hour job, that will earn me £40 after costs.

I need to raise my prices...

Um, yes you do.  That's family and (close) friends pricing there.

25th year teaching Science.

Yep, he's a science teacher.  I can vouch.

[watcher1]

Mosquitos are our apex predator, the deadliest hunter of human beings on the planet. A swarming army of 100 trillion or more mosquitoes patrol nearly every inch of the globe, killing about 700,000 people annually.  Researchers suggest that mosquitoes may have killed nearly half of the 108 billion humans who have ever lived on our planet.