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What totally useless info would you really like to know, even if it means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of eternity?
Let's see what everyone is curious about, & maybe people can help answer each other's most momentous questions.
I have always wondered this. Track events are runon an oval & the runners go counterclockwise. North or south of the Equator, in the Olympics or 8th grade, in countries where you drive on the left side or the right side, for both lefthanded & righthanded people, everyone goes counterclockwise. Each event has a record time. If the direction were changed, how would it affect everyone's times, & how long would it to take to adjust to going the "wrong" way, & how far off would the record times be? How long would it take for folks to approach their previous best times, & would some people never get there?
Likewise, for horse racing or motor sports, how long before jockeys, horses, & drivers made the adjustment?
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I KNOW it's totally useless. I'm hoping that no matter how useless, our questions will draw some constructive responses.
Here's another one. In general, hair elsewhere than our head (or beard, for men) grows fairly slowly. Most people have a little hair on their arms, legs, etc., but it stays relatively short. Does head hair grow faster because it was originally meant to be protection from the elements for our head & face?
And if that's true, how come the head hair on a dog or cat does NOT grow faster than the hair on its body?
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Why do Pooh and Eyor have names and Piglet and Owl don't?
Why does Goofy get to talk but the other Disney dog (can't remember his name) get to only act like a dog?
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While the speed at which hair grows probably is different from person to person and species to species, I believe it's the length of time it continues to grow the determines it's final length (each person has a natural upper limit to how long their hair will get).
Those of us that have hair challenges have in many instances had a doctor explain the hair growth cycle. And the speed at which hair grows never enters the conversation.
Hair has a natural cycle where it grows for awhile, then it stops, then falls out, then after a small period starts to grow again.
Rogaine increases the length of time a hair remains in your body (they fall out less often).
Propecia reduces the sleep time of your follicles (hair replenishes itself more often).
If you get a hair transplant the doctor will most likely prescribe both drugs. (Personally, I would try using both products for a year or so before getting a transplant). (Transplants are for people in a hurry and have no patience).
As to why hair on different parts grows to different lengths, most of the explanations I've heard rely on evolutionary explanations. But, I can tell you that if transplant a hair from your back to your head, it will not convert to a head hair. It remains a back hair growing with the same properties (curliness, length) as before.
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quote:the other Disney dog (can't remember his name)
Pluto
Why is it that Donald Duck never wears pants, but when he gets out of the bath or shower, he wraps himself in a towel?
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Remember the piano-playing duel between Donald Duck and Daffy Duck in Roger Rabbit? They were playing Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody.
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What's the name of the cute blonde chick at the front of the line of techies rocking to Weird Al's "I Lost On Jeopardy" in the video?
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How did Jack Murphy's audition for the lead Jawa go? Was he auditioning for another part and get the Jawa role instead due to his incredible leadership skills?
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There are many food items, which if you think about the manufacturing process cause me to wonder how in the world did they come up with that idea.
Like chocolate, to make chocolate, you need to extract the seeds from the fruit of a tree. OK, so eating tree seeds (nuts) is not that unusual. But these seeds taste really bad.
So, what would posses someone to collect these seeds grind them up and combine them with something very sweet? And so for the other steps.
Also herbal medicines. First of all someone needs to come up with the idea that applying plant matter to a wound, or eating some vile tasting substance is going to help. Just how did they come up with the notion that Willow Bark helps with headaches.
Ow, I've got a head ache, well let's try eating grass, nope that didn't work. How about this rock, nope not that either. I know, I'll scrape the bark from this tree and eat that! Posts: 10845 | Registered: Oct 2004
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quote: Ow, I've got a head ache, well let's try eating grass, nope that didn't work. How about this rock, nope not that either. I know, I'll scrape the bark from this tree and eat that!
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"Ow, I've got a head ache, well let's try eating grass, nope that didn't work. How about this rock, nope not that either. I know, I'll scrape the bark from this tree and eat that!"
The Nephites did that too! (Alma 46:40)
"I've scraped up my leg; here's a nice 3-leaf plant with pretty berries, let's see if that's one of the plants God made for medicinal purposes." Posts: 12812 | Registered: Apr 2005
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Humor seems to consist mainly of looking at a situation from a viewpoint previously not considered. In other words, surprise seems to be an important element of humor.
Since it is impossible to surprise One who is omniscient, and He looks at every situation from all viewpoints, I wonder if it's possible that anything at all is funny to Him.
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I don't know that I agree that humour depends on surprise. I saw a documentary about Monty Python years ago, where they discussed in detail a sketch about a herring dance. Before you saw the clip, you were told exactly what was in it, but it was still hilarious when you saw it. There are a lot of comedies that bear repeated viewing, and remain as funny. I can only believe that is the reason why Heavenly Father didn't bring down the big foot on the lot of us years ago.
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More useless info that inquiring minds want to know:
Does anyone know about how many humans have ever lived on Earth throughout history? I know Heavenly Father keeps track of all the spirits He sends here, but do anthropologists, biologists, etc. have any idea?
Do cockroaches serve any useful purpose? This is a serious question! After all, God made them, & we are taught that all life has value. But honestly, I cannot see much value to cockroaches & maybe a few other forms of life.
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We have only wild guesses, but they range from around 12 billion (half of all people who have ever lived are alive today) to 30 billion.
I suspect that most of all humans who have ever lived will live in the Millenium. Most of the rest will have died before age 8. I try not to let it bother me that I'm in the wild 20% or so who needed to be tested before being allowed back in the Celestial Kingdom.
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"Most of the rest will have died before age 8"
In previous centuries, much of the population didn't live to adulthood, or even adolescence. People lost little children from starvation or epidemics, or they were stillborn or died soon after. It hasn't been so long; think how many children Joseph & Emma Smith lost at an early age.
We in "industrialized" countries don't always see it now, but in much of today's world, children live short & harsh lives. Many people ask why innocent babies have to suffer, & I doubt anyone other than Heavenly Father has a complete, absolute, ultimate answer. But if I did not know of His promise to offer salvation for the dead, & the innocence of young children that alone is needed to admit them to heaven, I could very easily rant & rail & rage at a God who would let them suffer.
I really can't fault some folks for "blaming God" when they don't have the precious truths that explain things like agency, opposition in all things, adversity as a means of growth, & the ultimate destiny that God offers every one of His children. I know I can do better in sharing those truths with people around me.
A gospel perspective doesn't make it "easy" to see kids suffer, but I have the comfort of knowing that as little as I can do for them, the Lord can & will do everything for them that He does for me.
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Biologically speaking, cockroaches are scavengers. Like the guys who ride the garbage trucks, their job is a dirty one, but somebody (or something) has to do it.
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But the guys who "ride the garbage trucks" TAKE garbage AWAY. Then they go home & take a shower. They don't come to people's kitchens & bring garbage, track dirt around, & contaminate their clean food! Plus, they look better than cockroaches. Posts: 12812 | Registered: Apr 2005
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Our kind eats food where and when we find it, and this "yours" and "ours" business makes no sense to us. And we don't take baths because it sort of interferes with our breathing. And it's hilarious to hear your kind criticizing any other about leaving tracks and litter.
Plus you don't get all worked up over a little radiation. Of course, you can withstand 100 times as much as us, so that just figures.
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We enjoy you so much, because you're so cute & entertaining even if you are not warm & cozy like our orange-striped Punkin.
We love it that you are so diligent in collecting garbage. You aren't very good at it, & we have to clean up after you; but if our kids could learn to do it right, we can probably teach you.
Please feel free to come visit us anytime. We'll leave some cookies & fruit on the counter for you.
Your friends,
The Confutus Family
JK, of course. I get what Blatella is trying to tell us.
I'm still mulling over the one about Donald Duck. If he is truly a duck, wouldn't he just stay in the water? And he would never need a bath!
Another piece of offbeat info: I have read repeatedly that Hitler either had or did not have any descendants, that he had children who later vowed never to have children of their own so Hitler's direct line would end, etc. Does anyone know how accurate any of these stories are?
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However, there was a lot of sexual weirdness going on at the heart of the Third Reich that got heavily covered up. This has made it impossible to conclusively refute rumors that some of Goebbel's children were actually Hitler's. In Goebbel's case it doesn't much matter, since he murdered all his own children rather than let the Russians capture them. But one wonders if Hitler had other unacknowledged illegitimate children.
Hitler's closest known living relatives are the grandchildren of his half-brother.
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I have a ton of questions about Nephite life, about the scale of the civilization and influence and yet it was not important enough a detail to be included in the scriptures...
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I'd also love to know more about Melchizedek... and about the wisemen or kings that gave gifts to Christ, and about the mystery man who was casting out devils in Christ's name, but didn't follow the disciples. And also whether the lost tribes had other prophets unrecorded, where'd they end up, and whether Jesus had kids himself and what became of his wife(s?) and children... and I am always curious about those people in the scriptures who did miracles or had great knowledge of the Gospel but aren't included in the scriptures... other than a passage here or there.
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In the comics (not like the movie) Spider-Man has a mechanical web-shooter that he uses to shoot webs. Its control consists of a mechanical lever that rests in the palm of his hand.
I want to know why the web doesn't shoot out every time he palms something. I've seen pictures of him hanging from a steel bar with his hands wrapped around the bar. I've seen him clench his fist in order to kayo a bad guy or for whatever other purpose there is for clenching fists. It must be a scream to shake his hand. And, since it's a simple lever, how does the web know whether to form into a strand or a planar shape perpendicular to the direction of travel? It seems to assume whatever shape he wants it to.
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If the Incredible Hulk weighs 800 pounds more than Bruce Banner does, where does that extra weight come from? According to the law of conservation of matter and energy it cannot be summoned out of non-existence. And where does that matter go when he turns back into Bruce Banner?
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