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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2715 on: November 07, 2011, 11:39:30 PM »
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 11:29:33 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 10:41:51 PM
I can't see in 3D.
Why not?
Was born with a squint (strabismus), had lots of operations that failed to fully correct it and resulted in me using my right eye way more than the left (called amblyopia). I had to wear a patch over my right eye when I was little to make me use my left eye more or else I would have gone blind in it. So I didn't end up developing stereo vision like people normally do. Everything looks flat but I am used to it as I don't know any different.

I talked about this in my Sensory Abilities and Disabilities class and the others were fascinated by it. I got asked heaps of questions about it. :paperbag:

Sorry if TMI...
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2716 on: November 07, 2011, 11:45:35 PM »
No, not TMI at all. Very interesting really.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2011, 11:53:02 PM by Jack »
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2717 on: November 07, 2011, 11:56:56 PM »
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 11:45:35 PM
No, not TMI at all. Very interesting really.
Thanks. :)
And I guess it does fit in this thread.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2718 on: November 08, 2011, 06:01:22 AM »
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 09:18:32 PM
Jack is now curious about lutra's useless bacterial fact.

Really? But it's undoable to unlearn this though.. (suit self)

It was this I wrote in the early morning of the current day..

As, 'Flora' needs fungi to properly function (for seeds to develop they need interaction with some particular form of fungi/later on too), 'Fauna', us man included of course, needs bacteria to properly function also. No kid ya. Your bowel system, to properly work, needs the help of millions of them.

Um, useless fact here maybe is.. that this is being dropped here® by an OCD-ish/a bit germ-phobic chap. Well, leaning towards that earlier in life.  :zoinks:

« Last Edit: November 08, 2011, 07:54:07 AM by lutra »
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2719 on: November 08, 2011, 04:52:19 PM »
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 11:39:30 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 11:29:33 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 10:41:51 PM
I can't see in 3D.
Why not?
Was born with a squint (strabismus), had lots of operations that failed to fully correct it and resulted in me using my right eye way more than the left (called amblyopia). I had to wear a patch over my right eye when I was little to make me use my left eye more or else I would have gone blind in it. So I didn't end up developing stereo vision like people normally do. Everything looks flat but I am used to it as I don't know any different.

I talked about this in my Sensory Abilities and Disabilities class and the others were fascinated by it. I got asked heaps of questions about it. :paperbag:

Sorry if TMI...

I'm the same. no 3D for me.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2720 on: November 08, 2011, 05:11:18 PM »
Quote from: lutra on November 08, 2011, 06:01:22 AM
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 09:18:32 PM
Jack is now curious about lutra's useless bacterial fact.

Really? But it's undoable to unlearn this though.. (suit self)

It was this I wrote in the early morning of the current day..

As, 'Flora' needs fungi to properly function (for seeds to develop they need interaction with some particular form of fungi/later on too), 'Fauna', us man included of course, needs bacteria to properly function also. No kid ya. Your bowel system, to properly work, needs the help of millions of them.

Um, useless fact here maybe is.. that this is being dropped here® by an OCD-ish/a bit germ-phobic chap. Well, leaning towards that earlier in life.  :zoinks:


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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2721 on: November 08, 2011, 11:52:15 PM »
Quote from: odeon on November 08, 2011, 04:52:19 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 11:39:30 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 11:29:33 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 10:41:51 PM
I can't see in 3D.
Why not?
Was born with a squint (strabismus), had lots of operations that failed to fully correct it and resulted in me using my right eye way more than the left (called amblyopia). I had to wear a patch over my right eye when I was little to make me use my left eye more or else I would have gone blind in it. So I didn't end up developing stereo vision like people normally do. Everything looks flat but I am used to it as I don't know any different.

I talked about this in my Sensory Abilities and Disabilities class and the others were fascinated by it. I got asked heaps of questions about it. :paperbag:

Sorry if TMI...
I'm the same. no 3D for me.
When I was really young, a lot of my autism-related behaviours were thought to be due to my eye problems. I got taken to doctors about it and that is what they said. Did anything like this happen to you?
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2722 on: November 09, 2011, 12:28:45 PM »
Quote from: renaeden on November 08, 2011, 11:52:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 08, 2011, 04:52:19 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 11:39:30 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 11:29:33 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 10:41:51 PM
I can't see in 3D.
Why not?
Was born with a squint (strabismus), had lots of operations that failed to fully correct it and resulted in me using my right eye way more than the left (called amblyopia). I had to wear a patch over my right eye when I was little to make me use my left eye more or else I would have gone blind in it. So I didn't end up developing stereo vision like people normally do. Everything looks flat but I am used to it as I don't know any different.

I talked about this in my Sensory Abilities and Disabilities class and the others were fascinated by it. I got asked heaps of questions about it. :paperbag:

Sorry if TMI...
I'm the same. no 3D for me.
When I was really young, a lot of my autism-related behaviours were thought to be due to my eye problems. I got taken to doctors about it and that is what they said. Did anything like this happen to you?

No, not that I can remember. This was way before anyone knew anything about autism, though. I was considered to be a weird kid, though. They did lots of tests because they couldn't figure me out.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2723 on: November 11, 2011, 06:07:00 PM »
Connecticut has an overpopulation of white tailed deer
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2724 on: November 11, 2011, 09:26:04 PM »
Fragilariophyceae is a group of pennate diatoms lacking a raphe.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2725 on: November 12, 2011, 12:26:25 AM »
Quote from: philosopher on November 11, 2011, 09:26:04 PM
Fragilariophyceae is a group of pennate diatoms lacking a raphe.

You ripped that verbatim from wikipedia.  :thumbdn:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2726 on: November 12, 2011, 06:54:53 AM »
Looking at diatoms through a microscope for hours causes eyestrain even when using a very good microscope
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2727 on: November 12, 2011, 07:48:13 AM »
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 12, 2011, 12:26:25 AM
Quote from: philosopher on November 11, 2011, 09:26:04 PM
Fragilariophyceae is a group of pennate diatoms lacking a raphe.
You ripped that verbatim from wikipedia.  :thumbdn:
Eh, it is still a fact. The only bit I know is diatoms. I know they are teeny tiny as parts said.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2728 on: November 12, 2011, 11:37:08 PM »


Viscosity is defined as a fluid's internal resistance to flow.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2729 on: November 13, 2011, 05:25:16 PM »
The Bahamas print a fifty cent bank note and a three dollar bill
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