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jhocking:
I learned that there is a travel stipend for a speaking engagement I have in April. I totally just assumed I'd be paying my own way there.
Drill King:
--- Quote from: Spluff on 24 Jan 2009, 00:31 ---Today I learnt about the Cordyceps! They are a genus of fungi that each infect a specific insect. When an insect is infected by this fungi, it sends them rather crazy, and they will generally climb to a higher place and lock their legs around a twig or something. Then, the fungus begins to grow and a stem bursts out of the insects body!
awesome
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DID YOU WATCH PLANET EARTH?
Err. er..
Today I learned sleeping on a leather sofa will make you very sweaty.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: Alex C on 24 Jan 2009, 04:32 ---He might be talking about an "internal" or "orthopedic" decapitation, which is when the skull is seperated from the spinal column without being seperated from the other connective tissues. A skull can essentially be dislocated under rare circumstances; usually it happens in car accidents. It's usually fatal though.
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oh I did not know this. Now I'm curious whether or not the person I know who was decapitated in a car accident got their head torn clean off. Either way it's still tragic, but it leaves me with a very different mental picture.
Emaline:
Today I learned that no matter how many times you ask someone to not use a word incorrectly, chances are they are just too dumb/too much of a jerk to actually listen.
As some of you know, my 3 year old sister died recently. She was developmentaly delayed. She was retarded, the correct usage of the word. I took some time off work after her death, and when I came back, I asked my coworkers to not use that word, or to at least not use it around me. Today, one coworker in particular has used that word incorrectly at least three times. I've only been here since 12. I really hate when people use that word wrong. Its like rubbing salt in a wound. I don't think I am asking too much.
Mr. Skawronska:
--- Quote ---Today I learned that the Greeks had many words for different kinds of love!
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In alphabetical order:
Agape (Pronounced "Ah-GAH-pay"): This is actually a combination of two kinds of love, Eros and Storge. It is the depth of Eros with the friendship of Storge. It is altruistic and giving without expectation of anything in return; The willing sacrifice of self for another.
Eros (Pronounced "AIR-oss"): The romantic love, with passion, depth, and intimacy. This is the love between intimate partners.
Ludas: The chaste, public love of one for another, the playful, superficial love without intimacy. Similar to fandom.
Mania: The combination of Eros and Ludas, with characteristics of co-dependency, intensity, and jealousy, with intermittent intimacy, usually with one partner in control of the relationship and the other in a possessive, dependent (Mania) state.
Pragma: The combination of Storge and Ludas in which one chooses a partner with certain values and characteristics. A relationship of convenience; Practical love.
Storge: Friendship-based love. Strong sense of bonding and companionship, but little to no physical intimacy.
The greeks had other words, like Philia, which is a loyalty type of love, and Thelema, which is more of a desire than love.
There ya go.
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