Interesting Facts

[heelbent]

By the year 2050, the number of deaths related to antimicrobial-resistance will surpass those attributable to cancer.

Recent U.S. estimates attribute 23,000 deaths and 2 million illnesses each year to infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. As antimicrobial resistance rates continue to increase, the rate of related deaths is also expected to rise, with an estimated 10 million deaths in the year 2050 — compared to 8.2 million cancer-related deaths.

The overuse of antibiotics is the number one factor contributing to development of resistant bacteria.

Mother Nature's revenge. Her version of a delousing.

 

[tarheel0910]

By the year 2050, the number of deaths related to antimicrobial-resistance will surpass those attributable to cancer.

Recent U.S. estimates attribute 23,000 deaths and 2 million illnesses each year to infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. As antimicrobial resistance rates continue to increase, the rate of related deaths is also expected to rise, with an estimated 10 million deaths in the year 2050 — compared to 8.2 million cancer-related deaths.

The overuse of antibiotics is the number one factor contributing to development of resistant bacteria.

From what I've read we will all be dead sometime within the next 4 years, so we will never know if this is true.

 

[Raising Heel]

From what I've read we will all be dead sometime within the next 4 years, so we will never know if this is true.

You gotta stop clicking the political threads.

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

Here's an interesting, yet not at all surprising fact, birth control for men was found to be 96% effective BUT men could not handle the side effects of mood swings, decreased libido, etc..,you know, the typical things women deal with all the time!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...andle-side-effects-women-face-daily/93088124/

 

[nctransplant]

Here's an interesting, yet not at all surprising fact, birth control for men was found to be 96% effective BUT men could not handle the side effects of mood swings, decreased libido, etc..,you know, the typical things women deal with all the time!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...andle-side-effects-women-face-daily/93088124/

We get it "Girls Rule!"

 

[Raising Heel]

...men could not handle the side effects of mood swings, decreased libido, etc..

"Following the recommendation of an external safety review committee the recruitment and hormone injections were terminated early."

Your misandry is off the charts.

 

[tarheel0910]

Here's an interesting, yet not at all surprising fact, birth control for men was found to be 96% effective BUT men could not handle the side effects of mood swings, decreased libido, etc..,you know, the typical things women deal with all the time!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...andle-side-effects-women-face-daily/93088124/

At least we would have to take a pill to experience that. It comes naturally to women.

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

"Following the recommendation of an external safety review committee the recruitment and hormone injections were terminated early."

Your misandry is off the charts.

What the hell do you think they do to women??? Inject us with hormones! It does make you feel bat shit crazy!

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

At least we would have to take a pill to experience that. It comes naturally to women.

Say that to your wife, chief!

 

[nctransplant]

Say that to your wife, chief!

There you go with the racist Indian names again. You might need a time out!

 

[tarheel0910]

Say that to your wife, chief!

I have.

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

There you go with the racist Indian names again. You might need a time out!

I am a native american, but nice try!

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

I am a native american, but nice try!

Any relation to Elizabeth Warren?

 

[nctransplant]

I am a native american, but nice try!

Oh so you are related to Elizabeth Warren?

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

Any relation to Elizabeth Warren?

No but I do like her! She kicks Trump's ass every chance she gets! Too bad she is supporting Hillary.

 

[nctransplant]

No but I do like her! She kicks Trump's ass every chance she gets! Too bad she is supporting Hillary.

She is an absolute idiot! Kurt Schilling will kick ass next election!

 

[Raising Heel]

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[tarheelinfl]

A mixture of anti-freeze and water (70-30) has a lower freezing point than pure anti-freeze.

 

[HeelFan58]

She is an absolute idiot! Kurt Schilling will kick ass next election!

Schilling's gonna bean her.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

50 species of sharks can be found in NC waters

 

[heelmanwilm]

U can place a styrofoam cup of water in a fire and the water will boil without the styrofoam melting

 

[Raising Heel]

U can place a styrofoam cup of water in a fire and the water will boil without the styrofoam melting

I call B.S. When I was a kid we used to make homemade "napalm" by mixing styrofoam with gasoline.

 

[Grayhead]

I call B.S. When I was a kid we used to make homemade "napalm" by mixing styrofoam with gasoline.

I've did that as a campfire trick for our church kids when we take them camping. Someone showed it to me when I was a kid camping. The trick is you can't sit it somewhere it will turn over or move at all. It will melt to almost transparent.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

I've did that as a campfire trick for our church kids when we take them camping. Someone showed it to me when I was a kid camping. The trick is you can't sit it somewhere it will turn over or move at all. It will melt to almost transparent.

And then what? I'm assuming you can't retrieve it from the fire. Does it just boil off the water until it's gone, and then melt away?

 

[heelmanwilm]

And then what? I'm assuming you can't retrieve it from the fire. Does it just boil off the water until it's gone, and then melt away?

Bear gryllis did it. If u position it correctly on hot coals u can pick it up by the lip when water starts boiling. Otherwise as it boils off the cup starts melting
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[Grayhead]

Burns off as it boils down

 

[Grayhead]

Most of the time a piece of wood falls and knocks it over

 

[cletusnow]

Kenny Rogers once fronted a psychedelic rock band.

 

[TarHeelMark]

Kenny Rogers once fronted a psychedelic rock band.

Yep. My parents had the album with this groovy tune on it ...

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

 

[heelbent]

Kenny Rogers once fronted a psychedelic rock band.

Yep. My parents had the album with this groovy tune on it ...

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Yep. Reuben James was pure acid rock.

 

[heelmanwilm]

This blows my mind. I hope i can explain it well enough. We say a day is 24 hrs as the time it takes the earth ti rotate and it very nearly is. But if it were 24 hrs exactly 6 mos from now when the earth is precisely opposite on the other side of the sun the portion of earth thats presently in daylight would be in darkness and vice versa. We would constantly have to be correcting our clocks to avoid chaos as night and day flip flop every 6 mos. But we dont have to because it actually takes the earth 23 hrs and 56 min to rotate. That 4 min diff is EXACTLY the perfect amount of time to keep the earth oriented the same relative to the sun as it orbits.

Another bizarre fact. It takes the moon exactly the same time to rotate as it takes it to orbit the earth. As a result The same half of the moon is always facing the earth and the other half is never visible from earth.

 

[heelmanwilm]

You cant hum with your nose plugged

 

[tarheel0910]

You can’t hum while holding your nose closed.

You cant hum with your nose plugged

#timestamps

 

[tarheel0910]

If Earth were compressed until it became a black hole, it would have a diameter of about 0.69 inches (17.4 millimeters), a little smaller than a dime.

 

[nctransplant]

If Earth were compressed until it became a black hole, it would have a diameter of about 0.69 inches (17.4 millimeters), a little smaller than a dime.

The "black" hole part is a little racist.

 

[TarHeelMark]

The "black" hole part is a little racist.

how about african-american hole?

 

[heelmanwilm]

According to fbi in the US 800,000 people under the age of 18 go missing.....EACH YEAR