Stuff you're not sure you want to know

[Cognisant]

Research has proven that blood really does make good mortar. Specifically, it makes cement stronger and lighter. (United States Patent 4203674)

I am repulsed, and yet, I want more.

Seek out and share knowledge that is both horrific, and fascinating.

 

[WittyUsername]

The phenomenon of male lactation in humans has become more common in recent years due to the use of medications that stimulate a human male's mammary glands.
Male lactation is most commonly caused by hormonal treatments given to men suffering from prostate cancer. It is also possible for males (and females) to induce lactation through constant massage and simulated 'sucking' of the nipple over a long period of time.

Also,

Mucophagy (literally mucus-eating, also referred as picking one's nose and eating it) is the consumption of the nasal mucus, boogers, and other detritus obtained from nose- picking. Some research suggests that mucophagy may be a natural and even healthy activity, which exposes the digestive system to bacteria accumulated in the mucus, thereby helping to
strengthen the immune system.

 

[Bird]

This is awesome (:

 

[Pepper]

The average human hand comes into contact with 15 penises per day by using common objects such as doorknobs or countertops.

Need a fresh breath of air to clear your mind? The average human inhales 1.5 liters of anal gasses each day.

 

[Joohanh]

The average human hand comes into contact with 15 penises per day by using common objects such as doorknobs or countertops.

Need a fresh breath of air to clear your mind? The average human inhales 1.5 liters of anal gasses each day.

Oh god no.

 

[EvilScientist Trainee]

Under certain circunstances, a bowl full of Ascaris Lumbricoides can look very similar to spaghetti.

Spoiler

 

[EyeSeeCold]

That everyone you know, someday, will die.

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zYOKFjpm9s

 

[Fukyo]

The average human hand comes into contact with 15 penises per day by using common objects such as doorknobs or countertops.

I am very glad to know my obsessive compulsive distaste of touching doorknobs and faucet knobs bare handed is justified.

 

[Agent Intellect]

I am very glad to know my obsessive compulsive distaste of touching doorknobs and faucet knobs bare handed is justified.

Cultures taken in my biology class a couple weeks ago shows that coffee cups and water bottles have several orders of magnitude more bacteria and fungus growing inside them than A) door handles, B) buttons on college vending machines, C) urinals and toilets (seats and handles), and D) the air above the toilet right after a toilet is flushed after someone takes a shit.

 

[Cogwulf]

Cultures taken in my biology class a couple weeks ago shows that coffee cups and water bottles have several orders of magnitude more bacteria and fungus growing inside them than A) door handles, B) buttons on college vending machines, C) urinals and toilets (seats and handles), and D) the air above the toilet right after a toilet is flushed after someone takes a shit.

I've read before that the average mobile (cell) phone has not only more bacteria than any other household item, it also has a much wider range of bacteria.
Since reading it I've been wondering if any doctors have linked it to the recent rise in hospital acquired infections. All hospitals have antibacterial hand washes for visitors, but most people now will touch their phone several times an hour.
I also doubt any doctors ever disinfect their phone

 

[Fukyo]

I've read before that the average mobile (cell) phone has not only more bacteria than any other household item, it also has a much wider range of bacteria.
Since reading it I've been wondering if any doctors have linked it to the recent rise in hospital acquired infections. All hospitals have antibacterial hand washes for visitors, but most people now will touch their phone several times an hour.
I also doubt any doctors ever disinfect their phone

*wipes phone with alcohol every time after carrying it outside*

 

[BigApplePi]

If we are exposed to all of the stuff mentioned so far, how come we are not already dead? (Those who ARE dead, it's not necessary to respond, but if you do it would make for better statistical sampling).

Could it be what does not kill us makes our immune system stronger?

 

[NoID10ts]

I'm just glad to know I'm not the only one who goes around rubbing his cock on doorknobs and counter tops!

(But alas, second hand cock is just not the same, is it.)

 

[gruesomebrat]

I've read before that the average mobile (cell) phone has not only more bacteria than any other household item, it also has a much wider range of bacteria.
Since reading it I've been wondering if any doctors have linked it to the recent rise in hospital acquired infections. All hospitals have antibacterial hand washes for visitors, but most people now will touch their phone several times an hour.
I also doubt any doctors ever disinfect their phone

I don't recall if the cell phone was tested on the Mythbuster's episode where they debunked the "Keyboard is dirtier than a toilet seat" myth, but I do recall that in that episode, they found the household item with the most bacteria, and most varied, was the kitchen sponge. Makes more sense than the cell phone, strictly because that sponge comes into contact with god knows how many different types of food particles on a regular basis, and food is generally chock-full of bacteria.

 

[Stoic Beverage]

When the sperm whale ejaculates, he releases 100,000 oz. of sperm. He can do this daily.

 

[BigApplePi]

When the sperm whale ejaculates, he releases 100,000 oz. of sperm. He can do this daily.

How long is the line for a transplant?

 

[Jesse]

I like this thread.

 

[snafupants]

When the sperm whale ejaculates, he releases 100,000 oz. of sperm. He can do this daily.

Hope you brought your sou'wester! Maybe this helps explain the avatar.

Spoiler

 

[DarkGreen]

Female koala bears have two vaginas because the male koala has a bifurcated penis or visa versa.

 

[gruesomebrat]

Female koala bears have two vaginas because the male koala has a bifurcated penis or visa versa.

Same goes for kangaroos, and, I believe, almost all marsupials.

 

[Cognisant]

Spray-on condom.

it could be especially attractive to men with unusually sized or oddly shaped penises

 

[Polaris]

Ferret Legging:

Quote:

"In the sport of ferret legging, competitors tie their trousers at the ankles before placing two ferrets inside and securely fastening their belts to prevent the ferrets from escaping. Each competitor then stands in front of the judges for as long as he can. Competitors cannot be drunk or drugged, nor can the ferrets be sedated. In addition, competitors are not allowed underwear beneath their trousers, which must allow the ferrets free access from one leg to the other, and the ferrets must have a full set of teeth that must not have been filed or otherwise blunted. The winner is the person who lasts the longest.

The sport is said to involve very little "native skill",simply an ability to "have your tool bitten and not care". The current world champion, Reg Mellor, is credited with instituting the practice of wearing white trousers in ferret legging matches, to better display the blood from the wounds caused by the animals. Competitors can attempt, from outside their trousers, to dislodge the ferrets, but as the animals can maintain a strong hold for long periods, their removal can be difficult.
The ferrets are occasionally put inside the contestants' shirts in addition to their trousers.An attempt to introduce a female version of the sport—ferret busting, in which female contestants introduced ferrets down their blouses—proved unsuccessful."


From Wiki.

 

[WittyUsername]

An average person’s yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.

If you swim one hour in a public pool you will intake 1/12 liters of urine.

 

[BigApplePi]

Is there a handy video of that?

 

[BigApplePi]

If you swim one hour in a public pool you will intake 1/12 liters of urine.

Is there a calculation for the 2nd hour? What if you have to pee?

 

[Cognisant]

I don't think you can deduct the output from the input.

 

[WittyUsername]

Is there a calculation for the 2nd hour? What if you have to pee?

Cant really say because we dont know how much percentage of urine we intake and also how many other people are swimming with you. Also this value is taken after how many hours since the last recycling of the water.

 

[Cogwulf]

I don't usually drink water in swimming pools. Is the calculation referring to urea absorbed through skin?

 

[BigApplePi]

I don't usually drink water in swimming pools. Is the calculation referring to urea absorbed through skin?

Yes Cogwulf there are other sources of water. However swimming pools imply swimming. Sometimes one mis-gulps water for air.

 

[Cogwulf]

Yes Cogwulf there are other sources of water. However swimming pools imply swimming. Sometimes one mis-gulps water for air.

Even so, water that's actually drank would still only be a small fraction of the urine you take in, because in an hour of swimming, even a couple of litres of pool water would be a lot to drink and urine would only be a tiny fraction of that.

One would have to assume that urine is absorbed through skin much more readily than water is, and a quick google shows this to be the case, urea is added to medicines which are applied to the skin as it helps the medicine to be absorbed

 

[BigApplePi]

Even so, water that's actually drank would still only be a small fraction of the urine you take in, because in an hour of swimming, even a couple of litres of pool water would be a lot to drink and urine would only be a tiny fraction of that.

One would have to assume that urine is absorbed through skin much more readily than water is, and a quick google shows this to be the case, urea is added to medicines which are applied to the skin as it helps the medicine to be absorbed

Gosh I didn' t know that! Direct me to the nearest cesspool so I may immerse myself ... and be healed.

 

[stig]

So has anyone here visited the kiddy pool in the Natatorium of Carlsbad, NM? Probably not. Anyway, at least back in the 80's, every weekend the kiddy pool would actually turn yellow. I kid you not. A pool full of yellow water, and there would still be wall to wall kids, mothers floating their babies around, etc...

I imagine the management just flushed it like a toilet on Monday mornings. I wonder what the percent intake on that one was? I fully admit, I swam in the sucker as a kid. Everyone else did, so...

 

[GYX_Kid]

out of humanity's population, as there exist multiple 'soul mates' to relative degrees, you are also the ideal rape/torture victim for sadists with particular preferences.

 

[BigApplePi]

out of humanity's population, as there exist multiple 'soul mates' to relative degrees, you are also the ideal rape/torture victim for sadists with particular preferences.

How do I sign up for your dating service?

 

[Vrecknidj]

Placentophagy

 

[Pepper]

I actually did want to know this, but I doubt many others will. Here’s the longest word ever in the dictionary. It is a chemical name of the longest protein and has 1,89,819 letters in it.

Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglut-
aminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyvalyl-
prolylphenylalanylvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolyglycylisoleucylglut-
amylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglut-
amylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylglycylisoleu-
cylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucelalanylaspartyglycylprolythreo-
nylisoleucylglutamiylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalan-
ylalanylglycylvalyltheonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanygllutam-
ylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthre-
onylisoleucylpriIylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparag-
inylleucylvalyphenylalanylasparaginyllysylgyycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylph-
enylalanyltyrosylalanylgutaminyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylavlylaspart-
ylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalyprolylvalylglutaminylglutamyllserylal-
anyprolyphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylaspara-
ginylvaylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspart-
ylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutaminylisoleucylalanyyls-
eryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylal-
anylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleucyl-
prolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvaylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosyla-
saraginylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyl-
lysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylalanyglycylalanylalanyglycylalanylisol-
eucylserylglycyserylalanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucylisoleucylglutamyyylgluta-
minylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionylleucyla-
lanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalabylvalylglutaminlylprolylmethionyllysylala-
nylalanylthreonylarginylserine

 

[Jennywocky]

Cultures taken in my biology class a couple weeks ago shows that coffee cups and water bottles have several orders of magnitude more bacteria and fungus growing inside them than A) door handles, B) buttons on college vending machines, C) urinals and toilets (seats and handles), and D) the air above the toilet right after a toilet is flushed after someone takes a shit.

Are you seriously saying I'd do better to pee in my coffee mug and drink hot caffeine crack out of the toilet?

I actually did want to know this, but I doubt many others will. Here’s the longest word ever in the dictionary. It is a chemical name of the longest protein and has 1,89,819 letters in it.

Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglut-
aminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyvalyl-
prolylphenylalanylvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolyglycylisoleucylglut-
amylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglut-
amylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylglycylisoleu-
cylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucelalanylaspartyglycylprolythreo-
nylisoleucylglutamiylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalan-
ylalanylglycylvalyltheonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanygllutam-
ylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthre-
onylisoleucylpriIylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparag-
inylleucylvalyphenylalanylasparaginyllysylgyycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylph-
enylalanyltyrosylalanylgutaminyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylavlylaspart-
ylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalyprolylvalylglutaminylglutamyllserylal-
anyprolyphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylaspara-
ginylvaylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspart-
ylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutaminylisoleucylalanyyls-
eryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylal-
anylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleucyl-
prolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvaylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosyla-
saraginylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyl-
lysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylalanyglycylalanylalanyglycylalanylisol-
eucylserylglycyserylalanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucylisoleucylglutamyyylgluta-
minylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionylleucyla-
lanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalabylvalylglutaminlylprolylmethionyllysylala-
nylalanylthreonylarginylserine

I think you missed an "s" there somewhere in the middle
Just sayin'.

EDIT: Some interesting but unnerving sexual animal facts:

1. Male pigs have corkscrew-shaped penises. From the Straight Dope: "Accompanying this passage is a helpful drawing revealing that not only does the male pig have a corkscrew-shaped wanker, the female pig has a corkscrew-shaped receptacle, as it were — actually, a corkscrew-shaped cervix."

2. Female spotted hyenas have genitalia resembling that of male hyenas. From wiki: "With the exception of size, there is little sexual dimorphism in spotted hyenas. The external genitalia of females closely resemble those of males: the 15 cm (6 inch) clitoris is similar in shape and position to a penis, and is capable of erection. The only visible difference between the penis of male spotted hyenas and the clitoris of females is that the latter's organ has a blunter tip.The labia are fused together into a pair of fibrous sacs resembling a scrotum. ... Birth is difficult, as females have to give birth through their narrow clitoris."

Ouch.

 

[Pepper]

I think you missed an "s" there somewhere in the middle
Just sayin'.

Ah, yes. I see it now. Thank you for the correction.

 

[Jennywocky]

Ah, yes. I see it now. Thank you for the correction.

np -- as soon as you see it, it sticks out like Waldo.

 

[WittyUsername]

"Ring around the Rosy
Pocket full of Posy
Ashes, Ashes,
We all Fall Down"


You probably have a vision of children holding hands in a circle, rotating slowly while singing the song, then collapsing in a giggling heap at its conclusion.
Just another innocent and
meaningless rhyme? It depends
on your definition of innocence,
for this song was born during a
time so terrible it constituted a
loss of innocence for the whole
of Europe.
It is quite old... in fact it is more
than five centuries old. But even
though it is ancient, the origin
of this song can be pinpointed
very precisely within a 3 year
period: 1347 - 1350.
Between these three years, fully
one third of Europe's population is estimated to have perished in what was called The Black Plague


Ring around the Rosy

One of the first visible signs of infection were red rings surrounding a rosy bump, all over the victim's body.

Pocket full of Posy

A common belief of the time was that the plague was borne on "foul air." The rationale was that people could protect themselves from the bad air by
keeping their local air smelling
sweet. That, and it also helped
them deal with the smell of death...
On the other hand, another sign of infection was the foul stench that would begin to emanate from the victim's body as their lymph system began filling with blood. Those still mobile endeavored to mask their stench and avoid detection by carrying flowers on their person.

Ashes, Ashes,
In the terminal phases of the disease, victims would be hemorrhaging internally, sometimes triggering sneezing
as it irritated the breathing passages. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of a paroxysm of sneezing. In this weakened state, a victim could, and often
did, sneeze their lungs out. Messy...

We all Fall Down

By now, this one should need little explanation...

 

[zxc]

The discovery channel had something on 'head shrinking' the other day while my parents and I were playing cards. It really cracked me up and it took me a long while to realise that the discovery channel was not, in fact, joking. It was remarked that people were murdered in order to shrink their heads.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrunken_head

I am very glad to know my obsessive compulsive distaste of touching doorknobs and faucet knobs bare handed is justified.

 

[Cogwulf]

"Ring around the Rosy
Ashes, Ashes,
In the terminal phases of the disease, victims would be hemorrhaging internally, sometimes triggering sneezing
as it irritated the breathing passages. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of a paroxysm of sneezing. In this weakened state, a victim could, and often
did, sneeze their lungs out. Messy...

Actually, in the British English version at least, the third line isn't "ashes, ashes" it's atishoo, atishoo (pronounced a-tish-yoo)

 

[Anthile]

Google 'blue waffle infection' if you dare. Don't say I didn't warn you.

 

[Agent Intellect]

One grammar nazi's should hate:

The phrase "OK" came from a slang misspelling for "all correct": orl korrekt. So, when people say they hate slang words (particularly internet slang, like using "ur" instead of your or "kewl" for cool) they're using one every time they say okay.

 

[Vrecknidj]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11764

 

[Cogwulf]

My response to a lot of this thread:

Spoiler

 

[Pepper]

Google 'blue waffle infection' if you dare. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Nice try. There is no way I am going to fall for that fourth time.

 

[pjoa09]

Google 'blue waffle infection' if you dare. Don't say I didn't warn you.

That was good but I am not too sure if it topped the regular ole' necrosis. especially brown recluse spider. They got like the whole thing happening over weeks.

But blue waffle does effectively make my penis play dead.

Even though there is very stupid blog about it.

 

[BigApplePi]

Nice try. There is no way I am going to fall for that fourth time.

You have to try and look with a medical eye. This kind of knowledge is not for everyone but if you want to cure it, you can't hide. Think of what happens when you DON'T look. It hangs in there. Maybe you're next.

 

[Cogwulf]

I've spent too long on the internet, or I perhaps I just have a naturally steely disposition. Pictures like that no longer have any effect on me.

Slightly off-topic. I challenge you all to find a picture or a fact or something that actually disturbs me (nothing illegal of course)