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Thank you for @BananaLeemonPie for the awesome fact! To those who want to be featured in later posts PM me your fact with a source and you might just be in the next "Did You Know?"!
Did You Know? Part 1: http://imgur.com/gallery/BLVz6
Did You Know? Part 2: http://imgur.com/gallery/TkjNC
Did You Know? Part 3: http://imgur.com/gallery/IPF5V
Did You Know? Part 4: http://imgur.com/gallery/5Qhyy
Did You Know? Part 5: http://imgur.com/gallery/quEnd
Did You Know? Part 6: http://imgur.com/gallery/K4DrE
Did You Know? Part 7: https://imgur.com/gallery/NkNhE
Did You Know? Part 7 1/2: http://imgur.com/gallery/yzDp8
Did You Know? Part 8: http://imgur.com/gallery/QvbmP
Did You Know? Part 9: http://imgur.com/gallery/w5zKO
Did You Know? Part 10: http://imgur.com/gallery/begZ8
Hey Imgur, damn we are truly a global community. Even (Random Comment I saw) Denmark with @crapusername . I think that's freaking amazing how no matter your culture knowledge will always be universally wanted and shared.
Let me know what you think of this series so far and what direction you'd like to see it evolve into. As of now the schedule will be one "Did You Know" post each day posted in the morning (Ontario Time) as it is exam time for uni students, however, you might get a surprise 2nd post every once in a while. You could hypothetically expect that at 5-7 PM Eastern Time (Ontario Time), so check back regularly to the most recent DYK post for the link!
Anyhoohoo, the goal I am setting for this post is 103.25 comments addressing @JupitorreJones with your favourite gif, or one that you think would be the best response to one of these facts. Top scoring will be featured in the next DYK post and get a sneak peak at part 12 which is in the works!
As always, get creative Imgur, and keep on learning!
Part 12 is up: http://imgur.com/gallery/s6t6c
Part 13 is up: http://imgur.com/gallery/natP5
SheepyCakes
I'd like to point out that ancient Grecen cheesecake tastes like actual cheese. (source, had to make some for an ancient civ class)
TheThingNoNotThatOne
authorialowl
Dr. Seuss keeps it real.
donorkort
So what you did was find things on the internet, fill it with watermarks and other crap, remove the sources and post it here? Stupid post.
blkbox
[citation needed]
malok
@JupitorreJones
wigglyseaurchin
Re: Divorce in Philippines, painfully true. Osmeña, one of our senators: "I cannot favor a divorce law. My wife might use that against me."
FuckThisThingInParticular
#3 TFTI, Walter White.
badandymk9
I knew about Thalidomide from an episode of The Venture Bros.
SiriusLeeBlack
I'm totally gonna yawn in front of my dog now to see if he does it
Pencillin
RE #3: Did you know that Thalidomide is now being used to effectively treat leprosy and certain cancer-induced illnesses?
RadioSuki
Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball, Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
Soteria95
“Children of thalidomide…” DUNDUN dundun dundundundunnn
RiotShielder
Are we talking african or european swallows?
Dark0001
Children don't have more bones. They have ossification centers that are part of bones - they fuse over time, but are not extra
neonsheon
thank you!!
ninjamoses
*Immediately yawns at his dog*
Milkiway
We all know Breaking Bad was the sole inspiration for #3
Maie13
It's also mentioned in that "We Didn't Start the Fire" song.
smaug777000
Chemistry, is the study of change
Milkiway
Or as Walt sees it, the study of life
JessiLongfellows
Growth.. Then decay, then transformation!
AllINeedIsHockeyAndPasta
My best friend's father, as well as his twin, are Thalidomide survivors. Both have all four limbs e(a?) ffected . Canadian government 1/?
AllINeedIsHockeyAndPasta
2/? Determined how much money they would get depending on how much damage the drug did. Both were level 4 and each received
AllINeedIsHockeyAndPasta
3/3 $125,000 lump sum. However I think they are going to fight for more as they were told in the beginning
Kitastrophe
I feel kinda weird that thalidomide is a 'did you know' like... do people really not know?
Twenty3Skidoo
Billy Joel is the only reason I knew.
iDrinkDrano
It was news to me.
DarthvadersOptometrist
Yea, we learned about this in american history in high school.
FuckTheChicKing
It's a very common topic in chemistry and pharmacology courses, but some people don't take them
Kitastrophe
I was thinking history or you know, pop music
Believeinthis
Right? Who hasn't seen Breaking Bad?
Kitastrophe
I actually haven't seen breaking bad, was it in breaking bad?
Believeinthis
Yeah,somewhere in the first series.Main character is a Chemistry teacher.It's used as kind of a metaphor for his character, too. Great show.
Believeinthis
Meant first season*
lizbethisawesome
RUDE. I just yawned.
ReggieThistletonTheLemur
Yawned again at your comment. Then again writing this. I might just be tired.
lizbethisawesome
I just yawned reading this, maybe we are both tired? OMG it is happening again, make it stop!
aikidude
did you know that thalidomida case opened the discussion for all the medicines after that? all the biological active molecules that have a1/
PuppyDoctor
This came up in pop culture a teensy bit when Kate Middleton got so sick carrying George & people asked why she couldn't just take something
Believeinthis
You can take Zofran for morning sickness, and it's completely safe.
aikidude
thalidomide is still used in some cases, but the person (if female) must be sure that is not pregnant
aikidude
chiral center must be analysed and check if both of the enantiomers are active or not or if one of them are toxic or have no activity at all
DragonOnSteroids
Science translator: 'Enantiomer' = 'form of the molecule'
aikidude
source: i'm a pharmacist and currently a grad student in medicinal chemistry
OhSquiggilyLine
+1 for pharmacists!
wizardboy24
if I remember correctly, ibuprofen is chiral, and one helps pain more than another, but neither are harmful, so they just use a mixture (1)
wizardboy24
since it's cheaper to make the racemic mixture than it is to separate them. (2)
DragonOnSteroids
Science translator: Racemic = '50/50 ratio of both molecules'
aikidude
a lot of medicines are like that, specially the ones that come from natural sources or are subjected to semi-synthesis (such as peptides 1/
aikidude
or terpenoids). And sometimes its a pain in the ass to purify the compound in order to have just the active or non toxic one
chapternine
TIL birds use the force to swallow
orbitn
What else would you expect from evolved dinosaurs
terribledeathwhinny
207 if she is lucky.
aredking
I came back for you
tstokes
209 if shes feeling adventurous.
eggtart
I came back to upvote you
StandardDeviant
Everyone on this website is smooth as fuck
ddevan27
Had to go back to see which one you were referring too. Immediately saw it. +1, well done
Phoenix4
http://media.giphy.com/media/SUeUCn53naadO/giphy.gif
unelunebleu
Bad Horse? the thoroughbred of sin? I have an application to be sent it in; done some wicked things of course.
poe15
Somanyquestions
Obligatory buzzkill comment about how we are in the few species with no penis bone.
mistatorso
Ohyou.gif
FlowersForJarJar
( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)
nickragano10
Treblaine
DAQUAAAAAN!
Barbado
209 if she's Sasha Grey
a1a1b2
Rip901
213 on a good day.
BaxtersSoup
Guh, I know you want dat D
thepenisbIue
This guy knows romance
FlamingSombreros
Your mom had 207 bones last night
ringox
Slow clap
Candymostdandy
Suck it, Trebek!
MrFluffyPantsMan
Did you know "from 1814 to 1830 the French flag was plain white" source 1,339 QI facts to make your jaw drop
MrFluffyPantsMan
Oh and I'm from South Africa by the way
fe1od1or
Wasn't it blue and red, and the white stripe was added in after the revolution?
pharoahjared
The flag had a bunch of Fleur-de-lis though:
AGiganticKillerPorpoise
Despite the optical illusion, your mom still cant fit through the Gateway Arch.
buttquencher
Despite the optica| illusion, i replaced the "l" in "optica|" with a vertical line.
JupitorreJones
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/108/6/8/oh_you_by_robbingraves-d3ec6l7.jpg
mangemoi
Seriously, I doubt that there is any optical illusion about the Gateway Arch. Can anyone prove that its width is equal to its height?!? Thx
StonerCatJay
In the picture the height is definitely larger than the width, you can measure it. Unless the picture is at an angle rather than dead on, I
StonerCatJay
don't think that one's true.
nukm4
Is google really that hard? http://www.nps.gov/jeff/planyourvisit/gateway-arch-fact-sheet.htm
mangemoi
Goowat? You mean bingle?! Thanks anyway!
MaterielGirl
It seems totally possible if you think about it: the base is the diameter of an oval, but the height is a radius. If you have a circle twice
MaterielGirl
as wide as it is tall, and cut it in half, it could totally look like the gateway arch.
mangemoi
Then I guess it is equal if we measure it from the outside edges instead of inside edges. (Which is not really an optical illusion, is it?)
heyguyswait
"Birds can't swallow in space, except some birds can actually"
itsahollyday2
Because that's gay
VintageCheddar
On point. Nicely done.
HaniiPuppy
"Doves and Pigeons" - Doves are pigeons.
potentiallyunsafe
And dogs can't look up.
EroticTool
So you're saying that my ex-girlfriend is a bird.
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
The same applies to drinking. Other birds have to be in an upright position to swallow, but pigeons don't.
Azmoten
OPs mom is another bird that can swallow in space
funkhomie
TIL birds are Jedi.
cyno01
How did we find that out? Did they take some birds up on an earlier mission and they just starved to death?
ogThrax
They use the force though.
sweetcoolbreezeoffreedom
Pigeons will be the last bird on earth ....
gamer2222
Those some birds are pretty homo.
TimDepp
You pretty much just straw-manned what OP said
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
Birds can't swallow without a force acting to help it. Gravity is that force on Earth, but why wouldn't centrifugal force work just fine?
ICantRememberHowItEndsButYourMothersAWhore
OPs mom doesn't require force to properly swallow either
KongMD
shots fired
ogThrax
Cumshots*
iexiak
Apparently doves and pigeons don't have midichlorians either.
nosequenickponerme
"Do you swallow in space, Leia?" Han, probably.
NituaRS
And they won't fulfill that prophecyyy....
NituaRS
Ohhh he was a post-Jurassic flyin' ace.... (I got nothin' else)
silverbean
TIL some birds don't require The Force to swallow food
mikeatike
Swallows, probably.
SilentMoon
"...the few that don't require the force." Jedi birds!
shaunc13
I really want to know what happens when a bird tries to fly in space now.
falloutmonk
Shoot, how'd the turians survive then?
JupitorreJones
Sorry, I forgot to include "most" :p
Rawrihazshotgun
I hope a swallow can swallow
TooFastTim
So can Op's mom/
therealishjohnnyblaze
Did I hear that right? Pigeons, doves, and swallows can survive in space?
DMGuy
Also OP's mom.
VrryBurntpork
No, they can survive in "weightless environments." They still need air.
NituaRS
So we won't be seeing pigeons flying around in space anytime soon? :(
GnomeDeGuerre
We should engineer spacebirds.
therealishjohnnyblaze
VrryBurntpork
I got the joke. I'm just fun at parties