[boomshanka]

there are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones.

[DFINITLYDISTRUBD]

the more bugs you eat the less attractive you seem to your spouse!

[anglepose]

your nose can contain mrsa

[anglepose]

25g of fusion fuel can supply your entire life consupmtion of energy

[Boerseun]

When the duck-billed platupus was found in Australia years ago, European scientists struggled to classify and name it (after being convinced that it wasn't a hoax, of course). So, they named it platypus, being latin for "flat-foot". Not very original, but then some bright spark found that the name platypus was already assigned to a species of beetle, which also had flat feet! So the scientists went back to the drawing board, and came up with the proper name, ornithorhynchus, meaning "bird-bill". Much more descriptive.

Problem is, once they decided on the proper name, "platypus" was already embedded in the public mind, and became the popular name for it. But till today, when you talk about a "platypus", you're actually talking about a specific beetle. So almost without fail, the term "duck-billed" is inserted in front of "platypus" for the distinction to be made.

...but the proper name is ornithorhynchus anatinus.

So now you know!

[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by anglepose

your nose can contain mrsa

Whats "mrsa" pls?

[eric l]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

Whats "mrsa" pls?

methicilin-resistent staphylococcus aureus ? That's one of those antibiotic-resistant germs you can get infected with in hospitals and similar environments.

[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by eric l

methicilin-resistent staphylococcus aureus ? That's one of those antibiotic-resistant germs you can get infected with in hospitals and similar environments.

Thanks eric. I copped one when in hospital last year; took days to find an anti-biotic that worked.

. . . after 250 or so years of cataloguing and describing the plant kingdom we do not yet have a reasonably accurate estimate of the total number of flowering plant species, threatened or not, on Earth.
We just do not know how large the world’s flora is!
We do not even have a list of plant species.

SOURCE:
How many plant species are there?

[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by boomshanka

there are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones.

No, can't be;? I have seen pictures of millions of them migrating around lakes in Africa.
How fake?

[Jay-qu]

UV-A is what gives you Vitamin D and will not give you sunburn, while UV-B will burn you without providing any Vitamins