Stuff you didn't know and probably don't care about

[shortylickens]

At what temp can I freeze corn oil?

 

[IronWing]

Looks like I'm a tetrachromat.

Me too.

 

[shortylickens]

Nevermind, I got it from Yahoo:



corn oil - 20 deg. C
sunflower oil - 17 deg. C
olive oil - 6 deg. C
sesame oil - 6 deg. C
peanut oil 3 deg. C
palm oil 24.1 deg. C
coconut oil 25.1 deg. C

 

[Charmonium]

Looks like I'm a tetrachromat.

I suspect that everybody is going to get this. I think it's probably one of those bogus internet tests. Also the monitor you use makes a big difference. On my 10 year old Samsungs, you really can't distinguish some of the colors, especially the yellows. It's just one big glaring blob. But on one of my other machines with a newer IPS monitor, you can see the individual colors a lot more clearly.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not every group of mongoose is a mob though. It's only the ones in velour track suits with diamond collars.

How many colors can you see?

Spoiler

http://www.higherperspectives.com/all-the-colors-1406173892.html

Cool I fall under tetrachromat myself.

 

[Skunk-Works]

I suspect that everybody is going to get this. I think it's probably one of those bogus internet tests. Also the monitor you use makes a big difference. On my 10 year old Samsungs, you really can't distinguish some of the colors, especially the yellows. It's just one big glaring blob. But on one of my other machines with a newer IPS monitor, you can see the individual colors a lot more clearly.

I guess that's true. I have a dual monitor setup for the desktop and my curved display shows colors differently then my old display.

 

[Kaido]

Nevermind, I got it from Yahoo:



corn oil - 20 deg. C
sunflower oil - 17 deg. C
olive oil - 6 deg. C
sesame oil - 6 deg. C
peanut oil 3 deg. C
palm oil 24.1 deg. C
coconut oil 25.1 deg. C

Well now I'm curious, why would you want to freeze it? Corn oil has like a year shelf life after being opened.

Another bit of random information, you can use gelatin to clean up oil after deep-frying so you can re-use it more effectively:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/06/clean-cooking-oil-with-gelatin-technique.html

 

[GagHalfrunt]

The famous Gatling Gun was invented with the goal of saving lives.

Richard Jordan Gatling was an inventor of mostly farm implements who observed that in the early days of the Civil War a huge number of soldiers were dying from malnutrition and infectious diseases. Too many men in too small an area with too little food and poor sanitation is a recipe for disaster. So Gatling re-purposed a mechanical seed planter to turn it into a rapid fire machine gun theorizing that then a single soldier could provide the firepower of 100 soldiers previously. That would reduce army sizes, make the food go further and expose fewer men to typhoid, smallpox, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases common to soldiers. OOPS.

 

[lxskllr]

The famous Gatling Gun was invented with the goal of saving lives.

Richard Jordan Gatling was an inventor of mostly farm implements who observed that in the early days of the Civil War a huge number of soldiers were dying from malnutrition and infectious diseases. Too many men in too small an area with too little food and poor sanitation is a recipe for disaster. So Gatling re-purposed a mechanical seed planter to turn it into a rapid fire machine gun theorizing that then a single soldier could provide the firepower of 100 soldiers previously. That would reduce army sizes, make the food go further and expose fewer men to typhoid, smallpox, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases common to soldiers. OOPS.

and computers will free up time for people to do fun things, right?!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Muhammad Ali adopted his "I am the greatest!" media persona from professional wrestler Gorgeous George who was popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Ali heard a radio spot where George promo-ed an upcoming match by claiming that if he lost "I'll crawl across the ring and cut my hair off! But that's not gonna happen because I'm the greatest wrestler in the world!". Intrigued, a then 19 year old Ali arranged to meet George before a match in Las Vegas where George gave him some good advice. "A lot of people will pay to see someone shut your mouth. So keep on bragging, keep on sassing and always be outrageous." It worked.

Ali wasn't the only entertainer who credits Gorgeous George. James Brown created his entire stage presence from George's flamboyant behavior and his trademark sequined capes were copied from the colorful costumes George used to wear into the ring.

 

[Darwin333]

I watched a doc once and some guy survived a few hits.One of the strikes hit his watch.Lucky guy.Why the hell he was attracting lightning strikes fuck knows.

Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was a United States park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was hit by lightning on seven different occasions and survived all of them.

Holy fuck, I'm not sure if I should call him the luckiest or unluckiest bastard of all time. I sure as hell wouldn't walk next to him though

 

[Thebobo]

Mustard powa!

"Flying planes powered by plants is becoming a reality.

When Qantas flight QF96 recently flew from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia, it wasn’t just any trans-Pacific flight – it was the first to use a new fuel made from Carinata seeds, a non-edible mustard seed.


The 15-hour 13,000-km journey marked the debut of the new Honeywell UOP Green Jet Fuel. It can replace as much as half of the petroleum jet fuel used in flight, without any changes to the aircraft technology, and still meet standards established by the ASTM – resulting in a potential 65 to 85 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to petroleum jet fuel.

The seed that makes this possible has a lot in common with other oilseed crops, such as canola, soybean and corn. Engineered by Agrisoma, Carinata oil is extracted when the seed is crushed. However, instead of human food consumption, the oil produced is intended for industrial use in the production of bio and jet fuels.

When pressed, the seeds yield half their weight in oils that are then refined into jet fuel by AltAir, at the world’s first commercial-scale renewable jet fuel plant in Paramount, California.

With the first commercial Carinata seed crop expected in 2020, this new commercial aviation biofuel is poised to help travelers reach new and uncharted heights."

 

[lxskllr]

Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was a United States park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was hit by lightning on seven different occasions and survived all of them.

Holy fuck, I'm not sure if I should call him the luckiest or unluckiest bastard of all time. I sure as hell wouldn't walk next to him though

Born in 1912. He knew WWI vets. His grandfather might have fought in the Civil war, and he might have been in WWII. Then all the history that happened in the meantime; from horse travel to the moon. All that, and you could have talked to him...

 

[Skunk-Works]

Mustard powa!

"Flying planes powered by plants is becoming a reality.

When Qantas flight QF96 recently flew from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia, it wasn’t just any trans-Pacific flight – it was the first to use a new fuel made from Carinata seeds, a non-edible mustard seed.


The 15-hour 13,000-km journey marked the debut of the new Honeywell UOP Green Jet Fuel. It can replace as much as half of the petroleum jet fuel used in flight, without any changes to the aircraft technology, and still meet standards established by the ASTM – resulting in a potential 65 to 85 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to petroleum jet fuel.

The seed that makes this possible has a lot in common with other oilseed crops, such as canola, soybean and corn. Engineered by Agrisoma, Carinata oil is extracted when the seed is crushed. However, instead of human food consumption, the oil produced is intended for industrial use in the production of bio and jet fuels.

When pressed, the seeds yield half their weight in oils that are then refined into jet fuel by AltAir, at the world’s first commercial-scale renewable jet fuel plant in Paramount, California.

With the first commercial Carinata seed crop expected in 2020, this new commercial aviation biofuel is poised to help travelers reach new and uncharted heights."

They should just use natural gas and be done with it. Having to grow crops and crops for fuel is not a good idea, and we have an abundance of natural gas.

 

[Mai72]

There is no God?

 

[shortylickens]

There is no God?

Well, if there is, he's kind a sick bastard.
Made me short, fat, ugly, and a little stupid.

 

[Mai72]

Well, if there is, he's kind a sick bastard.
Made me short, fat, ugly, and a little stupid.

You can blame your genetics on your parents. I'm not saying you're ugly, but this is what happens when 2 people who are undesirable mate. I always feel bad for the dumpy undesirable looking young girls. They stand a ZERO chance of finding a good looking mate. Instead, she will breed with another undesirable male and the sad cycle continues.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Well, if there is, he's kind a sick bastard.
Made me short, fat, ugly, and a little stupid.

You can't blame him for everything. God made you short, fat and ugly, the rest is on you.

 

[Charmonium]

Chiral kitties - Cats have a paw preference. Males favor their left paw while female favor their right.

Just as people are either right or left-handed, cats often have a dominant paw preference, which they may demonstrate when they’re reminding you that it’s time to eat or boxing that new feathered cat toy. Researchers at Queen's University Belfast's School of Psychology wanted to know more about this feline behavior, and collected data from 44 cats (24 males and 20 females) of varying breeds, gathered over a period of three months by the animals' owners. They found that the male cats strongly favored their front left paw, while the female cats favored their front right paw.

What it says about your cat:

• Researchers were interested in which paw the cats led with when walking down stairs or accessing litter boxes. Each cat was also studied while fishing out treats from a food maze.
  
• About 73 percent of the cats showed a lateral bias when reaching for food; 70 percent displayed a preference when going down stairs; and 66 percent used one paw more prominently when accessing a litter box.
  
• Left-limbed animals, which rely more heavily on the right hemisphere of the brain, tend to display stronger fear responses and aggression than right-limbed animals, which are left brain dominant.

http://www.wisegeek.com/do-any-animals-show-a-preference-for-right-or-left-handedness.htm

 

[BD231]

 

[lxskllr]

Left-limbed animals, which rely more heavily on the right hemisphere of the brain, tend to display stronger fear responses and aggression than right-limbed animals, which are left brain dominant.

That's interesting. Assuming the left/right applies to my cats, the behavior is right on. My boy's a flake. Jumpy, and scardy, while also displaying playful aggression. His sister is much mellower. Not much of a data set, and I can't confirm pawedness at this time, but interesting none the less.

 

[Skunk-Works]

Well, if there is, he's kind a sick bastard.
Made me short, fat, ugly, and a little stupid.

LOL That's because he's punishing you.

 

[Thebobo]

They should just use natural gas and be done with it. Having to grow crops and crops for fuel is not a good idea, and we have an abundance of natural gas.

Yea not sure what modifications if any are needed to run nat gas? The one big plus that I see is that according to the article this fuel can run in existing unmodified engines.

 

[who?]

Gas has fewer molecules per unit volume so a tank of gas wouldn't get you as far as a tank of liquid.

 

[Skunk-Works]

Yea not sure what modifications if any are needed to run nat gas? The one big plus that I see is that according to the article this fuel can run in existing unmodified engines.

I know NASA has a natural gas powered plane so it's possible.

I think Russia has one too.