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Dogs didn't come into existence because men have caught and raised little wolves. When you try it to this day, you will find that the wolf will generally is calm, but he can suddenly go into hunter mode when humans make unexpected movement and especially around children. Prehistoric humans would never have lived with such an unpredictable housemate. However, wolves have been starting to live in the proximity of humans about a 100.000 years ago (likely for leftovers), and slowly two types came into existence...wolves living near humans and those who didn't. Those who lived near grew into not attacking humans. From that they slowly transformed into the dogs we know today, with the help of humans.
Dogs colors and fur haven't been bred on purpose. They are a side effect of breeding wild wolves based on a calm and human-friendly personality. (somehow the genes are linked)
Wild wolves almost never bark.
Actually, wolves and dogs have the same ancestors, but 'wolf-dog-ancestor' uis such a long word that I used wolves in my first fact.
Dogs can also suffer from the syndrome of Münchhausen (faking diseases and the like). They just do whatever they can to get attention, and when dogs find out that certain conditions get attention they'll repeat it.
About 1 of 10 children biological father is not the guy of who he thinks that is his biological father.
Women think more often about sex then men do.
Some scientists think our ancestors were a sort of 'monkeys' that lived a lot in the water. They think this because our body fat is under our skin (which is common for water mammals), we can control our breath and hold it, and we have no fur.
While many people are obsessed with calories (diets) almost no one knows what it really is.
In a test in engeland, where people on the street asked passerby's what they should about 'homo sapiens' about 60% answered 'that they didn't want to have anything to do with these kind of people'.
Dogs didn't come into existence because men have caught and raised little wolves. When you try it to this day, you will find that the wolf will generally is calm, but he can suddenly go into hunter mode when humans make unexpected movement and especially around children. Prehistoric humans would never have lived with such an unpredictable housemate. However, wolves have been starting to live in the proximity of humans about a 100.000 years ago (likely for leftovers), and slowly two types came into existence...wolves living near humans and those who didn't. Those who lived near grew into not attacking humans. From that they slowly transformed into the dogs we know today, with the help of humans.
Dogs colors and fur haven't been bred on purpose. They are a side effect of breeding wild wolves based on a calm and human-friendly personality. (somehow the genes are linked)
Wild wolves almost never bark.
Actually, wolves and dogs have the same ancestors, but 'wolf-dog-ancestor' uis such a long word that I used wolves in my first fact.
Dogs can also suffer from the syndrome of Münchhausen (faking diseases and the like). They just do whatever they can to get attention, and when dogs find out that certain conditions get attention they'll repeat it.
About 1 of 10 children biological father is not the guy of who he thinks that is his biological father.
Women think more often about sex then men do.
Some scientists think our ancestors were a sort of 'monkeys' that lived a lot in the water. They think this because our body fat is under our skin (which is common for water mammals), we can control our breath and hold it, and we have no fur.
While many people are obsessed with calories (diets) almost no one knows what it really is.
In a test in engeland, where people on the street asked passerby's what they should about 'homo sapiens' about 60% answered 'that they didn't want to have anything to do with these kind of people'.
I have heard that men think about sex every 14 seconds hwere as women think about it every 56 seconds. I've actually heard it a lot of times from different sources so I am a bit confused here.Girlysprite said:
Okey day, for the curious, little Andi-- who actually loathes that name utterly-- went to college and got his degrees in sociology (specializing in research methodology), and in human sexuality. Trust me when I say if you have the opportunity to get a college degree in sex, don't. It only seems like a good idea until you're in hour five of a three and a half year lecture on the finer points of the hormonal cycles in menstruation, and you quickly discover that thinking about sex all the time can not only be boring, but most of the time it's patently disgusting and quite often terrifying. I realized it might not be such a hot degree to get about the time I learned chocolate syrup is a favorite ingredient for enema showers... and yes, that is exactly what it sounds like, and the chocolate is used for exactly what you'd think it's used for. Unfortunately, that was only the tip of the iceberg, and I was wearing a shirt that said "Titanic". Human beings are nasty, filthy, depraved fuckers. Literally.stompy said:
Getting back to the topic at hand!
The Kinsey Institute reports finding that only 54% of males think about sex more often than once a day, while 43% think about it "a few times a week", so nearly half of all men can get through the course of the day without thinking about sex at all. This jibes with other studies, which find on average men think about sex about four to five times a day, and women two to three. How often these thoughts segue into sexual fantasy doesn't seem to differ between males and females, with each having 2-3 sexual fantasies per day.
So thoughts centered around sex seem to enter men's heads a bit more often than they do women's, but seem to linger in the minds of both sexes with equal frequency. In neither sex do lustful thoughts seem to be so intrusive they're debilitating, which they would be if they were that frequent.
To AndiGravlift: Thats interesting, I never would have expected that people have 2-3 sexual fantasies a day but now that I think about it, it isn't that surprising.
This reminds me of an image that was sent to me in an email. In this picture people aged 6 and over see a vase with an image of two people having sex but people under 6 aparently see 7 dolphins. The reason being (I guess) is because children under 6 have no concept of what sex instead they see the 7 dolphins in the image.
I would post up the image but I can't find it...
This reminds me of an image that was sent to me in an email. In this picture people aged 6 and over see a vase with an image of two people having sex but people under 6 aparently see 7 dolphins. The reason being (I guess) is because children under 6 have no concept of what sex instead they see the 7 dolphins in the image.
I would post up the image but I can't find it...
It is physically impossible to keep your eye on the ball in any form a ballsport that uses small balls eg: tennis
Tom cruise studied to be an altar boy when he was younger- true actually
The Kiwi is native to New Zealand and New Zealand only, and Tuataras and i think weta as well
According to legend a Demi god Named Maui fished up a giant stingray which became the north island of new zealand, his canoe made the south island
Tom cruise studied to be an altar boy when he was younger- true actually
The Kiwi is native to New Zealand and New Zealand only, and Tuataras and i think weta as well
According to legend a Demi god Named Maui fished up a giant stingray which became the north island of new zealand, his canoe made the south island
... Really, even I, a person who has testosterone just being injected in the bloodstream (in case I'm not being clear, I'm saying that as a teenager, I'll have tons of testosterone coursing through my veins) didn't think of that...smallharmlesskitten said:
Shame on you kitten!
In related news: it's easier in baseball to track and catch a ball if it's flying at an angle to you than if it's headed directly towards you. This is because at an angle the eye can glean more about the ball's flight.smallharmlesskitten said:
And: A curveball, if thrown on mars, would actually be a screwball, and vice versa.
Arctodus simus is a bear that stood 11 feet high and went extinct 12,500 in north america. There was a variety of Parrot in South Carolina that was one of the most abundant birds in the world until farmers killed them all. The giant ground sloth may have gone extinct around 1550 AD. These and many others have gone extinct in the last 10,000 years including the pygmy rhino, the woolly rhino, Giant swan, Dire Wolf, American Cheetah, the American Lion etc. I'm not saying this because I'm an earth nut, I'm just saying it because I missed out out on seeing a giant Lemur and also my chance to get a ride on a pygmy elephant.
In the ice age you do not ride pygmy elephant, pygmy elephant rides you!Do4600 said:
That comes out wrong...
Maybe some Americans remember how a woman sued McDonalds because coffee spilled over her lap and burnt her. many people thought this was stupid, but here are some other facts;
*The coffee was 80 degrees celcius, which is 20 degrees hotter then coffee is usually served at.
*It burnt her badly- 3rd degree wounds. She needed expensive treatment and skin transplants
*McDonals just tried to give her a couple of hundred bucks to be done with it.
*The years before, a couple of dozen people also burnt like that from the coffee- a clear sign the coffee was served too hot. A sign that was ignored.
In hindsight, not so stupid at all.
Another fun fact; eating fat food makes you dumber. Significantly. Eating a diet of only fat food vs only healthy food slows down read and calculating speed to almost a half.