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What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« on: July 20, 2025, 06:14:28 pm »
"Science, technology and knowledge" - an extremely broad range of facts are available.

What is the best you have to inform and hopefully amaze as many readers as possible?
I try to do that in Thought For The Day.  This is your turn.
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2025, 06:51:08 pm »
I have you on block because you are a habitual Large font poster.
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2025, 08:04:35 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on July 20, 2025, 06:51:08 pm
I have you on block because you are a habitual Large font poster.

Incredible.
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2025, 08:04:48 pm »
The spectrums of light that we can see are but a tiny sliver of those that are currently known to exist.
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2025, 08:07:40 pm »
Incredible fact #2 - The Thermos® is the greatest invention ever.
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2025, 08:15:46 pm »
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Incredible fact #2 - The Thermos® is the greatest invention ever.

How does it know? 
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2025, 08:22:38 pm »
Infinity is incomprehensible, whether in space or time
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2025, 08:57:36 pm »
Everyone with blue eyes inherited a tiny genetic "switch" that dilutes brown pigment in the iris. This mutation, found in all blue-eyed people, emerged 6,000–10,000 years ago, meaning they all share one common ancestor.

"Originally, we all had brown eyes," said Professor Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. "But a genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a "switch," which literally "turned off" the ability to produce brown eyes." The OCA2 gene codes for the so-called P protein, which is involved in the production of melanin, the pigment that gives color to our hair, eyes and skin. The "switch," which is located in the gene adjacent to OCA2 does not, however, turn off the gene entirely, but rather limits its action to reducing the production of melanin in the iris -- effectively "diluting" brown eyes to blue.
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2025, 09:59:17 pm »
Quote from: corbe on July 20, 2025, 08:25:38 pm


Outstanding post, truly.
i thought it was 50,000 years but your figure of 200,000 is just as good, maybe better.
Given the randomness and number of collisions, there is a huge range of values and the best we can do is try to figure the mean time span.
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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2025, 10:08:55 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on July 20, 2025, 08:57:36 pm
Everyone with blue eyes inherited a tiny genetic "switch" that dilutes brown pigment in the iris. This mutation, found in all blue-eyed people, emerged 6,000–10,000 years ago, meaning they all share one common ancestor.

"Originally, we all had brown eyes," said Professor Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. "But a genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a "switch," which literally "turned off" the ability to produce brown eyes." The OCA2 gene codes for the so-called P protein, which is involved in the production of melanin, the pigment that gives color to our hair, eyes and skin. The "switch," which is located in the gene adjacent to OCA2 does not, however, turn off the gene entirely, but rather limits its action to reducing the production of melanin in the iris -- effectively "diluting" brown eyes to blue.

Vision is a profound fortuitous interdependence, made possible only because:

1. Of the visible spectrum of light provided by our sun, which gave us vision enabling us to create artificial sources of light,
2.  Of the optical clarity of vacuum, air, and water, enabling our vitreous humor to transmit photons, which
3.  Cause electrical impulses when impinging on our retinas, which
4.  Collect millions of points of data, faithfully transmitted electronically by our optic nerves to our brains, and
5.  The fact that photons are only slowed down by passing through a clear medium such as water, glass, plastic, or air all of which bend the
light.  No bending, no eyesight worth having.  Illuminating a spotlight on a space ship hurtling at half the speed of light has no effect on the light no matter which way you point the spotlight. It's all c in every direction, forward or backward. 
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
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Quote from: Hoodat on July 20, 2025, 08:07:40 pm
Incredible fact #2 - The Thermos® is the greatest invention ever.
The ziplock bag is way up there.
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Re: What is the Most Incredible Fact You Can Post Here?
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The development of anti-biotics.   Prolonged/saved billions of lives.
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The development of anti-biotics.   Prolonged/saved billions of lives.

antibiotics
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