What did you learn today?
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As for me;
I was curious about why white chocolate is white, so I wiki'd it, found that it was the lack of theobromine (found in cocoa, which white chocolate has none of, except cocoa butter), which I turned and read up on, and found this:
The amount of theobromine found in chocolate is small enough that it can be safely consumed by humans, but animals that metabolize theobromine more slowly, such as dogs, can succumb to theobromine poisoning from as little as 50 grams of chocolate for a smaller dog and 400 grams for an average-sized dog. The same risk is reported for cats as well, although cats are less likely to ingest sweet food, having no sweet taste receptors.
So I learned why chocolate is bad for animals, and that cats have no sweet taste receptors! Pssht, yeah right they don't, why else would mine be constantly licking me? ;)
I learned today that I am not one of those girls who can ride around gracefully in a skirt (slightly below the knee even!) on a bicycle without flashing people.
do you think shooting that type of beaver is vegan???
HAHAHA! However, I was wearing my good-girl cotton undies today, so no beavers shot or otherwise-harmed in the commute today. :D
I learned that once in a while I need 10 or 11 hours sleep. I learned to ignore my previously-absorbed dictum, "sleep is for children" and go to bed when my body asks me to. I was in bed before 10 last night and if DH hadn't wakened me up at 7 I might have slept till 10.
I also re-learned that you can't hang onto a dream-state when someone's talking to you. Drat--why does it always happen in my most interesting dreams? I wanted to see the rest of that!
I learned that the art instillation at Deitch is awesome stuff!! http://www.deitch.com/projects/project_images.php?slideShowId=376&projId=243
I learnt a lot about diabetes treatments and when exenatide and glitazones should be used.
I also learnt that I need to know more about diabetes treatments as what I know is not enough.
I also learnt that internet supermarket shopping sometimes contain random bags that must be part of other peoples orders - today I received a kilo jar of pineapple chunks, some Bodyform pads, some Wilkinson Sword razor blades and some new potatoes.
Out of these I think I will only use the potatoes.
At least all those things happened to be vegan! ;D
I learned today that...... uhhh.... you don't necessarily learn something EVERY day. :-[ Creatively speaking, today was a bomb. (Not THE bomb, but a bomb. :P) But the night is young --- mebbe I'll learn something at mai tramping club meeting!
I learned that wine makes me HORNY :)>>> :-* :P >:D I haven`t had a drink in months.
I learned that throwing up all night sucks. Especially when you take meds for the reason you're throwing up... and then you throw them up. Ech.
I'ma go have water. maybe a banana.
I learned that Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose, Lactose, etc. are all sugars. So, anything ending in a Ose is a sugar. I am excited about such knowledge. :)>>>
I learned that hiking 20 miles before 11 AM (all uphill, i might add) is NOT FUN AT ALL. I threw up at the top. :[
I learned that Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose, Lactose, etc. are all sugars. So, anything ending in a Ose is a sugar. I am excited about such knowledge. :)>>>
And anything that ends in -ase is an enzyme! Lactase, for example! Lactase helps you digest lactose. Not that most of us need be concerned with that.
I learned that hiking 20 miles before 11 AM (all uphill, i might add) is NOT FUN AT ALL. I threw up at the top. :[
Awww, S-O-G. That sucks! Were you drinking enough or was the altitude just bad?
I was definitely drinking enough, I drank a 1.5 L water bottle I brought with me and a small one that the PE teacher had with her, but I think it really is just because I am soooo out of shape. I have really, like 2% muscle. And it was freakin hot. The entire hike was uphill, but there would randomly be FAT slopes that were sooper steep for like 1/4 a mile. I was just overworked, I guess.
I learned... that I have something to work towards, to advocate for, to maybe be passionate about. I learned that to help others I need to help myself first.
I learned that sparklers can be very, very dangerous. ;)
I learned that in the presence of good food and good music, I am one happy camper ;D
I learned that hiking 20 miles before 11 AM (all uphill, i might add) is NOT FUN AT ALL. I threw up at the top. :[
That's..... obscene. Your poor foots! :o ???
I learned that in Philly, the slang word "jawn" or "jawnt" means, like "that thing." It's a blanket pronoun for basically anything.
For example:
Me: How did you know that the answer was 5?
Student: Because you got this jawn right here, and you add it to the other jawn right there! So the answer is 5!
Are you sure you didn't just post that to retain your most recent replier across all boards status? :P
I learned how to zip line through the rain forest!
Are you sure you didn't just post that to retain your most recent replier across all boards status? :P
No! I actually did learn that.
Today I learned... that I don't like the smell of sunscreen.
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