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Jokes, Fun & Humor / Re: Lets Laugh a Bit...!
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:33:59 PM »
Q: Why were the early days of history called the dark ages?
A: Because there were so many knights!
A: Because there were so many knights!
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Jokes, Fun & Humor / Re: Lets Laugh a Bit...!
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:32:09 PM »
TEACHER : Name four members of the cat family
Pupil : Daddy cat, mummy cat and two kittens !
Pupil : Daddy cat, mummy cat and two kittens !
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Jokes, Fun & Humor / Re: Lets Laugh a Bit...!
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:30:12 PM »
TEACHER : I want you to tell me the longest sentence you can think of
Pupil : Life imprisonment !
Pupil : Life imprisonment !
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Jokes, Fun & Humor / Re: Lets Laugh a Bit...!
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:29:13 PM »
Parent : Why does you geography exam have a big zero over it.
Pupil : It's not a zero, the teacher ran out of stars, so she gave me a moon instead !
Pupil : It's not a zero, the teacher ran out of stars, so she gave me a moon instead !
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Jokes, Fun & Humor / Re: Lets Laugh a Bit...!
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:26:59 PM »
TEACHER : What is an island ?
Pupil : A piece of land surrounded by water except on one side.
TEACHER :On one side ?
Pupil : Yes, on top !
Pupil : A piece of land surrounded by water except on one side.
TEACHER :On one side ?
Pupil : Yes, on top !
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Jokes, Fun & Humor / Lets Laugh a Bit...!
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:23:24 PM »
A little girl came home from school and said to her mother, "Mommy, today in school I was punished for something that I didn't do."
The mother exclaimed, "But that's terrible! I'm going to have a talk with your teacher about this ... by the way, what was it that you didn't do?"
The little girl replied, "My homework."
The mother exclaimed, "But that's terrible! I'm going to have a talk with your teacher about this ... by the way, what was it that you didn't do?"
The little girl replied, "My homework."
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:05:40 PM »
And the cycle of life begins again: this 6 day old human embryo is beginning to implant into the endometrium, the lining of the uterus.
From the source: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/images-inside-human-body-images/8292
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:01:23 PM »
Villi in the small intestine increase the surface area of the gut, which helps in the absorption of food. Look closely and you'll see some food stuck in one of the crevices.
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 11:00:42 PM »
This image of warped lung cancer cells is in stark contrast to the healthy lung in the previous picture.
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 10:59:25 PM »
This is what a colour-enhanced image of the inner surface of your lung looks like. The hollow cavities are alveoli; this is where gas exchange occurs with the blood.
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 10:58:34 PM »
Brush your teeth often because this is what the surface of a tooth with a form of "corn-on-the-cob" plaque looks like.
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 10:57:22 PM »
This colour-enhanced image depicts a taste bud on the tongue. The human tongue has about 10,000 taste buds that are involved with detecting salty, sour, bitter, sweet and savoury taste perceptions.
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 10:56:27 PM »
In this image, stained retinal blood vessels are shown to emerge from the black-coloured optic disc. The optic disc is a blind spot because no light receptor cells are present in this area of the retina where the optic nerve and retinal blood vessels leave the back of the eye
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 10:55:19 PM »
Here's what it looks like to see a close-up of human hair cell stereocilia inside the ear. These detect mechanical movement in response to sound vibrations.
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Science Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
« on: June 26, 2011, 10:54:19 PM »
Of the 100 billion neurons in your brain, Purkinje neurons are some of the largest. Among other things, these cells are the masters of motor coordination in the cerebellar cortex. Toxic exposure such as alcohol and lithium, autoimmune diseases, genetic mutations including autism and neurodegenerative diseases can negatively affect human Purkinje cells.