You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

Found all across the United States, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, the mushroom Hydnellum peckii has a pretty unmistakable appearance, particularly when it’s young. This fungus exudes a thick, dark red sap across a white cap, earning it numerous nicknames, from “strawberries and cream,” to “devil’s tooth,” to “bleeding tooth fungus.” Fortunately, neither the fungus nor the sap are poisonous, but they’re both said to be incredibly bitter.

[Lee Stewart]

According to a study from the Functional Anatomy Research Center in Milan, women blink an average of 19 times a minute, whereas men blink only 11 times a minute.

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

On Earth, you need heat to fuse metal, but in space, two pieces of the same kind of metal will fuse together with only a little pressure. The process is called cold welding, and it happens because of the lack of atmosphere.

If that is so, couldn't one accomplish the same thing by putting the two pieces in a vacuum chamber, removing all the air, and pressing the two pieces of metal together? Has that been tried? Or am I showing my ignorance here?

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

According to a study from the Functional Anatomy Research Center in Milan, women blink an average of 19 times a minute, whereas men blink only 11 times a minute.

Yeah, we are staring at women. They don't stare at us nearly as often.

[Lee Stewart]

Buubble, Golden Circle, Iceland

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Lynn

If that is so, couldn't one accomplish the same thing by putting the two pieces in a vacuum chamber, removing all the air, and pressing the two pieces of metal together? Has that been tried? Or am I showing my ignorance here?

No . . . you are correct. Also known as contact welding.

[Lee Stewart]

The most successful female Funny Car driver in NHRA history, Courtney Force, has revealed she will end her drag racing career with immediate effect.

Force, a top 10 finisher in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in six of her seven professional seasons, announced that she will be climbing out of the driver’s seat of her 11,000-horsepower, 330mph John Force Racing Advance Auto Parts Chevy Camaro SS Funny Car.

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

ADELAIDE, Australia — Adelaide sweltered through the highest temperature ever recorded by a major Australian city on Thursday, peaking at a searing 46.6 degrees Celsius (115.9 degrees Fahrenheit) as the drought-parched nation heads toward potentially the hottest January on record.

The South Australia state capital city of 1.3 million people beat its previous 80-year-old record of 46.1 C (115 F) set on Jan. 12, 1939, and records tumbled in smaller towns across the state.