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AI algorithms used to identify different types of baked goods in a bakery were repurposed to identify cancer cells under a microscope.
Ella tricks her friends with a question resembling a lateral question to reveal her birthplace restrictions for blood donation.
The film 'When Harry Met Sally' had its happy ending altered due to the director falling in love during filming, paralleling real-life romance.
Blood donation restrictions were imposed in the late 90s due to the spread of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) linked to mad cow disease in the UK.
Raccoons have a unique dabbling behavior where they put food in water before eating. This behavior enhances their tactile abilities, as their front paws are equipped with sensory cells to detect changes in pressure. Their remarkable sensory powers are further accentuated by the bristly hairs on their front toes, allowing them to sense objects without direct contact.
Kangaroos have a fascinating reproductive system with females possessing three vaginas. Initially born with two vaginas, female kangaroos develop a third upon their first pregnancy. This distinctive anatomy includes two uteruses, each with its ovary, and a central vaginal canal. Male kangaroos have a double-headed penis to accommodate this unique reproductive structure.
It's the HaLearnDays! The time of year when we share gifts of fun facts from us and friends of the show!
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We also learn about:
I wish Katie and Alex were real, pooping every 20 minutes, a human creates 320 pounds of poop a year, when I think about dangerous, “when I think of dangerous bird boop”, cube pooped saves on the poly count, poopin and pleasin, Watching the Sky and Thinking a Thought, smuggling instruments to space, sonic boooooms, this is obviously a Caroline gift, The National Christmas Tree Association, liberals want you to burn your christmas trees, the ACTA is very different from the NCTA, bury me with my artificial tree in a cemetery under an artificial lawn, rudely scrutinizing a gift from Hank, Caroline’s read The Grinch who Re-tabulated a Fact they Got, $25 Barns & Noble Gift Card, Caroline and Ella negotiate money from Tom, identifying unwrapped baked goods in Japan, hot cross buns and melanoma, Ella Laterals us, British Scorpios can’t give blood in the US, we all definitely remember Ella was born in Germany, “destroying” cows, Janet pulled out all the stops with the science, vibrissae, wash bears, Ella ones up her fly sperm fact with Kangaroo Vaginas, whaaat’s the deal with the third vagina, false cloaca, kangaroos can house 3 kids at the same time, Ella’s in her kangaroo vagina era, our first favorite Tom piss on pity, running over Christ Tarrant’s foot, plougs and shootouts, should all our fun facts be forgot and days of old lang syne.
Sources:
Goose Poop
Goose Poop 2 Electric Boogaloo
How much do human poop?
Why do geese poop so much?
Wombat Poop
Guiness World Records on First Song in Space
Pavel Popovych
Nasa Wakeup Calls History
Smithsonian Mag on Schirra & Stafford
Harmonica from Gemini
Cleo's Video on Supersonic Flight
Soil Association: Real VS Fake
Washington Post: Are Real or Artificial Christmas Trees Better for the Environment?
NOAA Sperm Whale Info
UN FAO Data on Human Seafood Consumption
Lower Estimate of Whale Population
Higher Estimate of Whale Population
Sabrina's RomCom Video
People: When Harry Met Sally
New Yorker: The Pastry AI That Learned to Fight Cancer
Varsity: What do Bread and Cancer Cells Have in Common?
FDA Blood Donation Ban
UTexas on Raccoon Brains
Raccoon Brains Compared to Other Animals
PGC on Raccoons
1963 Paper on Dabbling
Kangaroos have 3 vaginas
Bob the Fish Video Essay on ITV Telethon
Barbara Lisicki "The Day we Pissed on Pity"
NDACA on the Block Telethon Protest
Disabled People's Archive on Block Telethon
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