You Can't Make This Stuff Up! - Page 439

Lee Stewart · #**4381** 01-02-2019, 10:31 PM

Stone Crab Claws are a delicacy most associated with South Florida. The crabs are trapped, then their claws are removed and the crabs put back in the water for the claws to regenerate. Because they spoil so quickly, the claws are cooked dockside then cooled and sold to resturants, food stores, etc.

Lee Stewart · #**4382** 01-03-2019, 05:51 AM

A single small kiwi has over five times the amount of vitamin C as an orange.

Lee Stewart · #**4383** 01-03-2019, 05:57 AM

In an historic first, China has successfully landed a rover on the far side of the moon, Chinese state media announced Thursday, a huge milestone for the nation as it attempts to position itself as a leading space power.

The photo above is the actual rover - but on a stage made to look like the moon's surface for PR.

Lee Stewart · #**4384** 01-03-2019, 06:04 AM

Lee Stewart · #**4385** 01-03-2019, 03:30 PM

In 2017, Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona released a list of the most outlandish tax splurges he could find. One involved the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, which used a $560,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to force fish to exercise to exhaustion on treadmills as part of a 2009 study.

The scientists chose mudskippers because of their unique ability to use their fins like legs for extended periods of time when out of the water. The exhausted fish were then given 48 hours to rest before hitting the gym again. Different oxygen levels were used as variables to test their progress and recovery.

Lee Stewart · #**4386** 01-03-2019, 03:31 PM

The National Science Foundation conducted a $450,000 study in 2016 to determine whether or not dinosaurs could chirp and sing like birds, which are their closest living relatives. The study concluded that, despite what you might have learned from “Barney,” dinosaurs did not have the vocal structure required to sing.