What if we told you there was a hamster who has been trading cryptocurrencies since June — and recently was doing better than Warren Buffett and the S&P 500?
It might be beneficial to keep an eye on the little guy.
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A man has died after becoming trapped under a shipment of carrots.
The 34-year-old man, who has not been named, died after a large, unspecified, quantity of the root vegetable fell on top of him while he was working in an agricultural warehouse in Vallelado, a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castilla and León, Spain.
No word on his eyesight, but apparently carrots didn't do much in that regard.
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According to a study from researchers at Oregon State University, cannabis compounds show the ability to prevent the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells.
The two compounds commonly found in hemp, called cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, or CBDA, were identified during a chemical screening as having the potential to prevent coronavirus. In the study, the compounds bound to spike proteins found on the virus and blocked a step the pathogen uses to infect people.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/cannabis-compounds-prevent-coronavirus-from-entering-human-cells-oregon-state-university-study
Newman pointed out how the study shows the cannabis must be ingested in edible form.
By the way, the compounds won't get you high, and they're destroyed when burned in a joint.
I guess this means that where pot's still illegal, you can legitimately claim that it's only for medicinal purposes.
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There is a dog in Washington state named Tucker, and he can smell orca poop that is floating on the choppy waters of the Puget Sound from more than a mile away.
This is invaluable to the University of Washington biologists who work with the black lab mix, because the feces can tell them about killer whales’ hormone levels, diet and toxins, and that information can help them understand why the region’s killer whale population has dropped. But orca poo floats for just minutes, so people don’t stand a chance to locate it alone.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/10/27/how-dogs-use-smell-to-see-and-save-the-world/
The nose knows where killer whales go.
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In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he’s doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.
While it’s too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center say the transplant showed that a heart from a genetically modified animal can function in the human body without immediate rejection.
GMO may save a life.
No word on whether he eats bacon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs
Think of it as the "extended play" setting - for life.
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1478094074909540354
How very helpful!
If you don't find it creepy, well - to each their own.
That's each, not eats. That comes later.
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Cows cooped up for the winter are being fitted with virtual reality goggles — so they think they are outside in a summer field.
And the bamboozled bovines appear to be happier and producing more milk.
Weirdness works overtime.
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Pennsylvania police pulled over a suspected drunken driver around midnight on Thursday and discovered a live deer in the back of the vehicle.
It had apparently been briefly knocked out when it was struck by a previous vehicle, so when the occupants of this vehicle saw it, they stopped and loaded it into the trunk of their car. Everything was going great until the animal regained consciousness.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/07/police-drunk-driving-deer-car-pennsylvania/
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National Pass Gas Day is held annually on January 7, and there is no better time to express ourselves and free our bowels of stale air without shame.
Take a hike in the open air!
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The 200-year-old secrets of the child mummies of the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo in northern Sicily are to be revealed by a British-led team of scientists using X-ray technology. The Catacombs contain 1,284 mummified and skeletonised bodies, the largest collection of mummies in Europe. While many of the children contained there are now skeletal, others have been described as appearing as if they are sleeping.
The catacombs, once solely for the deceased friars of the Capuchin order, have become a popular, if macabre, tourist attraction, with every niche and crevice bearing bodies on open display. The preserved dead were often dressed in their finery and would be visited by their relatives.
Radiographic images – 14 per mummy, from head-to-toe – will be taken and examined by Dr Robert Loynes, a retired orthopaedic surgeon who has previously investigated ancient Egyptian mummies. Piombino-Mascali said it was vital that the work on the fragile corpses was “non invasive”.
45 were naturally mummified friars initially interred in a crypt in Palermo. Later bodies were treated prior to placement.
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