Nutteloos en triviaal..

Vrijdag 7 Augustus 2009 om 17:16

Mensen die mij kennen weten dat ik erg van triviale weetjes hou. Links en rechts uit elkaar houden lukt me niet, maar ik weet wel waarom ijsberen geen pinguïns eten[1]. Anyhow, op de volgende pagina staan dagelijkse nutteloze feitjes. Met pareltjes als deze:

19th century biologist Sir John Lubbock experimented on ants by getting them drunk. He discovered that sober ants would carry their drunken ant comrades back to their nest, if they were from the same colony - but they would throw drunk strangers into the ditch.

en deze:

Sigurd the Mighty, a Norse Earl of Orkney in the late 9th century, died after he beheaded an enemy in battle and tied the head to his horse's saddle. One the ride home, his leg was grazed by one of the head's protruding teeth, and he died of a blood infection.

Weird Fact of the Day (that you probably didn't know)

[1] Wie het ook weet, mag het verklappen in de reacties.

Levende brug..

Vrijdag 7 Augustus 2009 om 12:57

In Cherrapunji in India is het nat en klef. Veel snelgroeiende planten (zoals in ieder regenwoud) en veel kleine stroompjes. De lokale bevolking heeft lang geleden al ontdekt dat de luchtwortels van de Ficus Elastica gebruikt kunnen worden om levende bruggen mee te maken.

In order to make a rubber tree's roots grow in the right direction - say, over a river - the Khasis use betel nut trunks, sliced down the middle and hollowed out, to create root-guidance systems.
The thin, tender roots of the rubber tree, prevented from fanning out by the betel nut trunks, grow straight out. When they reach the other side of the river, they're allowed to take root in the soil. Given enough time, a sturdy, living bridge is produced.

http://atlasobscura.com/places/root-bridges-cherrapungee
http://rootbridges.blogspot.com/

Megawoosh..

Donderdag 6 Augustus 2009 om 15:40

Natuurlijk hartstikke nep, maar wel leuk gedaan: