The "Did you know" thread..... - Page 487

**DTravel** · March 31st, 2018, 11:14 PM

...that the plant life in the Amazon basin is not the "lungs of the planet"? Apparently all the oxygen they produce is used by all the animal life in the Amazon basin.

Which makes me wonder, would the Amazon basin plant life produce as much oxygen if there wasn't so much animal life there using it up and turning it into carbon dioxide?

**Greenman** · April 1st, 2018, 01:56 PM

Today is the 100th anniversary of the RAF (Royal Air Force ) which was formed on this day in 1918 from the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Corps. A fly past was planned from Biggin Hill with two Spitfires and a Hurricane.

**sandhunter** · April 4th, 2018, 05:17 PM

I saw this yesterday and I thought about some of the people I know

Humans are deuterostomes , which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening . Which basically means at one point, you were nothing but an asshole .
Some people never develop beyond this stage .

**bloke57** · April 4th, 2018, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DTravel

...that the plant life in the Amazon basin is not the "lungs of the planet"? Apparently all the oxygen they produce is used by all the animal life in the Amazon basin.

Which makes me wonder, would the Amazon basin plant life produce as much oxygen if there wasn't so much animal life there using it up and turning it into carbon dioxide?

Reminds me of a point made by a scientist of some sort on the BBC programme "Horizon". He pointed out that at one time before animals evolved, there were only plants.

As a result, the earth became appallingly polluted...by oxygen which is a very damaging and corrosive chemical.

Luckily animals came along and turned it back to carbon dioxide which restored the balance.

Now we think of CO2 as the enemy again...weird!

**DTravel** · April 4th, 2018, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by bloke57

Reminds me of a point made by a scientist of some sort on the BBC programme "Horizon". He pointed out that at one time before animals evolved, there were only plants.

As a result, the earth became appallingly polluted...by oxygen which is a very damaging and corrosive chemical.

Luckily animals came along and turned it back to carbon dioxide which restored the balance.

Now we think of CO2 as the enemy again...weird!

Yup. The first single cell critters to photosynthesis set off an appalling world wide extinction event, killing off nearly everything on the planet with poisonous oxygen.

**rosestone** · April 5th, 2018, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bloke57

Luckily animals came along and turned it back to carbon dioxide which restored the balance.

Now we think of CO2 as the enemy again...weird!

Also quite humbling to remember that we're simply by-products of plant metabolism.

**bloke57** · April 5th, 2018, 08:56 AM

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Also quite humbling to remember that we're simply by-products of plant metabolism.

Especially vegans.

**Greenman** · April 5th, 2018, 08:40 PM

Originator of Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy(amongst others) Frank Oz only just found out that "muppet" in this country is used as an insult as in " oh, you muppet!" He lived here for nine years and never knew that "muppet" was used in a negative way, but I suppose it is a typically British thing or more likely now new-style cockney speak for doing something stupid or being an idiot!

**bloke57** · April 6th, 2018, 11:54 AM

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Frank Oz only just found out that "muppet" in this country is used as an insult as in " oh, you muppet!" He lived here for nine years and never knew that "muppet" was used in a negative way...

It's quite a mild and affectionate put down though - quite low on the official Plonker Scale of insults.

**Greenman** · April 6th, 2018, 06:20 PM

Depends on how you say it, any word even a swear word can be used to either make a point or attack someone."You muppet!" as you say is mild by comparison unless you add a swear word before it of course.

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sandhunter Super Draconian Sandhunter Join Date: May 2013 Location: Sonoran Desert Posts: 13,979 Thanks: 208,917 Thanked 261,314 Times in 13,886 Posts	Who Can it Be I saw this yesterday and I thought about some of the people I know Humans are deuterostomes , which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening . Which basically means at one point, you were nothing but an asshole . Some people never develop beyond this stage .

April 1st, 2018, 01:56 PM	#4862
Greenman Live Legend of VEF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Underground lair somewhere in the world Posts: 20,353 Thanks: 30,936 Thanked 383,516 Times in 19,356 Posts	Today is the 100th anniversary of the RAF (Royal Air Force ) which was formed on this day in 1918 from the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Corps. A fly past was planned from Biggin Hill with two Spitfires and a Hurricane.

April 5th, 2018, 08:40 PM	#4868
Greenman Live Legend of VEF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Underground lair somewhere in the world Posts: 20,353 Thanks: 30,936 Thanked 383,516 Times in 19,356 Posts	Originator of Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy(amongst others) Frank Oz only just found out that "muppet" in this country is used as an insult as in " oh, you muppet!" He lived here for nine years and never knew that "muppet" was used in a negative way, but I suppose it is a typically British thing or more likely now new-style cockney speak for doing something stupid or being an idiot!

April 6th, 2018, 06:20 PM	#4870
Greenman Live Legend of VEF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Underground lair somewhere in the world Posts: 20,353 Thanks: 30,936 Thanked 383,516 Times in 19,356 Posts	Depends on how you say it, any word even a swear word can be used to either make a point or attack someone."You muppet!" as you say is mild by comparison unless you add a swear word before it of course.