Random/Weird Fact For The Day...

[OiMommy!]

Henry "The Fonz" Winkler has a PHD in Hebrew Literature from Emerson College............
SEE? You DO learn something new every day........

[Dutch Raven]

Fact 2: Some research guy claims that goldfish are smarter than dolphins.

[AttitudeSkin]

As a baby, Bruce Lee was given three different names, one of which was a girl's name.

[Dirt_Boy]

As a baby, Bruce Lee was given three different names, one of which was a girl's name.
But do you know why?

[AttitudeSkin]

Because the doctor gave him an american male name, and the mother gave him a male and a female chinese name. She gave him the girl's name in accordance with tradition for protection against evil spirits.

[Dirt_Boy]

Because the doctor gave him an american male name, and the mother gave him a male and a female chinese name. She gave him the girl's name in accordance with tradition for protection against evil spirits.
Eh, somewhat I've heard it was his fathr who gave him the girls name becaue he thought there was a curse on males born into his family

[AttitudeSkin]

Eh, somewhat I've heard it was his fathr who gave him the girls name becaue he thought there was a curse on males born into his family
When Bruce was several months old, his father renamed him Jun Fan, a male name, because of a conflict his birth name (Li Yuen Kam) had with his grandfather's name.

Sai Fung was his feminine name, given to him by his mother.

So there's actually four names he went through as a small child.

[Dirt_Boy]

When Bruce was several months old, his father renamed him Jun Fan, a male name, because of a conflict his birth name (Li Yuen Kam) had with his grandfather's name.

Sai Fung was his feminine name, given to him by his mother.

So there's actually four names he went through as a small child.
I guess it depends on where you get the info, I just looked it up and it said his father, but either way still the same reason

[Dawgnuts]

When Bruce was several months old, his father renamed him Jun Fan, a male name, because of a conflict his birth name (Li Yuen Kam) had with his grandfather's name.

Sai Fung was his feminine name, given to him by his mother.

So there's actually four names he went through as a small child.


why you googling things then actin like you know it first hand?

[Dirt_Boy]

why you googling things then actin like you know it first hand?
I had heard it before, I looked it up to make sure I was somewhat right, he probably did the same, nothing wrong with that

[AttitudeSkin]

why you googling things then actin like you know it first hand?
I didn't google, I used Wikipedia. Mainly to make sure I had the names right.

[militarymite]

President Abraham Lincoln's oldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln was present at Appomattox to witness General Lee surrender to General Grant ending the Civil War. He then rode directly to Washington to report to the president what had taken place. Upon arriving in Washington and after the briefing, President Lincoln and the First Lady pleaded with Robert Todd to attend a play at Ford's Theatre with them. He begged off because he was exhausted from the long ride from Appomattox to the White House. That night the president was assasinated and Robert Todd thereafter carried the guilt that he may have been able to somehow prevent the assasination had he gone along with them that night. Robert Todd Lincoln, a lawyer, eventually went on to become ceo of the Pullman Railcar Company and lived into his ninetys. He was the last living witness to Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

[AttitudeSkin]

Because of differing centers of gravity, a woman can stand, keeping her legs together and straight, heels and butt against the wall, and bend over forward and touch her toes.

A man cannot.

[Dirt_Boy]

Because of differing centers of gravity, a woman can stand, keeping her legs together and straight, heels and butt against the wall, and bend over forward and touch her toes.

A man cannot.
I wonder how namy folks are gonan get up outta thier seats and try this one

[AttitudeSkin]

I wonder how namy folks are gonan get up outta thier seats and try this one
I wonder how many of the guys aren't going to tell us how they just busted their face trying.

[Dirt_Boy]

I wonder how many of the guys aren't going to tell us how they just busted their face trying.
haha true

[PUNISHER]

I wonder how namy folks are gonan get up outta thier seats and try this one
Yeah, it didn't work.

[Eek-a-Will]

Fact 2: Some research guy claims that goldfish are smarter than dolphins.
goldfish have a memory of 15 seconds

[Argyleskin]

goldfish have a memory of 15 seconds
Get back in your fishbowl, Goldie.

[Eek-a-Will]

Get back in your fishbowl, Goldie.
hey i'll remember that

[grouchybastid]

There's only one bone in the human body that doesn't connect to another bone. The hyoid bone, it's in the throat...helps anchor the larynx.

[Dutch Raven]

goldfish have a memory of 15 seconds

The full story:


Scientist: Dolphins are stupid


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Dolphins may have big brains, but a South African-based scientist says laboratory rats and even goldfish can outwit them.

Paul Manger of Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand says the super-sized brains of dolphins are a function of being warm-blooded in a cold water environment and not a sign of intelligence.

"We equate our big brain with intelligence. Over the years we have looked at these kinds of things and said the dolphins must be intelligent," he said.

"The real flaw in this logic is that it suggests all brains are built the same... When you look at the structure of the dolphin brain, you see it is not built for complex information processing," he said.
A neuroethologist who looks at brain evolution, Manger's views are sure to cause a stir among a public which has long associated dolphins with intelligence, emotion and other human-like qualities.

They are widely regarded as one of the smartest mammals.

Too few neurons
But Manger, whose peer-reviewed research on the subject has been published in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, says the reality is different.

Brains, he says, are made of neurons and glia. The latter create the environment for the neurons to work properly and producing heat is one of glia's functions.
"Dolphins have a superabundance of glia and very few neurons... The dolphin's brain is not made for information processing it is designed to counter the thermal challenges of being a mammal in water," Manger said.

Manger said observed behaviour supports his iconoclastic take on dolphins as dim-wits.

"You put an animal in a box, even a lab rat or gerbil, and the first thing it wants to do is climb out of it. If you don't put a lid on top of the bowl a goldfish it will eventually jump out to enlarge the environment it is living in," he said.
"But a dolphin will never do that. In the marine parks, the dividers to keep the dolphins apart are only a foot or two above the water between the different pools," he said.

Manger says the thought to jump over would simply not cross their unsophisticated minds.
Jump through hoops

They jump through hoops only because they have been conditioned to do so for a food reward - which may suggest the brain of a single-minded predator rather than a reasoned thinker.
"Dolphins can actually chain up to 16 stimulus response events, but this is indicative of good trainers and not intelligent animals. Stimulus-response conditioning is thought to be a low level of intelligent behaviour," Manger said.
Manger also points to the tuna industry, which under consumer pressure has gone to great lengths to prevent dolphins from being caught and killed by accident in nets.

"If they were really intelligent, they would just jump over the net because it doesn't come out of the water," he said.