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yeah, apparently,
they pick up on the different intonation patterns of their native language while they're still in the womb.

Also bees can be trained to sniff for drugs.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 23:50, archived)
I'd heard about the bees, not the native language thing. That's pretty cool.
Unrelated again, but at work we have some filing cabinets that allow you to open more than one drawer at once. Someone actually opened the top two drawers and it toppled over. The outcome is to replace all filing cabinets without the standard safety mechanism.

I can't help but feel this is pandering to the mongs.
(I helped save b3ta! CowJam, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 23:57, archived)
this should be filed under the When Idiots Design Things category.
Like the herbal teabags at work that, instead of having a string with a wee tag on the end, the teabags themselves are really long and drape over the side of the cup with a sort of cardboard hanger that goes over the handle.

The problem is they clearly never heard of the capillary effect. I came back from the loo to find my cup in a puddle. They have invented a teabag that siphons the tea out of the cup.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 18 Jun 2011, 0:00, archived)
Here's another interesting thing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 18 Jun 2011, 0:04, archived)
this is a purple link.
i remember reading this at the same time as i read about another whimsical measurement which was based on the number of times one specific student could lay head to foot across a bridge in america somewhere, they actually did it, he laid down then stood up and laid down again, all across the bridge.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sat 18 Jun 2011, 0:08, archived)
There's also the thing about the half life of teaspoons.

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 18 Jun 2011, 0:09, archived)
all bullshit

(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sat 18 Jun 2011, 0:10, archived)
still,
where would we be without whimsy, eh?
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 18 Jun 2011, 0:11, archived)
somewhere nice

(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sat 18 Jun 2011, 0:14, archived)
hmmm I can't think of any definition of "nice"
that doesn't involve a great deal of whimsy.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sat 18 Jun 2011, 0:16, archived)