# Did you know? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117 "2013-05-12T01:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/101 "2013-06-26T18:21:09Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > The mass of all the electrons that make up the internet is equal to the mass of a single strawberry. And if the empty space was removed from the bodies of everyone in the world, the physical result would be the size of a sugar cube. According to this dude on History of Science. I can’t wrap my head around that. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/102 "2013-06-26T18:48:56Z")
[quote=“Shayna, post:67, topic:658117”] [ul][li]Artichokes are flower buds. And if allowed to grow on the stalk, the fuzzy part you dig out to get to the heart after the leaves are gone [becomes a gorgeous purple flower](https://www.google.com/search?q=artichoke+flowers&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=_feaUebfHKWqigLR-oEo&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=614)![/ul][/li][/QUOTE] Also, [carrots make a lovely, delicately-scented flower](https://www.google.com/search?q=artichoke+flowers&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=_feaUebfHKWqigLR-oEo&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=614#safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=carrot+plant+flower&oq=carrot+plant+&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.5919.8445.0.10480.17.12.1.1.1.0.201.1275.0j7j2.9.0...0.0...1c.1.18.img.mPp98uCnYFA&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48340889,d.cGE&fp=665ad45480d9b512&biw=1042&bih=616) if allowed to go to seed. 🙂 > [@Lumpy](#): > > Gold is yellow because some of its electrons are moving fast enough that relativity alters their apparent mass. Did you know that things appear fluorescent because a molecule reflects light at a higher wavelength than the original light that was shone on it? > [@SpyOne](#): > > There is a certain room for argument that any war that omits an entire hemisphere has not yet risen to the level of a _world_ war. > But I generally agree with you: WWII started in 1937, and WWI started in 1337. I think your hemisphere argument is flawed; Canada entered into WWI the same time as Britain (as we were a British colony at that time), and entered into WW2 in 1939. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/103 "2013-06-26T19:33:08Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Did you know that things appear fluorescent because a molecule reflects light at a higher wavelength than the original light that was shone on it? Emits, rather than reflects. ---
**Author:** ![roxie\_monoxide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@roxie\_monoxide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roxie_monoxide)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/104 "2013-06-27T02:55:18Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > There are 10 times as many bacterial than human cells in the human body. What are we, then? damn dirty apes? ---
**Author:** ![Tacit\_Knowledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@Tacit\_Knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tacit_Knowledge)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/105 "2013-06-27T03:45:08Z")
Still speaking of ducks, don’t bump your head on that bar. Did you know the poop transplants are a real thing? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/106 "2013-06-27T04:45:02Z")
This [map](http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/A11vsMLB.gif) shows the entire area explored by the Apollo 11 mission in comparison to the size of a baseball diamond. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/107 "2013-06-27T05:06:19Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Emits, rather than reflects. Yeah, that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/108 "2013-06-27T07:29:22Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Did you know you have four miles of tubing in your stomach? > [@Dragwyr](#): > > but it turned out that his 20-year old daughter Adriana overheard a conversation on another phone in the house, and she sang in a tube and has demonstrated her shrill girlish voice Whose? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/109 "2013-06-30T20:00:18Z")
Did you know that you can find out what the [outcome is for various procedures](https://data.medicare.gov/Hospital-Compare/Hospital-Outcome-Of-Care-Measures/f24z-mvb9) at any given hospital and how it compares to the national average? There’s also a separate database for [infections from procedures](https://data.medicare.gov/Hospital-Compare/Healthcare-Associated-Infections/ihvx-zkyp). Here is the [main link](https://data.medicare.gov/data/hospital-compare) where you can download the complete dataset if you want to do your own coding, but the interactive system is very nice I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/110 "2013-06-30T20:17:23Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Did you know you have four miles of tubing in your stomach? [What is the size and weight of the human stomach? - Answers](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_big_is_a_human_stomach) No, you don’t. The stomach is quite small. the [human intestine](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080219154032AACCztn) is about 28nfeet long, plus about 8 inches of stomach. Check your facts. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/111 "2013-07-03T21:34:34Z")
[Some atomic weights are now expressed as a range rather than a single number.](http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3615&from=rss) The latest heretics of the periodic table are bromine and magnesium > [@](#): > > Atoms of the same element that have different masses are called “isotopes.” The atomic weight of an element depends upon how many stable isotopes it has and the relative amounts of each stable isotope present in a sample containing the element. > > Elements with only one stable isotope do not exhibit variations in their atomic weights. For example, the standard atomic weights for fluorine, aluminum, sodium, and gold are constant. Their values are known to better than six decimal places. Variations in atomic weight occur when an element has two or more naturally occurring stable isotopes that vary in abundance, depending on the sample. > > The standard atomic weights of magnesium and bromine will now be expressed as intervals to more accurately convey this variation in atomic weight. For example, bromine commonly is considered to have a standard atomic weight of 79.904. However, its actual atomic weight can be anywhere between 79.901 and 79.907, depending on where the element is found. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/112 "2013-07-06T11:24:42Z")
The crescent on the [State Flag of South Carolina](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_south_carolina) was not orignally intended to be a moon, but a [gorget](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorget). It orginally pointed upwards, until 1910, when the State Historian changed it to look like a crescent moon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117.md?page=5)