The Velvet-belly Lanternshark’s liver accounts for 17% of its body mass, three-quarters of which is oil, making it nearly neutrally buoyant. To deal with the higher concentrations of heavy metals in the deep sea, the velvet belly has Thymocytes cells in its bloodstream that can identify and mark toxic compounds for elimination.
Nabisco’s Oreo has become the best-selling cookie in the United States since its introduction in 1912. Oreos have been introduced in several limited-run flavors over the years; Red Velvet Oreos are now back on the shelves after being introduced a year ago.
The venerable R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company purchased Nabisco in 1985 (Ivan Boesky was able to force up the price paid for Nabisco but went to prison as a result); a few years later RJR Nabisco was victim of a leveraged-buyout that became a self-parody of American corporate greed, as portrayed in Barbarians at the Gate, a film with James Garner.
By now, RJR Nabisco has been completely unravelled. Some brands are now owned by Kikkoman, others by Pepsico, etc. Oreos themselves are now controlled by the same cocglomerate that markets Dentyne, while Camels are once again owned by a company named R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Nabisco Oreos were inspired by Hydrox cookies, which were introduced 4 years before Oreos, in 1908. Hydrox went out of production when the manufacturer, Sunshine Biscuits, was acquired by Keebler in 1999. They were reintroduced in 2015 by Leaf Brands as “America’s Original Cookie” and are available for purchase online.
The Straight Dope Message Boards transferred from the AOL mothership to free access internet in the spring of 1999.
The jury is still out on whether this was a good thing, or simply the greatest time-waster for netizens imaginable.
Oreo cookies are the world’s best-selling cookie and are sold in more than 100 countries. In China, you can get green tea ice cream Oreos. In Argentina, you can get dulche de leche and banana Oreos.
[oog] #27760 and #27761 appear to have no words in common except “the” and “in.” To avoid further confusion, I’ll unite Argentina and jury[/oog]
In March 2015, just a few days before the country’s largest province began its first-ever trial by jury, Argentina used the 1957 Hollywood classic, “12 Angry Men,” to teach the public about how juries function.
It was a ninja. Can you see the timestamps?
Argentina was the first country to adopt fingerprinting as a method of identification - in 1925.
Corneal map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy is one common cause of monocular diplopia.
Mine was tongue-in-cheek. Are all forms of irony lost on you? 
But while we’re on the subject
I happen to check after posting for ninja’s and ‘nm’ my post when appropriate.
I can be slow sometimes. And I usually check that too, when I can.
Orthokeratology is a method using specialized hard or rigid gas-permeable contact lenses to transiently reshape the cornea in order to improve the refractive state of the eye or reduce the need for eyeglasses and contact lenses. US Air Force fighter pilots have been known to use this practice to pass their eye exam, only to wear their contact lenses after passing the exam.
Gary Powers was an American **pilot **whose Central Intelligence Agency] U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. After his return, he went to work as a helicopter pilot for news organizations, from which he subsequently died in a helicopter crash on 1 August 1977
Actor Powers Boothe was listed in a cracked.com article as one of the manliest names. Powers is his real, birth name. He was born in Snyder TX which is close to Rotan TX which is where “Slinging” Sammy Baugh was from and is buried.
Why can’t it be both?
In play:
Former Eagles frontman Don Henley’s new solo album is called Cass County, after the East Texas county in which he was raised. It is his first new solo album since 2000’s Inside Job.
Former Eagles front man Guy Morriss attended Texas A&M in Commerce, Texas. Morriss was the front man in 1980. He played Center for the Eagles’ Super Bowl XV team.
Former Eagles lineman Chuck Bednarik was the last NFL player to play a full 60 minutes in a game, on both 0ffense and defense.
Great trivia. Bednarik was a true stud.
In play:
The Eagles also lost their only other Super Bowl when they lost by an Adam Vinatieri field goal in Super Bowl XXXIX. Regarding the Patriots, of their four Super Bowl victories, three games were won by 3 points. The other was by 4 points. Adam Vinatieri is the true great player from that Patriot dynasty. Not their QB.
1992 QB1, was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon. It was discovered in 1992 at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. Over 1,500 further objects have been found beyond Neptune, a good number of which are classical Kuiper belt objects.
Hawaiian NFL player Michael Hoomanawanui earned his first Super Bowl championship in Super Bowl XLIX last year with the New England Patriots’ 4 point win over the Seattle Seahawks when rookie safety Malcolm Butler intercepted Russell Wilson’s ill-advised short pass at the Patriots’ goal line.
The Mauna Loa Volcano is the largest volcano on the planet as it rises over 4 kilometers above sea level. From sea level to the seafloor is an additional 5 kilometers, and the seafloor is depressed an additional 8 kilometers which makes the volcano a total of 17 kilometers or 56,000 feet from base to top. Half of the island of Hawaii is made up by the volcano.