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[spoil:3jbd55ru]Over 23 million chickens are whacked every day in the US. 23 million! Holy fuck, thats a lot of chicken...23 million.....jesus, where the fuck do they keep them all?[/spoil:3jbd55ru]
Quote from: "aitm"[spoil:1oyglofc]Over 23 million chickens are whacked every day in the US. 23 million! Holy fuck, thats a lot of chicken...23 million.....jesus, where the fuck do they keep them all?[/spoil:1oyglofc]
[spoil:1oyglofc]In buckets.[/spoil:1oyglofc]
[spoil:2s1uu2on]:rollin:[/spoil:2s1uu2on]
:axe
well, that explains all the poor people :-k
at least the blacks. LOL
You guys don't appreciate the staggering number..23 million every single day. Every Day! Holy crap. Thats 8 billion a year. 8 BIllion!
And that's just chickens; now add in all the other produce animals.
Now add in all the animals for sport.
Now add in all the animals in the oceans and lakes we pollute.
Just in the U.S., 23 million is only a fraction of a fraction of the total number of animals killed and harmed by humans... but that 23 million definitely helps put it into perspective as they are animals we actually have some sort of bond with.
Quote from: "Mermaid"[spoil:31ikrkow]:rollin:[/spoil:31ikrkow]
[spoil:31ikrkow][spoil]Ditto
:rollin: :rollin: That was epic funny[/spoil:31ikrkow][/spoil]
Quote from: "aitm"You guys don't appreciate the staggering number..23 million every single day. Every Day! Holy crap. Thats 8 billion a year. 8 BIllion!
It's also one chicken consumed per 13 people every day in the U.S. That's not so surprising.
Some more factoids: Finns consume an average of 12 kg of coffee per person per year. [source (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita)] And 361 kg of milk per person per year. [source (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_milk_consumption_per_capita)]
China produces waaay more tomatoes than any other country. [source (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tomato_production)] And onions. [source (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_onion_production)] And apples. [source (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_apple_production)]
QuoteIt's also one chicken consumed per 13 people every day in the U.S. That's not so surprising.
Putting it further into perspective, since one chicken generates about 2 pounds of meat, that means that if none of the chicken is wasted (as if) and about in 1 in 3 people include some chicken with their evening meal, and chicken meat is used for nothing else, you should about make that number.
In reality, chicken is probably also added to sandwiches, soups, and dozens of other dishes. (But probably less than 1 in 3 people have it for dinner).
This isn't an odd fact. This is education.
QuoteIn animal husbandry, feed conversion ratio (FCR), feed conversion rate, or feed conversion efficiency (FCE), is a measure of an animal's efficiency in converting feed mass into increased body mass.
Specifically FCR is the mass of the food eaten divided by the body mass gain, all over a specified period. Being a ratio, FCR is thus dimensionless, i.e. there are no measurement units associated with FCR.
Animals that have a low FCR are considered efficient users of feed. However, comparisons of FCR among different species may be of little significance unless the feeds involved are of similar quality and suitability. The U.S. pork industry claims to have an FCR of 3.4-3.6 [1][dead link].[2] Farm raised Atlantic salmon have a very good FCR, about 1.2, according to farmed salmon industry representatives. When taking into account the true mass of material needed to make fish feed, however, the conversion ratio increases dramatically to 3:1 according to some sources.[3][citation needed]
Tilapia, typically, 1.6 to 1.8.[4] Poultry has a feed conversion ratio of 2 to 1.[4]
Hogs convert food to meat at a better percentage than cattle. Chicken and fish at a higher percentage.
Animals best suited to a small farmstead are rabbits and chickens because they take up less space, and are more efficient in converting food to meat.
[spoil:2vxz3ldo]Given that 23 million is just the number chickens that die every day, what is the United States total living chicken population?[/spoil:2vxz3ldo]
[spoil:i1474sbx]Clearly, we're not killing off enough chickens.[/spoil:i1474sbx]
just wait until food producers grow chickens with more than two wings.
[spoil:13pf8x97]I choke the chicken just about every day.[/spoil:13pf8x97]
Marilyn Manson writes profanity on his face so that photos taken of him can't be published.
[spoil:260kqhpk]A duck's quack won't make an echo and no one can explain why. *giggle snort*[/spoil:260kqhpk]
You quack me up Sabrina. :lol: Solitary
*hot tea spew* :rollin:
[spoil:kasqnxd8]Horses never barf. Ever. I think they are the only animal that does no t throw up.[/spoil:kasqnxd8]
//http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/birds/p/Ducks-Quack-Echo.htm
//http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.asp
Quote from: "surly74"//http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/birds/p/Ducks-Quack-Echo.htm
//http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.asp
Beat me to it :.
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"[spoil:10ednjvz]Horses never barf. Ever. I think they are the only animal that does no t throw up.[/spoil:10ednjvz]
I saw a horse fly by a tit mouse once. I still have the mammary of this. :shock: :lol: Solitary
"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
A strawberry is not a berry. It's an an aggregate accessory fruit.
Accessory to what?
MURDER!
And also sex.
Don't you just love science? It answers so many questions about what is true and false unless you have faith that is, then it's answered with God of the gaps. :roll: Solitary
Quote from: "Satt""Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Me?
No.
Hi.
There is a game called "cornhole" :shock:
Quote from: "SGOS"[spoil:15c15yvb]Given that 23 million is just the number chickens that die every day, what is the United States total living chicken population?[/spoil:15c15yvb]
A little over 2 billion (//http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/07/global-livestock-counts), afaik. 2009 data, so it's probably higher now.
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Horses never barf. Ever. I think they are the only animal that does no t throw up.
I'm happy you brought that out in the open. I've grown weary of avoiding this obvious elephant in the room. :-D
I don't know how many baseball fans we have here, but
[spoil:1tmufwfp]Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, Ted Williams and Willie Mays all struck out in their first major league at bat.[/spoil:1tmufwfp]
and
[spoil:1tmufwfp]Babe Ruth is the only player to end a World Series by getting thrown out trying to steal a base[/spoil:1tmufwfp]
The Smurfs are communists.
In the egg industry, half the chickens produced are killed on their first day of life. Only the females are raised. So that has to account for a pretty big number of chickens that die every year, too.
Quote from: "stromboli"The Smurfs are communists.
That's kinda subjective. I've see people claim that they're communists and I've heard people claim that they're nazis, which I'm not entirely sure is basically the same thing. Methinks people might be reading a bit too much into it and/or seeing what they want to see.
Hell, I saw something earlier that My Little Pony is like Plato's Republic. :rolleyes:
Quote from: "Hydra009"Quote from: "stromboli"The Smurfs are communists.
That's kinda subjective. I've see people claim that they're communists and I've heard people claim that they're nazis, which I'm not entirely sure is basically the same thing. Methinks people might be reading a bit too much into it and/or seeing what they want to see.
Hell, I saw something earlier that My Little Pony is like Plato's Republic. :rolleyes:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/27 ... ncy-french (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/273423/smurfs-finally-give-communism-nancy-french)
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Horses never barf. Ever. I think they are the only animal that does no t throw up.
Just take one to an Army mess hall and feed it. Problem solved. You're welcome.
The smurfs are pretty communist, yeah... they even have an episode where they introduce money into their society and pretty much the whole thing falls apart.
Quote from: "SGOS"Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Horses never barf. Ever. I think they are the only animal that does no t throw up.
I'm happy you brought that out in the open. I've grown weary of avoiding this obvious elephant in the room. :-D
:rollin:
Cows will eat metal that winds up in their hay without thinking twice, so farmers usually administer large magnets in the shape of a pill to them. The magnets stay in their stomach and collect all the metal the cow eats over the years, preventing it from penetrating the stomach wall. When that happens, the cow is said to be affected with "Hardware disease".
This is such a magnet.
(//http://www.ag.auburn.edu/~schmisp/ansc1000/beef_equipment/rumen-magnet.jpg)
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"[spoil:2dk9haqr]Horses never barf. Ever. I think they are the only animal that does no t throw up.[/spoil:2dk9haqr]
Horses also cannot breathe through their mouths. I have always found that to be a fundamental design flaw.
So why do they yawn? :-s
Quote from: "SGOS"Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Horses never barf. Ever. I think they are the only animal that does no t throw up.
I'm happy you brought that out in the open. I've grown weary of avoiding this obvious elephant in the room. :-D
Rats can't vomit either.
Edit: Here's a handy guide (//http://www.ratbehavior.org/vomit.htm)
Your brain is 80% water. :shock: Solitary
Quote from: "Solitary"Your brain is 80% water. :shock: Solitary
The damn bottle said 90 proof! Watered down again.....
Quote from: "Solitary"Your brain is 80% water. :shock: Solitary
Maybe your brain. Mine is 80% dust, insect parts and the stuff you find under the couch cushions.
Quote from: "Mermaid"Cows will eat metal that winds up in their hay without thinking twice, so farmers usually administer large magnets in the shape of a pill to them. The magnets stay in their stomach and collect all the metal the cow eats over the years, preventing it from penetrating the stomach wall. When that happens, the cow is said to be affected with "Hardware disease".
This is such a magnet.
[ Image (//http://www.ag.auburn.edu/~schmisp/ansc1000/beef_equipment/rumen-magnet.jpg) ]
I am probably the only person here that has as a youth, pulled bailing wire out of a cow's ass, so yeah, this is for real. :shock:
:shock:
QuoteThe average erect penis is about 5.56 inches (14 cm) long, according to a 2013 study detailed in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that surveyed 1,661 men. But variety is the spice of life, and men in that study had members that ranged from 1.6 inches (4cm) long to 10.2 inches (26 cm) long.
Not all erections were created equal. Those who measured their penises after oral sex or intercourse sported larger penises than those who relied on fantasy alone, the study found.
And because it reduces blood flow to the penis, smoking can shorten the average penis by up to 0.4 inches (1 cm), other studies have found.
When it comes to penises, size does matter — at least for some women. Women who are more likely to have vaginal orgasms say it is easier to orgasm with men who have longer penises, according to a 2012 study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Though it's not clear exactly why, a longer penis may be better able to stimulate the vagina and the cervix, study co-author Stuart Brody, a psychologist at the University of the West of Scotland, told LiveScience at the time. In a 2013 study detailed in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers reported women said the ideal penis size varied with a man's height, with a larger organ looking better on taller men.
Very rarely, a man may be born with two penises, a condition that affects every 5 million to 6 million males and is known as diphallus. Unfortunately, this condition doesn't mean double the fun: Both organs are rarely fully functional, and the condition often comes along with other anomalies in the genital area that require surgery to correct.
Men with another penis condition called priapism suffer from a persistent erection that won't go away after four hours. Usually the cause is a failure of blood to return from the penis to the rest of the body, although it is also occasionally found in those with sickle-cell anemia or leukemia. The situation is usually a medical emergency that requires a shot of pseudoepinephrine to constrict the smooth muscles in the penis.
The penis may have been a lot scarier in humans' evolutionary past. At one point in time, the male penis had spines, :shock: but human ancestors lost those prickly structures before Neanderthals and modern humans diverged some 700,000 years ago, according to a 2010 study published in the journal Nature. Scientists aren't clear on the function of those spines, but some propose they allowed for quickies because they can create an erection quickly, and are more common in promiscuous species, such as cats (tomcats have rather terrifying spines on their penis).
Another relic of times past is the penis bone, or baculum. Though most apes have a bone to keep their member erect, human males lost theirs at some point and now rely on blood pressure for stiffness. In other animals, the penis bone sits inside the body and is pushed out into the penis for an instant, reliable erection.
It's still a mystery why males lost this trait, but in "The Selfish Gene" (Oxford University Press, 2006), biologist Richard Dawkins proposes the bone-free penis was selected for because it allows females to gauge potential partners' health — those who can't get an erection probably have poor blood flow.
Whether or not men are celibate during the day, their penis is working out at night. Most men have three to five erections a night during the rapid eye movement (REM) phase of sleep, whether they are dreaming about grandma or supermodel Elle Macpherson. This nighttime action apparently keeps the male member in shape — penises that don't experience regular erections risk losing their elasticity and shrinking.
Because this is such a basic physiological process, many doctors ask whether a man has nighttime erections to determine the cause of erectile dysfunction
When baby boys are born, the foreskin tissue is fused to the glans of the penis. In the womb, the foreskin evolves from the same tissue as the clitoral hood. :-k
The foreskin's inner surface is made up of mucous membranes similar to those found inside the eyelid or the mouth, making it a moist place. That unique environment could be responsible for the increased STD transmission rates associated with uncircumcised men in some studies. [5 Things You Didn't Know About Circumcision]
The foreskin also has an abundance of Langerhans cells, the immune cells infiltrated by HIV. That may explain why circumcised men in Africa have a 60 percent lower rate of HIV infection from heterosexual intercourse.
The American Academy of Pediatrics does not endorse or discourage circumcision, noting that circumcision carries both small risks and benefits. But "intactivists" disagree, citing studies that suggest circumcised men experience less sexual pleasure. Many doctors, however, are skeptical of this research, because the methodology has been problematic or biased.
The old adage is true: Some men are "showers" and others are "growers." There's no way to predict the size of a man's erect penis when it's flaccid, according to a 1996 article in the Journal of Urology. However, a stretched-out penis is a good predictor of its ultimate erect size, a 2000 study in the International Journal of Impotence Research found.
:lol: Solitary
Quote from: "Mermaid"Quote from: "Solitary"Your brain is 80% water. :shock: Solitary
Maybe your brain. Mine is 80% dust, insect parts and the stuff you find under the couch cushions.
Loose change?
Quote from: "surly74"//http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/birds/p/Ducks-Quack-Echo.htm
//http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.asp
The first link has a pic of a mallard, not exactly a duck. Mallards are the ancestors to ducks.
This is a duck:
(//http://puu.sh/4e59J.jpg)
Same with the Snopes article.
Hrmm...
Here are some odd laws I've found.
In Virginia it's illegal to have sex with the lights on
In California it's illegal to step on turtles while wearing a construction helmet and singing daisy bell (I don't want to know, but at the same time it's strangely hilarious)
In Texas it's legal to shoot your gun in the air as long as you are alone and out where no one can be harmed, aside form yourself.
And just because I think it doesn't make sense
In eight states, you cannot take political office unless you believe in some sort of a God.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPOfurmrjxo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPOfurmrjxo)
A champagne cork can travel as fast as 100 mph when it is popped.
[spoil:18s02gcz]If you go up to random women and open up a conversation with, "hey sparkle tits," you generally won't receive a favorable response.
Who knew?[/spoil:18s02gcz]
Quote from: "Sal1981"Quote from: "surly74"//http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/birds/p/Ducks-Quack-Echo.htm
//http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.asp
The first link has a pic of a mallard, not exactly a duck. Mallards are the ancestors to ducks.
This is a duck:
[ Image (//http://puu.sh/4e59J.jpg) ]
That's a Pekin duck. A Mallard is another species of duck.
Lesser known conflicts:
Pastry War (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastry_War)
War of Jenkin's Ear (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27s_Ear)
During the American Revolutionary War, American allies France (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War#Other_theaters) and Spain (//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War#War_fronts) fought battles against the British far away from the colonies.
Steve Jobs never wrote a line of code, and the first Apple computer was largely created and built by Steve Wozniak.
Steve Jobs never wrote a line of code, and the first Apple computer was largely created and built by Steve Wozniak.
A fascinating fact nobody was aware of: stromboli sometimes double posts the same thing! :shock:
Now you're informed readers. :)
Yeah, that's because the shit I post is that fucking interesting. :-D