tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39408881835557665722023-11-15T14:11:17.645-05:00More Best of WikipediaJumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-27059311399982547862012-10-20T04:14:00.001-04:002012-10-20T04:14:32.874-04:00The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_otters"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">sea otter</span></a> has a pouch and keeps tools - rocks to split shells - in it.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-23142015946478855622012-07-15T14:25:00.001-04:002012-10-20T04:08:31.532-04:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apomixis"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">Apomixis</span></a> is a natural sort of plant reproduction.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-37299540301009633642012-05-25T10:43:00.003-04:002012-05-25T10:43:53.065-04:00The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple-alpha_process"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">triple alpha process</span></a> is half the explanation of how oxygen, and other elements carbon and nitrogen, are formed in stars. The other half is explained by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNO_cycle"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">CNO cycle</span></a>.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-90093171527188590262012-04-04T20:26:00.002-04:002012-04-04T20:34:15.090-04:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annato"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Annato</span></a> I knew was used to color cheeses. I realized I had no idea what it is. <span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"></span>Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-26439654521339311862012-03-03T14:26:00.001-05:002012-03-03T14:26:22.359-05:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">Ring species</span></a> are like a snake whose tail gradually becomes a different species.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-69797557220098250702012-02-05T08:47:00.003-05:002012-02-05T08:47:55.029-05:00Reading about some missing Russian scientists, I also discovered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Antarctica</span></a>.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-36493955298890882762012-02-03T09:16:00.000-05:002012-02-03T09:16:10.990-05:00<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria">Transnistria</a> </span>is also known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian RepublicJumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-49179573378226423152011-09-18T05:24:00.003-04:002011-09-18T05:26:52.198-04:00<a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Lonsdaleite"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >Lonsdaleite</span></a> is an obscure crystalline form of carbon, neither diamond nor graphite, but harder than diamond.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-60509411734964223362011-08-31T12:44:00.001-04:002011-08-31T12:45:42.568-04:00<a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >List of common misconceptions</span></a>
<br />Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-48532255972362048962011-08-02T08:33:00.001-04:002011-08-02T08:35:14.116-04:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighting"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Firefighting</span></span></a>Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-76126370138155536512011-07-20T16:08:00.002-04:002011-07-21T10:00:04.548-04:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" >Chartism</span></a> was a democratic movement in 1800s Britain.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-53437463283447993912011-07-07T06:53:00.003-04:002011-07-07T06:58:00.380-04:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimerism"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >Chimerism</span></a> is the term for rare individuals possessing two sets of DNA. It occurs in humans.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >from Laura Lovejoy</span>Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-23837962655099557902011-06-26T09:47:00.001-04:002011-06-26T09:48:54.146-04:00You have probably heard of the "Golden Ratio." The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_ratio"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:180%;" >Silver ratio</span></a> was new to me.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-25593280763275742792011-06-05T10:07:00.002-04:002011-06-05T10:10:36.355-04:00Why haven't the spiral arms of the galaxy wound up tight? The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density_wave_theory"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;">density wave theory</span> </a>helps explain.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-3755001625094191862011-05-19T14:26:00.001-04:002011-05-19T14:28:49.787-04:00The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_time_hypothesis"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Phantom Time Hypothesis</span></span></a> posits that the years AD 614–911 did not exist.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-46362652298810942932011-05-19T14:18:00.002-04:002011-05-19T14:20:46.181-04:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_aircraft"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:180%;" >Nuclear aircraft</span></a> are necessarily hot and heavy. Research was done and test engines run. Follow the links for the details.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-15267722397307247002011-05-14T10:51:00.001-04:002011-05-14T10:53:47.827-04:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacognition"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" >Metacognition</span></a> is knowing about knowing.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-91705788771957284972011-05-04T22:44:00.001-04:002011-05-04T22:46:35.841-04:00The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Texas sharpshooter fallacy</span></a>, whereby information is manipulated into apparently having meaning.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-33320187622785333442011-04-09T22:57:00.001-04:002011-04-09T23:01:07.571-04:00The article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:180%;" >April Fools Day</span></a> is not so foolish. Today.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-39060151159031189132011-04-04T05:32:00.000-04:002011-04-04T05:33:49.752-04:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICBN"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature</span></a>Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-62801731131294850012011-03-31T11:01:00.002-04:002011-03-31T13:48:49.311-04:00What do you know of the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >humble </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >history of the</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plow">plow</a>?</span>Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-34163232074362897922011-03-31T10:51:00.001-04:002011-03-31T10:54:33.009-04:00The early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >history of the automobile</span></a> goes way back; even to the 1700s.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-58753302713462013112011-03-27T08:48:00.001-04:002011-03-27T08:48:58.046-04:00The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_Australia#Advent_of_fire_farming_and_megafauna_extinctions"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >prehistory of Australia</span></a>Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-72969694334092099082011-03-10T12:15:00.000-05:002011-03-10T12:16:43.599-05:00<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathetic_fallacy"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:180%;" >Pathetic fallacy</span></a>. Moscow doesn't believe in it.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940888183555766572.post-28316761193923411762011-02-11T13:47:00.002-05:002011-02-11T13:50:52.721-05:00The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_Floods"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" >Missoula Floods</span></a> (a.k.a. the Spokane Floods or the Bretz Floods) refer to the cataclysmic floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River gorge at the end of the last ice age.Jumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.com0