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Chancer3001 · 02-09-2018 5:29pm

Infernum wrote: »

When King Charles II of Spain died, a postmortem revealed he had absolutely no blood in his body and his heart was very tiny.

That's generations of inbreeding for ya.

How did oxygen get from his lungs to the rest of his body if he had no blood ??

Methinks that's false

Fourier · 02-09-2018 5:45pm

Warning this is gross.

Chancer3001 wrote: »

How did oxygen get from his lungs to the rest of his body if he had no blood ??

Methinks that's false

According to Dr. Gonzalo Alvarez of the university of Santiago de Compostela, he died of bloody diarrhoea, over 200 excretions in the last fortnight of his life. It's considered quite likely he would've basically had no blood by the end.

Alvarez has a few papers on royal inbreeding with other stomach churning examples from across Europe, but I don't recommend having a read.

EDIT: His blood was most likely highly acidic due to a genetic defect in his kidneys.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-09-2018 6:13pm

Infernum wrote: »

I know it's not uncommon for sets to be recycled, but that's still pretty mind-blowing considering those shows were my childhood.

The sets for Metropolis (1927) were destroyed to prevent them being reused.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-09-2018 6:32pm

Chancer3001 wrote: »

How did oxygen get from his lungs to the rest of his body if he had no blood ??

Methinks that's false

Insects have blood but it's clear as they use air filled tubes to move oxygen around.

Horseshoe crabs have blue blood and tunicate have yellow or green blood.

So the answer to your question is - vampires :eek:

IvyTheTerrific · 02-09-2018 6:44pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Insects have blood but it's clear as they use air filled tubes to move oxygen around.

Horseshoe crabs have blue blood and tunicate have yellow or green blood.

So the answer to your question is - vampires :eek:

Horseshoe crabs have blue blood because the oxygen carrying molecule in it is made of a copper compound (ours is red because of the iron in haemoglobin).
Their blood has a very interesting property.. it is very sensitive to bacterial contamination and coagulates around any bacteria to prevent infection. The medical industry bleeds 600000 crabs a year to use it in preventing contamination from intravenous drugs and medical devices. If you've had an operation you may have been saved by a horseshoe crab!

New Home · 02-09-2018 6:48pm

I''m surprised he didn't die of severe dehydration long before he died of hypovolaemia.

thesandeman · 02-09-2018 9:45pm

Ffs. This thread is becoming the written version of Liveline.

Water John · 02-09-2018 10:18pm

Barrymanilow, I thought that was a symbol for a gay couple.

Esel · 02-09-2018 10:25pm

ASCII is a 7-bit code. Extended ASCII is 8-bit.

The Pheasant2 · 02-09-2018 10:43pm

Infernum wrote: »

I know it's not uncommon for sets to be recycled, but that's still pretty mind-blowing considering those shows were my childhood.

SBTB was class, Kelly was my first crush. Thought That's so Raven and iCarly were ****e however.

Fourier · 03-09-2018 12:13pm

New Home wrote: »

I''m surprised he didn't die of severe dehydration long before he died of hypovolaemia.

I think at this distance it's hard to know exactly what he died of, it may in fact have been dehydration as some argued. More so Dr. Alvarez argues that the autopsy reported by the medieval physicians, including finding virtually no blood, is consistent with the symptoms they describe being present prior to his death.

Infernum · 03-09-2018 12:34pm

Fourier wrote: »

I think at this distance it's hard to know exactly what he died of, it may in fact have been dehydration as some argued. More so Dr. Alvarez argues that the autopsy reported by the medieval physicians, including finding virtually no blood, is consistent with the symptoms they describe being present prior to his death.

Pretty much.

razorblunt · 03-09-2018 12:34pm

Worztron wrote: »

Edward Mulhare of Knight Rider (as Devon Miles) and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (as Captain Gregg) fame was born in Cork City.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mulhare

Eddie Mul? Sure we all know him like!

Infernum · 03-09-2018 12:37pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The sets for Metropolis (1927) were destroyed to prevent them being reused.

They eventually destroyed the set of the original Phantom of The Opera too.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 03-09-2018 4:59pm

thesandeman wrote: »

Ffs. This thread is becoming the written version of Liveline.

Nothing in common with liveline.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 03-09-2018 5:01pm

aibohphobia Is the fear of palindromes.

New Home · 03-09-2018 5:14pm

Did you make that up, Franz? It's too good to be true.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 03-09-2018 5:49pm

New Home wrote: »

Did you make that up, Franz? It's too good to be true.

True.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/aibohphobia

lmimmfn · 03-09-2018 6:49pm

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

True.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/aibohphobia

It should be a palindrome

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 03-09-2018 7:12pm

lmimmfn wrote: »

It should be a palindrome

It is!

Capt'n Midnight · 03-09-2018 9:07pm

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

It is!

:eek:

BaZmO* · 03-09-2018 10:02pm

Exposing mushrooms to sunlight increases their Vitamin D levels by ridiculous amounts.

“Here is a simple experiment we did one summer afternoon in Kamilche Point, Washington. We compared several forms of organically grown shiitake mushrooms, which had starting level of 100 IU/100 grams. We compared the vitamin D levels of three sets of mushrooms, all from the same crop. The first was grown and dried indoors. The second set was dried outdoors in the sunlight with their gills facing down. The third set of mushrooms was dried outdoors in the sunlight with their gills facing upwards for full sun exposure. The most vitamin D was found in shiitake dried with gills up that were exposed to sunlight for two days, six hours per day. The vitamin D levels in these mushrooms soared from 100 IU/100 grams to nearly 46,000 IU/100 grams (see chart). Their stems, though, produced very little vitamin D, only about 900 IU. Notably, vitamin D levels dropped on the third day, probably due to over-exposure to UV.”

https://fungi.com/blogs/articles/place-mushrooms-in-sunlight-to-get-your-vitamin-d

Water John · 03-09-2018 10:19pm

Yeah, saw that in Bulgaria, there is an area where people live a very long life. To get Vitamin D in winter, they take mushrooms up the mountains to dry in the summer and store them for winter.
From a docu on long living areas.

Chancer3001 · 03-09-2018 10:30pm

In Thailand they dry shrimp on the pavement

So healthy.

All that vitamin d

Ash.J.Williams · 04-09-2018 12:25am

Chancer3001 wrote: »

In Thailand they dry shrimp on the pavement

So healthy.

All that vitamin d

Apparently thai crustacean products cause absolute environmental mayhem. It's even put me off them which is unlike me. They tick a few boxes; pollution, vegetation destruction, human trafficking, antibiotics!

BaZmO* · 04-09-2018 12:39am

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Apparently thai crustacean products cause absolute environmental mayhem. It's even put me off them which is unlike me. They tick a few boxes; pollution, vegetation destruction, human trafficking, antibiotics!

Plus less than humane farming techniques

Ash.J.Williams · 04-09-2018 12:41am

BaZmO* wrote: »

Plus less than humane farming techniques

They just move into an area, destroy it and move on.

Chancer3001 · 04-09-2018 8:13am

Saw an old lady drying her crustaceans on the path outside her house. When they were done she swept them up with a broom and dustpan

Health and safety not as rife over there

New Home · 04-09-2018 8:45am

That's how you build up your antibodies, folks.

lmimmfn · 04-09-2018 9:13am

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

It is!

Lol, my excuse was I just got on a plane

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