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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
February 1, 2024 at 1:31 am
(February 1, 2024 at 1:29 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: (February 1, 2024 at 1:08 am)Foxaèr Wrote: That growing up, my grandmother was likely making her own version of mincemeat pie.
Vegan?
The opposite, probably without the fruit. I do not recall ever tasting fruit in it.
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
February 1, 2024 at 1:50 am
(February 1, 2024 at 1:31 am)Foxaèr Wrote: (February 1, 2024 at 1:29 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Vegan?
The opposite, probably without the fruit. I do not recall ever tasting fruit in it.
A few years ago, I had some friends over for dinner. I made shepherd's pie (yes, I cook).
They asked if a friend who was up from Christchurch could join us? Yeah, why not?
She saw the food and asked if it was vegan?
Yeah, you can see the beef-mince, right?
I told her it was made from 100% free-range, grass-fed vegans.
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February 1, 2024 at 11:27 am
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February 4, 2024 at 11:33 am
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February 4, 2024 at 12:46 pm
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Cancer cells taken in 1951 without the knowledge or permission from Henrietta Lacks, cervical cancer victim, has been continuously cultured in laboratory environments for research purposes down to the present as the HeLa cell line. The total weight of cancer cells cultured from the HeLa line since her death from cervical cancer is equal to 30 times her body weight. The HeLa cancer cells are effectively immortal because they show no hint of reproductive senescence after 70 years. Normal human cells can divide only limited number of times before exhibiting reproductive senescence and stop dividing, so any single cell line from normal human cells can’t be cultured indefinitely.
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February 4, 2024 at 5:08 pm
(February 4, 2024 at 12:46 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Cancer cells taken in 1951 without the knowledge or permission from Henrietta Lacks, cervical cancer victim, has been continuously cultured in laboratory environments for research purposes down to the present as the HeLa cell line. The total weight of cancer cells cultured from the HeLa line since her death from cervical cancer is equal to 30 times her body weight. The HeLa cancer cells are effectively immortal because they show no hint of reproductive senescence after 70 years. Normal human cells can divide only limited number of times before exhibiting reproductive senescence and stop dividing, so any single cell line from normal human cells can’t be cultured indefinitely.
There are several immortal cell lines.
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February 4, 2024 at 5:31 pm
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February 5, 2024 at 1:05 pm
I have not used an alarm to wake up in forever.
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
February 5, 2024 at 3:49 pm
There are
Grand Slams in tennis.
Quote:The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year.
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