The Whosis Kid

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Japanese Sapporo Brews World’s First Space Beer

The long awaited Space Barley, the beer made with barley grown in space, has finally arrived. The “space barley” used to make this beer is the fourth generation descendant of the Haruna Nijo malting barley that was developed by Sapporo Breweries and kept in space for five months during 2006 as part of our collaborative research with the Russian Academy of Sciences and Okayama University with the purpose of achieving self-sufficiency in food in the space environment.

Barley from spaaaaaccccceeee!!!!

Christmas? Yes? I think so.

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The grey matter upstairs, taken under a closer look.:

• 3 = the weight of your brain in pounds
• 4 to 6 = the number of minutes your brain can survive without oxygen before it starts to die
• 8 to 10 = the number of seconds you have before losing consciousness due to blood loss
• 10 to 23 = the number of watts of power your grain generates when you’re awake (that’s enough to turn on a light bulb!)
• 20 = the percentages of oxygen and blood flow going to the brain
• 100,000 = the number of miles of blood vessels in your brain
• 1,000 to 10,000 = the number of synapses for each neuron in your brain
• 100 billion = the number of neurons in your brain

• Your brain knows when you tickle yourself, which is why you don’t bend over laughing.
• Supertasters have a super power that enables them to sometimes taste flavours that others can’t detect; they have more taste buds and a brain that’s more sensitive to tastes of foods and drinks.
• When you sleep, you’re virtually paralyzed because your brain creates a hormone to prevent you from acting out your dreams.
• About 12% of people dream in black and white.
• It’s not true that humans only use 10% of their brains; each part of the brain has a purpose.

Ok that was some brain crunching “facts” I thought were nice to know.

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Note the bolded part. FINALLY someone mentions that. Nothing annoys me more than when someone says “Did you know we only use 10% of our brains!?”

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I know it is only a football game and so some of this might appear elementary, but tomorrow is going to be a very emotional day for me. It is my last football broadcast in Ohio Stadium (two more games after this, but both are away) as a member of Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio. It is going to be a fun experience as the weather is supposed to be great and the atmosphere should be as good as it has been, but it is definitely going to be a difficult day. I’ve had the pleasure of doing this for two years and it has led to some of the greatest memories I’ve ever had. I’ve gotten close with my staff during that time and there has never been a moment that we were not truly enjoying what we were doing. It has been a privilege to wake up early on Saturdays and march through the mob on Lane Ave. It really has been an experience that I would not substitute for anything and it will be difficult knowing that it will be my last time doing a broadcast from the camera deck. I know I’m supposed to at least appear as objective, but I hope Ohio State wins it tomorrow. Besides just wanting my team to win, tomorrow’s game is pretty personal to me, as my time at Ohio State is nearing its end. But for reasons such as this, it has been quite an experience.