Mystery of yellow pee solved
The enzyme that makes urine yellow has been finally identified. It has been known for more than 125 years that a compound called urobilin is responsible for urine's yellow colour. But it was unclear how exactly it is created from the red-orange bilirubin. This waste product from degraded red blood cells can lead to jaundice and neurological damage if too much of it builds up in the body. The enzyme, bilirubin reductase, is made by gut microbes and converts bilirubin into colourless urobilinogen, which breaks down further into yellow urobilin.
Jeff Bezos Made Over $7.9 Million An Hour Every Hour In 2023 — In Under 13 Minutes, He Brought In The Equivalent Of What The Typical Person Earns In A Lifetime
That means he made $189,600,000 every day, or $69,204,000,000 in a year. I don't think he made $ 69 billion last year. There may have been some market spikes where his net worth jumped in one hour to give those numbers, but I can't believe it went on and averaged out to that for a whole year. But I've been wrong before...
@peter4jc said:
Rusty's agreeing that I've been wrong before. Or, am I wrong again? ;-)
Agreeing with your point. I often wonder where these numbers come from. Is because Amazon grossed that amount they believe Bezos pocketed that much? Is it because they know how much money he draws interest on? Is his direct income public knowledge? I just wonder too much.
This tidbit could go in the Things I Hate thread, but it's a good intro into the useless information found below; "I was today years old when I learned...". I just hate it. But today I was today years old when I learned alligators do this...
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
But rather I fear I eat too much peanut butter. Jif specifically. It’s creamy and doesn’t get stuck. You know what does kinda stick? That “natural” peanut butter. And I tried almond butter. Man..That stuff would choke a horse.
blueberries don’t actually contain any blue pigments (rather, their pigments are dark red). The blue is a result of the nanosized structures in the fruits’ waxy coatings.
We know all about those, just not what they are called.
Last night I watched movie named Memory; it was done well and looked at the effects memories have on us and how we misinterpret them and how they shape our present days. In the soundtrack was Procol Harem's A Whiter Shade of Pale and because I have subtitles on for most movies these days, I learned that I've had the lyrics wrong for the last 6 decades.
If Sweden and Denmark teams were playing each other, on the tv screen it would say SWE vs DEN. The beginning three letters from each team would spell Sweden. The leftover letters from each country would spell Denmark. 🤔
I microwaved a banana on high for 15 seconds....
because I left it in my vehicle overnight....
because I took two with me yesterday....
because I only ate one...
because I wanted it to be much warmer than near freezing...
because that one was the oldest one and needed to be eaten sooner that the fresher ones on the counter.....
Oh yeah! The stem heated to 120* Fahrenheit. Just the stem. Yeah, I measured it. And it was probably much hotter than that before I got around to measuring it.
The rest of it was still pretty cold. I didn't measure that.
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Which solar system?
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Ours. One star.
Mystery of yellow pee solved
The enzyme that makes urine yellow has been finally identified. It has been known for more than 125 years that a compound called urobilin is responsible for urine's yellow colour. But it was unclear how exactly it is created from the red-orange bilirubin. This waste product from degraded red blood cells can lead to jaundice and neurological damage if too much of it builds up in the body. The enzyme, bilirubin reductase, is made by gut microbes and converts bilirubin into colourless urobilinogen, which breaks down further into yellow urobilin.
Ground kangaroo meat is $14/lb in the U.S.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Jeff Bezos Made Over $7.9 Million An Hour Every Hour In 2023 — In Under 13 Minutes, He Brought In The Equivalent Of What The Typical Person Earns In A Lifetime
That means he made $189,600,000 every day, or $69,204,000,000 in a year. I don't think he made $ 69 billion last year. There may have been some market spikes where his net worth jumped in one hour to give those numbers, but I can't believe it went on and averaged out to that for a whole year. But I've been wrong before...
Rusty's agreeing that I've been wrong before. Or, am I wrong again? ;-)
Agreeing with your point. I often wonder where these numbers come from. Is because Amazon grossed that amount they believe Bezos pocketed that much? Is it because they know how much money he draws interest on? Is his direct income public knowledge? I just wonder too much.
Jeff Bezos delivers 540,000 packages per hour.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Almost as fast as Santa Claus!
Snails have a small hole in their shells they breathe and poop through. I would not want to be a snail.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Neither would this dog
This tidbit could go in the Things I Hate thread, but it's a good intro into the useless information found below; "I was today years old when I learned...". I just hate it. But today I was today years old when I learned alligators do this...
Frozen alligators found in North Carolina as temperatures hit 17 degrees.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/alligators-crocodiles/alligators-survive-cold-snap-by-becoming-frozen-solid-in-north-carolina-and-texas-ponds
Now, I just have to learn how to replace the link with hyper-linked text.
Here's how you can add a hyperlink to a text string in four easy steps, or one line using Markdown formatting.
Frozen alligators found in North Carolina as temperatures hit 17 degrees.
Step 1, highlight the text that you want to hyper-link.
Step 2, Click on the hyperlink icon
Step 3, paste the hyperlink in the text box
Step 4, press OK and then click an empty part of your message body and review your hyperlinked text.
Alternate method:
[text string](hyperlink)Now, that is not useless information! Thank you, Chris!!!
Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin
Sooner or later, someone will pull the plug.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
The most widely spoken language of Senegal is Wolof.
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter actually getting stuck on the roof of your mouth
I don’t have that. ^^^^^^
But rather I fear I eat too much peanut butter. Jif specifically. It’s creamy and doesn’t get stuck. You know what does kinda stick? That “natural” peanut butter. And I tried almond butter. Man..That stuff would choke a horse.
blueberries don’t actually contain any blue pigments (rather, their pigments are dark red). The blue is a result of the nanosized structures in the fruits’ waxy coatings.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/blueberries-blue-is-just-skin-deep-depending-on-structure-not-pigments/4018966.article
That helps explain why my pancakes made with frozen blueberries and their melted freezer burn water turn green instead of blue. They taste great.
May not be so useless the way things are going. Long before Roe vs Wade:
A mondegreen is a misheard lyric
We know all about those, just not what they are called.
Last night I watched movie named Memory; it was done well and looked at the effects memories have on us and how we misinterpret them and how they shape our present days. In the soundtrack was Procol Harem's A Whiter Shade of Pale and because I have subtitles on for most movies these days, I learned that I've had the lyrics wrong for the last 6 decades.
If Sweden and Denmark teams were playing each other, on the tv screen it would say SWE vs DEN. The beginning three letters from each team would spell Sweden. The leftover letters from each country would spell Denmark. 🤔
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
I microwaved a banana on high for 15 seconds....
because I left it in my vehicle overnight....
because I took two with me yesterday....
because I only ate one...
because I wanted it to be much warmer than near freezing...
because that one was the oldest one and needed to be eaten sooner that the fresher ones on the counter.....
Oh yeah! The stem heated to 120* Fahrenheit. Just the stem. Yeah, I measured it. And it was probably much hotter than that before I got around to measuring it.
The rest of it was still pretty cold. I didn't measure that.
As long as it didn't hurt too bad.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.