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I came across this recently and have been unable to find a reputable source to back this claim. Several lists (of odd/bizarre events) make this claim, and even RationalWiki asserts this, using a slate.com article as its source (another list also used it as the source). The thing is, the article itself has mention of Martin Luther, let alone that he supposedly ate spoonfuls of **** daily. Does anyone know is this is true, like in a legitimate biography true, was it "rumored" that he did this, or is this some sort of internet hoax? To be clear I am referring to the 16th century German Theologian.

The title pretty much sums it up. I have searched for it through many different avenues, and besides what appears to be results in Arabic, I have come up empty. It seems hard to believe it has yet to be translated into English, but I suppose this is possible. Anyone know where I could find the data/results?

Some people refer to a single track or recording of music as a cut. Does anyone know how the word came to be used in this way?

On various websites I have encountered fantastic (and hilarious) alleged feats performed by former supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il. For example, he supposedly wrote over 1500 books and composed 6 operas in 3 years, while attending college. The first (and last) game of golf he ever played he got 11 holes in one, and he didn't need to defecate. Preceding these laughably impossible stories is often the phrase: "According to his official biography...". This sounds like some L. Ron Hubbard type of #@$!, and this "biography" seems like a gold mine of entertainment.

I have looked, but I can not find the name of this "official biography". For all I know, it may have yet to be translated into English. In any case, does anyone know where I could find it? Preferably online, but I would consider purchasing a hard copy, if the price was reasonable. Thanks for your time.

I assume it is very likely that the practice - in one form or another - predates the written word. I am just wondering if anyone knows when/where some of the first written accounts of the game "tag" are?

I was reading the Wikipedia article on misconceptions about tornadoes, when I ran across the following passage:

"...tornadoes can be wrapped in rain and thus may not be visible at all."

I was interested to find out that these 'invisible' tornadoes do exist. I was wondering if they are a common occurrence, because I have never heard of this before. I did a little searching and found a good deal of information about 'rain-wrapped' tornadoes, but couldn't find out how rare they are (if they are rare at all). Anyone know if they are extremely rare, or if they happen with a sort of regularity?

My understanding of why we see different colors during a sunset is that the light from the sun is coming in from different angles and scattering in our atmosphere, creating different colored clouds and different colors in the sky. If this is the case, then why is there never any green? The wavelength for green (495-570nm) is between blue (450-495nm) and yellow (570-590nm), and yet it somehow gets skipped.

I have heard about the 'green-flash', so I am aware that green is sometimes observed. What I am wondering is why the clouds can be purple, blue, yellow, orange, red, etc. but never green. There may be something obvious I am missing, or maybe not; in either case could someone explain this?

I have read and heard several variants of this experiment (below my question) before, and I was wondering if anyone knew if this actually happened, or is it just a fictional story to illustrate a point?

"A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on the top.

Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water.

After a while, every time a monkey went up the ladder, the others beat up the one on the ladder.

After some time, no monkey dare[d] to go up the ladder regardless of the temptation.

Scientists then decided to substitute one of the monkeys. The 1st thing this new monkey did was to go up the ladder. Immediately the other monkeys beat him up.

After several beatings, the new member learned not to climb the ladder even though he never knew why.

A 2nd monkey was substituted and the same occurred. The 1st monkey participated on [sic] the beating for [sic] the 2nd monkey. A 3rd monkey was changed and the same was repeated (beating). The 4th was substituted and the beating was repeated and finally the 5th monkey was replaced.

What was left was a group of 5 monkeys that even though never received a cold shower, continued to beat up any monkey who attempted to climb the ladder..."

At around 13:14 in the movie Syriana, Matt Damon turns up the volume on the television and there is an old clip playing of Rockefeller and FDR (amongst others) singing what sounds like a Christan hymn of some sort. It is hard to make out the lyrics (and they are not in the subtitles), but they appear to be at the end and the final lyrics are something along the lines of "while the days are counting by".

Anyone know what song they are singing?

Back in the late 80's early 90's I remember playing this video game on a system that I had never seen before. All I can remember is that the games were on these small, thin white cards roughly 2 1/2" x 4" in size. One of the games also had something to do with a volcano. I know it is not a lot to go on, but does anyone know what system this is?

I found a piece of paper on the floor of a store with a number on it and I can't seem to figure out what it is.

The number is as follows:

31009.001.61.18.11.801

I don't recognize this type of number. Does anyone know what uses xxxxx.xxx.xx.xx.xx.xxx?

Are the numbers 1-10 in Turkish and Azerbaijani pronounced the same?

I just read about anthrax-contaminated heroin in Germany on RSOE EDIS. After searching for and reading a few news articles I am still left with the following question:

How was the heroin contaminated? Is this a possible outcome of incorrectly manufacturing heroin (like methanol with alcohol), or was this a deliberate and malicious attempt to poison people?

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_de...

http://www.examiner.com/article/fourth-case-of-ant...

What does the "t" in t-carrier stand for?

Does anyone know where they got the sound bites for the song "World of the LSD User" by Mushroomhead? Did they make them up or did they get them from some 1950's educational video?

I know the sound bite at the end is from Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me.

I was taking a CompTIA A+ practice exam and one of the answers to a question says the following:

"The interface and power connectors must be either SSD specific or SATA-to-SSD adapters for both must be available on the motherboard".

I thought SSD drives just used a SATA cable. Can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks for any help.

Does anyone know how to pronounce the word "santhara"? Santhara is the Jain religious ritual of voluntary death by fasting. Forvo doesn't have a listing and I have looked other places to no avail. I would appreciate any help. Thank you.

I was wondering how much someone who is taking the two CompTIA A+ exams (220-701, 220-702) needs to know about Windows 2000. Also, if anyone as taken the exam, what kinds of Windows 2000 related questions are there? Thank you for any help you can provide.

I just purchased a 1TB Fantom external hard drive. I connected it to my laptop (via eSATA) and transferred some files. Then I went to safely remove the drive by clicking the "safely remove hardware" icon in the system tray, only to find that the device wasn't on the list. I then went to My Computer and tried right-clicking on the drive, in order to safely remove or eject from the context menu. The options were not there either. I know that I can shut down my computer and then unplug the cable without the risk of corrupting any data, but I do not want to have to shut down my computer every time I backup my files. Does anyone know of another way to safely remove the drive?

If it matters I am running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1, and the drive is a Fantom GF1000EUC G-Force External Hard Drive (1 TB, eSATA).

Thanks for any help you can give.

What is the surface area, in square kilometers, of Saturn's moon Hyperion?