Strange But True...

I read an article on wednesday. - Rabbits can hear colours - all the molecules and compunds in pigments in all the colours vibrate at different frequencies because it is lots of different atoms and molecular structures, and rabbits can hear all the frequencies. It is really amazing, I think.

Please does anyone else know any random facts at-all?
I am sorry it is a really silly and geeky thread - I hope it is a cool idea!

Due to the amounts of iron in our body, we all have a tendency to head towards magnetic north.

If we were floating in a swimming pool, spinning round, we would all stop with our livers pointing towards magnetic north.

Of course, this may cause problems when the poles switch again, but New Scientist reckon it'll just be vomiting and cramps, so that's ok.

I read that rabbits one too, DJ. Wasn't it in Nature?

I'm finding it hard to believe a lot of these stories. I'd really like to read the articles though if any of you can remember where you read them.

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Jaguars love the scent of Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men so much that conservationists are using it to lure them out of hiding and into camera range so they can get a better idea of their numbers

I read it right here

It's such a shame it's not the Lynx effect

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Due to the amounts of iron in our body, we all have a tendency to head towards magnetic north.

If we were floating in a swimming pool, spinning round, we would all stop with our livers pointing towards magnetic north.

Which part of our liver?

I think they said the right lobe.

Oh - I read it too! It is really amazing! I am trying to test it a tiny bit, but it is not working so much.

Also, I really want to take lots of iron suppliments to try to make me lots more magnetic, but I am really worried it is dangerous. I am not sure. I am really worried I would get stuck to the fridge, I think!

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Cats can hear ultrasound, and pick up radio 2 in their heads - other stations are just out of their range, but radio 2 is audible.

Like, actual Radio 2? Because if I couldn't block Alan Carr out of my head of a Saturday afternoon I might be tempted to run under the closest bus.

Did you hear it also happened in that Welsh village? (I think it's Welsh anyhow. It was somewhere very rural.) Anyhow, it turned out the materials the dentist was using for fillings were picking up radio frequencies and people were freaking out, thinking they were going mad. It was only when one person told the others he was hearing classical music when his wife opened her mouth that they actually realised what it was. Strangely enough it went on for a few years before anyone actually *said* anything, which just shows that mental health talk needs to be more heavily promoted.

Hehe, can you imagine stroking your cat and hearing Terry Wogan's voice coming from it. Jim, does it work that we can hear radio 2 via the cat, or is it just the cats that can hear it? Is it like those lollipops that were all the rage a few years ago- suck 'em and hear tunes? (Not that people suck cats, but you get what I mean- need to be in very close proximity to hear it.)