September 2010
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“I come here today not just to bash on fucking technology, but to offer you all a...”
– Eastbound and Down
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Why Does Spicy Food Taste Hot? →
It turns out that capsaicin – the active ingredient in spicy food – binds to a special class of vanilloid receptor inside our mouth called VR1 receptors. After capsaicin binds to these receptors, the sensory neuron is depolarized, and it sends along a signal indicating the presence of spicy stimuli. But here’s the strange part: VR1 receptors weren’t designed to detect capsaicin. They bind spicy...
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“My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so...”
– Douglas Adams (from lilikoifish)
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“I think a lot of the problems we’ve been experiencing come from the fact that no...”
– Patton Oswalt from sujay
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WatchWinnie Cooper Saved Our Lives by Amelianne Mary
Me and my three-legged dog.
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