Random trivia

[LooseCannon]

I always thought Black Panthers were a quasi-revolutionary movement consisting of African-Americans in the 60s!

 

[Anonymous]

[!--QuoteBegin-Perun+Sep 14 2005, 02:03 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Perun @ Sep 14 2005, 02:03 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]No, Albinism isn't correct. I'll leave that open for anyone who feels like answering [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]

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I think the right word is leucism: there is no pigmentation of the fur, but the eyes are not red as in albinism.

And yes, they are soooo cute...
Wouldn't meet them for real though, I want to keep all my limbs!

 

[Anonymous]

[!--QuoteBegin-Le Hibou - The Owl+Sep 15 2005, 12:20 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Le Hibou - The Owl @ Sep 15 2005, 12:20 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]I think the right word is leucism: there is no pigmentation of the fur, but the eyes are not red as in albinism.

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That's it, Owly [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'smile.gif\' /][!--endemo--]

 

[Anonymous]

What is happening here:

[img src=\'http://www.creativemoments.co.za/images/CanFall1/algonquin%20landscape.jpg\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\' /]

 

[LooseCannon]

Looks like smog.

 

[national acrobat]

Looks like trees to me; lots of pretty trees and all different colours.

 

[Anonymous]

No smog there. national acrobat is on the right path.

 

[national acrobat]

Woohoo! Well, anyway, there ain't much more that I can say about that picture, so I'll let someone else finish working it out.

 

[IronDuke]

I might be over-simplifying the question, but they appear to be turning colour. They are no longer photosynthesizing, and therefore do not produce chlorophyll, the stuff that makes them green.

 

[Anonymous]

That's it, Duke.
I was expecting a more in-depth answer, but that will do [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'smile.gif\' /][!--endemo--]

 

[national acrobat]

Next question: Whom did the emperor Augustus refer to as his three sores or cancers ("tris vomicas ac tria carcinomata sua")?

 

[IronDuke]

Antony, Cleopatra, and some other dude?

 

[Anonymous]

Livia, probably

 

[national acrobat]

Nope and nope. Perun is slightly closer though. All three were members of his family.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm tempted to say Drusus and Tiberius are two of them.

 

[national acrobat]

Neither are, I'm afraid.

 

[Anonymous]

Damn, Augustus' family was 'kin big! Can you give us a hint? [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'smile.gif\' /][!--endemo--]

 

[Anonymous]

Is it Julia I, Julia II and Agrippa Postumus?

 

[national acrobat]

Yep, Battlemaniacs is right. The quote is from Suetonius, Life of Augustus, and refers to his daughter Julia and two of her children, Julia and Agrippa Postumus, all of whom were exiled.

 

[Anonymous]

It wasn't really hard, I just googled the quote and it was on the first page!! [!--emo&--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]