Posts Tagged ‘charts’
Lockdown studies: Japanese aquariums’ flowchart of the sex lives of penguins
Like many of you, I too have been creating flowcharts of the wildlife I see around me. Charts on the lives of daddy longlegs, house flies and silverfish have been compiled in A4 pads for future generations to study. If like two aquariums in Japan you have more exotic household guests, you can do as they have and publish flowcharts that track the relationships of their penguins.
Penguins, the way they waddle around and protect their eggs, are often thought of as cute, cuddly and romantic. But those who observe them for extended periods know they have a dark side. Two aquariums in Japan, Kyoto Aquarium and Sumida Aquarium, keep obsessive tabs on their penguins and maintain an updated flowchart that visualizes all their penguin drama.
As Kyoto-based researcher Oliver Jia points out, penguin drama can include serious crushes and heartbreaks but also adultery and egg-stealing. And these Japanese aquariums have it all charted in a flowchart that can be studied for hours.
Spotter: @pomeranian99
Posted: 8th, July 2020 | In: News, Strange But True | Comment
The rapper who makes the most self-references is…
Who is the world’s most self-regarding rapper? John Lemon has compiled an analysis of self-mentions by rappers to find out which of them wants it to be about ‘me-me-me’. The number one act is Nicki Minaj.
1st: Nicki Minaj (11.5% of all words)
Three albums. 17,665 words. 2026 explicit references to herself
A self-reference every 8.78 words
42.87 self-references per song
An average of 371.55 words per song
On “Right By My Side” she referenced herself every 3.5 words, or 28% of the song
Her most word-laden song is “All Things Go”, at 718 words, with 67 self-references
It;s just her, herself and more of her.
Spotter: BB
American life: the most popular pastime when your old is being alone
According to Dan Kopf’s study ‘Who Americans spend their time with‘, the sixth most popular pastime for Americans is being alone. Of course, being alone might be enforced, something formed by circumstance rather than choice. But, then, so is spending time with your family and co-workers:
Spotter: Quartz
Posted: 26th, June 2017 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Justin Bieber’s Girlfriend Selena Gomez Plans To Not Do something
THE budget may be taking us all roughly with no lubricant, Libya may well be about to explode like a giant box of catherine wheels and Japan may well consist of people stood solemnly staring at the catastrophic carnage, wondering where to begin when rebuilding such a beautiful country… but what about the really big news?
We’re talking specifically about the world of gyrating foetus, Justin Bieber or, more importantly, what Bieber’s girlfriend, Selena Gomez.
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Posted: 4th, April 2011 | In: Celebrities | Comments (2)
