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10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 6:58pm On Aug 21, 2014
1). WHY IS YAWNING CONTAGIOUS? : Yawning is a puzzling phenomenon. Even the simple act
of talking about it is enough to make some people do it
(some of you are probably doing it right now). There
really is no other bodily function quite like it.
Now, some of you reading this may be aware of the
long-standing theory that the purpose of yawning is to
keep us alert by forcing our bodies to take in an extra
large gulp of oxygen. That makes sense, because we
mostly yawn when we’re tired or bored, situations where
an extra burst of energy would come in handy.
The thing is, experiments have conclusively disproven
that theory over the years. In fact, there is no universally
agreed upon theory for why we actually yawn, even
though everyone does it. A commonly accepted theory is
that yawning actually cools down the brain, because
various experiments have shown that one of the few
things to actually change in the body during a yawn is
the temperature of the brain itself.
As for why yawning is contagious, no one knows that
either.

Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 6:59pm On Aug 21, 2014
Pals your criticism and thoughts are welcome, let's just have fun.
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 7:27pm On Aug 21, 2014
2) THE PROOF FOR '1+1=2' is 300 PAGES LONG: The equation 1+1=2 is probably the very first bit of
math that most of us learned, because addition and
subtraction are probably the simplest concepts in
mathematics. If you have one apple and somebody
gives you another, you have two apples. By the same
logic, if you have two apples and someone takes one
away, you only have one apple. It’s a universal fact of
life that transcends barriers like language or race. Which
is what makes the following sentence so unbelievable:
The proof for 1+1=2 is well over 300 pages long and it
wasn’t conclusively proven until the 20th century.

Oga benbuks are you with mecheesy

Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 7:35pm On Aug 21, 2014
3) The Definition Of ‘Almost Surely’ Is A
Mathematical Nightmare:


In more basic language, that essentially means that
even when an event has a 100 percent chance of
occurring, it won’t necessarily occur. For example, if you
flipped a coin a million times, statistically, the odds of
the coin landing on heads at least once is essentially
one. However, there is an infinitesimally small chance
that the coin could land on tails every single time. So
although the odds of the event happening are for all
intents and purposes guaranteed, it is impossible to say
that.

Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 7:38pm On Aug 21, 2014
4) How Long Is A Piece Of String? It’s
Impossible To Know



If someone was to give you a piece of string and ask you
how long it was, you’d assume that answering them
would be a fairly simple, if rather odd task. But how
would you answer that person if they wanted to know
exactly how long that piece of string was? That was
something comedian Alan Davies wanted to ascertain for
a BBC TV special aptly called How Long is a Piece of
String? by posing the deceptively simple question to a
group of scientists.
The answer was, rather ironically, “it depends,” because
the exact definition of how long something is depends
on who you ask. Mathematicians told the comedian that
a piece of string could theoretically be of infinite length,
while physicists told him that due to the nature of
subatomic physics and the fact that atoms can
technically be in two places at once, measuring the
string precisely is impossible.
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Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by Sabadon(m): 7:40pm On Aug 21, 2014
Dat yawning part tho....i personaly av made research abt it.....hmmm only God knws d mystery behind it....cos i even yawned while typing dis n i knw somebdy wud yawn y reading dis
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 7:43pm On Aug 21, 2014
5) Defining The Word ‘The’ Is Really Difficult:

The word “the” is one of the most commons words in
the English language. It’s so ubiquitous that most of us
have probably never stopped to think about how
strange of a word it actually is.
As discussed here, it’s easily one of the most difficult
words to explain to a non-native English speaker
because it has such a massive range of applications,
some of which are remarkably odd when looked at
objectively. To quote:
“Why do we say, ‘I love the ballet,’ but not ‘I love the
cable TV?’ Why do we say, ‘I have the flu,’ but not ‘I
have the headache?’ Why do we say, ‘winter is the
coldest season,’ and not ‘winter is coldest season?’ ”
Think about it—we use the word “the” in dozens of
different situations and in reference to many different
concepts, ideas, and objects interchangeably. We can
use the word to refer to everything from a specific item
to an abstract metaphorical concept, and native
speakers can instinctively tell when it’s being used
incorrectly without thinking about it.

Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 7:45pm On Aug 21, 2014
Sabadon: Dat yawning part tho....i personaly av made research abt it.....hmmm only God knws d mystery behind it....cos i even yawned while typing dis n i knw somebdy wud yawn y reading dis

I almost yawned o grin
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by Sabadon(m): 7:47pm On Aug 21, 2014
QAPHAYNE:

I almost yawned o grin
lols
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 7:56pm On Aug 21, 2014
6) WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY KNOW HOW BICYCLES WORK:


Bicycles have existed for over 100 years, and since they
were invented we’ve mastered land, sea, and air travel
while making impressive headway into space. We have
planes that can traverse the globe in a matter of hours,
so you’d think that by now we’d have the humble
bicycle just about figured out. But oddly, that’s not the
case.
As mentioned in this article, scientists have been
arguing about how exactly they work, or more
specifically, how they stay upright, almost since they
were first invented. For a long time, the major theory
was that the gyroscopic force of the wheels spinning
kept bikes upright, but when scientists built a special
bicycle with contraptions attached to it designed to
counteract any gyroscopic forces produced by the
wheels, it stayed upright and no one could explain how.

Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by ladyfeli(f): 8:01pm On Aug 21, 2014
If they don't Knw Hw bicycles work Dn Hw was it invented. They shud ask d inventor(s)

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Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 8:02pm On Aug 21, 2014
7) Some Mosquitoes Bite People Because Of
Their Clothes


If you’ve ever been bitten by a mosquito, chances are
someone nearby has given you a recycled explanation
for why the insect decided to ruin your day. Maybe they
said that you smelled good, or that you had a particular
blood type, or maybe they just told you that your shirt
makes you look like a victim. We’re not being facetious
with that list, by the way—they’re all things that
scientists believe can cause mosquitoes to find you more
attractive.
As a recent Smithsonian article details, 20 percent of
people seem to be strangely attractive to mosquitoes,
and no one is really in agreement as to why. The simple
answer would appear to be that it’s something in a
person’s blood that attracts mosquitoes. However, it
would appear that the mosquitoes are actually attracted
by a chemical signal given off by the body. It’s present
in around 85 percent of us—which also explains why
some people seem invisible to mosquitoes—and it
indicates what your blood type is.
Another, stranger theory is that mosquitoes are naturally
attracted to darker, more vivid colors. In other words, it’s
actually been theorized—and in some cases shown—that
mosquitoes will bite people because they like their shirt.

Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 8:27pm On Aug 21, 2014
8] We Enjoy Things For Reasons Other Than
Enjoyment:


Enjoyment is a weird thing because it’s so subjective—
for every person who loves a given food, song, or movie,
there’s another person who adamantly hates it. You’d
think that the reason we enjoy things is because it feels
good in some way, but scientists have conclusively
proven that that’s only half the story.
For example, people can be fooled into thinking they
love a certain food or wine just by telling them it’s really
expensive. The same can be said for objects—people will
instinctively choose an expensive product over a
cheaper one purely because of the price. Enjoyment is
barely even a factor. In marketing, this is known as the
“Chivas Regal effect,” named for the scotch of the same
name which saw sales explode after they simply raised
the price of their product.

Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 8:37pm On Aug 21, 2014
9) Left And Right Have Been Confusing
Philosophers For Years

How would you explain the concept of left and right to
someone who had no idea what those words meant?
Would you explain it in terms of your relative position to
a well-known stationary landmark? Or maybe you’d
think outside the box and refer to the rotation of the
Earth or something comparably massive and
unchanging. But what if you were talking to an alien
whose planet rotated differently to our own, or one who
didn’t have eyes? It’s a question that has been
intriguing philosophers for years because, without an
agreed upon point of reference, it’s incredibly difficult to
define what left and right actually are.
For exam

Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 9:14pm On Aug 21, 2014
Still thinking about no 10, pals ur suggestions and comments are welcome.
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by dammyjay93(m): 11:19pm On Aug 21, 2014
Lol shocked cheesy I actually yawned

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Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 6:01am On Aug 22, 2014
ladyfeli: I will comment wen I c all of dm

Oya o ladyfelli the post dun complete, what do you think. cheesy
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 6:03am On Aug 22, 2014
dammyjay93: Lol shocked cheesy I actually yawned

Hahaha actually 65 per cent of readers would yawncheesy

#YAWNS#

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Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 7:15am On Aug 22, 2014
Also check out: https://www.nairaland.com/1868316/10-strange-birth-customs-around#25671390
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by Nobody: 10:25am On Aug 22, 2014
QAPHAYNE: 2) THE PROOF FOR '1+1=2' is 300 PAGES LONG: The equation 1+1=2 is probably the very first bit of
math that most of us learned, because addition and
subtraction are probably the simplest concepts in
mathematics. If you have one apple and somebody
gives you another, you have two apples. By the same
logic, if you have two apples and someone takes one
away, you only have one apple. It’s a universal fact of
life that transcends barriers like language or race. Which
is what makes the following sentence so unbelievable:
The proof for 1+1=2 is well over 300 pages long and it
wasn’t conclusively proven until the 20th century.

Oga benbuks are you with mecheesy

kinda .? wana teach me something .?

BTW: y mention my name , knew me smwer or wah .?
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 11:10am On Aug 22, 2014
benbuks:

kinda .? wana teach me something .?

BTW: y mention my name , knew me smwer or wah .?

Yeah used to read your posts as a guest on nl b4 I joined.
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by kayojosephy(m): 12:22pm On Aug 22, 2014
wonderment.....
got ova d yawning stuff as I no free yawn.....
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 1:26pm On Aug 22, 2014
kayojosephy: wonderment.....
got ova d yawning stuff as I no free yawn.....

Your signature na wa o
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by eemjay17(m): 1:48pm On Aug 22, 2014
I try not to yawn but i end up yawning and still yawning while typing this reply...#DamnStrange
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by abdulaz: 1:56pm On Aug 22, 2014
QAPHAYNE: 9) Left And Right Have Been Confusing
Philosophers For Years

How would you explain the concept of left and right to
someone who had no idea what those words meant?
Would you explain it in terms of your relative position to
a well-known stationary landmark? Or maybe you’d
think outside the box and refer to the rotation of the
Earth or something comparably massive and
unchanging. But what if you were talking to an alien
whose planet rotated differently to our own, or one who
didn’t have eyes? It’s a question that has been
intriguing philosophers for years because, without an
agreed upon point of reference, it’s incredibly difficult to
define what left and right actually are.
For exam
same thing applies to clockwise and anticlockwise direction to those who are left handed.
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by abdulaz: 1:57pm On Aug 22, 2014
QAPHAYNE: 9) Left And Right Have Been Confusing
Philosophers For Years

How would you explain the concept of left and right to
someone who had no idea what those words meant?
Would you explain it in terms of your relative position to
a well-known stationary landmark? Or maybe you’d
think outside the box and refer to the rotation of the
Earth or something comparably massive and
unchanging. But what if you were talking to an alien
whose planet rotated differently to our own, or one who
didn’t have eyes? It’s a question that has been
intriguing philosophers for years because, without an
agreed upon point of reference, it’s incredibly difficult to
define what left and right actually are.
For exam
same thing applies to clockwise and anticlockwise direction to those who are left handed.
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by Olajummylove(f): 2:00pm On Aug 22, 2014
Wow... the yawning and no 9 got me thinking
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 2:03pm On Aug 22, 2014
abdulaz: same thing applies to clockwise and anticlockwise direction to those who are left handed.

On point sir. Very very on point.
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by QAPHAYNE: 2:04pm On Aug 22, 2014
Olajummylove: Wow... the yawning and no 9 got me thinking

Did you yawn while reading it? Talk true ocheesy
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by dapyd1(m): 2:30pm On Aug 22, 2014
Source?
Re: 10 Things That Are Deceptively Complex by ladyfeli(f): 5:01pm On Aug 22, 2014
QAPHAYNE:

Oya o ladyfelli the post dun complete, what do you think. cheesy
I ve commented

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