CULTURAL QA 01-2024-17 All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 17-01-2024.
Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled and posted by R. Gopalakrishnan, on 17-01-2024 Q1 Do youknow a joke about the Amish? A1 Andras Lu,Sep 20 An Amish girl and hermother were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by twoshiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again. The girlasked, “Mother, what is this?” The mother, never having seen an elevator, responded, “I havenever seen anything like this in my life. I don’t know what it is.” While the girl and her motherwatched with amazement, an old man in a wheelchair rolled up to the movingwalls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the man rolled betweenthem into a small room. The walls closed and the girl and her mother watchedthe small numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued towatch until the last number was reached, and they watched some more as the numbersbegan to light in reverse order.The walls opened up again and a hunky young man stepped out. Themother, not taking her eyes off the young man, said quietly to her daughter, “Go get your father.” My note- Arefreshing joke Q2 Howdoes the absorption rate of water differ in the small intestine compared to thestomach? A2 Ken Saladin ,Former professor of histology (microscopic anatomy)Updated Sat The stomach absorbswater poorly because of its thick mucous coat. Thewater one drinks , or that’s in one’s food, is absorbed almost entirely by thesmall and large intestines—mainly the small. In the small intestine, about 20% of a drink of pure water isabsorbed in 1 minute. The rate slows down after the first minute, and about 50%of a drink is absorbed in 4 minutes.[1] I’m still looking for data on absorption from thestomach, but even if I can find any, it can be difficult to meaningfully compare one study toanother because of experimental variables and differences in the waysabsorption is measured. The study above did it by administering water through atube to bypass the stomach; using water labeled with the radioisotope deuterium(D2O instead of H2O); and measuring the rate at which the tracer appeared inthe intestinal bloodstream. The large intestineabsorbs much less than the small intestine. Different studies cite 300 to 400mL per day.[2] About 90% of ingestedwater is already absorbed by the time the intestinal contents reach the largeintestine. The largeintestine contents have a greater osmolarity than those of the small intestine,thus creating a greater opposition to water reabsorption. The small intestine can absor 8,000mL/day; the large intestine, only 300–400 mL/day. Q3 What isthe funniest clean joke you know? A3 GordonHayes, Former I Spent 50 Years Carting Logs With a Manual Gearbox8h An old couple are shopping at a supermarket. The wife isgrabbing everything that's on special or sale price even though they don't needthem. After an hour of this the husband is getting annoyed. He says to the wife, we don't need most of thisstuff, why are you buying it? She says wemight use them one day and we're saving a small fortune. He said yes, but you're saving us so much we can't afford it. Q4 Can aship stop without an anchor? A4 RebeccaWilliams, knows about boats and ships Nov 20 An anchor is a devicethat is used to secure a ship to the seabed, preventing it from drifting awaydue to the wind or the current. Anchors have been used for centuries by sailors and navigators, and theyare still very useful and reliable today. Anchors are not the only way to stopa ship. There are othermethods that can be used to slow down or halt a ship’s movement, depending on the type of ship, thesituation, and the preference of the captain. By reversing the thrust ofthe engine, the ship can reduce its speed and eventually come to a stop. This technique is particularlyuseful in emergencies, when the ship needs to stop as quickly as possible, orwhen the ship is near a port or a dock, where anchoring might not be possibleor convenient. This method has some drawbacks, such asconsuming more fuel, creating more noise and pollution, and requiring moreskill and attention from the crew. A sea brake is a large metal plate that is lowered intothe water behind the ship.The plate creates resistance and drag, which helps to slow down the ship. Seabrakes are usually used in the offshore industry, especially for oil rigs andplatforms, where anchoring might not be feasible or safe. This method has somedisadvantages, such as being expensive, heavy, and difficult to deploy andretrieve. A drift hook is alarge metal hook that is attached to a rope and thrown overboard. The hook catches on the seabed orany other obstacle, such as a rock or a coral, and the friction created helpsto bring the ship to a stop. Drifthooks are commonly used in areas where anchoring is not possible orallowed, such as rocky or coral reefs, or protected marine zones. This methodalso has some risks, such as damaging the environment, getting stuck ortangled, and being unreliable. Q5 Canbirds fly to the height of Everest? A5 AlexCooper, Animal enthusiast Jan 8 At least one species can, yes. Everest stands just over 29,000 feet high. The highestconfirmed flight by a bird is 37,000 feet, by Rüppell's vulture. Here is a totally-not-edited picture of this vulture speciessoaring above the Himalayas… on holiday, I suppose, since it lives in Africa. Vulture by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons , Mountain by anuppanthi on Pixabay . Apology from me for combining them. The vulture inquestion collided with a commercial aircraft while flying over the Ivory Coaston 29 November, 1973.This damaged one of the engines but the plane landed safely and in one piece.The same cannot be said about the vulture.[1] What about thequestion do any birds fly over Everest? Well, Bar-headed Geese fly high through the Himalayasduring migration, and one, unverified source says they were seen flying overEverest. I prefer to shit in your local park. Yet satellite trackingshows most of these geese don’t exceed 21,000 feet, with the highest measuredflight just below 24,000 feet.[2] The authors of thestudies believe that tales of them flying higher than Everest are untrue. The same sources thatsay bar-headed geese can fly over 29,000 feet mention common cranes reaching33,000 feet, but I can’tsee any evidence and don’t know how accurate that is. Ditto alpine choughs,which have supposedly been spotted by climbers practically at the top ofEverest. Either way, let’s havea Rüppell of applause for the clear-cut number 1: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1648534701.1768268.1705503970086%40mail.yahoo.com.
