Fatal Familial Insomnia Sounds weird? It is. Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a very rare autosomal dominant inherited prion disease of the brain. The dominant gene responsible has been found in just 28 families worldwide; if only one parent has the gene, the offspring have a 50% chance of inheriting it and developing the disease. [...]
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October 13, 2008
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Morning Mayhem
By Stephen in Bizaare, HumourIt started off like any other morning… ..and finished the same way The End Juuuuuuuust kidding So, we hear this absolutely raucous barking from outside our otherwise perfectly peaceful establishment just after breakfast this morning, and Dad unperturbed remarks, “oh, that must be the Electrician.” From the way our wonderful guard dog, *snicker* Trina, was [...]
August 18, 2008
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Paradox Theorems
By Stephen in Bizaare, Confusing, ParanormalThis is some of the craziest stuff you will ever try get your head around. Sam showed a couple of these to me a while back, and they’re just insane. – Curry’s paradox: “If this sentence is true, the world will end in a week.” Epimenides paradox: A Cretan says “All Cretans are liars”. Are [...]
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