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chemtats:

Hydridonitridocarbon (Hydrogen cyanide, hydrocyanic acid)

Hydrogen cyanide, also called Prussic acid, is a weakly acidic, extremely poisonous and flammable substance that has found use in industries such as gold and silver mining and electroplating, and the production of nylon and useful organic compounds. In gaseous form it is a highly effective and dangerous toxin, killing living creatures by preventing cells from processing ATP, which results in a coma with seizures, lack of breathing and heart failure. Concentrated exposure is almost always fatal, but if the dose is sufficiently low, antidotes can be administered and survival is possible, though often with significant nerve damage.

Hydrogen cyanide was tried out as a chemical weapon during World War 1, but was deemed ineffective in the field due to it requiring high concentrations to affect humans (200 to 2000 parts per million), which was made more difficult by the fact that HCN is lighter than air and so floated away from the battlefield. The body also metabolizes cyanide fairly quickly into thiocyanate, which is only 1% as toxic as cyanide, though this process and subsequent flushing of the toxin takes time and simply does not suffice for concentrations of more than 3mg per liter of blood, which is fatal.

hi ducky! do you think you could translate yana latest tweet about guns and the police (i think thats what its about) :0

akumadeenglish:

sorry for the delay in replying!

source: yana’s tweets from 2018/08/04 

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rough translation:

From Victorian era through to modern times, the British police doesn’t carry guns (though afaik Northern Ireland does) because apparently they think that “no gun should be pointed at citizens”. This is awesome. Hence, in Kuroshitsuji, too, Abberline as well as the other officers don’t carry guns. On the other hand, the Watchdog who is supposed to do things that the police can’t, shoots without hesitation. –Toboso

Lately, I regret that I didn’t elaborate more on the struggles of Abberline and the police, as well as the outrageous behaviour of the Queen’s watchdog [when it comes to investigation]. The reason why Commissioner Randall despises the Phantomhives so much is that he can’t stand their arrogance, acting as though they are above the law (though it’s for the sake of the early solution of the crime). –Toboso

As was the case with JTR arc and Blue Sect arc, it must be really frustrating to the police how – while they are investigating legally and peacefully – the Phantomhives catch the criminal by using immoral methods and firing the gun like mad
 –Toboso

Basically, Ciel is only called upon either when the case has already claimed a lot of victims or when there are still too many uncertainties that the police can’t start investigating. That’s why the Phantomhives aren’t welcomed [by the police]. If I was called “incompetent” by some cheater who comes late and doesn’t even follow the rules at all, I’d punch him. But unlike me, Randall and Abberline act like proper adults [when they meet OC at a crime scene]
  –Toboso

Bonus: if anyone’s interested, here’s a bbc article on this issue

Hey…I was wondering…what happens to us after death in Judaism? Is there something different for those who are Jewish and those who are not? Does heaven and hell exist in the Jewish faith? Thanks :)

ofblessedmemory:

Well. It really depends on who you ask, but most agree that there’s no way to know for sure what happens when someone dies until we ourselves die. Because of this, the answer you’ll get from different sources will often be really vague and may even contain several different answers.

There is a belief in “heaven” and “hell” in Judaism, but they’re very, very different from what Christianity believes, and fairly little attention is paid to them. It should also be understood that, in Judaism, there was no “fall of Satan.” That story is taken entirely as a metaphor for a really arrogant Babylonian king, and thus no belief in a “King of Hell” who tortures souls for all eternity. And as far as I’m aware, there’s no belief in a difference of what happens when a Jewish person dies and when a goy dies.

A popular theory is that when we die, our soul goes to a place called

Gehinnom, or “hell,” technically. It’s not a place of punishment, but rather a place of cleansing. Everyone goes there, regardless of what they did in life. Some people might be there longer, but most are only there for about three months, and often no longer than twelve months. While there, our sins are burned off so that we may enter Gan Eden (the Garden of Eden,) often believed to be “heaven.”

Though, many Jewish people also believe in reincarnation. Some believe that the soul goes through reincarnation -I think- seven times (more, if needed,) in order to be perfected and refined for entrance into Gan Eden.

When someone who is considered truly evil dies, like Ted Bundy for example, they wouldn’t go there. Instead, their soul would be considered far too corrupt to be able to cleansed, and thus destroyed.

There are some references in Torah to a place called She’ol, where the dead “live,” though it may also be believed to be more of a metaphor for oblivion; the idea that nothing happens when we die.

Some believe that our relationship with G-d will be reflected in how our soul is treated and what happens to it after the body dies.

You’d have to do a lot of digging to fully understand all aspects of Jewish ideas about “what happens when we die?” And often, even when someone favors a certain idea, they’ll likely take it more as a theory than a firm belief.

I think the only thing really agreed on is that what happens after we die doesn’t really matter until we’re dead. What matters is what what we do with life.

I hope this helped, at least a little. I might try to tackle this topic in a future post, when I’m able to dig into it deeper.

cryptid-wendigo:

Cryptobotany is the study of hidden plants. In addition to Cryptozoology, Cryptobotany takes plants from history and folklore and studies them. There are many plants that have yet to be discovered, but because of how history and folklore reports these plants, Cryptobotany mostly focuses on things that are a danger or are of use to humans. 

Notable subjects of Cryptobotany are:

  • The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary 
  • Ya-Te-Veo
  • Oracular Trees
  • Kiidk’yaas
Source: cryptid-wendigo

lexosaurus:

ifellbecausegravity:

imgoingghost:

ifellbecausegravity:

lexosaurus:

chimerasmoon:

So it’s like almost 5:30 in the morning and I have the most important Danny Phantom related question ever.

Can the Box Ghost control someone’s voice box? because if he could he could stop one of Danny’s best moves.

Wowie here’s a linguistics perspective no one asked for.

So what is commonly referred to as the voice box can more accurately be dubbed the vocal folds seeing as all the sound that you create originates from two fleshy elastic things that bounce against each other, creating vibrations we can hear.  

The vocal folds can stretch and shrink, thus altering the amount of vibrations happening per second. If they’re stretched really tightly they’ll vibrate very fast which gives us higher-pitch noises. When they’re not stretched as tightly they produce lower pitch noises. They act much like a rubber band would when you stretch it at different lengths and pluck it.

So while The Box Ghost couldn’t alter someone’s voice box, you know who could? The Rubber Band Ghost. He doesn’t exist, but if he did he would be Danny’s most powerful foe. Because he would be able to control the stretchiness of Danny’s vocal folds and stop his most powerful attack. A ghost that has power over rubber bands.

someone make The Rubber Band Ghost a thing

You’re forgetting: The box ghost also became a master of bubble wrap, so he has learned to control other packaging materials. It’s not too far off for him to gain the power over rubber bands too.

Now imagine that happening and the box ghost accidentally becoming a real threat to Danny, so all the ghosts suddenly want to team up with him

Yet another Linguistics issue that nobody asked about: “Boxed Fury” should not have happened at all. Pandora’s ‘box’ is actually a jar, and it was mistranslated to English

holy shit

ok so here’s a canon interpretation issue that no one asked for: the box ghost
controls what he thinks is a box or other packaging material

the box ghost is only limited by his own perception of what boxes are

if he thinks a voice box is an actual box he can control it

most powerful foe

I fucking love the phandom

atlasfishard:

saltycaffeine:

The Storm Glass was first invented in the mid-1700s, and soon made its way onto ships and harbors around Europe to help give warning of approaching bad weather. It gained the most fame through Admiral FitzRoy who used a Storm Glass on the voyage during which he and Darwin traveled to the Galápagos Islands. As such, the instrument is sometimes called a “FitzRoy Storm Glass.

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The history of storm glass is absolutely fascinating,

From 1830s original invententions:

If the liquid in the glass is clear, the weather will be bright and clear.
If the liquid is cloudy, the weather will be cloudy as well, perhaps with precipitation.
If there are small dots in the liquid, humid or foggy weather can be expected.
A cloudy glass with small stars indicates thunderstorms.
If the liquid contains small stars on sunny winter days, then snow is coming.
If there are large flakes throughout the liquid, it will be overcast in temperate seasons or snowy in the winter.
If there are crystals at the bottom, this indicates frost.
If there are threads near the top, it will be windy.

Source: saltycaffeine

Hit me with a cool fact of the brain!(short if possible?I have duslexia)Thanks!✹

tobeagenius:

Ok from where you’re sitting right now I want you to try and slowly scan the room from left to right in one smooth motion. It’s not possible- instead, your eyes move along in little jumps called saccades. Now I want you to lift your pointer finger up and move it along from left to right, following it with your eyes. You’ll now notice your eyes no longer move in saccades but follow your finger in a swift motion known as a “smooth pursuit”. This movement allows our eyes to closely follow a moving object and evolved to aid us in catching prey or keep away from predators. People with autism, abuse victims and those under the influence of alcohol or drugs often show a lack or defecit of smooth pursuit.