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David In Indy:
Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms.
(Well, that's what I've heard anyway.)
pettifogger:
--- Quote from: David on August 19, 2007, 01:40:31 am ---Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms.
(Well, that's what I've heard anyway.)
--- End quote ---
Buckingham Palace is 77,000 square metres of floorspace (828,818 square feet). In 1999 it was stated[*] that the palace contained 19 state rooms, 52 principal bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms. That is a total of 429 rooms.
*Robinson, John Martin (1999). Buckingham Palace. Published by The Royal Collection, St. James's Palace, London ISBN 1-902163-36-2.
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: pettifogger on August 19, 2007, 01:47:38 am ---Buckingham Palace is 77,000 square metres of floorspace (828,818 square feet). In 1999 it was stated[*] that the palace contained 19 state rooms, 52 principal bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms. That is a total of 429 rooms.
*Robinson, John Martin (1999). Buckingham Palace. Published by The Royal Collection, St. James's Palace, London ISBN 1-902163-36-2.
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Well, 429 rooms is still VERY big, isn't it?
You know who told me it had 600 rooms? My English boyfriend! I'm gonna have a long talk with that man. >:(
;) ;)
ifyoucantfixit:
Do you know the Black widow spider?
It is the most venomous spider in North America
The venom of the female black widow spider is 15 times as toxic as the venom of the Prairie Rattlesnake. Only a minute amount of the toxin is injected in a single bite by the spider however, so they are rarely fatal. By comparison, the relatively large amount of injected rattlesnake venom results in about 15 to 25 percent mortality among those bitten.
The male Black Widow cannot bite humans, because the fangs arent long enough to penetrate the skin.
Spider silks have some of the best mechanical properties of any known natural fibers, thus they are being considered in the improvement of a variety of products including surgical microsutures and specialty ropes. Dragline silk -- just one type of the seven different silks that an individual spider produces -- are used by spiders as the structural foundation of their webs and to support their body weight as they move about. The dragline silk of black widows is one of the strongest and toughest spider silks identified thus far
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on August 19, 2007, 02:16:51 am ---Do you know the Black widow spider?
It is the most venomous spider in North America
The venom of the female black widow spider is 15 times as toxic as the venom of the Prairie Rattlesnake. Only a minute amount of the toxin is injected in a single bite by the spider however, so they are rarely fatal. By comparison, the relatively large amount of injected rattlesnake venom results in about 15 to 25 percent mortality among those bitten.
The male Black Widow cannot bite humans, because the fangs arent long enough to penetrate the skin.
Spider silks have some of the best mechanical properties of any known natural fibers, thus they are being considered in the improvement of a variety of products including surgical microsutures and specialty ropes. Dragline silk -- just one type of the seven different silks that an individual spider produces -- are used by spiders as the structural foundation of their webs and to support their body weight as they move about. The dragline silk of black widows is one of the strongest and toughest spider silks identified thus far
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Eww. We have rattlesnakes where I live. I almost stepped on one a few months ago when I was hiking.
*cold chill*
:P :P
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