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[ChairmanPoo]

Fun fact: stem cell bags can asplode

Bags? You keep stem cells in bags? What do they look like, and why do they explode?

They are kept in regular blood bags, only frozen in liquid nytrogen. They explode because of air bubbles left in the bags. Apparently when you pull them out the air sublimates explosively.

For the record, only one corner of the bag exploded, so they were able to salvage it

[Blargityblarg]

Goddamnit Wikipedia.

Say goodbye to the next three hours of your life.

Three hours? Eight hours. I had a frickin' coding prac to do tonight, dammit.

[alway]

Goddamnit Wikipedia.

Say goodbye to the next three hours of your life.

Oh dear. It seems TVTropes and wikipedia had a lovechild. D:

[Digital Hellhound]

I now know where Cracked gets all their ideas. Practically 90% of this stuff I've seen before there.

[Karlito]

Relevant to DF players: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

"Meredith's official report noted that his men had suffered no casualties."

This page gets vandalized a lot. I like it when they edit in a proper war table.

[Karnewarrior]

Losses:
 AUS: 10,000 rounds. Dignity.
 EMU: 12+ birds


I'd say that's a victory. They are australian wildlife after all.

[RedKing]

We all remember the bloody Wombat Rebellion of 1882. Poor bastards never stood a chance against those claws.

[Siquo]

Bloody Wombats... 


More on topic: These things are awesome, but it might sound weird to someone not accustomed to it. What weird stuff do you eat?

[Karnewarrior]

Bloody Wombats... 


More on topic: These things are awesome, but it might sound weird to someone not accustomed to it. What weird stuff do you eat?

...Mcdonalds.

[Vorthon]

Bloody Wombats... 


More on topic: These things are awesome, but it might sound weird to someone not accustomed to it. What weird stuff do you eat?

I'll eat almost anything, to be honest, but I love ranch dressing on hot dogs.

Also, Kapsalon sounds like pretentious wannabe poutine.

[Fenrir]

The clue for one down on the 08/14/2012 crossword was “nut grippers”.

[Vorthon]

Drunken shenanigans?

[Reelya]

Losses:
 AUS: 10,000 rounds. Dignity.
 EMU: 12+ birds


I'd say that's a victory. They are australian wildlife after all.

Hope you guys know how exaggerated the deaths from Australian wilflife are:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now let’s really get serious. Fear of Australia’s creatures shouldn’t even be a consideration. Let’s look at the facts.

Snakes: With 41 recorded deaths between 1980 and 2009, snake deaths in Australia average out at less than two per year.
Spiders: Nobody in Australia has died from a spider bite since 1979 after the successful introduction of antivenom for all native species.
Sharks*: Accounted for 25 deaths between 2000 and (March) 2012 in Australia, about 2 a year.
Crocodiles: Historically, crocodiles account for less than one death per year here in Australia, although that is increasing slightly as the crocodile population rises following the ban on crocodile hunting in 1971.
Blue Ringed Octopus: Just 3 recorded deaths in the last century.
Stonefish: One unconfirmed death by stonefish in 1915.
Cone Snails: I could find no recorded deaths from cone snails in Australia whatsoever.
Killer Jellyfish: Jellyfish account for (at time of writing) 66 deaths since records began in 1883. The box jellyfish was responsible for 64 deaths, and the Irukandji the other two. It sounds a lot, but still less than one death per year, more like just half a death per year.
* Updated 5.4.12. with latest shark death figures.

There, I think I’ve covered them all. Equalising it out, Australia’s dangerous creatures kill about five people a year.

If I’ve missed anything out, got anything wrong, or if anyone has an update on these figures, please do comment below.

Australia’s worst killers!

Here in Australia, about 20 people a year die from horse riding accidents.
Around 10 people per year in Australia die from European Honey Bee stings after going into anaphylactic shock.
And around 300 people a year drown.

[Darvi]

You forgot stingrays! Or whatever rays that were... definitely not pewpew laser rays though.

[Reelya]

"several" stingray deaths in the history of Australia isn't much. You're more likely to be struck by lightning. I guess if 5 people have been killed by a stingray here in the last 200 years, it averages 1 death per 40 years.

Probably less, since there have been 17 total recorded stingray deaths worldwide, and that includes deaths in California and Texas. Also remember that more than half the "dangerous" creature deaths in Australia are sharks, which are everywhere, and crocodiles, which you will only encounter if you explore the far-north wilderness.

http://www.marine-medic.com.au/pages/medical/marine_animal_species.asp

Anyway that was a copypasta in the post i did above. not my own research.