Things that made me laugh... or... things that should never have lasted so long edit
Regenerative Cell Division Syndrome edit
Appeared 14th January 2009 (20 days after the release of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") by a single article editor. Discovered 5th August 2011
Regenerative Cell Division Syndrome is a rare disease that was first discovered in the mid 1930s by Swedish scientist Priscilla Swindley. It is caused by X chromosomes that do not cross over doing the DNA process, and ultimately copy hundreds of X chromosomes. This creates particular problems for skin cells. The mutated chromosomes attach to one another and create a thick almost wrinkly affect to the skin. People born with this disease tend to look older than their years. Over the course of the person with the diseases lives, the X chromosomes dissolve and create the appearance of youthful rejuvenated skin.
The disease baffles scientists with complexity, and research is still being carried out today. RCDS has been featured on Ripley's Believe it Or Not, as well as the new motion picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The motion pictured is loosely based on the life of Andrew Dahreddine, a man known for his dashing features, as well as diva-esque behavior. He is the best known person living with the disease and an advocate for science research. Today he is genetically a 50 year women, trapped in a 16 year old boys body.
Only 5 cases have been documented in the United States, and no more than 10 throughout the world. There is no cure for Regenerative Cell Division Syndrome, but skin ointments are available as well as dermatological chemical peels.
Gravitational offsetting edit
Appeared 29th October 2008, created by a single article editor. The clue to it's hoax status, is that the mass required to offset the gravitational effect of the mass of the earth would be... yep! ... the mass of the earth. Discovered 7th October 2011.
Gravitational offsetting (GO) is the technology of creating a permanent weightless environment in a highly gravitational location such as the surface of the Earth using mass counterbalancing.
GO gives the effect of anti-gravity without being such. It is often confused with Anti-gravity and particularly Gravitational Shielding, which it is not. Gravitational shielding violates the equivalence principle of the general theory of relativity, while gravitational offsetting uses General Relativity to achieve the desired effect.
Briefly, GO uses a large mass directly above the GO chamber to offset the mass of the Earth, particularly the foci of the Earth's center of mass 4000 miles beneath the Earth's surface. Such an offsetting mass need be far less than Earth's mass yet still heavy enough to achieve weightlessness at the center of the GO chamber.
Studies in GO are just beginning in 2008 and will be updated as they are approved by peer review.
Why you shouldn't jump to conclusions when on vandal patrol... edit
- Just because Jamón ibérico is fuckin gay doesn't mean that a BLP violation has occurred...
- Sometimes MuthaFucka Up has a contextual validity...
Things you come to realise edit
- Editors and Readers are different. Editors edit without reading and readers... well, you get the idea.