make a list of 43 things i know very little about, and then learn at least 3 things about each of them

• Someone did a test with mice, where they had mice learn the location of a platform in murky water. Then they exposed one group to cannabis at an early age, another group at micy adolecence and finally one group was not exposed. Both the group that was not exposed and the adolescence group could a few days later find the platform again. The group of mice that was exposed in childhood performed far worse. This proved that the use of cannabis at an early age effects the brain far worse than use in puberty or later.

• There is a component in Cannabis called THC which adds to the risk of psychosis. Normally this risk is 1%, with cannabis it increases to 2-6%. There is also a component called CBD which is an antipsychotic. Unfortunately recreational cannabis very often does not contain any CBD.

• There is a cannabis farm somewhere in England where Cannabis is produced legally for medicinal purposes. The cannabis is turned into drops. In Canada Cannabis is used in a spray for multiple sclerosis to alleviate pain.

• Lachrimatory are a class of small vessels of terra-cotta or, more frequently, of glass, found in Roman and late Greek tombs, and supposed to have been bottles into which mourners dropped their tears.
• Lachrymatory were placed in burial tombs as symbols of respect. The more anguish and tears produced, the more important and valued the deceased person was perceived to be.
• Tear bottles reappeared during the Victorian period of the 19th century, when those mourning the loss of loved ones would collect their tears in bottles with special stoppers that allowed the tears to evaporate. When the tears had evaporated, the mourning period would end.

What a pretty symbol that is…

Get a mesh bag and stuff it with any or all of the following: hair, dryer lint, short strands of string or yarn, dried grasses or rootlets, feathers, spiders’ silk. Place bag on a fence or post where birds can come and remove materials for nest making.

• The bricks for the Aya Sophia were specifically made for this building, probably in Rhodes. There is one brick which was laid upside down, which has Constantinople inscripted into it. Because of a special proces they were far lighter than normal bricks. This was needed to decrease the weight of the gigantic dome.
• Originally, there was a cylindrical ring of columns at the base of the dome. This made the dome far more instable, which was one of the reasons why the dome collapsed in 557. When it was rebuilt, this ring of columns was removed.
• Originally, the pretty mosaics were not present. There were only simple crosses in red paint. Reasons for this (besides there being such a rush to finish) was the images of religious figures were under debate at the time of construction. The mosaics were added later.

ok so i finished my list an now im ready to start working on this goal!

• There is a bonobo who understands 3000 words in the english language and comunicates through symbols on a touchpad.
• There is this test with a wooden box, where a human grown up shows how to pull aside two beams, poke at a hole in the top, then move another slide at the bottom which then reveals candy. Both chimps and children then take a try and both get the candy. Then however the same box is shown, but this time it’s made of glass. This reveals that the pulling aside of the beams and the poking is really senseless. The box is then handed over to the chimps and kids again. The chimps now skip the first actions (because they are senseless) andget straight to the candy. The kids however follow the entire procedure, even though hey can see it has no point. Explanation for this is that children learn from adults and see them as their teachers. If an adult does it in a certain way, it must serve a point and therefor will be copied.
• There’s two bowls with treats. One bowl has, say, 2 treats and the other 6. The first bowl that the chimp points to will be given to another chimp behind a fence close by. Chimps can’t resist the urge to point to the bowl with the most treats and therefor continously end up with the least amount of treats. Interestingly enough, if you teach chimps the meaning of certain numbers, and then place these numbers in the bowls, representing the amount of treats the chimps will get, they do learn to point to the lowest number first. This, the researchers say, shows how humans can distance themselves from urges and emotions by symbolizing them.

ive started working on my list
only got about 22things so far

1. President is Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister is Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change party.
2. The health system of the country has deteriorated greatly, with three of the country’s four main hospitals closing in December 2008.
3. A common food in Zimbabwe is a porridge made from cornmeal called sadza, and is often eaten with greens, curdled milk, or dried Tanganyika sardine.
4. One of the most common languages of Zimbabwe, spoken by 80% of the population, is Shona. This language is of the Bantu family, and has at least four main dialects.

What I Knew: The Song of Songs is a book of the Old Testament. It is also known as the Song of Solomon or as Canticles.

In El crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) (2002), a Mexican film (script by Vicente Leñero, based on the homonymus novel written in 1875 by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz) about a love relationship between a priest and a woman, father Amaro recites it to his secret lover.

What I Learned: The Hebrew name of Solomon, Shlomo, can also be inflected to mean the constructed form of the noun shalom, peace, which through noun declension can be possessive. This means that the author is in fact Solomon, but he narrates the book from the perspective of God, who is conversing with the Jewish people, his allegorical bride.

• According to Ashkenazi tradition, it is read on the Sabbath that falls during the intermediate days of Passover. In the Sephardi Jewish community it is recited every Friday night.

• The text, read without allegory as a celebration of sexual love, alternates between the speeches of a woman and her lover.

• Historians have noted that the Song of Songs closely resembles the Egyptian love poetry of its time.

Source:Wikipedia, Judaica Press and Jewish Encyclopedia.

• Romans were the first to create cement from a mixture of sand and rocks (invented by the Etruscans) to which they added vulcanic ashes. This strengthened the Etruscan mixture about 8 times.
• The word “cement” traces to the Romans, who used the term “opus caementicium” to describe masonry which resembled concrete and was made from crushed rock with burnt lime as binder. The volcanic ash and pulverized brick additives which were added to the burnt lime to obtain a hydraulic binder were later referred to as cementum, cimentum, cäment and cement.
• The invention of cement made it possible to create buildings like the colosseum or the pantheon.