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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 4:17 pm
Dogs are about 25 times 'smellier' than humans, so 10 times for a mouse sounds about right.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 4:44 pm
hmmmm that sounds factish to me. I say FACT.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:12 pm
i know from biology that mice are actually very similar to humans genetically. but, i believe their sense of smell is better than ours. ten times better? probably not. crap
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:49 pm
Going with the twitchy nosed FACTers.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:57 pm
Those poor ponies! On the mice: fact. Maybe. 
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Laralyn
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:58 pm
Fact... Ophilia, are you saying fact or crap or is there two Ophilias....i'm confused
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 6:40 pm
Laralyn, welcome to my world. Confusion R me. I don't know what I believe. I guess 50% crap; 50% fact. Howzat?
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 6:53 pm
Ok, if they didn't use the word "gene" in there I would say true, but since they did I have to say crap.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 7:14 pm
Crap---I am sticking with the Doc!!!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 8:05 pm
Crap, no wait, fact, no..crap. Ack, I dunno! I'll say fact that they can smell better than humans, but crap on the reason why. 50/50.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 8:57 pm
Fact
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:56 am
Crap - while I have a decent sense of smell (helps to be a non-smoker), I know that I am no bloodhound 'squeek'
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 8:53 am
crap
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 9:19 am
Crap
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 4:25 pm
I'll say crap...who can argue with Konamouse?
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:27 pm
Greetings and solicitations, FoCers! Sorry for the delay in posting today -- had to go donate blood this afternoon. Yesterday's question:
Do mice have ten times as many smell receptor genes as humans? Survey says. . . Two of you thought that mice must have MORE smell receptor genes than ten. Calendar says. . . It's CRAP! "Humans have 350 smell receptor genes, whereas mice have 1,000, only three times that amount. The smell sensors are embedded in specialized cells located at the back of the nostrils. With the brain's help, a human is capable of differentiating between 10,000 different odors, presumably many less than the mouse." So, they CAN sniff things out better than we can, but they only have THREE times the number of smell receptor genes, not TEN. Hmmm... Methinks the calendar gurus are tripping us up on some sketchy details on this one! Okay, without further ado, here's the FoC for Wednesday, January 25, 2006.
The Gutenberg Bible is the world's first printed book. FACT or CRAP? Discuss! Okay, this one makes my editor's red pen come out. It should say WAS the first printed book -- not that I know if it's true or not, but grammatically. . . okay, I'm just sayin'! 
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:34 pm
Fact, if I'm remembering correctly.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:39 pm
Hey! I actually know this one! (Thanks to writer trivia!) Fact. But ONLY if you consider that it was the first book printed with individual pieces of type.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:49 pm
gosh, here we go with the definition of 'printed'. but, i'll cringe and say fact.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:51 pm
What does printed mean??? Hand printed, machine printed, printed how??!!!! Since I know Costa is really smart I will say Fact.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:06 pm
see, i'm not the only one having trouble with the definition.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:22 pm
I don't think the Bible was the first printed book so crap. I would agree the Gutenberg Bible is the first printed Bible.
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Laralyn
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:28 pm
what the heck...everybody knows moses printed the first book hmm was not a book sooooooooo fact...Is Gutenberg Chinese...they have been around a long time
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:34 pm
I was talking about printing press printed books. Now you have me thinking this is a trick question. The heck with it. I don't know the answer.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:43 pm
I think this is a FACT.
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