A dog's eye only has two cones as opposed to human eyes which have three. As such, dogs can see color (it's a popularly held belief that they can't see color at all) but it's a much smaller spectrum than that which humans can see. A human's vision typically comprises the spectrum of Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Indigo-Violet whereas a dog's looks more like Brown-Yellow-Gray-Blue.
If you've ever thought your dog was stupid for having some difficulty in finding a red ball in the grass, that's because from the dog's perspective it's like looking for a ball of brown in a sea of muted yellow.
A dog's eye only has two cones as opposed to human eyes which have three. As such, dogs can see color (it's a popularly held belief that they can't see color at all) but it's a much smaller spectrum than that which humans can see. A human's vision typically comprises the spectrum of Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Indigo-Violet whereas a dog's looks more like Brown-Yellow-Gray-Blue.
If you've ever thought your dog was stupid for having some difficulty in finding a red ball in the grass, that's because from the dog's perspective it's like looking for a ball of brown in a sea of muted yellow.
It has been discovered that some people are, in fact, tetrachromat, meaning that they have four cones rather than the normal three, and can see a whole different range of colours that us trichromats cannot.
Apparently, women have much higher chances than men at having that extra colour sensitivity. Estimates say that about 2% of women might be tetrachromat.
The first Bond movie, Dr. No (and no, the TV-version of Casino Royale doesn't count), and the first Beatles single, Love Me Do (and no, the one released with them being a backing band, as the Beat Boys, to Tony Sheridan doesn't count, either), were released on the same day.
Apparently, women have much higher chances than men at having that extra colour sensitivity. Estimates say that about 2% of women might be tetrachromat.
The reason Guinness was the biggest selling beer in Ireland was because it had the lowest alcohol content and was there for the cheapest. The level of alcohol dictated the tax on the liquid. When shipped to America and places like that, the alcohol content was upped.
Upped a great deal in Nigeria - the bottled Guinness there (and possibly other places in West Africa/Caribbean) is about 7 or 8 % at least. Tastes rather like alcoholic treacle..
That makes this look more plausible and less like a rip-off of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Still a rip-off, regardless, but one I enjoyed none-the-less.
That makes this look more plausible and less like a rip-off of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Still a rip-off, regardless, but one I enjoyed none-the-less.
"As soon as they transformed, the four brothers ate a hotdog stand and fled from the police by diving into a lake and burrowing their way into the city by eating the dirt"
The exploding volcano on Krakatoa could be heard 3'000 miles away.
In Australia, authorities thought the sound was from enemy bombardment, and ordered a preparation against hostilities.
The explosion sent so much material into the atmosphere, that temperatures dropped across the world by over 1 C°. Also, sunsets changed drastically, and several paintings from across the world showcase the blood-red colour it took for the years to come.
Yes, the Azure Bonds cover was Clyde Caldwell. The Fred Fields version of Alias appeared on the novel Masquerades, published in July 1995. A month earlier, the same model was the Simbul on the cover of the boxed set Spellbound, and later that year she was perpetrated upon Liriel on the 1995 hardcover release of Daughter of the Drow. In June of 1996 she posed for Arilyn on the June 1996 release of Silver Shadows.
I remember a conversation with editor Brian Thomsen about the Arilyn cover. I observed that the model bore no resemblance to Arilyn, other than being a female, dark-haired humanoid, and pointed out that Arilyn's two-handed sword style would be severely hampered by that matronly bust. Brian's tongue-in-cheek comment: "There's a lot of magic in the Realms. Maybe they're retractable..."
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