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[Noodle]

Hair strands do not contain DNA, unless the hair was pulled out by the roots. It's pure protein that was produced by follicle cells, but not containing any intact cells.

Sorry, but that is incorrect. While the majority is keratin (a protein), hair shafts are not "pure protein." Hair shafts contain mitochondrial DNA and that can be used (to some extent) for identification purposes, even if the root is not present. mtDNA is also less susceptible to degradation as compared to nuclear DNA.

The Role of Hair in DNA - Houston Hair Transplant | Dr. Jezic

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www.hairphysician.com

 

[outside shooter]

Thanks. I'm always happy to review evidence and admit when I have made a point that was wrong! Hair shafts indeed contain mitochondrial DNA, just not nuclear DNA (unless the root is there). But either type of DNA can now be analyzed. Yay science!

 

[UncleMark]

 

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[UncleMark]

 

[Eppy99]

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

My man knows how to tie a tie

 

[UncleMark]

Ford dealer sent in an order this morning through our ecommerce setup:

Please deliver ASAP!!!​

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KAREN in the lobby!!!​

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

 

[outside shooter]

 

[outside shooter]

Fishing

 

[Noodle]

Fishing

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While the guy looks like a complete doofus, I suspect this was staged.

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

 

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[dbmhoosier]

Hilarious.

 

[BradStevens]

Who leaves their dog in a wildfire? WTF?

 

[outside shooter]

 

[Marvin the Martian]

Veteran Voices: Hoosier’s Medal of Honor reunion

(WTTV/WXIN) — Two men, two veterans bound together by valor on a battlefield in Vietnam. Their story is one of survival, and now, years later, of friendship. One of their stories is well known. Se…

fox59.com

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

Sorry about the language, but this made me smile...

Delete if you must.

 

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[JamieDimonsBalls]

Crazy story

Policeman Who Briefly Awoke From Coma Dies

Policeman Gary Dockery, 43, died Tuesday, a little more than a year after he had emerged from 7 1/2 years in a coma-like state and thrilled his relatives by speaking for several hours.

www.latimes.com

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

 

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[mcmurtry66]

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amazing. what a smile on that kid.

 

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[dbmhoosier]

 

[Noodle]

Very cool. Gabrielle Rose, 2000 Sydney Olympian for the U.S., has qualified for the 2024 Olympic Trials - at the age of 46. Her time of 1:09.82 is just off her lifetime best of 1:09.38 from 2002.

While she is clearly a longshot to make the team, she's 46. (Dara Torres is the oldest to ever make a US Olympic team in swimming - she was 41.)

Olympian Gabrielle Rose, 46, Hits Olympic Trials Cut in 100 Breast

Rose currently coaches and competes for Alpha Aquatics in Southern California. She has competed in two Olympics for two different countries.

swimswam.com

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Wow!

 

[UncleMark]

Man Leaves $3.8 Million To Small Town In New Hampshire

For years, Geoffrey Holt was known as a mobile home park groundskeeper in a small New Hampshire town.

www.huffpost.com

 

[BradStevens]

This should probably go in a Bob Knight thread, but it's good stuff too:

 

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[UncleMark]

 

[UncleMark]

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

 

[BradStevens]

“Don’t be so emotional.”

 

[Marvin the Martian]

We went to the Antietam luminary display tonight. For the last 34 years they light one luminary for each of the ~23,000 killed, wounded, MIA. It is very sobering to see that many candles knowing what they represent.

I am not going to sign up for an account to upload photos, I miss the days I ran my own web servers. But you can Google Antietam luminaries and see some impressive photos.

 

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