‘Sup GBD!  Guess what!  Last week’s true fact was…#3!

1. Hippos can stay under water for at least 6 minutes.  <– FALSE.  The maximum that they can stay under water is 5 minutes.  (source)
2. The oldest hippo lived until the age of 68.  <–  FALSE.  The oldest hippo ,Tanga, lived until the age of 61.  (source)
3. Hippos secrete a red fluid for protection from the sun.   <–  TRUE.  Although sometimes to referred to as “blood sweat,” the red secretion is neither blood nor sweat.  (source)
4. Kathy had to wear braces for 17 years to fix what formerly looked like hippo teeth.  <–FALSE.  She had more of a Dracula thing going on, but the braces fixed that after about a year.

And here are this week’s facts:

1. The largest and most powerful laser in the world is the NOVA laser, in California.  The NOVA laser is 3 three stories high, about as long as a football field, and has a power of about 100 terawatts (100,000 billion Watts).
2. Excimer Lasers use non-reactive gases, such as chlorine and fluorine, mixed with inert gases such as argon, krypton or xenon.
3. The primary visible light emitted by gas lasers is violet light.
4. When G engages in her, um, anti-social behavior while eating pasta, her weapon of choice is a laser.  Not a samurai sword, or a box cutter, or a meat cleaver as is commonly thought.

A big huge muchas gracias to Chris for last week’s facts and to G for this week’s facts!  I looooooove when people give me extra time to sleep.