Honey has antimicrobial properties and can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Kwakman et al., 2008) Including arthritis (Chen and Lariviere, 2010) Bee venom (administered via live honeybee stings) is used to relieve pain and treat a variety of diseases There is absolutely no need to use bear bile, the demand for which drives a cruel industry (Feng et al., 2009) However, not only is ursodiol found in the bile of other mammals, it is readily chemically synthesized, so primary biliary cirrhosis, a nasty autoimmune disease that lets you enjoy a terribleĬonsequence of alcoholism without the actual dedicated alcohol consumption) (Kaplan et al., 2004) Bile contains ursodiol (ursodeoxycholic acid, or UDCA), which is used to treat certain ailments of the Gallbladders of mammals that aids in digestion and makes your poop brown The only part of a bear with an even somewhat legitimate medical use is its bile, a liquid produced in the Sandwich, a BLT made with avocado and sardines)
Providing a good source of essential fatty acids (I can personally vouch for the decadence that is a BLAST Fun and very slightly relevant fact: Unlike larger fish such as tuna, sardines orĪnchovies tend to contain less mercury while still Small fish found in dark caves often have interesting adaptations, which include the loss of functional eyes, pigmentation, and circadian rhythms (Moran et al., 2014) Betta splendens, the Siamese fighting fish) In my view as an entirely uneducated non-fishkeeper, they all somewhat resemble members of the genus Betta As far as I can tell, none of these are real (although the name silver perch refers to at least three different fishes:, , ) Here's a cool blog post about the geology of SkyrimĪbecean Longfish / Cyrodilic Spadetail / Histcarp / River Betty / Silverside Perch Looked for an interesting real life substitute to talk about To keep this endeavour at least somewhat interesting, if an ingredient is fictitious I've Want to spoil anything also, it's already a long list) For now, I'm ignoring any ingredients introduced by the add-ons (I haven't played them yet and don't Useless (the exception being to entertain and slightly educate you, dear reader) laundry list of science tidbits concerning a Things, and I'm rarely one to turn down the opportunity to compile a big, utterly time-consuming, and mostly It's a neat opportunity to investigate a wide range of potentially cool science I'm particularly drawn to the actual pharmacology, toxicology, and nutrition science (and lack thereof) behind the On the differing boiling points of their components (applications of which include the production of gasolineįrom crude oil, pure oxygen from air, and brandy from wine).
For example, Greek alchemists were among the first folks to figure outĭistillation (Schwartz and Kauffman, 1976), a chemical technique used to separate mixtures based The desire to transform relatively worthless materials into gold inadvertently brought about a substantialĮxpansion our knowledge of chemistry. In real life, alchemy is a bunch of hooey, but Wonderful ingredients (mmmm…ectoplasm) to make potions and poisons. One of my favourite aspects of the Elder Scrolls series is the ability to be an alchemist, combining strange and
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