Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 153

Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 153 Question 1 What part of your body could be considered callipygian? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1470131363'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1470131363')) Your buttocks The Callipygian Venus, literally meaning “Venus (or Aphrodite) of the beautiful buttocks is a roman statue, housed in Naples. [Reference] Question 2 Why do you hands and feet wrinkle in the bath after 5 minutes when the rest of your skin keeps its normal tone? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet322865236'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink322865236')) Changizi in 2011 hypothesised it is a throwback through evolution when we needed to grip tree branches in the wet as monkeys. Several other studies have tried to disprove this by getting volunteers to handle marbles and have shown no difference whether you have wrinkled fingers or not. Changizi feels a real life experiment should involve locomotion to prove his theory.  Any Parkour enthusiasts out there? [Reference] Question 3 We’ve all heard of electrical alternans, but what does total electrical alternans signify? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1891398628'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlin...
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