Jason E. Andersen

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Welcome to a world of limitless possibilities, where the journey is as exhilarating as the destination, and where every moment is an opportunity to make your mark on the canvas of existence. The only limit is the extent of your imagination.

  • Caffeine and me

    Bonus Fun Fact: I’m new to drinking coffee and I’m sorting out how it affects me throughout the day. I’ve found out that drinking the bottom half of my coffee during my drive home (which does keep me awake for my interstate travel) tends to be a huge mistake when sleepy time comes later in…

  • Your lungs are on fire

    Bonus Fun Fact: The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world and is about the same area as the continental United States. The Amazon houses an estimated 390 billion trees which convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. Often referred to as ‘the lungs of the world,’ the Amazon produces approximately 20% of the…

  • Mother dearest

    Bonus fun fact: The semi-disputed record for the highest number of children birthed from a single woman belongs to the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev, who lived in Shuya, Russia, from 1707 to 1782. The poor woman’s first name is unknown, but she is reported to have given birth to 69 children: 16 pairs of…

  • Space is big

    Bonus fun fact: Space, as the name implies, is fairly spread out. Consider that the earth is about 93 million miles away from the sun. For our human brains (at least mine anyway), this is hard to comprehend, so let’s make a model. If we were to make a scale model of the solar system,…

  • Soils 101

    Bonus fun fact: The terms dirt and soil aren’t synonymous. In fact, a good way to affront a soil scientist is to refer to their study subject simply as ‘dirt’. Don’t make this mistake! Soil is the combination of minerals, air, water, and biological material in which plants grow. It’s the good stuff. Dirt, on…

  • 10 pound brain bucket

    Bonus fun fact: The average human head weighs between 10 and 11 pounds. That’s including the average 3 pound brain, eyeballs, muscles, skin, and bone bits.

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