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Wheve ever you got that article from it;s not very accurate at all. 'Bloody Mary' WAS a real person yes. She lived during the Elizabethan era. I can't remember exactly how it went but I read this in a World Book Encyclopedia, and it said that Mary was married into royalty, and she persecuted some type of religion and killed (had killed she didnt actually do it herself) anyone who she found out was of this faith. This earned her the nickname, Bloody Mary, because she ordered the deaths of hundreds of people through religious persecution. Like I said, this is not exact but the story is something along those lines and that came from a World Book Encyclopedia which i would count as a fairly credible source.

Thank you all, that does make sense

My Chem teacher aroused the question today, 'Why or how does water boil at room temperature?' that is if you were to leave a cup of water in a room with a temp of lets say 25degreesC and come back in two weeks the water would be evaporated(at least to some point). To change into a gas water is boiled and at 100degreesC it turns into vapor no? So how does water evaporate or chaneg states at 25 degressC rather than 100DC ?

I should have rethought my post, i understand the reasoning behind animal testing and its beneficial side as well, but when i watched the videos on the PETA site, just the way the animals were treated while they were being tested. They were treated as a commodity rather than animals, even though they were being broken down and whathave you. people should at least have the dignity and heart to treat an animal or make it as comfortable as possible while it is enduring its pain and suffering rather than making them feel even more alone and worthless. did anyone watch the KFC video i linked to or have they seen it before? the way those workers treated the chickens was wrong, an kfc could at least modify their process slightly to follow half moralizing processes being at least kill htme before dipping them in scolding water and or cutting their heads off.. but, i understand and will agree with you to an extent about testing. i have done lots of research and various sources say that testing on animals has a different effect then it would have on humans anyway. one quote was, "Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because the animals are like us.' Ask the experimenters why it is morally OK to experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because the animals are not like us." - Professor Charles R. Magel

What are your thoughts on Animal Testing? I recently visited http://www.stopanimaltests.com and got a very graphic education on the subject. I always knew that I didn't vouch for animal testing but this has REALLY opened my eyes. Also, check out http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com This is unbelievable. Are there any scientists part of this community that are involved in any way with animal cruelty / testing? This is disgusting, I have no idea how people can do such things. Not only that, the gov't supplies hundreds of millions of dollars annually to have animals slaughtered and abused. 115 million animals (not counting rats,mice, and birds because they are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act and go uncounted which also account for 80-90 percent of all animals tested) are killed in the US alone each year. This is ridiculous. Any thoughts... or comments for that matter?