Sherlock's Fun Facts and Trivia

[Van Buren Supernova]

 

Don't compromise the integrity of the crime scene.

Apparently, this is one of the capable culprits.

 

 

Squirrels can have dramatic impacts on crime scene investigations because as rodent, they have constant need to chew.

 

"New research published in Journal of Forensic Identification, study has shown that squirrels (and other rodents) are capable of altering bone fragments to the point where signs of trauma to the bone, such as bullet or knife marks, can be obscured or gnawed away altogether. At times rodent damage can even be mistaken for weapon marks themselves."

[Arcadia]

Squirrels chew bones? :o :/

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I 2nd that -->

 

Squirrels chew bones? :o :/

 

[Van Buren Supernova]

Apparently yes.

 

For what I know, most rodents need to chew to keep those trimmed because their teeth never stop growing. They chew through wood, and for urban pests like rats, they chew through gypsum, wood and responsible for many electrical damage and short circuit in my workplace because somehow they love cables and electrical wire. They found one died being electrocuted with cable on its mouth and another died in one of the aircon unit with chewed cables and hoses. Yikes.

 

So I won't be surprised that bones are tasty treat and great to wear down their teeth, as variation or replacement for those acorns, walnuts and other hard coated seeds. They practicaly can chew almost everything that's not made of metal.

 

Beside damaging the pattern, they obstruct the crime scene by scattering remains away.

 

I got my source not from here, but it's the same, for full article:

Toothy Squirrels Could Confuse Crime Scenes

[Arcadia]

I do remember an article in my local paper a few years back about how most power outages in our area were due to squirrels. The linemen routinely climb up to the junction box, only to find a fried squirrel inside. (Yet another reason why they should BURY THE CABLES, imo, but noooo, that might cost an extra penny or two... :( )

 

I'm not sure I believe it though, because the only times we've ever lost power on my street was due to storms blowing trees down on the lines (ANOTHER reason to BURY THE CABLES..... agghgghhhh!!!!)

[J.P.]

Found on FB (read the comment!) :D

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[Carol the Dabbler]

???

 

I thought I read that Martin Freeman bought that oatmeal-colored one in some store.  But maybe they're talking about some of his other ones?

[Arcadia]

Psssst Carol.... It's a joke.... :P

[Carol the Dabbler]

You sure? 

[Van Buren Supernova]

:D..

 

I hope Mrs.Hudson is able to force Sherlock to wear jumper too one day.

I think she will, one deer antler at a time.

[Arcadia]

You sure? 

 

 

Ye-P. Look how young she is ....

[Carol the Dabbler]

Maybe she's a slow knitter.

[J.P.]

A secret revealed: Mycroft's suspenders!

[Arcadia]

Maybe she's a slow knitter.

Riiighht. ;)

[Van Buren Supernova]

 

Maybe she's a slow knitter.

Riiighht. ;)

Well..don't forget she is busy with all those typing and making YouTube videos.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Who says high rise is safe?

There are spidermen all over the world!:p

 

 

Toronto

Project Spiderman is the name given by the police for investigation of sophisticated thief in high-end neighbourhoods in Toronto.

 

Shane Gagnon faced 31 breaking and entering charges using unusual method; scaling exterior walls to avoid alarm detections and gained accesses to windows or skylights. He used equipments like spy camera, parabolic listening devices, ropes and various break-in instruments. His target were expensive watches, jewelries and cash.

 

 

Melbourne & Sydney

Barry Williams, also dubbed as Spiderman, with help of his 'breaker's kit'; screwdrivers, cowbars, angle grinder and fold-up hammer, scaled high walls and drain pipes to reach towering balconies in order to steal jewelries, gadgets, cash and sometimes the whole safe.

 

China

Another thieving 'Spiderman' was caught in China clinging to metal brackets of windows on fourth storey of a residential building, only came down after being persuaded for over one hour.

He told police he is just part of a gang where he is 'just' moderate wall climber.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

And one of them's even from China!

[J.P.]

Somehow I can't understand what's the point of climbing a wall with all the balconies secured with bars.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Maybe Blind Banker was pretty accurate there -- when they're that far above the ground, people don't tend to bother with locks.

[Van Buren Supernova]

You are right.

I stay in an 9th storey, eventhough we have another layer of grills we didn't lock it back then, sometimes we didn't even bother to slide it properly (it's sliding type, same with the window).

We always thought nine storey is too high to climb, and most of all our block is located in very busy area with 24hr amenities below, so it's pretty safe.

 

Until one day we read in the news that some illegal wanted criminals tried to escape arrest by climbing down unit below from window. So, there are still possibilities of unwanted guests eventhough there are no spiderman.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Freshest fun fact from medicine world.

It seems like we are going to have a Watson who is able to give accurate medical diagnosis, who doesn't have bad days, and most probably, smarter than Sherlock.

Okay, okay, it's not a who, but which.

 

 

 

Watson is developed by IBM, "a technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data."

 

Watson has done everything from winning at Jeopardy to cooking exotic meals, now it saved a woman from leukemia.

 

After ineffective treatments and incorrect diagnose of a woman suffering from leukemia, a group of Japanese doctor from University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science turned to Watson, which was able to diagnose that she is suffering from different, rare form of leukemia, leading to different form of treatment, which proved to be far more effective. It has also identified another rare form of leukemia from different patient.

 

Watson analyses and compares patient's genetic change with its database of 20 millions cancer researches.

[Arcadia]

I remember seeing Watson on Jeopardy.

 

Just, er, thought you'd like to know that ....

[Van Buren Supernova]

I'll have to see that!

[Carol the Dabbler]

I stay in an 9th storey, even though we have another layer of grills we didn't lock it back then, ....

Right -- just like on Blind Banker.

 

But (at least here in the US) it's "grille" rather than "grill" in this meaning. I learned that the hard way a few years ago, when I wanted some for a few of our windows. I kept googling "security grill" and couldn't understand why I got so few hits -- none of which were selling the things. I somehow finally stumbled across the proper spelling, but by then we had already bought something else for the purpose.

 

Apparently a security grill is what you use if you don't want anybody stealing your hamburgers.

[Van Buren Supernova]

I hope it also gives the nice line marks on hamburger tops as well. :p

And to be fair, it's important to protect those burgers! XD

 

You are right, I think there were global misspelling in my area everytime there is a topic about security grill-e and I just followed it. Did feel a bit icky but too lazy to double check it.