From regrowing limbs to the unsolved mysteries of the Universe, we answer several of your
most curious questions about life.
- My name is Doopie and I’ll be reading out the questions and answers!
- * - And I - AM Nixxiom!
Here to guide you all towards the TRUTH!
- * - You can’t leave that thing here.
It smells awful and parts of it are falling off.
- * - Hnnrrgh.
Fine.
I’ll see you later, Tinkles. - *
10 – Diamond Boss759 What would happen if the Sun had a moon?
- The moon would become fuel for the Fire God.
We cannot allow that to happen.
Everything the flame devours only hastens his return!
- Fire God?
I didn’t know you were religious, Nixxiom.
- * - Of course!
I worship the spirits of the forest and it is my duty to protect them from the Fire God’s
wrath.
If you listen carefully, you can hear them.
- * - I’m thirsty...
By definition a moon is a natural satellite that orbits a planet, which means a Sun cannot
have its own moon.
All planets in our solar system are bound to the Sun’s gravitational pull and there
are 181 known natural moons orbiting them.
9 – Empathy Nighter How would Earth be different if it had rings
like Saturn?
- The rings around Saturn are my doing.
They’re a warning to my enemies, cause trouble for me and you will be ground to dust and
scattered across the sky.
- I doubt you could grind someone into dust.
- Oh yeah?
I’ll prove it!
Watch!
Hnnnnnrrgh.
HNRRGHHH!
- * - There!
You have been warned…
- *
It’s believed that the Earth did once have a planetary ring.
This ring was made up of debris after a large planetary object named Theia collided with
an early Earth roughly 4.5 billion years ago.
This debris would later form our moon.
If the Earth had rings like Saturn they would probably reflect Sunlight, meaning both days
and nights would be brighter.
8 – Chelsea Boudreau-Burwell What will the night sky look like when our Galaxy collides
with Andromeda?
- Ha!
Andromeda is too much of a wuss to come near our galaxy.
- * - You hear that, Andromeda?!
Come and try me!
- * - Uh oh.
The Andromeda Galaxy is predicted to collide with the Milky Way Galaxy in roughly 4 billion
years.
Any beings able to witness the collision will be in for a view!
The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will stretch and warp over 3 billion years until
both eventually merge into a huge elliptical galaxy with a bright core which will dominate
the night sky.
7 – Tee Lee If the Earth was hollow, how long would it take for a person to fall from
one side through to the other?
- Well, why don’t we find out?
I hired some Goblins to dig from one side of the planet to the other.
Now let’s see how long it takes to reach the other side!
- * - At this rate I’ll be on the other side
in no time!
- * - Hmm, getting a little hot in here.
- *
If such a thing were possible and assuming the falling person wouldn’t just become
stuck in the center of the planet.
It would take about 38 to 42 minutes for a someone to fall from one side of the planet
and emerge on the other.
- * - You see, Doopie?
It didn’t take that long.
- Yeah, well done...
6 – ChaosMaster12 If we can heal cuts and bruises, why can't humans re-grow missing
limbs?
- You can’t?
We elves are familiar with all sorts of healing techniques and remedies.
Just watch!
- * - See?
Good as new!
- Nixxiom!
You’re butt naked!
- Ha!
It appears so!
Sometimes it’s nice to be free of that armour.
There’s a real beauty in being as nature intended.
Wouldn’t you agree, Doopie?
- FOR GOODNESS SAKE, PLEASE PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!
Animals that are able to regrow limbs have bodies that generate pluripotent stem cells.
These cells are able to make up every type of tissue and organ in the body.
Human bodies replace their pluripotent stem cells as they grow with adult stem cells.
These Adult stem cells allow us to heal wounds and repair organs but not entire limbs.
5 – Tee Lee Which animals have the LONGEST and SHORTEST memories on the planet?
- Humans definitely have the shortest memory.
They always seem to forget who I am and all the great things I’ve done for them.
- * - YOU!
You know who I am don’t you!?
- Er - Not really.
- * - I’m Nixxiom!
NIXXIOM!
I’M A HERO!
- Sir, please let me go!
Dolphin’s have the longest memory of any species besides humans.
Studies have shown that bottlenose Dolphins are able to recognise the whistles of others
Dolphins after 20 years of separation.
Many animals however, have poor short term memory, such as Chimpanzees which have a short
term memory of about 20 seconds.
4 – Overteki Where did the tradition of carving jack'-o-'lanterns come from?
- One time, when I was sharpening my sword, I had a - bit - of an accident, just a small
one!
Anyway, my body went on a bit of a bender.
He carved my handsome face into a pumpkin, stuck it on his shoulders and rode around
on a horse.
Apparently that caught on, now everyone tries to capture my likeness but they don’t do
a very good job.
- * - WRONG!
- *
The tradition of carving Jack’-o-’lanterns has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival
of Samhain, people would carve lanterns from turnips to ward off the spirits of the dead.
The name “Jack’-o-’lantern” comes from an Irish folktale about a man named “Stingy
Jack” who became a ghostly figure with an ever burning lantern named “Jack of the
Lantern”.
3 – ChickenTacoGeoff If human beings hunted the wooly mammoth to extinction, how did the
elephant survive?
- An elephant never forgets, humans.
They know what you did.
One day you’ll wake up and find that the elephants are now in control and it’s humanity
that is being hunted.
- * - I’ll be fine though, we elves live in
harmony with nature!
Although humans certainly played a part in the Wooly Mammoth’s extinction they were
not the sole reason for it.
Changes in the Earth’s climate as it warmed from the last ice age most likely devastated
the Mammoth’s habitats.
The Elephants we know today were able to adapt to the changing environment and thrived where
the Mammoth perished.
2 – Abhishek Nair Is there any chance that humans may evolve wings in the future?
- Animals adapt to their surroundings so if humans ever need to fly they’ll grow wings,
like Melissa!
- * - Ok doopie, ADAPT!
- What?
- * - Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!
- * - Hmm.
Maybe she’ll grow gills instead?
It’s highly unlikely that humans will evolve to grow wings.
Humans are so far along the evolutionary chain that we would more likely adapt the environment
to suit our needs.
The only possibility of humans developing wings in the future is through genetic engineering
but that kind of process is currently beyond our capabilities.
- *
1 – BOWSER K. What is the most unsolved mystery in the universe?
- * - I want to know the mystery of these bread
burners!
How does bread burn without fire?
- Seriously?
Here, I’ll show you.
You put the bread in…
Push the lever down…
Wait a few minutes and then...
- * - OH MY GOODNESS!
Doopie…
Are you some kind of witch?
- Ha!
Oh yeah, of course.
Watch this.
- * - *GASP* SUNLIGHT IN A BUBBLE!
How is such a thing possible?
- It’s just electricity, Nixxiom.
You know, like lightning, - YOU’VE HARNESSED THE POWER OF LIGHTNING?!
- * - You must teach me your ways, mighty sorceress.
I shall dedicate my life to your teachings.
- Oh - er- all you have to do is pay your electricity bills on time.
- * - Oh… damn.
There are a number of mysteries that we have yet to solve about the Universe.
One example is: Dark Matter, it seems to make up 84 percent of all matter in the universe
but we know little about it.
Another mystery is how did the Universe come to be and how will it end?
Are there universes besides our own?
Why is there a rise in universal entropy?!
- Doopie.
- Is there order in chaos!?
- Doopie!
- DO I REALLY EXIST!?
- DOOPIE!
Take a break.
- Yeah - good idea.
- * - Hey, thanks for coming out to fix the electricity
on such short notice, I appreciate it!
- * - Doopie look!
The repairman is an elephant!
How weird is that?
- An elephant repairman.
A blonde girl who can’t afford to pay her bills.
And an undead elf guy who pushes people off cliffs.
These are the true unsolved mysteries of the universe, this, and more, in the Dolan Zone.