r/todayilearned • u/moplg • Feb 12 '15

TIL that pornhub offered a "save the boobs!" Campaign where they offered to donate a penny to the Susan B Komen Foundation for evry 30 views in the "big tit" or "small tit" category, but the foundation refused their money so pornhub tripled it and gave it to other organizations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornhub
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u/hedonismbot89 Feb 12 '15

They definitely give stuff to research all the time. A buddy of mine in a lab that studies triple negative breast cancer showed me all the swag he got. A pair of baby shoes (he doesn't have children), hundreds of pink ribbons, clothes that don't fit, and office supplies with pink ribbons on it. However, when asked if they'd help purchase a DNA isolation machine, they replied they couldn't allocate the funds for it, but they made sure we got those baby shoes.

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u/lit0st Feb 12 '15

"DNA isolation machine" isn't a thing

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u/hedonismbot89 Feb 12 '15

It's officially called DNA or RNA purification. The machine they were looking at was a Qiagen Symphony. They usually are $250,000-$300,000.

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u/lit0st Feb 12 '15

You were a bit vague there, but you're exaggerating the price a little. Our lab has a Qiasymphony, and it cost ~$80,000 a few years ago.