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 Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:06 pm
how about these strange facts biggrin
an ostrich's brain is smaller than its eyes
a starfish has no brain
totophobia - the fear of absolutely everything
cat pee is visible to a black light (LOL!!!!!)
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:10 pm
here are some things for you to ponder:
why is it that we drive on parkways, and yet we park in driveways?
with urban legends that say whosoever sees/does/goes to whatever place/thing/object (etc.) will never return, where do the legends come from? or is that why they are referred to as legends in the first place?
and some random facts:
in a survey taken, 4 out of 5 americans could identify the members of the simpsons, but only 1 of 5 could name 10 or more presidents (i don't see why that would be important, but w/e)
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:16 pm
Escape_the_Fate here are some things for you to ponder: why is it that we drive on parkways, and yet we park in driveways? with urban legends that say whosoever sees/does/goes to whatever place/thing/object (etc.) will never return, where do the legends come from? or is that why they are referred to as legends in the first place? and some random facts: in a survey taken, 4 out of 5 americans could identify the members of the simpsons, but only 1 of 5 could name 10 or more presidents (i don't see why that would be important, but w/e) Americans get stupider ever day x-x.Once in sectionals we disgussed stupid lawsuites. I know how productive but we did find some cool ones on the internet XP Like the coffee buring people, and Once about a guy that left his rv on cruise control and left to go get coffee and it was in the manual that he shouldn't leave the driver seat. Belive it or not he won.
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:37 pm
Okay, strange laws. There's two really odd ones where I live (Omaha) that always make me laugh.
1. It's illegal to sneeze or burp in church. I'm not sure if it's ever enforced, though that would be funny.
2. It's illegal to molest butterflies. Go ahead and giggle, I sure did.
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:50 pm
Quote: -In America, if a man watches a woman undress in front of a window, he can be arrested as a peeping tom, but if a woman watches a man undress in front of a window, she can have him arrested for indecent exposure. gosh dang double standard!!! also... i found some more. peanuts can be used as an ingredient in dynamite, eskimos use refridgerators to keep food from freezing a snail can sleep for three years pound for pound, spider silk is stronger than steel and thats all i remember....
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:07 pm
ProphetSarcomeer Quote: -In America, if a man watches a woman undress in front of a window, he can be arrested as a peeping tom, but if a woman watches a man undress in front of a window, she can have him arrested for indecent exposure. gosh dang double standard!!! There's a LOT of double standards in U.S. law, but I'm not sure it would be wise for me to go into them... stare
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:44 pm
Lady Ireth This is a thread for strange, but true facts. You find one that isn't in a post some where in the thread, feel free to post it and enlighten us. ^-^
And please if you alerady knew something that someone posted don't be rude about it, someone else might not have known.
Some strange facts i have found:
-There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos
-A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood
-Slugs have 4 noses
-The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year
-The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia
Have a strange fact? Post it here.
Have a comment such as 'I'm drink above/below the average of sodas per year.' or 'I don't live in America/Canada, so I don't know the average' Tell us, you could start up a conversation with someone.
Just please don't insult anyone.
Also don't just post, comment and discuss, it makes things more interesting. Not a rule but a request from someone who likes to talk. XD
Strange laws are fine too. We all might get a good laugh out of them.
Have fun not war I find it interesting, that in Las Vegas Casino's, that there aren't any clocks. It is technique to make the customers spend more money, because they don't look at the time, and start to worry about going somewhere. hehe. quite smart actually =D
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:49 pm
Spirit_of_Yarn Escape_the_Fate here are some things for you to ponder: why is it that we drive on parkways, and yet we park in driveways? with urban legends that say whosoever sees/does/goes to whatever place/thing/object (etc.) will never return, where do the legends come from? or is that why they are referred to as legends in the first place? and some random facts: in a survey taken, 4 out of 5 americans could identify the members of the simpsons, but only 1 of 5 could name 10 or more presidents (i don't see why that would be important, but w/e) Americans get stupider ever day x-x.Once in sectionals we disgussed stupid lawsuites. I know how productive but we did find some cool ones on the internet XP Like the coffee buring people, and Once about a guy that left his rv on cruise control and left to go get coffee and it was in the manual that he shouldn't leave the driver seat. Belive it or not he won. Not just Americans, two teenage kids were running from the police in London and they climbed up onto a building from a ladder, one of the kids fell off and broke his neck and his family sued the city for unsafe building exposure and won.
or the burglar who broke into a guys house and hurt himself and sued the guy who owned the house and won that to, wtF?!
the legal system is very messed up.
Or what about how in Sweden they charge your speeding ticket by your income, the more you make the higher the percent... that so socialist. x.x
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:42 am
Blood`Eternity Spirit_of_Yarn Escape_the_Fate here are some things for you to ponder: why is it that we drive on parkways, and yet we park in driveways? with urban legends that say whosoever sees/does/goes to whatever place/thing/object (etc.) will never return, where do the legends come from? or is that why they are referred to as legends in the first place? and some random facts: in a survey taken, 4 out of 5 americans could identify the members of the simpsons, but only 1 of 5 could name 10 or more presidents (i don't see why that would be important, but w/e) Americans get stupider ever day x-x.Once in sectionals we disgussed stupid lawsuites. I know how productive but we did find some cool ones on the internet XP Like the coffee buring people, and Once about a guy that left his rv on cruise control and left to go get coffee and it was in the manual that he shouldn't leave the driver seat. Belive it or not he won. Not just Americans, two teenage kids were running from the police in London and they climbed up onto a building from a ladder, one of the kids fell off and broke his neck and his family sued the city for unsafe building exposure and won.
or the burglar who broke into a guys house and hurt himself and sued the guy who owned the house and won that to, wtF?!
the legal system is very messed up.
Or what about how in Sweden they charge your speeding ticket by your income, the more you make the higher the percent... that so socialist. x.x The guy that broke into the other guys garge sued the home owner because all that he had in the garage to eat was dog food and soda. He sued for neglecting his nutritian needs. Legal systems may be messed up but their fun to toy around with. For example the word privacy isn't in the constitution at all.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:33 am
Aino Ailill Devvo Pinnochio was made of pine.
An Ostrich egg would take 4 hours to hard boil.
Until the 1960's me with long hair could not enter Disneyland.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
Gosh I could go on forever. What about underwear? It begins with und- .... And would any of the ostrich egg overcook? I wonder what Iit tastes like...should it be divided into portions the size of a hen's egg, would it take longer to cook than a hen's egg? Underwear starts with und but it doesn't end with und. Underground does.
And you could overcook an ostrich egg... just leave it in for 5 hours instead. Yeh it would take longer to cook than a hen's egg because that takes a few minutes... an ostrich egg is massive so it takes 4 hours if you cook it whole.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:30 am
I thought these were interesting:
Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card
There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off
Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500
The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult
One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year
It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people
If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion
Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive
Clinophobia is the fear of beds
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1
The electric chair was invented by a dentist
Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland
Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year
It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas
One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television
The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year
you're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206
The state of Florida is bigger than England
In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits
It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland
Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark
i think we're all getting them from the same website though
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:36 am
Hmmm do you suppose the whole no clocks in casinos thing is a ploy to keep gamblers going, as they are unaware of the hours they are whiling away?
erm... I cant think of any interesting facts off the top of my head. I have a random one though. A house fly's sperm is about twice the length of its body! confused work that one out!
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:50 pm
people mentioning the clocks in the casinos happens way to offten why dont people check at least the page after the comment for and answer?
I think I remember reading it takes 265 pounds of grass to produce 1 pound of beef.
for some reason there commonly are handicap parking spots at roller rinks.
New Oxford dictionary invented the word esquivalience to stop plagiarism because they though it would never be used but if you serch google you come up with 70,900 serach results (def:the wilful avoidance of ones official responsibilities)
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:59 pm
CHEM NERD!
An electron is a particle due to so many tests.. but it's a wave according to so many more. The same electron can also exist in many places at the exact same time. And, they also move at almost the speed of light.
All waves move at the same speed, with the exception of sound waves (due to the fact that sound waves are physical interactions, where as other waves are not).
And last but not least.
On the third largest transport rig on the ocean, the steel of its hull covers 18 football feilds.
I can go on random facts all day long. =D
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:07 pm
The Forsaken Angels
On the third largest transport rig on the ocean, the steel of its hull covers 18 football feilds.
a cargo ship in the making is so big if it sank $1 billion of cargo would be lost (yes I know it depends on the cargo but I dont know the cargo that was calculated with). It holds 18,000 or so normal sized crates (like the things you see on trains) and is 1/4 a mile long.
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