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 Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:18 pm
Um...the strangest fact I can remember right now is that World War 2 didn't end in 1945 like everyone thinks (I'm sorry if this has already been said before). It technically ended around the 80s or 90s (I really don't remember)...something to do with Germany not technically existing (because it was split into East and West Germany) and not signing a treaty.....
I know....that was a really crappy fact....I only remember it because I tried to convince certain members of my maths class last year whilst doing a quiz in class - they just taunted me about it for some time after that.
Oh...and I saw on QI one week that apparently the reason that it tends to rain on weekends is because of the pollution built up during the working weeks which then ends short of the weekend (although, that sounds like a load of crap to me because it seems that it rains a lot regardless of what day of the week it is).
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:52 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. How about the guy who tried to sue a pickle company He attempted to hammer a nail in with a [glass] pickle jar. It shattered and severed two tendons leaving him without the full use of his hand. Thankfully, the company didnt settle. It made it to court and the company won the case. Also, have you heard of the twinkie defense? It originated when one guy found guilty of murder tried to downplay his responsibilty by saying he was high on twinkies and they cloudd his judgement. XD
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:56 pm
Devvo 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. Oh, I didn't read the end part. As for the ostrich egg, I meant, if it was cooking for 4 hours, would the outermost parts of it overcook?
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:58 pm
Aino Ailill 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. How about the guy who tried to sue a pickle company He attempted to hammer a nail in with a [glass] pickle jar. It shattered and severed two tendons leaving him without the full use of his hand. Thankfully, the company didnt settle. It made it to court and the company won the case. Also, have you heard of the twinkie defense? It originated when one guy found guilty of murder tried to downplay his responsibilty by saying he was high on twinkies and they cloudd his judgement. XD LOL to bad I didn't see this sooner. My sectional was today so I'll have to wait till next week to scare them ^^'
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:00 pm
Aino Ailill Devvo 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. Oh, I didn't read the end part. As for the ostrich egg, I meant, if it was cooking for 4 hours, would the outermost parts of it overcook? X-X Never pick up an ostritch eg thats cracked. Bad Bad BAd and disgusting memories. Lets jsut say Texas heat and eggs left outside don't mix too well.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:03 pm
Barsona Aino Ailill thunderegg If you drop a penny off of the empire state building, it will kill someone if it hits them. It would but it doesn't take into account the wind constantly attacking the building and so it won't kill anyone. negative the terminal velocity of the penny is insufficient enough to penetrate the skull causing a mortal wound. However, theoretically, it does heart like hell real life: the Empire State, as a tall building, experience updraft, meaning winds go up along side the building, therefore, the penny never makes it to the surface. Don't believe it, watch Mythbusters That's where I got my answer from...but I haven't seen it since the beginning of Summer.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:01 pm
Aino Ailill Barsona Aino Ailill thunderegg If you drop a penny off of the empire state building, it will kill someone if it hits them. It would but it doesn't take into account the wind constantly attacking the building and so it won't kill anyone. negative the terminal velocity of the penny is insufficient enough to penetrate the skull causing a mortal wound. However, theoretically, it does heart like hell real life: the Empire State, as a tall building, experience updraft, meaning winds go up along side the building, therefore, the penny never makes it to the surface. Don't believe it, watch Mythbusters That's where I got my answer from...but I haven't seen it since the beginning of Summer. I was going to say something but I never got to see the end of the episode. ^^ glad I found out what happend.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:24 pm
I had a teacher in high school that had a long list of strange facts. I can't remember many (I should call up some people who would know...), but I do remember this one:
You have a 1/6500 chance of being injured by a toilet sometime in your life
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:28 pm
slewiscar77 I had a teacher in high school that had a long list of strange facts. I can't remember many (I should call up some people who would know...), but I do remember this one: You have a 1/6500 chance of being injured by a toilet sometime in your life That would be awsome, in a gross way....
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:11 pm
Way awesome. Also, Spriti of Yarn, I would like the thank you for the bananna phone link in your sig. My brain is fried now...ah, the "safe" equivelent to being a four-nosed slug sniffing cocaine.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:40 am
SassyGummieBear 1.nothing is ever really random, like the chaos and missing varialbe theories say. try using your shuffle mode on your ipod, it uses algerithems to decide what songs to play when, they take favor to certian songs or artists or generas 2. you lose something like 82 hair a day 3you eat an average of 8 spiders in your life while you sleep (that ones just creepy) 4.your are more likely to died because of suffocation in your bed then to die because of rode rage haha... that last one... Ever been to Houston? People there drive like herds of dizzy rhinos. You're considered lucky to get home from work alive xp I'm so glad I moved!
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:45 am
Spirit_of_Yarn Aino Ailill Barsona Aino Ailill thunderegg If you drop a penny off of the empire state building, it will kill someone if it hits them. It would but it doesn't take into account the wind constantly attacking the building and so it won't kill anyone. negative the terminal velocity of the penny is insufficient enough to penetrate the skull causing a mortal wound. However, theoretically, it does heart like hell real life: the Empire State, as a tall building, experience updraft, meaning winds go up along side the building, therefore, the penny never makes it to the surface. Don't believe it, watch Mythbusters That's where I got my answer from...but I haven't seen it since the beginning of Summer. I was going to say something but I never got to see the end of the episode. ^^ glad I found out what happend. But you should watch it, b/c adam goes sky diving to find out what happens then he reproduces it in a lab
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:51 pm
Lunar Strawberry Way awesome. Also, Spriti of Yarn, I would like the thank you for the bananna phone link in your sig. My brain is fried now...ah, the "safe" equivelent to being a four-nosed slug sniffing cocaine. Alway willing to..help? The banana song is a close first ot the Lamma song and the Toes on a fish/Wings on A Cow song....
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:52 pm
hankie_doodle SassyGummieBear 1.nothing is ever really random, like the chaos and missing varialbe theories say. try using your shuffle mode on your ipod, it uses algerithems to decide what songs to play when, they take favor to certian songs or artists or generas 2. you lose something like 82 hair a day 3you eat an average of 8 spiders in your life while you sleep (that ones just creepy) 4.your are more likely to died because of suffocation in your bed then to die because of rode rage haha... that last one... Ever been to Houston? People there drive like herds of dizzy rhinos. You're considered lucky to get home from work alive xp I'm so glad I moved! Huston is a scary city to drive through. Almost liek Denver where the stree signs for the street you on are in front of you on the stop lights instead of parallel to you.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:48 pm
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