you do realise what the dates on those articles are, right?
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The Dоctor;1003027 said:
Those articles were circulated around the early 1990s. Outdated doesn't even begin to describe the inadequacy of his sources.
They're like more than 10 years too late.
Argor, thanks for intercepting; I think he would've kept going even though I tried to point out that he was going very far off-topic. I only meant to point out an error and leave it at that; my intention wasn't to have it go too far. In any case ...
Facts time.
-If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
-The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
-President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
-In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
-Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
-The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
-In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"
-The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.
-Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day
why would you answer the phone and ask for their number? 
Telephone operators, Pooley. The people connecting the calls through
Milk turns yellow when you freeze it
Milk turns yellow when you freeze it
The Dоctor;1003370 said:why would you answer the phone and ask for their number?
Lmao, they didn't have any phone etiquette until the late 1800s.
Moar facts k?
- The Bible, the world's best-selling book is also the most shoplifted book.
- Belly button lint is composed of clothing fibers, dead skin, and more. You should keep your belly button dry and clean to prevent the development candida, a type of fungus.
- The first product to have a barcode was Wrigley's chewing gum.
- Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year.
- Bacteria can grow and divide every twenty minutes, turning one bacterial cell into 16 million in just eight hours.
I just realized how cute Sneakerpimp441 is when she's trying to go off on someone.
A few more borderline questionable items in this thread may be justified.
-Some sources credit ninjas as being universally vegatarian. The concept behind it is eating meat leads to body odor emitted from the armpits and elsewhere. A vegetarian diet was thought to not produce body odor allowing ninjas to escape detection more easily.
-Though bamboo is sometimes referred to as a 'tree' it is considered a type of grass.
-Kangaroos have claws and are capable of disemboweling someone.
-Human bones were found inter-mingled with waste which causes archaeologists to believe that Rome disposed of corpses by throwing bodies into the same pits they disposed of their garbage.
-The north korean government claims the late Kim Jong Il was born 6 months premature and 'walked' out of his mother's womb. The doctors were supposedly embarrassed and felt inadequate which caused them to flee the country.
Ha. More like... Thanks for saving me from hormone rage, Argor.
I thought she was going to talk my fingers off with those verbose retorts.
A few more borderline questionable items in this thread may be justified.
-Some sources credit ninjas as being universally vegatarian. The concept behind it is eating meat leads to body odor emitted from the armpits and elsewhere. A vegetarian diet was thought to not produce body odor allowing ninjas to escape detection more easily.
-Though bamboo is sometimes referred to as a 'tree' it is considered a type of grass.
-Kangaroos have claws and are capable of disemboweling someone.
-Human bones were found inter-mingled with waste which causes archaeologists to believe that Rome disposed of corpses by throwing bodies into the same pits they disposed of their garbage.
-The north korean government claims the late Kim Jong Il was born 6 months premature and 'walked' out of his mother's womb. The doctors were supposedly embarrassed and felt inadequate which caused them to flee the country.
Ha. More like... Thanks for saving me from hormone rage, Argor.
I thought she was going to talk my fingers off with those verbose retorts.
I just realized how cute Sneakerpimp441 is when she's trying to go off on someone.
A few more borderline questionable items in this thread may be justified.
I wasn't even trying to go off on you, I was merely (as I stated multiple times) trying to correct you on an error you made. You proceeded to deviate from the original point of this thread, which was to state random facts. I only entertained you by responding to your verbose tirades. I didn't even have to reply and certainly my intent wasn't to belittle you; again, merely to correct you.
Richard B. Riddick said:Ha. More like... Thanks for saving me from hormone rage, Argor.
I thought she was going to talk my fingers off with those verbose retorts.
Honestly, was there any reason for you to reply to that in such an acerbic manner? I could do without the nasty sarcasm; what transpired is done: I corrected you on something minor, we both went off-topic somewhat, and now we're back on-topic. Basically, what I'm trying to say is, it's not necessary to flog a dead horse, I'm finished with "trying to go off on someone" as you so nicely put it.
More facts ...
-While general vocabulary and knowledge about the world often stays sharp through one’s 70s, memory for names begins to decline as early as age 35. The ability to recognize faces and find one’s car has already begun to wane by the 20s. However, research shows that brain stimulation not only stops cells from shrinking, but it can also increase brain cell and dendrite branching.
-Getting dumped often leads to “frustration attraction,” which causes an individual to love the one who dumped him or her even more.
-Researchers report that women’s magazines have 10.5 times more ads and articles promoting weight loss than men’s magazines do, and over 75% of women’s magazine covers include at least one article title about how to change a woman’s body by diet, exercise, or cosmetic surgery.
-Dreams of losing teeth or having teeth extracted can signify many things, including fears of helplessness or of some sort of loss in one’s life. Women experience more teeth dreams than men. (My mom had a dream about her teeth falling out once, that sure does explain what she was going through at the time ...)
-Researchers found that every two hours spent watching television was associated with a 14% increase in diabetes risk.
-Sharks do not have a single bone in their bodies.
taken from: http://facts.randomhistory.com/
1. Old water pipes were made of wood. Wood submerged in water doesn't rot & turns out to be an excellent material for it.
2. The tissue adjacent an octopus beak is soft while the beak itself is hard. The way in which soft tissue can support a hard beak that is subject to rigorous forces & stress is interesting from a materials science point of view.
3. Carbon fiber weakens & eventually breaks down in ultraviolet light. Hence, its important for it to be covered by paint sufficient to the task of functioning as a shield against sunlight.
4. Cats with identical DNA can be completely different in coloration. This is explained by an emerging field known as epigenetics which suggests there is an abstraction layer above DNA that can affect which genes are active or inactive.
5. To counter the story of Romney strapping a dog to his roof for a long trip, some have brought up Obama eating dog meat during his time spent in Indonesia as a child. I don't know whether this is better or worse than Obama going on record as having read the Harry Potter books and Romney countering this by going on record as having read the Twilight books, but it is somewhat disgusting.
I'm only kidding.
I'm not always serious y'know?
I wonder if it surprises people that I have a sense of humor..
2. The tissue adjacent an octopus beak is soft while the beak itself is hard. The way in which soft tissue can support a hard beak that is subject to rigorous forces & stress is interesting from a materials science point of view.
3. Carbon fiber weakens & eventually breaks down in ultraviolet light. Hence, its important for it to be covered by paint sufficient to the task of functioning as a shield against sunlight.
4. Cats with identical DNA can be completely different in coloration. This is explained by an emerging field known as epigenetics which suggests there is an abstraction layer above DNA that can affect which genes are active or inactive.
5. To counter the story of Romney strapping a dog to his roof for a long trip, some have brought up Obama eating dog meat during his time spent in Indonesia as a child. I don't know whether this is better or worse than Obama going on record as having read the Harry Potter books and Romney countering this by going on record as having read the Twilight books, but it is somewhat disgusting.
I'm only kidding.
I'm not always serious y'know?
I wonder if it surprises people that I have a sense of humor..
1. Old water pipes were made of wood. Wood submerged in water doesn't rot & turns out to be an excellent material for it.
2. The tissue adjacent an octopus beak is soft while the beak itself is hard. The way in which soft tissue can support a hard beak that is subject to rigorous forces & stress is interesting from a materials science point of view.
3. Carbon fiber weakens & eventually breaks down in ultraviolet light. Hence, its important for it to be covered by paint sufficient to the task of functioning as a shield against sunlight.
4. Cats with identical DNA can be completely different in coloration. This is explained by an emerging field known as epigenetics which suggests there is an abstraction layer above DNA that can affect which genes are active or inactive.
5. To counter the story of Romney strapping a dog to his roof for a long trip, some have brought up Obama eating dog meat during his time spent in Indonesia as a child. I don't know whether this is better or worse than Obama going on record as having read the Harry Potter books and Romney countering this by going on record as having read the Twilight books, but it is somewhat disgusting.
I'm only kidding.
I'm not always serious y'know?
I wonder if it surprises people that I have a sense of humor..
I wasn't aware that you were being humorous, when I read it, I interpreted it as being humorous but also acerbic.
Sure, you're not always serious, neither am I.
Eh.
Anyway ...
-People in Asian cultures have traditionally used bear organs and secretions for medicinal purposes. One author notes that there “are fewer than one million bears on Earth and more than one billion potential consumers of bear parts as medicine.”
-One suicide victim who committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge left behind a note saying: “I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.”
-Even with today’s powerful antibiotics, bacterial pneumonia is the most common complication of the flu, and most flu-related deaths are due to it.
-At 4M Multimillionaire Matchmaking Club based in Seattle, WA, clients are men who have made millions but are still single. The matchmaking service charges the men between $10,000 and $30,000. Women pay around $250 to be listed as potential partners.
-Thirty percent of students who say they have been bullied said they sometimes had brought weapons to school.
-Pickles were outlawed in Los Angeles because the smell might offend people.
-Black and orange are typically associated with Halloween. Orange is a symbol of strength and endurance and, along with brown and gold, stands for the harvest and autumn. Black is typically a symbol of death and darkness and acts as a reminder that Halloween once was a festival that marked the boundaries between life and death.
-Girls have stronger and more developed abs than men to aid in delivering babies.
-Its easier for girls to develop and build abdominal muscle than men for the above reason.
-The federal reserve is the 3rd central bank in the history of the United States.
-The second central bank in the history of the United States was killed by Andrew Jackson who claimed the bank was trying to kill him.
-Woodrow Wilson may well be the worst US President in history for things passed under his administration including: A) introducing income taxes B) establishing the federal reserve C) other horrible acts.
-If soviet military personnel stationed at russian nuclear silos had not disobeyed direct orders a nuclear war would have gone down decades ago. Mafunctioning russian equipment had falsely identified a single incoming nuclear missile bearing down on russian territory. If they had followed orders they would have launched a counter strike & things may have snowballed from there.
-Some historians also credit Woodrow Wilson with causing World War II by imposing extremely restrictive and impossible measures upon Germany post World War I.
-Its easier for girls to develop and build abdominal muscle than men for the above reason.
-The federal reserve is the 3rd central bank in the history of the United States.
-The second central bank in the history of the United States was killed by Andrew Jackson who claimed the bank was trying to kill him.
-Woodrow Wilson may well be the worst US President in history for things passed under his administration including: A) introducing income taxes B) establishing the federal reserve C) other horrible acts.
-If soviet military personnel stationed at russian nuclear silos had not disobeyed direct orders a nuclear war would have gone down decades ago. Mafunctioning russian equipment had falsely identified a single incoming nuclear missile bearing down on russian territory. If they had followed orders they would have launched a counter strike & things may have snowballed from there.
-Some historians also credit Woodrow Wilson with causing World War II by imposing extremely restrictive and impossible measures upon Germany post World War I.
Those historical ones are not facts
The taste zones on your tongue are a myth
The taste zones on your tongue are a myth