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Author:  Ethereal Ice [ Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Random Factoids
Did you know:
that Casablanca is at GMT and that Canada eats more macaroni than any other nation?
Author:  nomnom52 [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
You get taller when lying down after standing for a long period of time?
Some penguins actually live in tropical environments?
Wendy's Frostys are actually just flavored lard?
Author:  GofD [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
Ethereal Ice wrote:
Did you know:
Canada eats more macaroni than any other nation?


Really? Huh.....

Light years measure distance not time..

The acceleration due to gravity is 9.81m/s^2

A loonie is the canadian Dollar.
Author:  nomnom52 [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:58 pm ]
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Using logic, since Wailord can fit into a Pokeball, then all of your Pokemon should fit in the Pokedex?
I am smarter than the average bear?
There's a spelling error in the dictionary?
Author:  Edoc'sil [ Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
The ancient language in Eragon is based on old Norse?
Light and sound don't actually travel at a fixed pace, so there isn't really a speed of light or sound?
Author:  Magus [ Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:01 am ]
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In the average life time, most people will have walked a distance comparable to walking five times around the equator?
Also, based on some suicide statistics, Monday is the best day to get your miserable existence over with?
And of course, random nerd fact. Did you know that there is a band named after Yawgmoth, the most notorious threat to the Multiverse in Magic the Gathering?
Author:  Azure [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:27 pm ]
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Did you know that a Canadian invented the lightbulb?
58% of people that cheat are 90%+ average students?
The avergage person swallows 6 spiders while sleeping in their lifetime?
The swastika used to symbolize peace?
Dogs actually have color in their eyes? (look real close)

Stuff to think about
Author:  Edoc'sil [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 4:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
Harpy Eagles are the largest bird of prey in the world?
Praying mantises eat small birds, too, such as hummingbirds?
Author:  Thundawave [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:44 pm ]
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The first million decimal places of pi consist of 99,959 zeros, 99,758 1s, 100,026 2s, 100,229 3s, 100,230 4s, 100,359 5s, 99,548 6s, 99,800 7s, 99,985 8s, and 100,106 9s?
Whistling at many European operas actually means
Author:  Edoc'sil [ Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:23 am ]
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There is a symbol called an interrobang that combines the ! and the ??
Author:  Thundawave [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:49 pm ]
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Due to its high value, most gold discovered throughout history is still in circulation. However, it is thought that 80% of the world
Author:  Edoc'sil [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:34 pm ]
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You don't remember a dream unless you are woken up in the middle of it?
Author:  Dark_Swampert [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:00 pm ]
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The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
Try these on for size
Author:  Thundawave [ Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
Author:  Edoc'sil [ Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
A lizard called a basilisk can run on water?
Author:  Dark_Swampert [ Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:57 pm ]
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The lifespan of a tastebud is ten days.
In Ottumwa, Iowa, "It is unlawful for any male person, within the corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom he is unacquainted."
Without glasses, John Lennon was legally blind all of his life.
Deaf people have safer driving records on average than hearing people in the U.S.A.
Marilyn Monroe had eleven toes.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Author:  LeoTheLion [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
The word in Spanish for star is "estralla"
To smash something (against something else) is "estrallar"

The saiyan names in Dragonball Z are meant to resemble vegetables. (Vegeta - Vegetable. Cacarot - Carrot. Nappa - type of cabbage. Radditz - Raddish) Gohan means Rice in Japanese (I'd hate to be aware of that throughout the entire series as a Japanese!)
Author:  rex09 [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
LeoTheLion wrote:
The word in Spanish for star is "estralla"

Not quite. The word is, "estrella," pronounced "es ch rey a". But to contribute to this thread:

The amino acid trytophan, found in turkey, is often blamed for sleepiness. However, the protein and other natural chemicals in turkey prevent these effects.

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Author:  LeoTheLion [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
rex09 wrote:
LeoTheLion wrote:
The word in Spanish for star is "estralla"

Not quite. The word is, "estrella," pronounced "es ch rey a".

A word oft mispelled by myself. But still it has lulz.
I forgot, there's also the statistic - 50% of statistics are made up.
One more fact:And A person walk walk the average of five times around the equator in their lifetime!
Author:  Edoc'sil [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:17 am ]
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Quote:
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

That's being used way to much. >_> And a random factoid: Scientists believe that in the stegosaurus used their spines for protection, temperature adaptation, and for blushing!
Author:  LeoTheLion [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 8:12 pm ]
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Another interesting one: Upon reading Sherlock Holmes, you will not once find the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson!"
Author:  Edoc'sil [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Random Factoids
The Hindenberg went up in flames, not exploded? And this was because of a highly flammable aluminum powder, not the cover-up story of how a static spark ignited hydrogen, which would have burned up and away from the the airship? And finally that when that happened, it wads not the Hindenberg's maiden voyage?
Author:  Registeel_Rocks [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:13 pm ]
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Fact: A fight between a Cyclone and a Hurricane involves men that don't wear shirts.
Author:  Edoc'sil [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:36 pm ]
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In the original story, Cinderella's slippers were not glass, but white squirrel fur? (sound comfy. ;))
Author:  Magikarps_Beast [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:39 pm ]
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If you look at the sun RIGHT NOW, you are technically looking back in time. It takes 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach the Earth so you're actually looking at what the sun looked like 8 minutes ago.
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