NationStates Jolt Archive

Have a fact that is unknown to the general population? Posty it here. Here are a couple I have:

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand

The international telephone area code for Antarctica is 672.

I used it before in a previous thread (something like 'Useless facts') but here you are:

All polar bears are left-handed.

Sometimes, when nobody is looking, I find myself singing along to Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon". :(

My dog likes the reduced fat oatmeal cinnamon cartwheels girlscout cookies.

Minix3 supports X-Window.

The HURD does too but refuses to run on my machine.

Girraffes have the same number of bones in their necks as humans.

Have a fact that is unknown to the general population? Posty it here.
Your sig has a typo, it should read "... should fear its people." Unless governments should also fear grammar.

A biscuit race is where a bunch of guys kneel around a digestive and all have a wank onto it. The last one to cum has to eat the biscuit avec le population batter.

(I've never done one)

The Screwdriver (tool) was invented before the Screw.

The Screwdriver (tool) was invented before the Screw.

It was for getting knights out of their armour.

Here is two i heard a while back

The only 15 letter word that doesn't repeat any letters is "uncopyrightable"

A marijuana user is arrested every 45 seconds in America.

A biscuit race is where a bunch of guys kneel around a digestive and all have a wank onto it. The last one to cum has to eat the biscuit avec le population batter.

(I've never done one)

Isn't that a circle jerk?

A biscuit race is where a bunch of guys kneel around a digestive and all have a wank onto it. The last one to cum has to eat the biscuit avec le population batter.

(I've never done one)
AKA The Soggy Biscuit Game.
A marijuana user is arrested every 45 seconds in America.

They same guy? Every 45 seconds? Poor bastard.

It was for getting knights out of their armour.

that and for mixing drinks. ;)

glass is viscous (if you take out a very old window you will notice there is more glass at the bottom due to gravities pull)

In France they call a French kiss and English kiss

Isn't that a circle jerk?

That depends - does a circle jerk have to involve a biscuit?

A marijuana user is arrested every 45 seconds in America.

Really? Whoever he is, he must be pretty pissed off with the police by now.

They same guy? Every 45 seconds? Poor bastard.
On the plus side, it does mean he's never served a sentence exceeding 44.9 consecutive seconds.

glass is viscous (if you take out a very old window you will notice there is more glass at the bottom due to gravities pull)

In France they call a French kiss and English kiss

They also use the term "English nose" to refer to a condom.

On the plus side, it does mean he's never served a sentence exceeding 44.9 consecutive seconds.

I bet he could recite his Miranda rights backwards after having heard them so many times.

The Screwdriver (tool) was invented before the Screw.

and the can opener was invented 80 years after the can was invented.

Greenland was named such because the person who discovered it wanted people to move there. so he described it as a land full of green.

Sedona, AZ, home of vast red-rock natural beauty and a new-ager infestation is "anodes" spelled backwards. Anodes are positive 'energy' terminals.

and the can opener was invented 80 years after the can was invented.

The CD was invented 7 years before the CD player.

you park your car on a driveway and drive your car on a parkway.

you park your car on a driveway and drive your car on a parkway.

Only in America.

Bear liver contains an amount of Vitamin E toxic to most humans.

Bear liver contains an amount of Vitamin E toxic to most humans.
In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

Bear liver contains an amount of Vitamin E toxic to most humans.
I thought it was vitimin A.

The playing time of the CD was determined by how long Beethoven's 9th Symphony is.

I drove my car into an Orbitz building today.

The first slot machine was in a Roman church and dispensed holy water.

you park your car on a driveway and drive your car on a parkway.

cargo goes by Ship, Shipment goes by truck.

pro is for, con is against. so if Progress is going forwards, then what's Congress?

If a crime-figher fights crime, a Fire-fighter fights fires, what do freedom Fighters fight?

why do we drink artifical lemons and clean our furniture with real lemons?

if Vegitarians eat Vegitables, what do humanitarians eat?

why do we have a pair of pants but only one bra?

Why is "on" and "off" written on a light switch? if you can read it, then it's on, if it's off, it's too dark to read.

Why does McDonalds have a Braile menu taped on their drive through counters?

why does the bank use the word TRUST, yet have cameras that watch us and their pens are chained to the counters?

I drove my car into an Orbitz building today.

... so you fell out of Orbitz? :D

(hope you and no one else was hurt.) :(

They also use the term "English nose" to refer to a condom.

And another way of saying a woman's having her period is "The English have landed" (red coats).

An albatross can sleep while it flies

Bear liver contains an amount of Vitamin E toxic to most humans.
I thought it was Polar Bear liver which contained high amounts of Vitamine A? [Damn it! You're quick, No Paradise!]

I thought it was Polar Bear liver which contained high amounts of Vitamine A?
While it is generally agreed that some sort of organ within some sort of bear is hazardously nutritous, there is no agreement on which organ or which bear or in what way it will cause blood to shoot from your eyes.
This confusion is caused by a telepathic self-defense mechanism within the hive mind of the sun bear species, that it uses to inflict confusion upon humans.

While it is generally agreed that some sort of organ within some sort of bear is hazardously nutritous, there is no agreement on which organ or which bear or in what way it will cause blood to shoot from your eyes.
This confusion is caused by a telepathic self-defense mechanism within the hive mind of the sun bear species, that it uses to inflict confusion upon humans.
Unless it's sharks with lasers, I'm not scared! ;)

Have a fact that is unknown to the general population? Posty it here. Here are a couple I have:

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand

The international telephone area code for Antarctica is 672.

Here's a goodie.

In Japan, there is a baseball team called the Hanshin Tigers. In 1985, they won the championships in Japan, due to a foreign slugger called Randy Bass. The Tigers fans then crowded at a bridge and shouted the names of the players. Every time a name was said, a person who looked like that player would jump off to their deaths. Lacking a person to imitate Randy Bass, they went to a KFC and threw a statue of Colonel Sanders (the KFC guy) off the bridge. The Tigers never won another championship again. Legend has it that that when the statue is recovered and taken out of the river, the Tigers will win.

And that is known as the Curse of the Colonel (after Colonel Sanders). Look it up. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel)

Native Americans never believed the Earth was flat.

Have a fact that is unknown to the general population? Posty it here. Here are a couple I have:

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand

The international telephone area code for Antarctica is 672.

Erm... One hundred and one?

Ilaer

Erm... One hundred and one?

Ilaer
Acht? (Eight for you English speaking).

Erm... One hundred and one?

Ilaer

not really, some people say one hundred one.

Acht? (Eight for you English speaking).
well, if you're including non english spelling, San (3 in Japanese.)

Native Americans never believed the Earth was flat.
Neither did Medieval Europeans, nor the Ancient Greeks nor any of the major muslim empires.
The idea that Columbus was somehow original in believing in a round earth was actually created by a 19th century biographer who wanted to juice up the story of his 1492 voyage.

Here's a goodie.

In Japan, there is a baseball team called the Hanshin Tigers. In 1985, they won the championships in Japan, due to a foreign slugger called Randy Bass. The Tigers fans then crowded at a bridge and shouted the names of the players. Every time a name was said, a person who looked like that player would jump off to their deaths. Lacking a person to imitate Randy Bass, they went to a KFC and threw a statue of Colonel Sanders (the KFC guy) off the bridge. The Tigers never won another championship again. Legend has it that that when the statue is recovered and taken out of the river, the Tigers will win.

And that is known as the Curse of the Colonel (after Colonel Sanders). Look it up. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel)
Nice one, although you might want to read the article again - they didn't jump to their deaths...

Nice one, although you might want to read the article again - they didn't jump to their deaths...
You pushed them?!:eek:

Holland once had a shoreline of over 5000 kilometer in total.

You pushed them?!:eek:
Whoops!

I have sand in my vagina.

One?

Seven.

Girraffes have the same number of bones in their necks as humans.One?

Neither did Medieval Europeans, nor the Ancient Greeks nor any of the major muslim empires.
The idea that Columbus was somehow original in believing in a round earth was actually created by a 19th century biographer who wanted to juice up the story of his 1492 voyage.

Actually, Columbus believed the Earth was pear-shaped.:p

In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

Everybody knows that.

Actually, Columbus believed the Earth was pear-shaped.:p

Actually, that's true. The earth is not actually a perfect sphere, but instead bubbles out a bit in the center. It's true. Look it up.

On a side note: Our sun is actually green in that it is the color of light it gives off the most. However, our eyes are not very sensitive to green light, thus why it looks yellow to us. Thus, Superman should not have had his powers on earth, as our sun is, infact, green.

Duh, I just told them.

Good point.

Everybody knows that.
Duh, I just told them.

the elephant is the only animal with four knees

a piece of paper can be folded in half a maximum of 8 times...

Bats always fly left when they leave their roost

Belgium sucks at football.....wait, sorry I was wrong everyone knows that....

not really, some people say one hundred one.

Why? It's one hundred and one. Everyone should know that...

Ilaer

Why? It's one hundred and one. Everyone should know that...

Ilaer

because it takes longer to say the and.

and the number is 101
or one hundred one.

if it was written 100 & 1
then it would be one hundred and one. :p

I have sand in my vagina.

I thought that was common knowledge;)

Ostriches eyes are larger then their brains.

squash balls can be squished to the same size as a beach ball

the number 0 was invented in india

Toothpicks are the oldest tool ever found.

Ostriches eyes are larger then their brains.

squash balls can be squished to the same size as a beach ball

the number 0 was invented in india

Toothpicks are the oldest tool ever found.

On the night of July 3, 1793, commissioners arrived in the royal family's cell with instructions to separate Marie Antoinette's son from the rest of his family. He had been proclaimed Louis XVII by exiled royalists after his father's death. The republican government had therefore decided to imprison the eight-year-old child in solitary confinement. Louis flung himself into his mother's arms crying hysterically, and Marie Antoinette shielded him with her body, refusing to give him up. When the commissioners threatened to kill her if she did not hand the child over, she still refused to move. It was only when they threatened to kill Marie Thérèse that she came to realise how hopeless the situation was. Two hours after the commissioners had entered her room, the former Queen relinquished her son to them. They did not meet again; her son died in captivity in 1795.

because it takes longer to say the and.

and the number is 101
or one hundred one.

if it was written 100 & 1
then it would be one hundred and one. :p

Oh, because it takes longer to say...
Are people really lazy enough to miss out the word 'and' when it's so short?

Ilaer

I have sand in my vagina.

One: ouch.
Two: so you're female? Someone told me you were male.

Ilaer

a piece of paper can be folded in half a maximum of 8 times...
.

False.


Also glass does not flow.

I thought that was common knowledge;)

Less common than you might imagine.

One: ouch.
Two: so you're female? Someone told me you were male.

Ilaer

*checks*

Oh dear God, it grew back!

False.


Also glass does not flow.

everything flows, just really really really really slowly...It just helps in liquid form. Imagine a metal box, all the particles weigh something, however minute, and gravity still pulls those down.

Oh, because it takes longer to say...
Are people really lazy enough to miss out the word 'and' when it's so short?

Ilaer

not really, i say one hundred one because usually I am counting and when counting, I don't say the and.

so yes, one thousand three hundred one is what I and several others say. the point is the "AND" isn't necessary. thus not counted as part of the number.

False.

sort of, it's actually you can't fold a peice of paper more then 6or7 times in half.

Nice one, although you might want to read the article again - they didn't jump to their deaths...

Hey, doesn't jumping off a high bridge into water usually cause death?

Hey, doesn't jumping off a high bridge into water usually cause death?

Depends on how high the bridge is, and how deep the water.

sort of, it's actually you can't fold a peice of paper more then 6or7 times in half.

Except you can. It's just bloody difficult.

It takes approximately 270 licks to reach the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop.

sort of, it's actually you can't fold a peice of paper more then 6or7 times in half.

my brother in law with a piece of rice paper managed to fold it in half 8 times....

glass is a liquid, so yes it flows... very s l o w l y...

Approximately 50% of all the people who have ever lived are alive today..

Erm... One hundred and one?

Ilaer

One hundred and one is closer to 100.1 than 101

When spelling out numbers in english, "and" refers to the beginning of the decimal place, for example three hundred fifty-two and four tenths.

How do you write checks? Do you put in several "and"s when you have to spell out the amount?

One hundred and one is closer to 100.1 than 101

When spelling out numbers in english, "and" refers to the beginning of the decimal place, for example three hundred fifty-two and four tenths.

How do you write checks? Do you put in several "and"s when you have to spell out the amount?

No, 100.1 would be one hundred point one

Hey, doesn't jumping off a high bridge into water usually cause death?
Depends on how high the bridge is, and how deep the water.
...and don't you think they would've mentioned it in the article?

They mention that a single guy died in 2003 - I'd wager that they would've mentioned if the equivalent of a whole baseball team (sans Colonel Sanders) had died.

Trilby63;12365730']No, 100.1 would be one hundred point one

How would you write out 100 1/10? This is fun.

It takes approximately 270 licks to reach the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop.
You have tried that one, haven't you?

How would you write out 100 1/10? This is fun.

One hundred and one tenth.

Trilby63;12365730']No, 100.1 would be one hundred point one

Yeah, in common usage, it gets used that way too, so you are right, but what I said still stands correct. =)

A hazelnut is neither a hazel nor a nut.

A hazelnut is neither a hazel nor a nut.

Similarly: A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.

my brother in law with a piece of rice paper managed to fold it in half 8 times....

glass is a liquid, so yes it flows... very s l o w l y...

Mythbusters also folded a sheet of paper in half more than eight times.

Glass is not a liquid, it's an amorphous solid. While the molecules aren't arranged in a regular structure like in a crystal, they are still very rigidly bound together. Hence, glass doesn't flow. The whole thing with medieval windows is mostly due to the method of their manufacture.

http://glassnotes.com/WindowPanes.html

Trilby63;12365758']One hundred and one tenth.

And now: 101 1/10?

This is fun.

And now: 101 1/10?

This is fun.

One hundred and one and one tenth?

Ah! And "Similarily" is neither a Sim nor an Ilarly.

:eek:

This has shaken my worldview to its very foundations.

Similarly: A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.

Ah! And "Similarily" is neither a Sim nor an Ilarly.

Similarly: A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.

and a Pineapple isn't a Pine nor an Apple. it's a berry.

You have tried that one, haven't you?

Yes.

and a Pineapple isn't a Pine nor an Apple. it's a berry.

A berry? Awesome.

:eek:

This has shaken my worldview to its very foundations.

Soon you will find that there is no God and that when a puppy dies, it stays dead. Confucious say, "Facts hit hard but I hit harder."

What?

I want to ride a pony to work.

If you're "average", your feet hit the floor 7,000 times a day.

and a Pineapple isn't a Pine nor an Apple. it's a berry.
Did you know that pineapples are the only fruit that don't ripen when seperated from the stem?
Unlike bananas or other fruit which can be picked "raw" to later develop.
Yes.
Cool! Did you have to start over because you lost count? And how long did it take?

I have never gotten a date. Where I live, that makes me one of the resident dateless guys, which are three (counting me) to be exact, in my grade.

If you're "average", your feet hit the floor 7,000 times a day.
If you're not "average", your face hits the floor a couple of times in between?

Cool! Did you have to start over because you lost count? And how long did it take?
Nope, and maybe five to ten minutes.

I have never gotten a date. Where I live, that makes me one of the resident dateless guys, which are three (counting me) to be exact, in my grade.

Hire a prostitute.

Hire a prostitute.

He's thirteen.

pro is for, con is against. so if Progress is going forwards, then what's Congress?



Con isn't really a prefix it's just short for Contra but 90% of the population is too stupid to remember 3 letters so its just Con

He's thirteen.

Prostitutes discriminate?

Only in America.

Only in America than there be handicaped parking spaces at a skate park.

Also, if the state of North Carolina hadn't taken control of the state of Franklin, there'd probably be 51 states in the US (and Tennessee would be considearbly smaller).

In a hick town in Tennessee called Gatlinburg, there are at least 10 pancake houses. :eek:

With the glass "bulbing", I didn't think there were any panes old enough to see the effect with the naked eye?

There are at least 5 (I think it's five...this is all from memory) moons for Earth.

Banana plants "walk".

I've ran out of coffee....

*inserts more facts to seem interesting*

He's thirteen.

Yeah, and not even a desperate prostitute would be willing to fuck me. She'd probably turn lesbian. (No offense meant to any lesbians here)

Yeah, and not even a desperate prostitute would be willing to fuck me. She'd probably turn lesbian. (No offense meant to any lesbians here)

I think you offended yourself more than you offended lesbians in this one... o_O

Regardless, you need to work on your self-esteem, but I know it won't help to tell you that.

In 1974, France banned a book, titled L'ascension de Mobutu: Du sergent Désiré Joseph au général Sese Seko, per the request of Mobutu Sese Seko, who asked for - and received - the application of a 1930s-era law which made it illegal to publish a book defamatory toward a head of state.

I have never gotten a date. Where I live, that makes me one of the resident dateless guys, which are three (counting me) to be exact, in my grade.

There are only three dateless guys in your grade... and you're thirteen?

A biscuit race is where a bunch of guys kneel around a digestive and all have a wank onto it. The last one to cum has to eat the biscuit avec le population batter.

(I've never done one)

We call it 'Soggy Saos' in Australia.

The atomic number of barium is 56.

The capital of Macedonia is Skopje.

The small plastic or metal claddings on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Their purpose is sinister.

I have sand in my vagina.

I put it there.

The first paper airplane was made by Mickey McRoberson, an Irish distiller, in 1624.

42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

The atomic number of barium is 56.

The capital of Macedonia is Skopje.

The small plastic or metal claddings on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Their purpose is sinister.
:eek: YOUR THE QUESTION!

The word "gullible" is not listed in Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

Really? Yes, I know.

sure

The word "gullible" is not listed in Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

Really? Yes, I know.

73 percent of Sheep owners find it easier to fall asleep that non-sheep owners.

*checks*

Oh dear God, it grew back!

When you chop off your penis 2 more grow in its place.

The first slot machine was in a Roman church and dispensed holy water.

It was Greek and it was a temple not a church, it was one of Heron of Alexandria's inventions.

The first vending machine was also one of his constructions, when a coin was introducted via a slot on the top of the machine, a set amount of Holy Water was despensed. This was included in his list of inventions in his book, "Mechanics and Optics".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron_of_Alexandria

Romans used to drink the collected sweat of gladiators as an aphrodisiac.

The Roman emperor Caligula's name means "little boots" he was given it for his childhood habit of wearing military uniforms with his father during victory parades.

Yea! Another urban legend fest to bust upon!

Greenland was named such because the person who discovered it wanted people to move there. so he described it as a land full of green.

As I understand it, that's up for grabs. The etymology may be from Gruntland and not Graenland. Also, when Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland and settled there, it actually really was green due to the Medieval Climate Optimum.

Here's a goodie.

In Japan, there is a baseball team called the Hanshin Tigers. In 1985, they won the championships in Japan, due to a foreign slugger called Randy Bass. The Tigers fans then crowded at a bridge and shouted the names of the players. Every time a name was said, a person who looked like that player would jump off to their deaths. Lacking a person to imitate Randy Bass, they went to a KFC and threw a statue of Colonel Sanders (the KFC guy) off the bridge. The Tigers never won another championship again. Legend has it that that when the statue is recovered and taken out of the river, the Tigers will win.

And that is known as the Curse of the Colonel (after Colonel Sanders). Look it up. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel)

Errr... no and no. Nobody died. And the Tigers have since won two championships - in 2003 and 2005. (Hanshin did manage to finish in the cellaer an amazing 10 out of 17 times in the interval.)

Nice one, although you might want to read the article again - they didn't jump to their deaths...

Indeed. It helps if the source is up to date, as well.

Hey, doesn't jumping off a high bridge into water usually cause death?

No, not always - it depends on how you land. Plenty of people have survived much, much higher jumps than the drop off Ebisubashi. (It helps if you don't assume things such as the bridge was high.)

http://www.osakacity.or.jp/kikaku/gallery/bridge/bridge/p_ebisubashi.jpg

a piece of paper can be folded in half a maximum of 8 times...

One of the great classic urban legends. :D

Too bad it's been totally busted.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040124/mathtrek.asp


my brother in law with a piece of rice paper managed to fold it in half 8 times....

Check out the article above. Someone folded a piece of paper 12 times...


Now on to the glass...

glass is viscous (if you take out a very old window you will notice there is more glass at the bottom due to gravities pull)

Nope. The differential in thicknesses has to do with the way the glass was made.

It is sometimes said that glass in very old churches is thicker at the bottom than at the top because glass is a liquid, and so over several centuries it has flowed towards the bottom. This is not true. In Mediaeval times panes of glass were often made by the Crown glass process. A lump of molten glass was rolled, blown, expanded, flattened and finally spun into a disc before being cut into panes. The sheets were thicker towards the edge of the disc and were usually installed with the heavier side at the bottom. Other techniques of forming glass panes have been used but it is only the relatively recent float glass processes which have produced good quality flat sheets of glass.
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html

glass is a liquid, so yes it flows... very s l o w l y...

Thats' still undetermined. The above link goes into detail about the matter.

With the glass "bulbing", I didn't think there were any panes old enough to see the effect with the naked eye?

If it happens at all, which, again, is indeterminate.

There are at least 5 (I think it's five...this is all from memory) moons for Earth.

Banana plants "walk".

Say what?

Hey, doesn't jumping off a high bridge into water usually cause death?

The jumping doesn't cause death, the sudden stop at the end does.

If Canadians claim to have invented the zipper, they cannot claim they invented basketball. ;)

While it is true that Cthulhu waits dreaming, the Great Race of Yith has in fact stop sleeping all together, having engaged in a game of World of Warcraft against the Mechanical Engineering Department of Cal State Fullerton.

23.25 % Of all telmarketers are local.

The City of Instanbul was renamed three times.

Alexander the Great was called "The young man with old mans hair" (Roughly translated from anceint language) Because he had blone hair.

The Emperor Augustus of Rome slept with his sister when he was 17.

The ants control the molepeople, who in turn control women using phycic powers, and the women control the men who control the world.

If I look at a clock between 9-10 am it always is at 9:11. Unless I look twice during the hour.

Lenin's full name was "Vladimir Il'ch Lenin"

Every year since the end of World War I (Or II I may be mistaken) has seen a war of some scale.

The entire idea of the Pope having authority over secular authority during the medieval period (which was most notably defied by the formation of the Church of England under King Henry VIII in 1534) is based upon a document called The Donation of Constantine.

In this document, Emperor Constantine I donates Rome, Italy, and all of the Western Roman Empire (map (http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320Hist&Civ/slides/08romfal/mapEWRomanEmpiresmall.JPG)) to Pope Sylvester I and his descendants as the inheritors of Saint Peter to reward Pope Sylvester I for his baptizing and curing his leprosy. It was this claim that was used by religious authority, especially papal authority, to validate their power over secular authority in Italy as well as throughout Western Europe, and defined the power structure of the Medieval period that placed the pope as the head authority over the king.

However, a humanist by the name of Lorenzo Valla proved the document a fake in 1440. The Latin was inconsistent with the 4th century, and the document refers to things which happened after its supposed creation. It was actually made somewhere between 750 and 850, with the date likely pinned down to the reign of Pope Stephen II in 752 to give him leverage in negotiations with Pepin the Short, the Frankish Mayor of the Palace. Further research by modern scholars also proves that many of its purported elements are actually legends.

Thus this of the pope having any legitimate claim to power over kings was apocryphal.

If you want to stop being gullible you should send £4000 to POBox 7 Cardiff

Here's one I bet hardly anyone knew. In 1993, even after the first Gulf war, the US department of defence sold Saddam Hussein anthrax and bombs to deploy it in. Anyone ever wonder where those weapons of mass destruction came from, huh?

Say what?

The banana plants thing is actually true. They don't get up, it's to do with their roots, so they're propelled from under the ground, but yes. They do move.

And we do have multiple moons. I know one of them aside from "The Moon" is called Cruithne.

Lenin's full name was "Vladimir Il'ch Lenin"

Close. His real name was Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov. Lenin was a revolutionary pseudonym.

ww2 ended in 1992

And we do have multiple moons. I know one of them aside from "The Moon" is called Cruithne.

That one's not a moon, I'm afraid - an asteroid with a very similar orbit to the earth's, but it doesn't orbit the Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne#Dimensions_and_orbit
Sorry. :p

That one's not a moon, I'm afraid - an asteroid with a very similar orbit to the earth's, but it doesn't orbit the Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne#Dimensions_and_orbit
Sorry. :p

Very well, my information's out of date. The whole moon/not a moon planet/not a planet thing seems really rather arbitrary anyway. :p

Errr... no and no. Nobody died. And the Tigers have since won two championships - in 2003 and 2005. (Hanshin did manage to finish in the cellaer an amazing 10 out of 17 times in the interval.)

Thanks for the update, Dai-san.

Indeed. It helps if the source is up to date, as well.

Heh. That's what I get for using Wikipedia.

No, not always - it depends on how you land. Plenty of people have survived much, much higher jumps than the drop off Ebisubashi. (It helps if you don't assume things such as the bridge was high.)

http://www.osakacity.or.jp/kikaku/gallery/bridge/bridge/p_ebisubashi.jpg

My bad again. But hey, who's perfect?

There are only three dateless guys in your grade... and you're thirteen?

Yeah. Even the "nerds" date. And one of the other guys is working on it. In my town, dating starts at 10, and people usually figure it out a year or two before that.

The jumping doesn't cause death, the sudden stop at the end does.

Thanks for telling me.

I think you offended yourself more than you offended lesbians in this one... o_O

Yeah, I do that a lot.

Regardless, you need to work on your self-esteem, but I know it won't help to tell you that.

No shit, Sherlock.

John Wilkes Booth shot Pres. Lincoln in a theater and was caught in a warehouse, Lee Harvey Oswald shot Pres. Kennedy from warehouse and was caught in a theater.

For some reason, American assassins are known by all three of their names.

Lincoln had an aide named Kennedy who warned him not to go to the theater, Kennedy had an aide named Lincoln who warned him not to go to Dallas.

If you want to stop being gullible you should send £4000 to POBox 7 Cardiff
The check's in the mail!!!

Jell-O, if hooked up to an EEG, produces the same waves as the human brain.

jell-o produces electrical waves?

Jell-O, if hooked up to an EEG, produces the same waves as the human brain.

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand

A hundred.

So even if the whole One hundred and one discussion was irrelevant.


Oh, and Pluto lost its license to be a planet.

A hundred.

So even if the whole One hundred and one discussion was irrelevant.


Oh, and Pluto lost its license to be a planet.

Except, of course, that A hundred is not the correct way to say one hundred.

Jell-O, if hooked up to an EEG, produces the same waves as the human brain.
While that might be true - Jell-O comes in different flavors!

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself. (How did they study this?)

Gotten from this (http://www.jesuitnola.org/upload/clark/lkfacts.htm) site. It is full of pointless little tidbits.

Oh! Here is another good one from the site!

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

Don't you feel so much smarter now? ;)

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand
Urmm...

What about "One hundred and one"?




Oh yeah, random fact. Hmm...

Napalm isn't actually made with orange juice at all. It's grapefruit juice.

The can opener was invented many years after the tin can.

This thread is Qi tastic!

Except, of course, that A hundred is not the correct way to say one hundred.

let me put it this way:

IF there is a discussion between whether "One hundred and one" or "One hundred one" is correct, then "A hundred" should be equally valid as One hundred and one.

if One hundred one is correct, then "A hundred" isn't, my whole logic is flawed anyway, and One thousand becomes the most certain and definite result.

But you can most certainly say "A hundred" Example:

A hundred geese

or

A hundred moose... meese, mooses... eh... whatever :p

ww2 ended in 1992

No, it did not.

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself. (How did they study this?)

Gotten from this (http://www.jesuitnola.org/upload/clark/lkfacts.htm) site. It is full of pointless little tidbits.

Oh! Here is another good one from the site!

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

Don't you feel so much smarter now? ;)

Great page.

Along similar lines:

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

(from the same page).

Oh! Here is another good one from the site!

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

Don't you feel so much smarter now? ;)
No, not really, for it ain't true: King of Hearts with a moustache! (http://www.playingcardsales.co.uk/cards/moreimages/14203_8_n_german_patt.jpg)

No, not really, for it ain't true: King of Hearts with a moustache! (http://www.playingcardsales.co.uk/cards/moreimages/14203_8_n_german_patt.jpg)

Well I'm not sure what is with that page as it seems the queen has a "D" instead of the "Q" and the jack has a "B" instead of a "J". A foreign deck maybe? So who knows what other alterations there are. But you never know about the accuracy of stuff. You can barely believe anything you see in your textbook so... maybe.

Hold on!

Okay here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Set_of_playing_cards_52.JPG).
The quality isn't perfect but I do believe there is a lack of a mustache.

Well I'm not sure what is with that page as it seems the queen has a "D" instead of the "Q" and the jack has a "B" instead of a "J". A foreign deck maybe? So who knows what other alterations there are. But you never know about the accuracy of stuff. You can barely believe anything you see in your textbook so... maybe.

Hold on!

Okay here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Set_of_playing_cards_52.JPG).
The quality isn't perfect but I do believe there is a lack of a mustache.


(referring to the other deck, not the one provided in the quoted post) That is a foreign deck, it's German (note the name of the image, and the GmbH on the cards themselves (it's a German company type designation).

Well I'm not sure what is with that page as it seems the queen has a "D" instead of the "Q" and the jack has a "B" instead of a "J". A foreign deck maybe? So who knows what other alterations there are. But you never know about the accuracy of stuff. You can barely believe anything you see in your textbook so... maybe.
Hold on!
Okay here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Set_of_playing_cards_52.JPG).
The quality isn't perfect but I do believe there is a lack of a mustache.
It's the deck of French origin used to play cards in Germany. [D=Dame=Queen; B=Bube=Jack] :p

It's the deck of French origin used to play cards in Germany. [D=Dame=Queen; B=Bube=Jack] :p

French origin... that would explain the mustache.... :p

French origin... that would explain the mustache.... :p
You're just glad the women don't have one, too, right?

You're just glad the women don't have one, too, right?

That too.

Oooh, here's another one.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (works on a QWERTY keyboard, anyway).

That too.

Oooh, here's another one.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (works on a QWERTY keyboard, anyway).

*buzzer*

proterotype and rupturewort.

It's the deck of French origin used to play cards in Germany. [D=Dame=Queen; B=Bube=Jack] :p

Teehee....Bube...

Except, of course, that A hundred is not the correct way to say one hundred.

There are a hundred reasons why you are wrong. :p

Men are from Venus, women are from Macy's.

It is a little known fact that knowing little known facts is one of the primary causes of brain cancer. You can determine your risk easily by use of this chart:

Each Little Known Fact Known = +.1% (per fact)
Being Smug About Knowing It = +2% (per fact)
Using Tables to Illustrate Facts= +.5% (per item)
A Peck of Pickled Peppers = $1.00 (per pepper picked)

Minix3 supports X-Window.

The HURD does too but refuses to run on my machine.

The 2.6.X out of the box kernel dislikes the PCI and hard drive power management on an HP 7700

Though the 2.4 kernel does not complain

Men are from Venus, women are from Macy's.

Men are from Best Buy....;)

Men are from Best Buy....;)

pfft only some of us

Got people like my dad who I dont think has ever set foot in one ...

Great page.

Along similar lines:

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

(from the same page).

Julius Caesar was never a King.

pfft only some of us

Got people like my dad who I dont think has ever set foot in one ...

Hmmm...

Well, every single guy I know gets a practical hardon when any electronics store is mentioned.
Specially around the big screen TV's.

And your dad must be what? 50ish? Alot of the older folks aren't much interested in electronics..unlike us younger generations.

Hmmm...

Well, every single guy I know gets a practical hardon when any electronics store is mentioned.
Specially around the big screen TV's.

And your dad must be what? 50ish? Alot of the older folks aren't much interested in electronics..unlike us younger generations.

Yeah by 21 year old brother is simmilar though

Get him in a 4wheeler store though and watch him drool

Yeah by 21 year old brother is simmilar though

Get him in a 4wheeler store though and watch him drool


We each have our own loves.

Mine would be the auto accessories. Or yeah..even Best Buy (ohhh thats SO not Macy's!):D

i have hairy toes.

We each have our own loves.

Mine would be the auto accessories. Or yeah..even Best Buy (ohhh thats SO not Macy's!):D

YEah I am all over ... biggest comp geek in the planet but also farmer and avid Jeeper :)

Once had a buddy that would wax damn near every body hair because he thought it would attract more girls. We all laughed at him. However he did manage to keep a stable of ladies. So maybe something to it.

YEah I am all over ... biggest comp geek in the planet but also farmer and avid Jeeper :)

Man of many talents.;)

No, it did not.


sorry wrong date it was october the 3rd 1990 with the reunification of Germany. That was when ww2 finished

Urmm...

What about "One hundred and one"?




Oh yeah, random fact. Hmm...

Napalm isn't actually made with orange juice at all. It's grapefruit juice.

I pointed out the 'one hundred and one' thing already.

let me put it this way:

IF there is a discussion between whether "One hundred and one" or "One hundred one" is correct, then "A hundred" should be equally valid as One hundred and one.

if One hundred one is correct, then "A hundred" isn't, my whole logic is flawed anyway, and One thousand becomes the most certain and definite result.

But you can most certainly say "A hundred" Example:

A hundred geese

or

A hundred moose... meese, mooses... eh... whatever :p

The plural of moose is, in fact, moose.

Ilaer

I pointed out the 'one hundred and one' thing already.



The plural of moose is, in fact, moose.

Ilaer

And that reminds me of something I saw elsewhere, which shall be my contribution, after having busted on various ULs.

The proper plural of octopus (at least in English) is not octopi, but octopuses. (The -i plural being a Latinate ending and the roots of octopus being Greek. Octopodes is aceptable, if excessively pedantic.)

In the latter part of the 1800's, a group of at least 40 people including toddlers and teenagers were deliberately injected with gonorrhea or syphilis to see if they would develop the diseases.

It is a little known fact that knowing little known facts is one of the primary causes of brain cancer. You can determine your risk easily by use of this chart:

Each Little Known Fact Known = +.1% (per fact)
Being Smug About Knowing It = +2% (per fact)
Using Tables to Illustrate Facts= +.5% (per item)
A Peck of Pickled Peppers = $1.00 (per pepper picked)

That gives me a risk of about...
*pauses and calculates*

Several hours later:
1,279%!

I know almost nothing but esoteric facts.

Ilaer

That gives me a risk of about...
*pauses and calculates*

Several hours later:
1,279%!

I know almost nothing but esoteric facts.

Ilaer
Ok, just be sure that when your head explodes and throws brains everywhere, you're somewhere else, I don't want any on my shoes.