Post A Random Fact

[Jimbuna]

The town of Olney, Illinois celebrates a "Squirrel Day" festival to honour the 200 albino squirrels that live in the town. The festival includes a squirrel blessing by a priest.

[Feuer Frei!]

You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.

[Sailor Steve]

The Beatles: John, Jim, George and Dick.

[razark]

In 1996 (the date of my data) to place one pound in low earth orbit using the "reusable" STS cost $6,000.00 each flight

To use the 100% expendable Saturn 1B costs $2,000.00 per pound to low earth orbit each flight. And the Saturn 1B was a very expensive heavy lift system.
Is that $2,000 in 1996 dollars?

[Feuer Frei!]

Napoleon's favorite type of wood was knotty chestnut.

[Castout]

[Little known fact]
People in general are already responding to each other intention or feeling or thoughts directed at them though mostly subconsciously.

In a way thus no man is his own island. We are all connected somehow.

[Opinion and insight]
In time perhaps by way of evolution, people will be able in general to know each other mind consciously in a clear and effective and natural(easy) way.

It is certainly possible and the facilities that made these possible are already in place provided by nature and natural laws of the Creator though not yet capable to be explained by science. There are theories of course but these haven't been proven.

When the time comes hopefully this will bring an end to so many unneeded sufferings caused by fellow selfish, regressed people. Hopefully it will bring the end of insincerity and lying and tyranny. When a crime is done against a man it will become personal to the whole as if the one person is the whole and the whole is the one person. However until the majority of people unlock this ability, it will be abused by the regressed few whatever method they use to utilize or mimic it.

[Jimbuna]

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

[Platapus]

Is that $2,000 in 1996 dollars?

Yes it was

[Jimbuna]

A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour.

[Herr-Berbunch]

All swans in England belong to the crown.

Not true, all unmarked Mute Swans do, as do the marked ones caught in swan-upping on the Thames, but the rest are free - unless kept in private hands :yep:

[Feuer Frei!]

In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.

[frau kaleun]

In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.

Are you sure it's only in space? Because if I could do that in my kitchen I wouldn't need Netflix for entertainment. :O:

[sharkbit]

In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.

No one can hear you scream in space.

:)

[sharkbit]

My dog is snoring.

:)

[Feuer Frei!]

If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs
in the air, the person died in battle.

If the horse has one front leg in the air,the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle.

If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of
natural causes.

[Betonov]

Macedonians are doing it wrong. Alexander died of a disease (FACT), malaria or typhoid fever are most obvious candidates

http://images.focus-news.net/c43ebab73c8f82d1d385e06e327d3d74.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

It's also a fact that those "rules" are not true.

[Platapus]

If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs
in the air, the person died in battle.

If the horse has one front leg in the air,the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle.

If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of
natural causes.

:hmmm:

http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.asp

:nope:

[STEED]

Jim is not a nude model for art classes. :D

[TarJak]

Julia Gillard is not very popular in Australia.

[STEED]

Julia Gillard is not very popular in Australia.

But she's great in bed according to the men. ;)

[Jimbuna]

Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid.

[Stealhead]

In the early post war occupation of Germany US service members where not allowed to fraternize with Germans the fine for talking to a German in any in a non official situation was $20.00(damn near one months pay for junior enlisted).Seeing as many Americans wanted to friendly to Germans women in particular the rule was often broken and talking to a German woman was known as "asking the twenty dollar question".

[Jimbuna]

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair.

[Feuer Frei!]

The term "bank teller" originated in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, when banks began hiring low-paid workers to "tell" throngs of frantic depositors that their money was gone.

[Sailor Steve]

Are you sure of that fact?
http://www.ehow.com/about_5312193_bank-tellers-called-tellers.html

[Feuer Frei!]

Hmm, either way, will have to be more scrupulous with my informants.

[sidslotm]

E+M/sqr means nothing to me

[Jimbuna]

During the 1800's, leeches were used as a tool for blood clotting. Leeches were so popular for this use that they became an endangered species.

[Feuer Frei!]

Cholesterol level in rabbit meat is much lower than chicken, turkey, beef, pork.

[Jimbuna]

Cholesterol level in rabbit meat is much lower than chicken, turkey, beef, pork.

Plus the consumption of large amounts of carrots help maintain good eyesight.

Well, you've never seen a rabbit wearing glasses I'll wager :O:

[Paul Riley]

Prince William looked a twat dressed in a cowboy hat
(guess he is trying to cover something up?)

[Osmium Steele]

Kate looked Gooooooooooood though.

Oh wait, random fact thread.......

My entire body is killing me since our visit to Michigan's Adventure (water/amusement park)yesterday.

[Paul Riley]

Star-nosed moles are easily identified by the eleven pairs of pink fleshy appendages ringing their snout which are used as a touch organ with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors, known as Eimer’s organs, with which this hamster-sized mole feels its way around.

[Jimbuna]

Any animal that has skin hair or fur can get dandruff, but in animals it is called "dander."

[Betonov]

my dog has dander

[mookiemookie]

Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean.

[Jimbuna]

Tarantulas can live up to 30 years.

[Betonov]

Patton never survived the peace

[Paul Riley]

Hitler was not German

[Paul Riley]

The Formation of an Egg:

The Yolk: The chicken egg starts as an egg yolk inside a hen. A yolk (called an oocyte at this point) is produced by the hen's ovary in a process called ovulation.

Fertilization: The yolk is released into the oviduct (a long, spiraling tube in the hen's reproductive system), where it can be fertilized internally (inside the hen) by a sperm.
The Egg White (albumin): The yolk continues down the oviduct (whether or not it is fertilized) and is covered with a membrane (called the vitelline membrane), structural fibers, and layers of albumin (the egg white). This part of the oviduct is called the magnus.
The Chalazae: As the egg goes down through the oviduct, it is continually rotating within the spiraling tube. This movement twists the structural fibers (called the chalazae), which form rope-like strands that anchor the yolk in the thick egg white. There are two chalazae anchoring each yolk, on opposite ends of the egg.
The Eggshell: The eggshell is deposited around the egg in the lower part of the oviduct of the hen, just before it is laid. The shell is made of calcite, a crystalline form of calcium carbonate.
This entire trip through the oviduct takes about one day.
Growth of the Embryo: The fertilized blastodisc (now called the blastoderm) grows and becomes the embryo. As the embryo grows, its primary food source is the yolk. Waste products (like urea) collect in a sack called the allantois. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide gas occurs through the eggshell; the chorion lines the inside surface of the egg and is connected to the blood vessels of the embryo. The Incubation Period: The embryo develops inside the egg for 21 days (the incubation period), until a chick pecks its way out of its eggshell and is hatched.

[Paul Riley]

Fact: replying constantly to this thread is a good way to get your posts counter up :D

[Jimbuna]

When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers.

[Feuer Frei!]

The first decorated Christmas Tree was in Riga, Latvia in 1510.

[Randomizer]

The Tank got its English name from an intelligence deception. The first Mark I models were shipped around southern England on flatbed rail cars from the factories to the training ranges and later to France in the summer of 1916. They had been covered with tarps for concealment and shipped as "WC Tanks", WC being the British Army designation for water-closet or toilets; in other words, septic tanks.

Before "Tank" was accepted as official they had been officially designated as "Landships".

[Sailor Steve]

Actually 'WC' in this case stood for 'water carrier', meaning they would carry drinking water. But the rest is apparently spot-on. The word "tank" for water storage goes back to the 1500s.

[TarJak]

Aussie rhyming slang for Yank is Septic Tank, hence, never ever let a septic borrow your country. You'll never get it back in the same shape as you left it.:O:

[Feuer Frei!]

28 million Christmas trees were sold in 2001.

[Jimbuna]

Chameleons can move their eyes independently. One eye can be looking forward and one eye backward at the same time.

[Feuer Frei!]

Starfish don't have blood. Instead, filtered seawater plays the role of blood. Starfish also lack brain, but they have multiple stomachs.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I've known two girls from Cornwall - both had webbed toes :o

[Feuer Frei!]

I've known two girls from Cornwall - both had webbed toes :o
Maybe from a long line of mermaids :O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Maybe from a long line of cousins

Corrected

[Herr-Berbunch]

My mate Billy had a ten-foot willy. :-?

[Jimbuna]

The sex of a baby crocodile is determined by the temperature in the nest and how deeply the eggs are buried.

[Osmium Steele]

Poached please!

[Jimbuna]

The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.

[frau kaleun]

The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.

It's true, I've seen him on TV. :yep:

[Crécy]

There is no life in the void.

[Jimbuna]

It's true, I've seen him on TV. :yep:

LOL :DL

The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Owls don't twit-twoo, the male does one part and a female does the other - but I can't remember which and I'm currently too lazy to look it up.

There - two facts for you. :yep:

[Growler]

Owls don't twit-twoo, the male does one part and a female does the other - but I can't remember which and I'm currently too lazy to look it up.

There - two facts for you. :yep:

Three, if you count that bit about the owls.

[Jimbuna]

The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands.

[Betonov]

My car is named Fidji

[Jimbuna]

Drop the 'd' and you've got a sale :)

[Betonov]

Are you sure ??

FACT: French cars don't handle the elements well

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/37694_144995788846280_100000075783694_431580_73605 93_n.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I guess your right...never handle any type of pressure well :O:

[Betonov]

Oh she can handle the pressure. I did a blocade run one time, got her to 180 km/h and she was screaming like a jet. Did 40 000 km before changing oil, it was thick as gravy when I finnally poured it out. Drove 700km before I realised there was a screw in a tire. Gave her more mud baths than a tank will se in a lifetime. Whent rally driving on a path that a tractor has to go slow, broke the exaust pipe off all the way to the engine. I tried to kill her, but she just wouldn't die.
But the rust, oh my god, the rust. Like a bloody cancer.

FACT: my car is a woman, she's one moody b***, one day she'll run like a new VW, the other I'll have to kick her just to get her to start. The oil actually leaks for a few days every month an then stops, WTF.

[Flaxpants]

A Gorillas penis is only 4cm long, on average. :haha:

[Anthony W.]

The average black man's penis is shorter than the average white man's

The average woman can construe a guy trying to hold hands on a date as harassment (happened to me tonight - I now hate her).

[Flaxpants]

The average black man's penis is shorter than the average white man's.

Can't wait to tell the wife.

[Herr-Berbunch]

The average black man's penis is shorter than the average white man's

The average woman can construe a guy trying to hold hands on a date as harassment (happened to me tonight - I now hate her).

It could've been the holding hands thing, but more likely it was when you tried to prove your first point to her! Fact. But not random.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Can't wait to tell the wife.

And just hope she doesn't argue too much!

[Flaxpants]

And just hope she doesn't argue too much!

Maybe I won't tell her then. Good point Berbunch.

Should be ok with the gorilla fact tho.

[Feuer Frei!]

The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also bleaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.

[Jimbuna]

Some Ribbon worm will eat themselves if they cannot find food. This type of worm can still survive after eating up to 95% of its body weight.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Earthworms are relatively 1000 times stronger than humans.

[Penguin]

The first swimming pool ever built on a ship was on the Titanic - no need to use the big outside pool :88)

[frau kaleun]

Earthworms are relatively 1000 times stronger than humans.

Yeah but the suit helps.

http://www.411mania.com/game_article_pictures/8704.jpg

[Feuer Frei!]

In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.

[PhantomLord]

Ramendan is whenever the hell you want to celebrate it...

[frau kaleun]

Ramendan is whenever the hell you want to celebrate it...

I believe "Ramendan" usually occurs at the end of the month when all the bills have been paid and you have (on average) three dollars, two nickels, a penny you found in the parking lot, a Tic Tac, and some pocket lint with which to buy your groceries.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Ramendan is whenever the hell you want to celebrate it...

My Mother-in-Law's partner is a muslim (there's your fact folks), and he gets really narky during ramadan but normally it's tollerable because of shorter days but being in August this year means we definately wont be visiting! :nope:

On the up side, when it's Eid al-Fitr (festival at the end of ramadan) he cooks the most delicious lamb feast for us :yeah:

[PhantomLord]

*edited*

FSM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster)

[frau kaleun]

FSM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster)

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/7/13/1d8a00d5-d66d-494f-a92a-781e6072684f.jpg

[Growler]

I believe "Ramendan" usually occurs at the end of the month when all the bills have been paid and you have (on average) three dollars, two nickels, a penny you found in the parking lot, a Tic Tac, and some pocket lint with which to buy your groceries.

You got pocket lint? Why, when I was a kid, we were lucky to have pockets!

[Penguin]

You got pocket lint? Why, when I was a kid, we were lucky to have pockets!

pockets? ha, when I was a kid we were lucky to have pants, when we had to walk barefoot through the snow

[frau kaleun]

pockets? ha, when I was a kid we were lucky to have pants, when we had to walk barefoot through the snow

Stadium announcer: There has been a change (..ange...ange) in the line-up (...ine-up...ine-up). Now batting for Frau Kaleun (...eun...eun) is Frau Kaleun's Dad (...ad...ad).

PANTS? Why, when I was your age, we were lucky to have legs. My older brother had to drag himself to school through the snow. Uphill. Both ways.

[Jimbuna]

There are some species of snails that are venomous. Their venom can be fatal to humans.

[Feuer Frei!]

A single human blood cell takes only 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.

[Platapus]

. My older brother had to drag himself to school through the snow. Uphill. Both ways.

Your brother was allowed to drag himself to school??? Sure luxury!

When I was a kid, we couldn't drag ourselves, we had to wait for a stranger to drag us. And we were thankful.

Bah, dragging yourself to school. What a plush life!

[Anthony W.]

Your brother was allowed to drag himself to school??? Sure luxury!

When I was a kid, we couldn't drag ourselves, we had to wait for a stranger to drag us. And we were thankful.

Bah, dragging yourself to school. What a plush life!

Luck you! I had to drag myself to the barn, totally naked, in the 6ft snow! Then I had to fix a fence!

[PhantomLord]

Pfff..... when i was young i didnt even had a head to think about fixing a fence... :doh:

[Feuer Frei!]

The lungs contain over 300,000 million capillaries (tiny blood vessels). If they were laid end to end, they would stretch 2400km (1500 miles).

[Herr-Berbunch]

The lungs contain over 300,000 million capillaries (tiny blood vessels). If they were laid end to end, they would stretch 2400km (1500 miles).

Or so they say, never been proven though, has it? :hmmm: :O:

Ducks are monogamous, but only for the breeding season, not for life.

[Jimbuna]

Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours.

[Feuer Frei!]

Human bone is as strong as granite in supporting weight. A block of bone the size of a matchbox can support 9 tonnes – that is four times as much as concrete can support.

[Herr-Berbunch]

The original Aussie 50 cent coin contained $2 worth of silver. :doh:

[Jimbuna]

Male goats will pee on each other in order to attract mates.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Male goats will pee on each other in order to attract mates.

No, I think that's just Geordie goats. :O:

[Jimbuna]

That's why we're well known for that famous saying "pi$$ off" :DL

[Feuer Frei!]

The largest organ in the body is the skin. In an adult man it covers about 1.9m2 (20sq ft). The skin constantly flakes away – in a lifetime each person sheds around 18kg (40 lb) of skin.

[Platapus]

The Hyoid bone is the only bone in the human body that is not attached to another bone.

[Betonov]

The Hyoid bone

http://www.daviddarling.info/images/hyoid_bone.jpg

[Jimbuna]

An octopus has three hearts.

[TarJak]

Random facts can damage your intellect.

[Jimbuna]

One female mouse can produce up to 100 babies a year.

[Madox58]

British, Australian, and Americans can get drunk together
and have a roaring great time!

[Jimbuna]

British, Australian, and Americans can get drunk together
and have a roaring great time!

...and that is a fact :sunny:

[Madox58]

I Love you Man!!
:yeah:
:haha:

[Jimbuna]

I Love you Man!!
:yeah:
:haha:

Shush!....N lady might be watching :03:

[frau kaleun]

I Love you Man!!
:yeah:
:haha:

You're still not getting his Newcastle Brown. :O:

[Madox58]

Shush!....N lady might be watching :03:
She's busy playing a FaceBook Game.
Plus I lie like a dog if She looks over at what I'm posting!
:haha:

[Madox58]

You're still not getting his Newcastle Brown. :O:
They hardly even told me what they were geting me to drink while in Down Town Houston!
How could I demand his Newcastle Brown if I don't know what it is?
:hmmm:
My favorite was kind of Golden and of a Honey type flavor that TarJak suggested anyway.

[frau kaleun]

They hardly even told me what they were geting me to drink while in Down Town Houston!
How could I demand his Newcastle Brown if I don't know what it is?
:hmmm:
My favorite was kind of Golden and of a Honey type flavor that TarJak suggested anyway.

My advice would be never to ask Jim for a "Newcastle Brown," especially if you've all been eating Tex-Mex.

[Madox58]

Nah....
We went for Steak!! It ended up being a quit rememberable time!
:yeah:
Of course We had bailed on doing the SubSim activities for the day.
:haha:

And wondering in Down Town Houston with no more purpose then exploreing (and getting drunk)?
Let alone enjoying the first ever meeting of GWX people from all corners of the Earth?
:o
( All the while jokeing about the 'misappropriated' Limo! )
:haha:

[Feuer Frei!]

The Moon has a minimum Surface temperature of -233 °C
and a maximum Surface temperature of 123 °C.

[Paul Riley]

The world powers are all freemasons known by some as the Illuminati,who worship Lucifer.No wonder we are in all this s##t! welcome to prison planet :o

*loads up on extra torpedoes*

[Jimbuna]

Reserves from the Irish army were used as extras in the movie "Braveheart."

[Paul Riley]

pockets? ha, when I was a kid we were lucky
to have pants, when we had to walk barefoot through the snow

wow you had snow?! when we were kids we had to walk barefoot across burning coals while being whipped!

*the 4 yorkshiremen joke comes to mind by,monty python was it? ,f'in hilarious!* i'm a yorkshireman LOL

[Paul Riley]

William the conquerer was a tit :har:

[Paul Riley]

American werewolf in London was extremely scary,for many years :timeout:

[Gerald]

There are eight, light minutes to the sun

[Jimbuna]

A slug has four noses.

[Paul Riley]

Jim's a cool copper :up:

[Gerald]

And happy to lend out money here and there.....in some cases to be said :yep:

[Paul Riley]

A slug has four noses.

Keep him away from Frenssen! :DL

[Jimbuna]

Keep him away from Frenssen! :DL

LOL :DL

The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head.

[Paul Riley]

LOL :DL

The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head.

eye eye,what do we have ere then? :haha:

[Paul Riley]

Sorry to be a twat Jim,but its centre,not center :know::salute:

[Jimbuna]

I blame the website mesel :smug:

[Paul Riley]

I blame the website mesel :smug:

We are knights of the English tongue mate,fighting to the bitter end :arrgh!:
"god save our tongues!"

[Herr-Berbunch]

Although Everest is the highest mountain above sea level at a little over 29k feet, the mountain that is the furthest from the centre of the Earth is Chimborazo in Ecuador despite being some 8,500 feet less above sea level. This is due to the bulging of the Earth around the equator.

[Jimbuna]

We are knights of the English tongue mate,fighting to the bitter end :arrgh!:
"god save our tongues!"

and my dyslexic fingers :doh:

[Growler]

"god save our tongues!"

To which English lasses reply, "Wha' for? S'not like you're usin' 'em for anythin'!" :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away.

[Platapus]

Polar bears and Tupperware both appreciate a nice tight seal.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Polar bears and Tupperware both appreciate a nice tight seal.

Shouldn't Inuits be in there as well? :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

The silk that is produced by spiders is stronger than steel, pound for pound.

[Paul Riley]

I am VERY drunk :O:
Yorkshiremen can put em away like the best of em hehehe

[Herr-Berbunch]

I am VERY drunk :O:
Yorkshiremen can put em away like the best of em hehehe

I'm not.

I've had one large glass of wine about two hours ago, now I'm on a pint of milk. :woot: Woo, living it large in the Berbunch household!

[Jimbuna]

Woosies

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif

[yubba]

Some where in the great state of Georgia :O:, 3 year olds have to have a permit to sell lemonade, while your government sells weapons to Mexican drug lords without one.

[Paul Riley]

Some where in the great state of Georgia :O:, 3 year olds have to have a permit to sell lemonade, while your government sells weapons to Mexican drug lords without one.

Ridiculous isnt it.The world has gone crazy :doh:

[Paul Riley]

I'm not.

I've had one large glass of wine about two hours ago, now I'm on a pint of milk. :woot: Woo, living it large in the Berbunch household!

Careful on the white stuff ;)

[Paul Riley]

Woosies

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif

I feel shocking today for it :nope: hehehe

[Herr-Berbunch]

I feel shocking today for it :nope: hehehe

Aside from only getting 4 1/2 hours sleep, I feel fine :D


:yawn:

[Feuer Frei!]

Because of the gravitational pull of the sun, the extreme ranges of the Moon from the Earth are from 356,400 km to 406,700 km.

[Paul Riley]

It is a likely probability that aliens watch our world with disgust :down:

[Feuer Frei!]

It is a likely probability that aliens watch our world with disgust :down:
Disgust? Oh no, with a large amount of humour i would think.

[Paul Riley]

Scientists have predicted that a large asteroid (YU55) measuring around 1,300 feet across will pass very close to Earth in November of this year.

http://www.universetoday.com/85360/take-a-look-huge-asteroid-to-fly-by-earth-in-november/

Keep looking up guys :rock:

[Feuer Frei!]

Keep looking up guys :rock:
i'll keep my eyes glued to the ground, for that is where the money is.

[Paul Riley]

i'll keep my eyes glued to the ground, for that is where the money is.

I think I will put my head under the ground :haha:

[Platapus]

In July 1916, the Merchant Submarine "Deutschland" docked in Baltimore, MD with $1.5 million dollars (1916) worth of cargo. When she left, she was carrying $17.5 million dollars of cargo back to Germany.

England was not pleased.

[Feuer Frei!]

I think I will put my head under the ground :haha:
Ah, the proverbial emu with head in the sand?
:O:

[Feuer Frei!]

Deutschland made two successful commercial voyages before being commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine on February 17, 1917 as U-155.

[Paul Riley]

Ah, the proverbial emu with head in the sand?
:O:

You got it.
If you cant beat em join the buggers :nope:

[Jimbuna]

The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana.

[Sailor Steve]

It is a likely probability that aliens watch our world with disgust :down:
A likely probablility is not a fact, random or no. Now it is a fact that there is a likely probablility, and it is a fact that you said so, but the likely probablility is in itself not a fact. :O:

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Feuer Frei!]

The Titanic's weight fully loaded was 46,328 tons.

[Paul Riley]

UBoat simulations can take your life over :o

[Castout]

Fact
The most fascinating thing about life is free will.

Opinion
Even God respects that. Even when there's a need to change it somehow it's either temporary or by subliminal persuasion and not by permanent forcefulness.

[Feuer Frei!]

I vote for: sticky this thread! And that's a fact.

[Jimbuna]

A turtle can breathe through its butt.

[Paul Riley]

A turtle can breathe through its butt.

Come on Jim :har:

[frau kaleun]

A turtle can breathe through its butt.

That's nothing. Most politicians can talk out of theirs.

[Krauter]

The Canadian penny costs 1.5 times its worth to circulate

[Jimbuna]

The main purpose of the Platypus' tail is to store up to fifty percent of the animal's fat. This provides the Platypus with an energy reserve in case food becomes scarce.

[Platapus]

The main purpose of the Platypus' tail is to store up to fifty percent of the animal's fat. This provides the Platypus with an energy reserve in case food becomes scarce.

(looking at my butt in the mirror) Yeah. :shifty:


Oh you were referring to the animal. :oops:

[KaptCosper]

A new Bugatti Veyron cost around $1,500,000 retail, when it cost Bugatti itself nearly 5,000,000 to produce Just one of the astonishing cars.

[Paul Riley]

That's nothing. Most politicians can talk out of theirs.

Right on.Bloody twats,I hate the lot of em :down::x

[Paul Riley]

FACT: I am going to bed,i'm shattered.Nighty night,see yer tomorrow most likely :salute:

[Jimbuna]

On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.

[Feuer Frei!]

The Wespe's (German Self-propelled Gun WW2) muzzle velocity was 470 m/s / 1,542'/s. The HE shell weighed 32.7 lbs and was fired at a muzzle velocity of 1,772'/sec. The range was 11,679 yards. If the gun was fitted with a muzzle brake and an Fernladung (extra charge) then the range was 13,450 yards.

[Paul Riley]

The world will NOT end next year,although my sanity may :doh:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Fact! Eva Mae needs your votes to get her starring in a charity calendar - http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=185445

PS. also see that thread post #43 :yep:

[Paul Riley]

Fact! Eva Mae needs your votes to get her starring in a charity calendar - http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=185445

PS. also see that thread post #43 :yep:

She does look one hell of a dirty cow :doh::arrgh!: ,in a GOOD way!
Where is this calender gonna be,in our UBoat radio rooms?
I voted for her,and vintage suspenders blow my mind! WOOHOO!!

[Jimbuna]

An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.

[frau kaleun]

I like potatoes.

[Herr-Berbunch]

She does look one hell of a dirty cow :doh::arrgh!: ,in a GOOD way!
Where is this calender gonna be,in our UBoat radio rooms?
I voted for her,and vintage suspenders blow my mind! WOOHOO!!

Burlesque dancer in Leeds, Paul. Maybe you should have a night out?

Fact^

[Anthony W.]

Fact: Blueberry beer actually tastes like blueberries.

[Jimbuna]

The original name for butterfly was flutterby

[Sailor Steve]

That would make it an onomatopoeia.

[Herr-Berbunch]

That sounds easy to say! :03:

[Jimbuna]

That would make it an onomatopoeia.

Boy you did stay awake during class...I'm impressed :know:

[Paul Riley]

Burlesque dancer in Leeds, Paul. Maybe you should have a night out?

Fact^

Really?.I dont know Leeds too well but if ever I go up there for any reason I may check this out?.Is this in a club somewhere? :D

[Paul Riley]

I like potatoes.

Try adding spring onions to pashed potatoes :woot:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Really?.I dont know Leeds too well but if ever I go up there for any reason I may check this out?.Is this in a club somewhere? :D

Various places, check out her fb pages and she usually says when and where.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001089787701&sk=wall :yep:

[Jimbuna]

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

[Osmium Steele]

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

The strongest earthquake, 2 actually, in recorded american history, and it happened in Illinois, not California/Alaska. I grew up just north of there.

So strong, it reportedly rang church bells in Philadelphia. Over 1000 miles away. Iirc, another one is due in 100 - 300 years based on sand blow research. Google "New Madrid earthquake".

[Jimbuna]

I'm at work right now.

[Osmium Steele]

The word "gullible" is not in the dictionary.

[Herr-Berbunch]

The word "gullible" is not in the dictionary.

Yes it is, I've just checked, and it means...

Hey, waitaminute! :stare:

:03:

[Herr-Berbunch]

NIKE, Inc. in the early years used a waffle iron to create the waffle soles for their track shoes.

[Paul Riley]

Tapeworms inside affected whales can grow as long as 120 ft!
I think i'm gonna puke now.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Pringles are hyperbolic paraboloids. And the equation for such, I'm assured, is z=x^2/a^2-y^2/b^2 :doh:

[Jimbuna]

In 1997, the record for the highest skydive by a dog at 4,572 feet was established by a dog named Brutus.

[Paul Riley]

In 1997, the record for the highest skydive by a dog at 4,572 feet was established by a dog named Brutus.

:har:

[Paul Riley]

The ancient historian Tacitus tells us that the word Germans could be derived from 'the genuine ones'.

I have the book 'Germania' by Tacitus and I remember it mentioning something about the earliest origins of the German people and the many tribes that made up Germania,the Teutones being the strongest tribe.

[Jimbuna]

The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly.

[Paul Riley]

The Dodo has been extinct since the mid to late 1700s

[Jimbuna]

The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal.

[Platapus]

In level flight, the Spine-tailed Swift is the fastest bird, clocked at 106 mph

[Anthony W.]

In level flight, the Spine-tailed Swift is the fastest bird, clocked at 106 mph

Fact. I have an electric RC plane that goes slightly faster.

Fact. I have no idea how it does it.

[Jimbuna]

Sharks are immune to cancer.

[Paul Riley]

Sharks are immune to cancer.

Incredible! There could be something in the shark's metabolism that could aid medicine in the fight against cancer.I personally think all the answers are to be found in nature anyway,and not always with man's 'inguinity' .

[danasan]

Incredible! There could be something in the shark's metabolism that could aid medicine in the fight against cancer.I personally think all the answers are to be found in nature anyway,and not always with man's 'inguinity' .

I am pretty sure that all the creatures which managed to survive a couple of hundred million years on earth have a metabolism like the sharks do.

[Paul Riley]

I am pretty sure that all the creatures which managed to survive a couple of hundred million years on earth have a metabolism like the sharks do.

A distinct possibility :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Cattle can produce up to 180 litres of saliva in one day.

[Growler]

Sharks are immune to cancer.

Don't let that word get out, ffs. We'll have pharma on one hand, slaughtering sharks to prevent the cure from getting out, and eco-people on the other, making a fortune on save-the-sharks-big-pharma-is-bad campaigns... meaning that Congress will immediately enact the "Shark Protection Act" and make it a felony to even look at a shark with both eyes at once, and then the companies will offshore the jobs to India, and the shark technical support hotline will be unintelligible, and then shark pharma stock will drop, and the economy'll implode, and then the sharks will rise up and overthrow us and then the moon will crash into the sun and the sharks will all leave and we'll be left here to die in the fireball.

Damn sharks.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Don't let that word get out, ffs. We'll have pharma on one hand, slaughtering sharks to prevent the cure from getting out, and eco-people on the other, making a fortune on save-the-sharks-big-pharma-is-bad campaigns... meaning that Congress will immediately enact the "Shark Protection Act" and make it a felony to even look at a shark with both eyes at once, and then the companies will offshore the jobs to India, and the shark technical support hotline will be unintelligible, and then shark pharma stock will drop, and the economy'll implode, and then the sharks will rise up and overthrow us and then the moon will crash into the sun and the sharks will all leave and we'll be left here to die in the fireball.

Damn sharks.

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llditqf9p91qi0tnro1_500.jpg


99% of the crocodile offspring are eaten in the fist year of life by large fish, monitor lizards, herons and ... adult crocodiles.

[Growler]

99% of the crocodile offspring are eaten in the fist year of life by large fish, monitor lizards, herons and ... adult crocodiles.

Good thing!

[Jimbuna]

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

[Growler]

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

Earthworms have 14 feet? That's awkward.

[Jimbuna]

A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.

[Herr-Berbunch]

A fully grown flea is about the size of a just-born baby octopus :D

[Jimbuna]

Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

[Feuer Frei!]

The Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank was first produced in 1979 and is in service with the armies of Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Turkey, with over 3,200 produced.

[Platapus]

In the late 1930's Philco Television Tubes, as well as other high precision tubes, were hand made by glass blowers.

[Gerald]

There are over 750000000 registered, cars in the world...

[Feuer Frei!]

There are over 750000000 registered, cars in the world...
That could be a lot of potential revenue for the local councils. Parking tickets come to mind.

[Gerald]

That could be a lot of potential revenue for the local councils. Parking tickets come to mind. Right...and the gas prize, :doh:

[Jimbuna]

Sheep can survive for up to two weeks buried in snow drifts.

[Jimbuna]

Termites are roasted and eaten like popcorn in South Africa.

[Feuer Frei!]

Similar to the Leopard 1, the Leopard 2's combat weight is approximately 51,500kgs and top speed was increased to 78km/h forward. Armament included, as well as the two 7.62mm machine guns, a 105mm or 120 main gun.

[Jimbuna]

Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is found in Prozac.

[frau kaleun]

Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is found in Prozac.

:hmmm:

Well that certainly explains their ap-peel.

[Gerald]

:haha:

[danasan]

Similar to the Leopard 1, the Leopard 2's combat weight is approximately 51,500kgs and top speed was increased to 78km/h forward. Armament included, as well as the two 7.62mm machine guns, a 105mm or 120 main gun.

Wait a minute. I have been on the Leopard I for more than 4 years. It was less heavy and a bit faster than the Leopard II.

I have been to Canada, Manitoba, Shilo with it. I have a lot of nice pictures to scan and upload once.

[Feuer Frei!]

Wait a minute. I have been on the Leopard I for more than 4 years. It was less heavy and a bit faster than the Leopard II.
Hmm, you may certainly be more qualified to comment on that, although, the version 1 is 42.2 tonnes (increased on later models from original 40.0 tonnes) with a top speed of 65 km/h.
The version 2 is 62.3 tonnes (61.3 long tons; 68.7 short tons) with a top speed of 72 km/h.
It would seem that my original post was a little incorrect.
Although the speed is more for the second version, even though version 2 is heavier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2

I have been to Canada, Manitoba, Shilo with it. I have a lot of nice pictures to scan and upload once.
And the pics would be awesome! :yeah:
What role did you play on the tank?

[frau kaleun]

What role did you play on the tank?

I've been told it was usually Scarlett O'Hara, altho sometimes they let him do Blanche DuBois instead. :O:

[Feuer Frei!]

I've been told it was usually Scarlett O'Hara, altho sometimes they let him do Blanche DuBois instead. :O:
Or was it Cher perhaps: If i can turn back time (sitting on the turret). :haha:
Entschuldigung danasan, mach' bloß Spaß.

[Jimbuna]

A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.

[danasan]

I've been told it was usually Scarlett O'Hara, altho sometimes they let him do Blanche DuBois instead. :O:

Wer austeilt muss auch einstecken können.:O:

Well, I started as a driver, than I became loader / shooter, than I became tank commander, after that i became 2nd platoon leader. I left as a sergeant (Oberfeldwebel).

In theory, the Leopard II is much faster, but because of the weight, it was often damaged (the shock absorbers) in heavy terrain at high speeds. I hope and bet this isn't top secret...

I will upload some pictures after scanning.

[frau kaleun]

Wer austeilt muss auch einstecken können.:O:


:hmmm:

"He who dishes it out must also be able to take it"?

I will upload some pictures after scanning.

:woot:

[Gerald]

Lindbergh, a 25-year-old U.S. Air Mail pilot, emerged from virtual obscurity to almost instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight on May 20–21, 1927, from Roosevelt Field located in Garden City on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France, a distance of nearly 3,600 statute miles (5,800 km), in the single-seat, single-engine monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh, a U.S. Army reserve officer, was also awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his historic exploit.

[danasan]

:hmmm:

"He who dishes it out must also be able to take it"?



:woot:

It is a saying, maybe: If you make a joke on somebody else, you should be able to receive and accept the same treatment.

[frau kaleun]

It is a saying, maybe: If you make a joke on somebody else, you should be able to receive and accept the same treatment.

Ah, I got the sense of it right then! In English it would be worded "Don't dish it out if you can't take it."

[danasan]

Exactly...

I found a really old one. I was promoted to Unteroffizier (corporal) early in 1988, and to Stabsunteroffizier in mid 1989. So it was somewhen between those both dates.

http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd497/danasan64/Coloured%20People/danasanklein.jpg

Had to relax my old bones. This is somewhere in Bergen (http://www.truppenuebungsplatzbergen.com/trubpl.htm).

[Jimbuna]

Cerberus was 3-headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology.

[danasan]

It is likely that a 2004 Hyundai Sonata was fitted with an ABS system

[Sledgehammer427]

Cerberus was 3-headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology.

Cerberus was the name of my friends (one headed) chihuahua, that guarded the entrance of his room. Still does as far as I know. :D

Danasan, I tried sitting in the turret basket of an M-48 Patton, but for some reason that looks infinitely more comfortable...

[Jimbuna]

A ham was a term given to an actor of low grade around 1875. The term is derived from the used of pig fat, which actors used instead of cold cream to remove makeup.

[danasan]

Cerberus was the name of my friends (one headed) chihuahua, that guarded the entrance of his room. Still does as far as I know. :D

Danasan, I tried sitting in the turret basket of an M-48 Patton, but for some reason that looks infinitely more comfortable...

I wouldn't have been smoking while sitting in the turret basket on a M48, as long as they had the original engines. I still remember flames coming out of these beasts' exhausts when changing the gears...:o:doh::o IIRC, we got diesel engines for the M48 at the end.

I still have a 90mm shell casing from the M48

Edit: "My" Leopard I was built the same year as I was: 1964... It was sold to Turkey later.

[Biggles]

Random fact:

The British WWI airplane R.E 8 was often called Harry Tate by the crew, after a popular comedian at the time.

[Jimbuna]

In the ancient Greece, Rome and the medieval world it was considered disgraceful for a woman to go on the stage. In the time of William Shakespeare women's roles were generally played by men or boys.

[TarJak]

Depending on which time during the Roman Empire you are talking about an army Century could have 60, 80, 100 or even 120 men.

[Randomizer]

One Talent, the monetary unit of ancient Greece was the amount of silver required to pay for one trireme to be in full commission for one month.

[Sledgehammer427]

I wouldn't have been smoking while sitting in the turret basket on a M48, as long as they had the original engines. I still remember flames coming out of these beasts' exhausts when changing the gears...:o:doh::o IIRC, we got diesel engines for the M48 at the end.

:haha:
Thankfully this was a defunct M-48. No chance of explosions.

I was just saying how comfortable the way you were sitting looked, I wasn't too far away from being able to lick my kneecaps when I tried. I'm no fit for a tank. :oops:

[TarJak]

The M-48 was the 3rd an final tank to be named after General George S Patton.