Post A Random Fact

[Feuer Frei!]

As of this moment, TarJak has 9,828 posts, with 117 downloads and 8 uploads.

[Platapus]

The primary export of Peru is Tin.

[BossMark]

Jimbuna as the most posts with over 50.000

[krashkart]

A typical Molniya orbit has an equatorial inclination of 63.4 degrees, with an apoapsis approaching that of a geostationary orbit (over 36,000 kilometers!), and a much lower periapsis between 600-1000 km. How eccentric! :O:

[Oberon]

At the height of the Cold War, the United States had special Boeing EC-135 "Looking Glass" aircraft equipped as control centers for the nuclear arsenal. The battle staff included a general or flag officer who was authorized to order a retaliatory strike in the event that the President could not be contacted.

[mako88sb]

The typical pop/beer aluminum can is designed to withstand 100psi of internal pressure. Over the years, the weight of each can as dropped to 1/3 the original aluminum cans. I learned this while watching an episode of "How it's Made" with my daughter that featured beverage cans.

[STEED]

There is no evidence to prove the current British government cares about the people, in fact there is a lot of evidence to show it has and will continual to make our lives a living hell.

UP THE REVOLUTION.

[Tinman764]

Cats sleep an average of 16 to 18 hours per day! Lazy buggers!

[Randomizer]

Admiral of the Fleet, Sir John Fisher's middle name was Arbuthnot.

What sort of parents stick a handle on their kid like Arbuthnot?

[Garion]

I have an itchy bum :oops:

Cheers

Garion

[BossMark]

Fact
When Bitch Thatcher croaks it I am going have one almighty piss up in celebration :D:woot:

[danasan]

a² + b² = c² (Pythagoras)

[Krauter]

2 + 2 can in fact = 5 :doh:

[Bakkels]

I'm almost out of coffee.

[Tinman764]

An episode of 24 does not last for 1 hour.

[mookiemookie]

In 1916, a U.S. Constitutional amendment was proposed that all acts of war should be put to a national vote. Anyone voting "yes" had to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.

[Platapus]

The Guinea Pig is neither a pig, nor from Guinea. :hmmm:

[TLAM Strike]

I went to bed at 1:00 AM last night, and I woke up at 10:00 AM today...

[Jimbuna]

Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.

[Platapus]

The Canary Islands are named after an animal. The dog.

[Tinman764]

76% of Internet statistics are made up on the spot.

[Krauter]

86% of them are wrong :O:

[Tinman764]

86% of them are wrong :O:
:haha::up:

[Jimbuna]

It is a matter of record that Canadian porcupines kiss one another on the lips.

[Platapus]

A 20-Mule team has 18 mules on it.

[Pisces]

I have the hickups.

[Betonov]

my dog has no nose

[Tinman764]

My U-boat has it's own personal rain cloud

[Platapus]

my dog has no nose

Then how does it smell?

[Betonov]

Then how does it smell?

awful

[Oberon]

http://www.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/badum-tish.jpg?62804

[Jimbuna]

http://jeffpicard.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/rim-shot-johnny-utah.thumbnail.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Most leopards live about twelve years in the wild. They can live up to twenty three years in zoos.

[Oberon]

Most leopards live about twelve years in the wild. They can live up to twenty three years in zoos.

I just watched a docu with a Leopard who lived to nearly seventeen. :doh:

[krashkart]

Stream of consciousness...

The phrase "Fried motherboard" may mean that only the CMOS battery needs to be replaced, not the entire computer. :yep:

Good troubleshooting requires that the possibilities be rectified in order of 'simplest replacement' to 'replacement of entire system' -- not the other way around. :yep:

Good customer service means finding the actual root of the problem, solving the problem, and saving your customer as much money as possible. Also, it pays to listen to what your customer is rambling on about when they bring their machine in for service; it could be that one overlooked key word that turns a molehill into a mountain. :yep:



I just watched a docu with a Leopard who lived to nearly seventeen. :doh:

He must not have been very hungry. ;)

[STEED]

Most women say size dose matter.

Most men would say it's not size that matters but how you use it.


Autocar on the size of people carriers. ;)

[FIREWALL]

There is no evidence to prove the current British government cares about the people, in fact there is a lot of evidence to show it has and will continual to make our lives a living hell.

UP THE REVOLUTION.

Same here with USA goverment. Thx STEED for helping make my post easier. :DL

[MH]

Most women say size dose matter.






Most woman are lyers.

[antikristuseke]

I got sunburned so badly i actually had to take baths with ice cubes to avoid overheating my brain in the last two days.

[Betonov]

ouch :-?

Sun on the greek mainland is more powerfull than sun in the Alps, a fact I learned the hard way.
Sometimes getting sunburned is a good thing, because the doctor was hot and she had to rub my shoulders twice a day :DL:DL Now that's a fact

[STEED]

Same here with USA goverment. Thx STEED for helping make my post easier. :DL

Hey. :yeah:

Most woman are lyers.

And carry sharp instruments in there handbags. :shifty:

[Tinman764]

The game-maker game I just made as part of the introduction to my distance learning course is crap

proof - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26806788/clown%20game.exe

:hmmm:

[Howard313]

Hippo milk is pink. :DL

[Platapus]

Koala bears and humans share very similar fingerprint patterns

[Jimbuna]

Jim Bristoe, an American, invented a 30-foot-long, 2-ton pumpkin cannon that can fire pumpkins up to five miles.

[Platapus]

Dog is a man's best friend? Well they have something in common

Dogs and humans are the only animal with a prostrate.

[krashkart]

'Big hair' is almost inevitable in microgravity:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/5750585794_3f75598a49.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/magisstra/)

[MH]

Falcon can dive at more than 300km/h

[Platapus]

What's up with zoologists?

The AntLion is neither an ant nor a lion
The Owlfly is neither an owl nor a fly
The Dragonfly is neither a dragon nor a fly

You would think they would know something about animals? :nope:

[Jimbuna]

The name “leopard” comes from the Greek words for lion (leo) and panther (pardos).

[STEED]

Hitchcock made Psycho in B&W because the film studio would not front it.

And for my money it worked well in B&W. :up:

[frau kaleun]

If you want to turn your daddy parts orange, eat Cheetos and watch some porn.

[Betonov]

You begin CPR with 30 heart massages, then 2 breaths, then 30 heart massages and so on, unless you are dealing with a child or a drowning victim, then you start with 5 breaths and continue with 30 massages, 2 breaths

[Madox58]

You’re probably ingesting one to two pounds of flies, maggots and mites each year without knowing it.

[Jimbuna]

A squirrel cannot carry the rabies virus.

[MH]

humans and dolphins are the only animals that have sex just for fun.

[Jimbuna]

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

[Freiwillige]

humans and dolphins are the only animals that have sex just for fun.

they have also proven some primates especially chimpanzees do as well

[Tinman764]

All children are able to control the dilation and constriction of the pupils in their eyes. If trained properly, they can carry this trait through to adulthood. Most of us however loose this ability as we grown up.

[Penguin]

elephants are unable to jump

If you want to turn your daddy parts orange, eat Cheetos and watch some porn.

You don't work in marketing for them, eh? :O:
Unfortunately they are hard to find in Germany, will take some time to try it...

[Jimbuna]

The only mammal where the female is the tallest of the two genders is a type of antelope called the Okapi.

[Tinman764]

The Second World War did not end in 1945. The peace treaty was signed on the February 10 1947. Germany did not turn up for this and therefore the war was still ongoing. The war technically ended in 1990 when Germany unified.

[frau kaleun]

You don't work in marketing for them, eh? :O:
Unfortunately they are hard to find in Germany, will take some time to try it...

Oddly enough that Cheetos thing comes from a series of "rejected commercial jingles" written and performed by Paul & Storm, one half of the now disbanded vocal group Da Vinci's Notebook.

DVN was perhaps best known for this little gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqR_SwwByMM&feature=related

Warning: may not be safe for work. Also the video isn't much but at least it loaded fast.

[danasan]

Cheetos are far too expensive here in Germany (fact)

http://www.fooducate.com/blog/wp-content/media/cheetos-girl-in-bath.jpg

Want one?

[Platapus]

South Korea never signed the armistice. So technically South Korea is still at war with North Korea.

[MH]

In Singapore its illegal to own chewing gum.

[Rhodes]

In Portugal, men are still prohibited of showing nipples on the beach. The law of the 1936 constitution was never revoke!

[yubba]

Most of the counties here in Florida have a ban on fireworks, and what I've seen here lately down the street from the Space Center no one much cares, it's going to make for an interresting night since the firetrucks just flew pass here to go a wild fire up the street.

[Tinman764]

Holding a person in slavery became illegal in the UK on 6 April 2010.

[yubba]

It's not polite to tip a stripper, with a hand full of change into her G string.

[Oberon]

South Korea never signed the armistice. So technically South Korea is still at war with North Korea.

Likewise technically the Peoples Republic of China is still at war with the Republic of China, perhaps the longest still ongoing war? It's been going since 1927. :doh:

[Penguin]

The Second World War did not end in 1945. The peace treaty was signed on the February 10 1947. Germany did not turn up for this and therefore the war was still ongoing. The war technically ended in 1990 when Germany unified.

Yes, technically Germany had an armistice after the war until 20 years ago.

While the the two-plus-four-treaty was signed on the 12th of September 1990, and cleared the path for the reunification, it was ratified by the soviet congress not before march, 4th, 1991 and became de jure effective on the 15th, when the last ratification document was given to Germany. So one could say that WW2 ended not before march 15th 1991.

[Penguin]

http://www.fooducate.com/blog/wp-content/media/cheetos-girl-in-bath.jpg

Want one?

Yes - and some Cheetos too! :DL

[Randomizer]

The pattern formed by a Cat's whiskers is as unique as fingerprints in humans.

[ReFaN]

Ray Kroc bought McDonalds for $2.7 million in 1961 from the McDonald brothers.

[Penguin]

You cannot see the Great Wall from space

[MH]

Qdos was bought by Microsoft for 50000$:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Glass never wears out - it can be recycled forever... In the U.S. today, 34% of all glass containers are recycled.

[Feuer Frei!]

The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.

[Osmium Steele]

I'm not wearing any underwear, news at 11.

[BossMark]

Leeds United will be promoted to the Premiership this coming season :DL

[Osmium Steele]

Leeds United will be promoted to the Premiership this coming season :DL

This is a a Random Fact thread, not a Musings from the Bottom of a Pint thread. :O:

[Feuer Frei!]

I'm not wearing any underwear, news at 11.
Too much info :oops:

Leeds United will be promoted to the Premiership this coming season :DL
wishful thinking, not fact.

[Herr-Berbunch]

The only mammal where the female is the tallest of the two genders is a type of antelope called the Okapi.

Not always...

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/5185/ecclestonemrmrs1003249i.jpg

In Singapore its illegal to own chewing gum.

And it shows in the cleanliness of the streets! :yep:



More than 85% of Aussies live within 50 km of the coast.

[FIREWALL]

Fact: I think my Harley makes my arse look fat. :-? :haha:

[Feuer Frei!]

Fact: I think my Harley makes my arse look fat. :-? :haha:
You riding a FatBoy? :D

[Betonov]

Fact: I think my Harley makes my arse look fat. :-? :haha:

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229103_1924296074574_1457287764_2172036_7657454_n. jpg

Fact: speed limit near an exit is 45 mph

[FIREWALL]

Yup :salute: A Black and Chrome 2005 Anniversary Edition.

[FIREWALL]

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229103_1924296074574_1457287764_2172036_7657454_n. jpg

Fact: speed limit near an exit is 45 mph

MY EYES !!! :eek: And is taken by ambulance to Eye Dr.

[Feuer Frei!]

Fact: speed limit near an exit is 45 mph
Depends where you live.
Even less for the fat guy on the bike.

Here's one:

The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty-five miles long.

[Oberon]

Depends where you live.
Even less for the fat guy on the bike.

Here's one:

The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty-five miles long.

But most lead pencils are actually composed of graphite. :salute:

[Feuer Frei!]

But most lead pencils are actually composed of graphite. :salute:
Due to a historical association, true.

[Jimbuna]

Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide

[Platapus]

Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide

Aprox 300 Million Americans are infected with 535 bloodsucking hookworms.

[Jimbuna]

Civil rights activist Malcolm X owned a pet poodle named "Num-num."

[BossMark]

According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favoured day for self-destruction.

[Jimbuna]

Around 3% of pet owners prefer to give Valentine gifts to their pets, as they are more grateful than humans.

[BossMark]

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Barbie's measurements if she were real would be 39-22-33.


And this is what she'd look like (the one on the left!) -

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Business/ht_barbie_real_life_nt_110419_ssv.jpg

[BossMark]

City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.

[Randomizer]

Yellow indicates the presence of high explosives in the NATO standard ammunition marking conventions.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Porky Pig swore. Once. A long time ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P49sLoe6H8&feature=player_embedded

:yep:

[Jimbuna]

There are way more sheep in New Zealand than there are people.

[Betonov]

There are two Warner brothers and one Warner sister

[Jimbuna]

When a female horse and a male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and a female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.

[Osmium Steele]

There are two Warner brothers and one Warner sister

Dot's HOT!!

http://craphound.com/images/gingrichDot.gif

Maybe this should be in the beautiful women thread...

[Betonov]

FACT: Dot is topless

http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/03/11/4/1277/12773296/c9a532ea6d845bf3_animaniacs-dot-warner.jpg

[Betonov]

FACT: David Warner is not related with the Warner brothers and the Warner sister. He doesn't have a tail

http://img.movies.egexa.com/celebs/david-warner.jpg

[Platapus]

Donald Duck walks around with no pants, and no one seems to care.

The perv!

And let's not even talk about how Daisy parades herself around. That hussy. :nope:

[kiwi_2005]

Hugh Hefner is an example that being rich does help in getting an old man laid by young beauties, does not matter about looks its all about how much dosh you have in your piggy bank. :haha:

[Platapus]

Hugh Hefner is an example that being rich does help in getting an old man laid by young beauties, does not matter about looks its all about how much dosh you have in your piggy bank. :haha:

There is a subset of women who are primarily interested in the bulge in a man's pants..... the bulge where the wallet with the American Express card is stored.

[Betonov]

To a woman, a man looks much taller, when he's sitting on his wallet

[Jimbuna]

Did you know only 2 people know the ingredients for coca cola and no one will ever be able to make the exact same beverage because they derive one ingredient from an illegal plant that they can use!

[Stealhead]

Fact: I have just posted in this tread and you have just read my useless fact.

[Penguin]

Hitler had no driver's license.

[Randomizer]

The first shell to hit its target in the 1916 Battle of Jutland was a dud.

[MH]

First laptop was realized in 1981.

[krashkart]

The island of Kwanjalein was struck by 36,000 shells fired from ground artillery and US Navy ships. This was the largest number of ranged munitions to be concentrated on one target throughout the course of the Pacific campaign.

[MH]

First modern UAVs were developed by Israel and used in 82 to destroy Syrian air defences.

[Feuer Frei!]

The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.

[MH]

Night IR vision devices were first used in world war II.

[Randomizer]

Canada declared war on the Empire of Japan on the evening of 7 December 1941, more than 12-hours before the United States did.

[krashkart]

The documentary series "World War II in HD" did not cover the landing at Anzio. :down:

They must not have been able to find footage from that action that could be converted to high def. :)

[Syxx_Killer]

If you were to drive the speed limit, 55 MPH, all the way to the edge of the solar system (7,068,000,000 miles) it would take 14,670 years. If your car had a 20 gallon tank, could go 500 miles on a tank, and gas being about $3.75 (local pricing) it would cost $1,060,200,000.

[Randomizer]

Popcorn was used by the Raytheon Corporation to test cooking applications for microwave radiation devices. These experiments lead directly to the microwave oven.

[Flaxpants]

There has been only one Thai Formula One driver, Prince Bira, the son of the then King Rama V. He drove a Maserati in the inaugural year of the Formula 1 world championship- 1950.

[antikristuseke]

The BMW M12/13 engine went from 450 to 800 horsepower within 1000 rpm, for some odd reason that power curve was difficult to manage.

[Biggles]

Ringo Starr will have his 71st birthday on Thursday.

[Jimbuna]

Kangaroos can’t fart. They convert the small quantity of methane they produce into an energy source which their body reuses.

[Feuer Frei!]

*Can't get enough of your love baby*:

A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of singer Barry White.

[Penguin]

The republic of South Africa has 11 official languages:
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, (Southern) Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu

[Jimbuna]

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

[Feuer Frei!]

I should have named this the "SUBSIM Get Smart in 1 easy step" thread :DL

On with the show:

You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.

[Jimbuna]

Anteaters prefer termites to ants.

[Herr-Berbunch]

$34.2 billion value of merchandise sold on eBay in 2004, was equivalent to the GDP of Cuba.

[Captain Titanic]

Josef Stalin was a major smoke addict and he liked his alcohol he also had several strokes and heart attacks in his life as well and he died in bed theirs a couple of facts there

[Jimbuna]

A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size.

[Platapus]

The Vampryotheuthis Infernalis ("The Vampire Squid from Hell)" has the largest eye in relation to body size of any animal.

Probably makes it easier for it to spot barnacle penises from a distance :)

[Jimbuna]

LOL :DL

A butterfly has 12,000 eyes.

[AVGWarhawk]

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

[AVGWarhawk]

Hitler signed his last order with a blue crayon.

[krashkart]

Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana. :03:

[Platapus]

LOL :DL

A butterfly has 12,000 eyes.

And this is why a butterfly is never surprised by a barnacle penis sneaking up on it. :know:

Ahh the balance of nature. For every threat, there is a defense. :smug:

[Jimbuna]

Oh somebodies on a roll today :DL

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

[mookiemookie]

Many people can tell you that the name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the "Enola Gay." Not as many people can tell you that the name of the plane that dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki was "Bock's Car."

[Herr-Berbunch]

In 1923 a jockey called Frank Hayes died from a heart attack during a race, but he didn't fall off, and he won! :o

[Platapus]

Jacob Besser was the only person to fly on both the Enola Gay and Bock's Car nuclear missions.

[AVGWarhawk]

The Slave-Maker ant is so named because it raids the nest of other ants and steals their pupae. Once the pupae hatch, they are made to work as slaves.

[Bilge_Rat]

Because of a lack of copper, the inner lining of torpedo tubes of U-Boats launched in 1944-45 was made out of steel, which unfortunately had a tendency to rust when exposed to sea water.

[Herr-Berbunch]

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath :dead:

[Randomizer]

God is the only character on the TV show The Simpson's who sports five fingers and five toes.

[Betonov]

What you see on Baywatch is NOT how you perform CPR

[PhantomLord]

My total battle time in "World of Tanks" is 38 hours 32 minutes and 37 seconds (till now)

[Jimbuna]

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

[Platapus]

some melanisics aestivate but not many. :nope:

[MH]

you cant breath under water.

[AVGWarhawk]

you cant breath under water.


Sure you can...SCUBA. :O:

[Jimbuna]

A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

[Platapus]

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

How they can balance those serving trays on their hooves still baffles scientists.

[Jimbuna]

The stonefish, which lives off the coast of Australia, is the most poisonous fish in the world.

[Osmium Steele]

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

[Randomizer]

Admiral Reinhard Scheer refused the Kaiser's offer of promotion into the nobility and so was never the "von" Scheer of conventional wisdom.

[Jimbuna]

Foxes sometimes nip at the heals of cattle so the stomping of the cattle makes mice and other rodents come out of the ground, for the fox to eat.

[Sailor Steve]

In 1907 Glenn Hammond Curtiss was the fastest man alive, setting a record of 136.3 miles per hour on a homemade motorcycle.

[Osmium Steele]

In 1907 Glenn Hammond Curtiss was the fastest man alive, setting a record of 136.3 miles per hour on a homemade motorcycle.

Designed a pretty nice biplane as well.

[Platapus]

Between 260 and 300 million turkeys are slaughtered annually in the United States, according to USDA statistics.

[Jimbuna]

The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.

[Randomizer]

It is said that in ancient Egypt, the entire family would shave their eyebrows while in mourning for the death of the family Cat.

[Jimbuna]

A Crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.

[Randomizer]

Athenian women of the Classical Age were required by law to wear the ancient Greek equivalent of a burka. The only females permitted to show their faces in public were slaves and prostitutes.

Greek democracy was gender specific - males only!

[Jimbuna]

A rat can last longer without water than a camel

[Platapus]

An albatross can sleep while it flies.

[Feuer Frei!]

Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.

[Platapus]

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals was established in 1866

The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (the nation's first such society) was established in 1875. Nine years after the ASPCA.

Why? Because in 1874 the ASPCA took action with respect to a young girl, Mary Ellen Wilson. The ASPCA's success with this child cruelty case led to the establishment of child protective societies.

[TLAM Strike]

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals was established in 1866

The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (the nation's first such society) was established in 1875. Nine years after the ASPCA.

Why? Because until 1875 children were legally considered animals.

*fixed that for you.

[Platapus]

I prefer my version, it is a little more accurate. :D

Although the ASPCA did use the rational that Mary was an animal (all humans are animals) as justification for taking on her case

http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/1361/Child-Abuse-History-ABUSE-DURING-INDUSTRIAL-REVOLUTION.html

[Randomizer]

More American soldiers died at the Battle of Shiloh, 6-7 April 1862, than in all previous American wars combined, including the Revolution. The name Shiloh comes from the Hebrew for "Place of Peace".

[Feuer Frei!]

Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.

[Krauter]

The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.

[Feuer Frei!]

If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.

[Herr-Berbunch]

WWII double-agent Juan Pujol Garcia (GARBO to the Brits, ARABEL to the Germans) was given both the Iron Cross, and an MBE. This is despite the fact his reports to the Abwehr contained spectacularly obvious mistakes such as "The people of Glasgow will do anything for a litre of wine!", Tennants Extra - yes, 8-Ace - yes, Special Brew - yes, Wine - no :nope:

[Feuer Frei!]

"The people of Glasgow will do anything for a litre of wine!"
:haha: Is that still ringing true today? :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

:haha: Is that still ringing true today? :hmmm:

No, nobody in Glasgow - particularly the men in that era - would touch vino. Wine was a more continental thing.

Nowadays it's just meths.


(Just kidding any Glaswegians here!)

[Jimbuna]

Bulls are color-blind and in fact CANNOT see red, therefore they would charge at any cape no matter what color.

[Herr-Berbunch]

The 8th Air Force, in WWII, shot down one aircraft for every 12,700 rounds fired. :o

That makes my Bad Company 2 ratios seem impressive!

[PhantomLord]

Egg laying animals have no belly button.

[Randomizer]

The city of Kokura, Japan was the secondary target for the Hiroshima bomb and primary target for the Nagasaki bomb. Only overcast skies saved it on August 9th.

Edited thx to Herr-Berbunch

[Jimbuna]

In the movie Willy Wonka, in the scene where squirrels opened up nuts and dropped them onto a conveyor belt, was not animated. 40 squirrels were trained to do that stunt.

[Herr-Berbunch]

The city of Kyoto, Japan was the secondary target for the Hiroshima bomb and primary target for the Nagasaki bomb. Only overcast skies saved it on August 9th.

iirc Nagasaki was only bombed because of a convenient gap in the clouds and the crew wanted rid of it. The bomb, not Nagasaki. The gap was below the limits set but they dropped anyway. :o

And Kokura was the primary target, but Kyoto was on the original list of possibles.

[Randomizer]

iirc Nagasaki was only bombed because of a convenient gap in the clouds and the crew wanted rid of it. The bomb, not Nagasaki. The gap was below the limits set but they dropped anyway. :o

And Kokura was the primary target, but Kyoto was on the original list of possibles.
Correct; my error, Kokura twice dodged the bullet. Kyoto was removed from the nuclear target list by presidential fiat, much to the chagrin of General Groves. Brain fart, apologies to all for the bad data.

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[Herr-Berbunch]

Correct; my error, Kokura twice dodged the bullet. Kyoto was removed from the nuclear target list by presidential fiat, much to the chagrin of General Groves. Brain fart, apologies to all for the bad data.

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No problem, it's not usual that I'm correct. :o And that's another fact.

[Jimbuna]

It has been medically proven that laughter is an effective pain killer.

[Betonov]

Or pain causer, depends how long has it been since you ate

[Jimbuna]

A leech has 32 brains.

[Randomizer]

Tea is the most popular beverage in the world. Beer is second.

[Osmium Steele]

The elephant is the only animal with four knees.

[Osmium Steele]

Random Fact:

In probability and statistics, a random process (http://174.123.69.202/wiki/Random_process) is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic (http://174.123.69.202/wiki/Determinism) pattern, but follow a probability distribution (http://174.123.69.202/wiki/Probability_distribution), such that the relative probability of the occurrence of each outcome can be approximated or calculated. For example, the rolling of a fair six-sided die in neutral conditions may be said to produce random results, because one cannot know, before a roll, what number will show up. However, the probability of rolling any one of the six rollable numbers can be calculated.

[Jimbuna]

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.






Best send for Dowly

[flatsixes]

Redheaded patients require 20 to 30 % more anesthetic than non-redheads to achieve the same level of sedation.

[Jimbuna]

There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland.

[Randomizer]

Between 1914 and 1918 the British shipped to France more fodder for the BEF's horses than all natures of ammunition for its soldiers, aircraft and guns combined.

(By both weight and volume!)

[Krauter]

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

[Platapus]

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

I am not sure that is correct.

http://www.snopes.com/science/nailgrow.asp

[Krauter]

Hmm.. how about this, googling random facts and taking a fact from a random facts website can in-fact give you a false fact :D

[Platapus]

Well technically this thread did not specify that you had to post a true fact. :D

[Krauter]

76% of Internet statistics are made up on the spot.

86% of them are wrong :O:
:O:

[razark]

Well technically this thread did not specify that you had to post a true fact. :D
That's a fact.

[Feuer Frei!]

Well technically this thread did not specify that you had to post a true fact. :D
Yes, but a fact is a fact, what you think is true may not be true, ie not a fact until proven so.
This thread appreciates facts only, ie things which haven been proven true, usually beyond a doubt.
A fact is always true.

[razark]

Depends on how you define "fact".
Alternatively, fact may also indicate an allegation or stipulation of something that may or may not be a "true fact",[/URL] (e.g., "the author's facts are not trustworthy"). This alternate usage, although contested by some, has a long history in standard English.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact#cite_note-7"] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact#cite_note-6)

[Feuer Frei!]

For the purpose of this thread, let's stick to 'true' facts then.

[Randomizer]

Julius Caesar suffered from Ailurophobia, the pathological fear of Cats.

[PhantomLord]

Mussels have 4 noses :hmmm:

[Feuer Frei!]

The increased electricity used by modern appliance parts is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.

[Jimbuna]

In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet.

[Feuer Frei!]

In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet.
How was his decent? :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

How was his decent? :hmmm:



The ropes became entangled in a power line, briefly blacking out a small area in Long Beach. The chair dangled five feet above the ground, and Mr. Walters was able to get down safely.


http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html

[TarJak]

This thread is full of useless trivia:D

[Feuer Frei!]

This thread is full of useless trivia:D
And that's NOT a fact, Jack! :DL

[Osmium Steele]

The increased electricity used by modern appliance parts is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.

Hmmm, I wonder what caused the poles to shift so radically in millenia past?

Electric saber-toothbrushes?

[Jimbuna]

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

[Herr-Berbunch]

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

FACT - Jim has a short memory! :O:


Hmmmm! :hmmm: - Don't forget that money you owe me... :03:

[Feuer Frei!]

FACT - Jim has a short memory! :O:
:haha:

[Jimbuna]

FACT - Jim has a short memory! :O:


Hmmmm! :hmmm: - Don't forget that money you owe me... :03:

Oh bugga! :damn:

Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve.

[Feuer Frei!]

Oh bugga! :damn:

Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve.

Good recovery, sir.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Oh bugga! :damn:

Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve.

What, as in jam/marmalade-type preserve?

Another fact - I'm currently debating with myself whether to tell the missus that halloumi isn't vegetarian, as it is set with rennet.

[Jimbuna]

Each day, anywhere from 35-150 species of life go extinct.

[BossMark]

In first episode of the brilliant cartoon Tom and Jerry, Tom was called Jasper

[Jimbuna]

The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal.

[Rockstar]

I just made a big stinky

[BossMark]

I just made a big stinky
Too much info :yep:

[Rockstar]

yes but it happens at random and it is a fact. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fart006.gif

[Armistead]

You can drink urine if needed if you are dying of thirst.

[Rockstar]

Along with their backpacks, an American flag, and half the Apollo 11 moon-landing module, Armstrong and Aldrin left some sentimental mementos on the surface of the moon, including:

A patch from the never-launched Apollo 1 mission, which ended prematurely when flames engulfed the command module during a 1967 training exercise, killing three U.S. astronauts;

medals commemorating pioneering Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin, who had died in flight in 1967 and 1968, respectively.


.

[Jimbuna]

Rhinoceros' mark their territory by urinating.

[Randomizer]

First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill twice tried to name one of Queen Elizabeth Class battleships for the regicide Oliver Cromwell. King George V was not amused and said no.

[Jimbuna]

From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals.

[Platapus]

New York was the northern most of the 13 original colonies. (really)

[Madox58]

Oh bugga! :damn:

Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve.

Under the Endangered Species Act,
Jaguar Preserve is illegal in the U.S.A. so can not be imported.
:haha:

[Jimbuna]

The Canadian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.

[TarJak]

Under the Endangered Species Act,
Jaguar Preserve is illegal in the U.S.A. so can not be imported.
:haha:Jaguar Preserve tastes rather like Clear Paper Jam.:O:

[Feuer Frei!]

Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.

[Jimbuna]

Reports from owners of cats and dogs indicate that 21% of dogs and 7% of cats snore.

[Feuer Frei!]

Silent Hunter 5 is much better with mods. :D

[Jimbuna]

Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces.

[Growler]

BLP projectiles for 5"/38 DP naval guns will badly bruise one's fingertip if allowed to drop on said fingertip.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces.

So can our antipodean friends :O:

Oh look, there's Darling, Gorgeous, Sexy, Tickles, Fluffy, Ramanda, and Tonight.

Proof? It's all there on ewetube :D

[Herr-Berbunch]

Reno, Nevada has the highest rate of alcoholism in the U.S., Provo, Utah, the lowest.

Well, that was before Ducimus entered the picture :)

[Penguin]

All swans in England belong to the crown.

[Jimbuna]

In 1958 the United States sent three mice into space named, Mia, Laska and Benji.

[Platapus]

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.