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SteamWake 02-26-09 02:07 PM

301 'fun' facts !
 
I found this list absolutly fascinating...

"Back in the mid to late 80's an IBM compatible computer was not considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's flight simulator"

I think fact number 110 may no longer be corrrect though ;)

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=38251

Sailor Steve 02-26-09 04:06 PM

I knew about "orange", but "month", "purple" and "silver"? Not a clue.

Digital_Trucker 02-26-09 04:12 PM

104 was something I had wondered about for a long time:har:

VipertheSniper 02-26-09 04:22 PM

Hmmm... 197? Is that really true or just a typo? I can't really believe the first US Patent was issued this late.

Oh yeah I forgot.... Chocolate is really gross, 8 insect legs?

XabbaRus 02-26-09 04:51 PM

For Dowly

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and can't find a mate.

Better get working Dowy :rotfl:

antikristuseke 02-26-09 05:13 PM

Some of those facts are wrong.

Etienne 02-26-09 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by antikristuseke
Some of those facts are wrong.

Yeeeeeeah.

Like most of those darn trivia lists, it's part falsehoods, part fallacy and part bleedin' obvious.

I don't know why they keep sticking around; they're useless.

August 02-26-09 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Etienne
Quote:

Originally Posted by antikristuseke
Some of those facts are wrong.

Yeeeeeeah.

Like most of those darn trivia lists, it's part falsehoods, part fallacy and part bleedin' obvious.

I don't know why they keep sticking around; they're useless.

Don't complain about it. Go and make one that is totally accurate.

Here's two to get you started:

A glass of red wine a day can reduce your chances of getting a heart attack.

A glass of red wine a day can increase your chances of cancer.

antikristuseke 02-26-09 06:27 PM

Drinking alcohol gets you drunk.:salute:

A Very Super Market 02-26-09 06:49 PM

It starts out pretty truthfully, but then it gets rather 50s science fiction on you.

SteamWake 02-26-09 10:36 PM

I still say 110 is flat out wrong.

Dowly 02-27-09 05:38 AM

Quote:

106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko.
:har::haha:

Ukko is the Zeus/Thor kind of God in Finnish mythology.

More proper would have been:

106. When Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he finds the first pub, gets drunk, gets arrested, (I dont think there's been one Christmas when I havent seen Santa get put to a squad car) his elves deliver the gifts, they dont go in to the homes, but leave the bags outside. Then it's the dad's task to dress up like Santa and give the gifts.

Task Force 02-27-09 07:06 PM

thats nice...
 
# 117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

Thats comferting for a guy who uses headphones all day.:-?

Biggles 02-27-09 07:16 PM

72: Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonalds.

With the economy and all, this doesn't sound too crazy...:hmmm:

August 02-28-09 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Task Force
# 117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in year by 700 times.

Thats comferting for a guy who uses headphones all day.:-?

In "year"? Wouldn't that be "in your ear"? :DL


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