301 'fun' facts !

SteamWake · 02-26-09, 02:07 PM

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

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:

Dowly · 02-28-09, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

For Dowly

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

Better get working Dowy :rotfl:

On it mate!

Jimbuna · 02-28-09, 09:25 AM

No. 26.......How apt

antikristuseke · 02-26-09, 05:13 PM

Some of those facts are wrong.

Etienne · 02-26-09, 05:49 PM

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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

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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.

Sailor Steve · 02-28-09, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by VipertheSniper

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?

Did you think of checking with google? It's a typo, correct but 1790, not 1970.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/01-33.htm

SUBMAN1 · 02-28-09, 01:15 PM

Try sneezing with your eyes open.

-S

Task Force · 02-28-09, 01:23 PM

They did that on mythbusters. people look funny sneezing on a slowmotion camera.:rotfl:

A Very Super Market · 02-28-09, 01:42 PM

Nah, people just look funny in general

02-26-09, 02:07 PM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648 Last edited by SteamWake; 02-26-09 at 02:37 PM.

02-26-09, 04:06 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I knew about "orange", but "month", "purple" and "silver"? Not a clue. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	104 was something I had wondered about for a long time __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	For Dowly 14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and can't find a mate. Better get working Dowy :rotfl: __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No. 26.......How apt __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,071 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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?

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Some of those facts are wrong.

02-26-09, 06:27 PM	#11
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Drinking alcohol gets you drunk.

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SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Try sneezing with your eyes open. -S __________________

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	They did that on mythbusters. people look funny sneezing on a slowmotion camera.:rotfl: __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nah, people just look funny in general __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!