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:

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.

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

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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.

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

# 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...

August · 02-28-09, 12:41 AM

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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"?

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.

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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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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	It starts out pretty truthfully, but then it gets rather 50s science fiction on you. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

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VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,072 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.

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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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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I still say 110 is flat out wrong. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time" Last edited by Task Force; 02-28-09 at 12:44 AM. Reason: typeing mistake Augest knoticed.

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Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	72: Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonalds. With the economy and all, this doesn't sound too crazy... __________________