Post A Random Fact - Page 14

Osmium Steele · 07-06-11, 01:24 PM

The elephant is the only animal with four knees.

Osmium Steele · 07-06-11, 01:29 PM

Random Fact:

In probability and statistics, a random process is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a 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 · 07-06-11, 02:11 PM

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

Best send for Dowly

flatsixes · 07-06-11, 04:14 PM

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

Jimbuna · 07-06-11, 04:16 PM

There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland.

07-06-11, 05:31 PM

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 · 07-06-11, 06:33 PM

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

Platapus · 07-06-11, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Krauter

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 · 07-06-11, 07:31 PM

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

Platapus · 07-06-11, 08:16 PM

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

Krauter · 07-06-11, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinman764

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

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Originally Posted by Krauter

86% of them are wrong

razark · 07-06-11, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

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

That's a fact.

Feuer Frei! · 07-06-11, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

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

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 · 07-06-11, 10:05 PM

Depends on how you define "fact".

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Alternatively, fact may also indicate an allegation or stipulation of something that may or may not be a "true fact", (e.g., "the author's facts are not trustworthy"). This alternate usage, although contested by some, has a long history in standard English.

Feuer Frei! · 07-06-11, 10:08 PM

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

07-06-11, 01:24 PM	#196
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	The elephant is the only animal with four knees. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

07-06-11, 01:29 PM	#197
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Random Fact: In probability and statistics, a random process is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a 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. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

07-06-11, 02:11 PM	#198
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,548 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate. Best send for Dowly __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-06-11, 04:16 PM	#200
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,548 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-06-11, 08:16 PM	#205
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,446 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Well technically this thread did not specify that you had to post a true fact. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-06-11, 04:14 PM	#199
flatsixes Weps Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 362 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Redheaded patients require 20 to 30 % more anesthetic than non-redheads to achieve the same level of sedation.

07-06-11, 05:31 PM	#201
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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!)

07-06-11, 10:08 PM	#210
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	For the purpose of this thread, let's stick to 'true' facts then. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS