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Platapus · 06-20-22, 01:37 PM

The Long Legged Burrowing Owl (Athene Cunicularia ) uses its own poop at bait to lure Dung Beetles close to the den.

Jimbuna · 06-21-22, 05:25 AM

The average person with the average stride living until 80 will walk a distance of around 110,000 miles. Which is the equivalent of walking about 5 times around the Earth, right on the equator.

Platapus · 06-21-22, 03:35 PM

Wombats have cube shaped poop.

Apparently this stops the poo from rolling off their marked territory of rocks or trees.

Ostfriese · 06-21-22, 03:49 PM

A parsec is the longest measurement for distance yet created. It's used to measure the distance between stars and even galaxies, and one parsec is about 3.26 light years (30.9 trillion km / 19.2 trillion miles).

Combined with the "atto-" SI prefix (10^-18) it becomes "Attoparsec" - a length of about 3.09cm (1.215in), easily usable for everyday nerdiness.

Jimbuna · 06-22-22, 09:09 AM

You spend 92 days of your life on the toilet.

Jimbuna · 06-23-22, 10:48 AM

One-quarter of your body’s bones are in your feet.

Platapus · 06-23-22, 01:08 PM

The first mechanical calculator was invented by Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, when he was 19 in 1642, to help is father calculate mathematical sums.

Jeff-Groves · 06-23-22, 01:20 PM

The nails on your dominant hand grow faster than the rest, as do the nails on your longer fingers. Your fingernails also grow faster during the day and during the summer.

Platapus · 06-23-22, 01:47 PM

When the Great Eastern ship was first attempted to be launched on 3 Nov 1857, it was the heaviest single object moved by humans.

Jimbuna · 06-25-22, 08:22 AM

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Platapus · 06-26-22, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

That's the third time you have used this one.

Jim Weatherly's song Midnight Train to Georgia was based on a phone conversation he had with Farrah Fawcett when she was talking about an instance in her relationship with Lee Majors

Jimbuna · 06-26-22, 02:01 PM

“Spoonfeed” is the longest English word with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

Jimbuna · 06-27-22, 07:38 AM

Sleeping through summer is called “estivation.”

Ostfriese · 06-27-22, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

The average person with the average stride living until 80 will walk a distance of around 110,000 miles. Which is the equivalent of walking about 5 times around the Earth, right on the equator.

However, if you die in the same space/place you were born at your average velocity will be zero.

Jimbuna · 06-27-22, 11:40 AM

If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called “eigengrau.”

06-20-22, 01:37 PM	#1771
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The Long Legged Burrowing Owl (Athene Cunicularia ) uses its own poop at bait to lure Dung Beetles close to the den. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-21-22, 05:25 AM	#1772
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The average person with the average stride living until 80 will walk a distance of around 110,000 miles. Which is the equivalent of walking about 5 times around the Earth, right on the equator. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-21-22, 03:35 PM	#1773
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Wombats have cube shaped poop. Apparently this stops the poo from rolling off their marked territory of rocks or trees. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-22-22, 09:09 AM	#1775
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You spend 92 days of your life on the toilet. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-23-22, 10:48 AM	#1776
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	One-quarter of your body’s bones are in your feet. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-21-22, 03:49 PM	#1774
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A parsec is the longest measurement for distance yet created. It's used to measure the distance between stars and even galaxies, and one parsec is about 3.26 light years (30.9 trillion km / 19.2 trillion miles). Combined with the "atto-" SI prefix (10^-18) it becomes "Attoparsec" - a length of about 3.09cm (1.215in), easily usable for everyday nerdiness.

06-23-22, 01:08 PM	#1777
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The first mechanical calculator was invented by Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, when he was 19 in 1642, to help is father calculate mathematical sums. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-23-22, 01:20 PM	#1778
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,319 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	The nails on your dominant hand grow faster than the rest, as do the nails on your longer fingers. Your fingernails also grow faster during the day and during the summer. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

06-23-22, 01:47 PM	#1779
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	When the Great Eastern ship was first attempted to be launched on 3 Nov 1857, it was the heaviest single object moved by humans. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-25-22, 08:22 AM	#1780
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-26-22, 02:01 PM	#1782
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	“Spoonfeed” is the longest English word with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-27-22, 07:38 AM	#1783
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sleeping through summer is called “estivation.” __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-27-22, 11:40 AM	#1785
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called “eigengrau.” __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)