Random Facts

nael · Post by **nael** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:25 pm

well, a duck does have an echo- saw that on "mythbusters" on the discovery channel.
and
I can lick my elbow.

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:41 am

Correction:
An elephant is the only mammal, not animal, that can't jump.

Additions:
Skepticisms is the longest English word that alternates letters you type with your left and right hand.

The Microwave oven was invented by a scientist whos candy bar melted in his pocket after walking through microwaves.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

A ****roach will live about ten days after losing its head eventually starving to death.

nael · Post by **nael** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:20 pm

another fun fact about elephants- they are the only animal with 4 knees.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:06 pm

A day on Venus lasts longer then a year, the planet takes 243 earth-days to rotate around his own axis while it takes 224 earth-days to rotate around the sun.

The international number to call Antartica is +672

The lenght of the wing of a Boing747 is longer then the first flight of the Wright Brothers

Windows is the only OS that you shut down by clicking on "start"

nael · Post by **nael** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:21 pm

franklin roosevelt always slept with a gun under his pillow ehile he was president

the ant has the largest brain in proportion to its body of any animal

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:41 pm

Originally posted by nael
the ant has the largest brain in proportion to its body of any animal

I thought the ant was a vegetable? After all, it always hangs around picnics.

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:37 am

Charles ****ens always slept facing North.

Potato chips were invented by an irate chef who was mad that a customer returned some fried sliced potatos because they were too thick. So he sliced them incredibly thin and over salted them as revenge.

Fenix · Post by **Fenix** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:32 pm

...bump...

Hitler's favourite drink was apple juice. (This was discovered by British Intelligence for possible ways to assassinate him)

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:06 am

Speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles an hour.
LD = Lunar Distance = 384,401 km, distance between Earth and Moon. Equivalent to 238,328 miles.

ik911 · Post by **ik911** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:04 am

[QUOTE=Patrick]Speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles an hour.[/QUOTE]

Speed of light: 299 792 458 m/s = 670 616 629 mph (See google)

Light travels 499 seconds to reach earth.

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:32 pm

I think it is 186,000 miles per second. Or at least that's what I seem to remember. It's an easy mistake to make. That speed isn't easy to take in

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:57 pm

Keep those facts a rolling.

I Know that in the equation for speed of light 186,000 miles a something, After checking, Yes it is second. Thanks for the blurb

Greg. · Post by **Greg.** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:10 pm

The ancient greeks believed that you could gain immortality by licking your own elbow

Yak milk is pink

FYI the speed of light is 300,000,000 metres per second - so could circle the world 7 times in one second...

The US public spends more money in one year on p0rnography (not sure if filter will let this through) than the entire debt of Sub-saharan Africa...

I bet you tried to lick your elbow after reading this...

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:29 pm

I bet you tried to lick your elbow after reading this...

I Dih Noh!

Humans can regenerate our livers if 25% is left, if I remember correctly.

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:30 pm

[QUOTE=Hill-Shatar]I Dih Noh!

Humans can regenerate our livers if 25% is left, if I remember correctly.[/QUOTE]

*dances* Woot! Good for me.

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:38 pm

[QUOTE=Magrus]*dances* Woot! Good for me.

[/QUOTE]

If the entire thing is diseased there is little they can do. 25% of a healthy liver.

Of course, we could always put in a pig's liver to replace yours and see what happens.

A mosquito bats its wings 200 times a second.

A humming bird eats (drinks) its own body weight every day.

If a shark stops moving it can't breath.

In the olden times, open brain surgery was performed with knives, quarters, or anything they could get there hands on which might be useful, and it was usally performed (on ships) in broad daylight with the entire crew watching.

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:40 am

[QUOTE=Hill-Shatar]In the olden times, open brain surgery was performed with knives, quarters, or anything they could get there hands on which might be useful, and it was usally performed (on ships) in broad daylight with the entire crew watching.[/QUOTE]
They had quarters in olden times?????????????????????????

Freddie Mercury and Brian May recorded their voices to make a 100 voice strong choir for "Somebody to Love".

"Bohemian Rhapsody" was so overdubbed (Is that the right term?) that parts of the tape were transparent.

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:45 am

[QUOTE=ch85us2001]

Freddie Mercury and Brian May recorded their voices to make a 100 voice strong choir for "Somebody to Love".

.[/QUOTE]

Cheapskates

penguin_king · Post by **penguin_king** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:27 pm

the "daddy long legs" (an annoying spider, i'm not sure if it's found in america, i know it's in england though) has the most potent venom known to man, but is unable to use it as it has not teeth or fangs

Samoans do not kiss each other, instead they sniff each other

there are more species of beetle then all other creatures on the planet (including fish, bacteria etc) put together