Knightsbridge is the only London Underground station with six consecutive consonants in its name.
@pk daddy long legs also known as crane fly... not a spider.
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[QUOTE=penguin_king]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
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It is just a myth and not scientifically fact.
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
http://www.museums.org.za/bio/spiderweb/pholicid.htm
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It is just a myth and not scientifically fact.
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
http://www.museums.org.za/bio/spiderweb/pholicid.htm
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A human with his/her mouth glued to a hose, and nostrils shut, can absorb approximately eight gallons of water before bursting.
The amount of gold dissolved in the oceans is nearly ten million tons, which is about 180 times the total amount of gold dug in mines in the entire history of humanity.
The amount of gold dissolved in the oceans is nearly ten million tons, which is about 180 times the total amount of gold dug in mines in the entire history of humanity.
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[QUOTE=penguin_king]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
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Myth busters cracked down that myth (milked it for its venom and tested against other venoms - other spiders venom was much more potent) and their fangs are indeed longer than the width of human skin in some areas.
@Hill-Shatar - I believe it was 1/3 of a liver..but I'm not sure.
And Polar Bears have black skin with transparent fur.
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Myth busters cracked down that myth (milked it for its venom and tested against other venoms - other spiders venom was much more potent) and their fangs are indeed longer than the width of human skin in some areas.
@Hill-Shatar - I believe it was 1/3 of a liver..but I'm not sure.
And Polar Bears have black skin with transparent fur.
"It is not a Commonwealth division, it is an Australian Division. Why, give me two Australian Divisions and I will conquer the world for you!" - The Desert Fox
[QUOTE=Fenix]@Hill-Shatar - I believe it was 1/3 of a liver..but I'm not sure.[/QUOTE]
If you get an adult (human or nearest equivalent) liver you can cut it in 2 - a 1/3 triangular piece and a 2/3 trapezium...
You can give the trird to a child, and the rest to an adult...
A Koala bear is not a bear as it has no placenta...
If you get an adult (human or nearest equivalent) liver you can cut it in 2 - a 1/3 triangular piece and a 2/3 trapezium...
You can give the trird to a child, and the rest to an adult...
A Koala bear is not a bear as it has no placenta...
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Everyone will die...
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Did somebody lose their emo kid? I found an emo kid here. Anyone? Anyone? No? Crap...
Fun Fact: In a northern part of Britain (not sure if it is in Scotland, or England, I will have to verify the location), a Greyhound was Sanctified by the Medieval Catholic church (without knowledge of the Papacy). It is known as the Greyhound Saint.
Everyone will die...
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Did somebody lose their emo kid? I found an emo kid here. Anyone? Anyone? No? Crap...
Fun Fact: In a northern part of Britain (not sure if it is in Scotland, or England, I will have to verify the location), a Greyhound was Sanctified by the Medieval Catholic church (without knowledge of the Papacy). It is known as the Greyhound Saint.
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[QUOTE=Aegis]Did somebody lose their emo kid? I found an emo kid here. Anyone? Anyone? No? Crap...
Fun Fact: In a northern part of Britain (not sure if it is in Scotland, or England, I will have to verify the location), a Greyhound was Sanctified by the Medieval Catholic church (without knowledge of the Papacy). It is known as the Greyhound Saint.[/QUOTE]
Bah. Sounds like the Hartlepool monkey. Not convinced
Fun Fact: In a northern part of Britain (not sure if it is in Scotland, or England, I will have to verify the location), a Greyhound was Sanctified by the Medieval Catholic church (without knowledge of the Papacy). It is known as the Greyhound Saint.[/QUOTE]
Bah. Sounds like the Hartlepool monkey. Not convinced
[QUOTE=Fiona]Bah. Sounds like the Hartlepool monkey. Not convinced [/QUOTE]
Here's the story of it: http://www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk/dogsaints.htm
Check it out.
The funny part is, it only tells half the story. When word got to many parishes and churchs in England, people (clergy) took seriously to the point where the dog was made into a saint. This sanctification was later repealed (officially) by the Papacy, because it was not proper for a hound to be a saint, and it would be an affront to God, and humans (who were made in God's image)
[/QUOTE]Here's the story of it: http://www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk/dogsaints.htm
Check it out.
The funny part is, it only tells half the story. When word got to many parishes and churchs in England, people (clergy) took seriously to the point where the dog was made into a saint. This sanctification was later repealed (officially) by the Papacy, because it was not proper for a hound to be a saint, and it would be an affront to God, and humans (who were made in God's image)
[QUOTE=Aegis]Did somebody lose their emo kid? I found an emo kid here. Anyone? Anyone? No? Crap...
Fun Fact: In a northern part of Britain (not sure if it is in Scotland, or England, I will have to verify the location), a Greyhound was Sanctified by the Medieval Catholic church (without knowledge of the Papacy). It is known as the Greyhound Saint.[/QUOTE]
SOmeone reference this to Cu Chulainn
Fun Fact: In a northern part of Britain (not sure if it is in Scotland, or England, I will have to verify the location), a Greyhound was Sanctified by the Medieval Catholic church (without knowledge of the Papacy). It is known as the Greyhound Saint.[/QUOTE]
SOmeone reference this to Cu Chulainn
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[QUOTE=Fenix]@Hill-Shatar - I believe it was 1/3 of a liver..but I'm not sure.[/QUOTE]
I believe that they said in optimal conditions that humans will be able to regenerate 25% of their liver.
Of course, now I must find the paper on the subject...
The 2010 Olympics will be taking place in Vancouver. 2008 is in Italy... Right?
Coke goes flat. 7up tastes like someone had left it to marinate. Yuk.
I believe that they said in optimal conditions that humans will be able to regenerate 25% of their liver.
Of course, now I must find the paper on the subject...
The 2010 Olympics will be taking place in Vancouver. 2008 is in Italy... Right?
Coke goes flat. 7up tastes like someone had left it to marinate. Yuk.
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[QUOTE=Aegis]Here's the story of it: http://www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk/dogsaints.htm
Check it out.
The funny part is, it only tells half the story. When word got to many parishes and churchs in England, people (clergy) took seriously to the point where the dog was made into a saint. This sanctification was later repealed (officially) by the Papacy, because it was not proper for a hound to be a saint, and it would be an affront to God, and humans (who were made in God's image)[/QUOTE]
Hmmm. I had seen the article you linked. I read it again.Still looks like medieval urban myth/religious black propaganda to me.
Check it out.
The funny part is, it only tells half the story. When word got to many parishes and churchs in England, people (clergy) took seriously to the point where the dog was made into a saint. This sanctification was later repealed (officially) by the Papacy, because it was not proper for a hound to be a saint, and it would be an affront to God, and humans (who were made in God's image)[/QUOTE]
Hmmm. I had seen the article you linked. I read it again.Still looks like medieval urban myth/religious black propaganda to me.
you can kill a person by putting tiger whiskers in their food
since 1313 it is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full suit of armour
in england it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow
since 1313 it is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full suit of armour
in england it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow
Here where the flattering and mendacious swarm
Of lying epitaths their secrets keep,
At last incapable of further harm
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.
Of lying epitaths their secrets keep,
At last incapable of further harm
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.
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[QUOTE=Hill-Shatar]The 2010 Olympics will be taking place in Vancouver. 2008 is in Italy... Right? [/QUOTE]
There are no 2010 Olympics - unless you meant the winter olympics...
[QUOTE=Robnark]in england it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow[/QUOTE]
Also - in various parts of Alaska, it is illegal to get a moose drunk, throw a moose out of a moving aircraft or look at a moose from a moving aeroplane...
[/QUOTE]There are no 2010 Olympics - unless you meant the winter olympics...
[QUOTE=Robnark]in england it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow[/QUOTE]
Also - in various parts of Alaska, it is illegal to get a moose drunk, throw a moose out of a moving aircraft or look at a moose from a moving aeroplane...
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There are no 2010 Olympics - unless you meant the winter olympics...
Typically we refer to them as summer and winter olymipics where I live. Guess I should make sure to remember the base of the games.
IMO, they fall into the same category.
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One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1½ gallons of nitromethane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster supercharger.
With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is
the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F.
The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8G's, the same force a Space Shuttle Astronaut feels on Liftoff.
* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.
Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from
light to light!
Including the burnout the engine must only survive 900
revolutions under load.
The redline is actually quite high at 9500 rpm.
The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated US $1,000.00 per second.
The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the quarter mile (Tony Schumacher, Chicago 2, 2004). The top speed record is 337.42 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (Shumacher, Columbus Ohio, 2005).
Putting all of this into perspective: You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter "twin-turbo" powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is stagedand ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass.
You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph.
The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him.
Think about it; from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race! course. That, folks, is acceleration.
Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1½ gallons of nitromethane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster supercharger.
With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is
the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F.
The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8G's, the same force a Space Shuttle Astronaut feels on Liftoff.
* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.
Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from
light to light!
Including the burnout the engine must only survive 900
revolutions under load.
The redline is actually quite high at 9500 rpm.
The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated US $1,000.00 per second.
The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the quarter mile (Tony Schumacher, Chicago 2, 2004). The top speed record is 337.42 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (Shumacher, Columbus Ohio, 2005).
Putting all of this into perspective: You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter "twin-turbo" powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is stagedand ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass.
You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph.
The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment.
The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him.
Think about it; from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race! course. That, folks, is acceleration.
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[QUOTE=Ravager]The Olympics are every four years. 2012 is in London. I'm not sure where the 2008 one is.
Are the Winter Olympics on this year?[/QUOTE]
I know, I know, but many people here refer to it as The Olympics. Period. Geez.
Are the Winter Olympics on this year?[/QUOTE]
I know, I know, but many people here refer to it as The Olympics. Period. Geez.
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