Post your best shinfo!
I'll start.
Shinfo = a combination of "s***ty" and "info." Information that is random or otherwise irrelevant.
Example -
Jordan: "I can't wait to play this show tonight."
Andy: "Yeah, it's going to be fun."
Keith: "Hey, I'm going to smoke this Camel light."
Jordan: "Shinfo."
Popularized by the band Every Time I Die on their DVD "S*** Happens."
My home state, Louisiana, has "parishes," which is the equivalent of "counties" in the other 49 states.
Honey does not spoil.
The billionth digit of pi is 9.
One president had a pet goat to now his lawn.
The word gymnasium literally means 'place of the naked people' due to the first gym being a training grounds for the Greek Olympics.
The CD was originally created the size it was so it could hold Beethoven's 9th.
Strawberries aren't actually berrys but oranges are
Also, strawberries aren't fruit, the little seeds ON them are fruit, and there are averagely around 200.
Quote from: Mikefrompluto on July 31, 2013, 10:18:06 AM
My home state, Louisiana, has "parishes," which is the equivalent of "counties" in the other 49 states.
Except you mean "in 48 of the other 49 states." Alaska has boroughs, not counties.
Quote from: prayos on July 31, 2013, 01:09:30 PM
Quote from: Mikefrompluto on July 31, 2013, 10:18:06 AM
My home state, Louisiana, has "parishes," which is the equivalent of "counties" in the other 49 states.
Except you mean "in 48 of the other 49 states." Alaska has boroughs, not counties.
Yes, of course.
For the fraction of a second that lightning strikes, the temperature of the ionized gases around it temporarily burn hotter than the surface of the sun.
Bananas are herbs
You can only walk halfway into the woods
Steve Jobs went to India(?) and did acid some time ago.
Quote from: Silent1236 on July 31, 2013, 04:32:44 PM
Steve Jobs went to India(?) and did acid some time ago.
He's been quoted as saying Bill Gates' problem was he needed to drop acid to expand his mind and improve his user interface on Windows products.
Turns out that Bill Gates had the last laugh. Zing!
Winds on Neptune can exceed 23000 mph
Quote from: rarehuntertay on July 31, 2013, 04:42:00 PM
Winds on Neptune can exceed 23000 mph
They do not go that fast, I've read about it and they can reach a couple thousand mph but not 23,000. Unless you meant 2,300? That's a better approximation.
Fact: Uranus' axis is tilted at almost 90 degrees. Therefore it is spinning on its side!
Fact: I am currently on the forums of iMTG.
Michael J. Fox was not the original actor to be cast as Marty McFly. Eric Stoltz was, and there's scenes floating around of early filming with him as McFly with a more serious attitude than the Marty McFly we've all come to love. I can't imagine the Back to the Future franchise without Michael J. Fox.
I've always got shinfo! Why can't I come up with anything tonight?! Oh well, give me time lol
Quote from: EvACiDe on July 31, 2013, 04:46:06 PM
Quote from: rarehuntertay on July 31, 2013, 04:42:00 PM
Winds on Neptune can exceed 23000 mph
They do not go that fast, I've read about it and they can reach a couple thousand mph but not 23,000. Unless you meant 2,300? That's a better approximation.
Fact: Uranus' axis is tilted at almost 90 degrees. Therefore it is spinning on its side!
I stand corrected. I misread my information.
The mission control of Apollo 11 had a man named William Safire write a speech for the president to deliver if Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin weren't able to leave the moon
The name Wendy was made up by Sir J. M. Barrie specifically for the story of Peter Pan.
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on July 31, 2013, 05:08:34 PM
Fact: I am currently on the forums of iMTG.
Well technically, you're not on the forum. It is stored in electrical impulses in servers. You are on nothing. You happen to be using a Internet capable device that is accessing and creating and adding more impulses to this 'forum'.
A first edition copy of "There and Back Again" (aka "The Hobbit") sells for $45000
Quote from: The1337Magician on July 31, 2013, 05:28:13 PM
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on July 31, 2013, 05:08:34 PM
Fact: I am currently on the forums of iMTG.
Well technically, you're not on the forum. It is stored in electrical impulses in servers. You are on nothing. You happen to be using a Internet capable device that is accessing and creating and adding more impulses to this 'forum'.
Touche
The band Fallout Boy got their name from The Simpsons (Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy)*
*I think anyway. Saw that somewhere forever ago and can't remember if it was credible or not.
A pig can't look up
You don't feel it if someone licks your elbow.
Quote from: prayos on August 01, 2013, 11:12:49 AM
You don't feel it if someone licks your elbow.
I get my wife with that all the time. I get at least three in before she realizes it.
Darth Vader's infamous "No, I am your father" is often misquoted as "Luke, I am your father" in popular media.
Quote from: Mikefrompluto on August 01, 2013, 11:29:13 AM
Quote from: prayos on August 01, 2013, 11:12:49 AM
You don't feel it if someone licks your elbow.
I get my wife with that all the time. I get at least three in before she realizes it.
Hahaha that's hilarious. It's because you have no nerve endings there