Lets see some cool random facts about anything, time to learn some cool stuff!
I'll start:
Ginko Biloba Tree:
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
Extreme examples of the ginkgo's tenacity may be seen in Hiroshima, Japan, where six trees growing between 1–2 km from the 1945 atom bomb explosion were among the few living things in the area to survive the blast.[32] While almost all other plants (and animals) in the area were destroyed, the ginkgos, though charred, survived and were soon healthy again. The trees are alive to this day.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The billionth digit of pi is 9, thank you fact sphere :)
Quote from: Arbitratur on August 17, 2013, 10:29:00 AM
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
How can a horse have one front leg in the air? Lol I'm confused.
During the early universe, there was a period known as "inflation", where the expansion of the universe exceeded the speed of light. Inflation is the extremely rapid exponential expansion of the early universe by a factor of at least 10^78 in volume, driven by a negative-pressure vacuum energy density
Quote from: EvACiDe on August 17, 2013, 02:26:37 PM
Quote from: Arbitratur on August 17, 2013, 10:29:00 AM
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
How can a horse have one front leg in the air? Lol I'm confused.
During the early universe, there was a period known as "inflation", where the expansion of the universe exceeded the speed of light. Inflation is the extremely rapid exponential expansion of the early universe by a factor of at least 10^78 in volume, driven by a negative-pressure vacuum energy density
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OH! Ok I got it now. I was just picturing a rearing horse somehow doing it with one leg hahaha! So it's more like its just walking
Turning aeroplane mode on your phone on will stop ads.
Quote from: That_Guy on August 18, 2013, 05:16:04 AM
Turning aeroplane mode on your phone on will stop ads.
I got really confused about the spelling of airplane until I realized...you aren't American, there are things outside of this failing nation.
Fact: Actresses trying out for parts on 'Game of Thrones' have been asked before to pretend to masturbate a male character sitting beside them as part of their audition.
I love this site, Nerdy Facts: http://nerdyfacts.tumblr.com/
The teddy bear that you see in call of duty(zombies) was put there in memory of one of the designers daughters who had passed away.
Pablo estobar's 4 pet hippos escaped and multiplied when he was murdered, now Columbia has a hippo problem
Sorry but portal is the bomb,
The adventure sphere is a blow hard and a coward.
Also, in 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. Like everything he did, Lincoln freed the slaves while sleepwalking, and later had no memory of the event.
Quote from: Anoobass on August 20, 2013, 01:30:25 AM
Sorry but portal is the bomb,
The adventure sphere is a blow hard and a coward.
Also, in 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. Like everything he did, Lincoln freed the slaves while sleepwalking, and later had no memory of the event.
Makes sense
During the filming of top gun, a stunt man was killed performing an aerial maneuver. He lost control of the jet and crashed into the ocean.
If you replace drinking and cigarette smoking with marajuanna your will increase your life expectancy by 14 years.
Where is this source? Lol
Quote from: EvACiDe on August 20, 2013, 03:58:15 PM
Where is this source? Lol
Ill find it, my girlfriend is an RN and found it on one of her MD sites.
This isn't the link she showed me but similar.
http://forum.grasscity.com/apprentice-tokers/292370-smoking-marijuana-increases-life-expectancy.html
To be fair, that fact is kind of deceptive. You can replace cigarette smoking with almost anything other than hard drugs (cocaine, etc) and increase your life expectancy. As for alcohol,it depends on use/abuse. A glass of wine a day or a few beers now and then is perfectly healthy, while getting wasted regularly is going to damage your liver and kidneys and severely reduce life expectancy.
Very true, wasn't trying to say smoking weed increases your life expectancy.
Meant it more like:
+ Smoking + Drinking = 10-15 years taken away from you.
Replacing the two with marajuanna is healthier for you, but I imagine cutting all would be the ideal idea for a long life lol.
Tommy Chong had cancer and cannabis oil helped cure it
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/05/15/tommy-chong-beats-prostate-cancer-with-diet-and-hemp-oil/
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of old when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled
on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Lol silly {Workhorse}s
The Egyptian pyramids have 8 sides not four. You can only tell this by flying over them on I believe the equinoxes. The 8 sides are concave. So it looks like 4 but a British WWII pilot discovered that it was indeed 8
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Quote from: Arbitratur on August 22, 2013, 11:07:01 AM
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Really? I never noticed this
Every day, without even thinking about it, you move approximately 8,500 liters of air into and out of your lungs. With the total mass of this air being about 11 kilograms.
1 cubic meter of water weighs 1 metric tonne.
1 million dollar bills weighs about 1 ton :p
And to keep with my portal quotes,
"The Schrödinger's cat paradox, is the theory that a cat in a box is both alive and dead simultaneously. Schrödinger invented this paradox as a justification for killing cats."
There was originally only 10 months. The names of the months were indicative of their order. september - septa (meaning 7), october - octa (meaning 8 ), november - nova (meaning 9) december - deca (meaning 10). The reason they are no longer the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months is because July was inserted into the calendar after bring invented by roman emperor Julius Caesar and named after himself. August was inserted into the calender after being invented by roman emperor Augustus Ceasar and named after himself, effectively pushing back the last four months by two slots.
Quote from: Double-O-Scotch on August 22, 2013, 01:30:13 PM
There was originally only 10 months. The names of the months were indicative of their order. september - septa (meaning 7), october - octa (meaning 8 ), november - nova (meaning 9) december - deca (meaning 10). The reason they are no longer the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months is because July was inserted into the calendar after bring invented by roman emperor Julius Caesar and named after himself. August was inserted into the calender after being invented by roman emperor Augustus Ceasar and named after himself, effectively pushing back the last four months by two slots.
I feel so smart that I already knew this :). Thank you though :)
Quote from: Anoobass on August 22, 2013, 01:24:12 PM
1 million dollar bills weighs about 1 ton :p
And to keep with my portal quotes,
"The Schrödinger's cat paradox, is the theory that a cat in a box is both alive and dead simultaneously. Schrödinger invented this paradox as a justification for killing cats."
I knew this. It's a thought experiment for the Hiesenburg Uncertainty Principle
Sometimes, when swinging from branch to branch, sloths mistake their arms for branches and grab them and fall to a painful death 😕😭
The first slave to be owned in Virginia was owned by a black person. Over half the slaves in the US were white.
Quote from: EvACiDe on August 22, 2013, 02:38:07 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 22, 2013, 01:24:12 PM
1 million dollar bills weighs about 1 ton :p
And to keep with my portal quotes,
"The Schrödinger's cat paradox, is the theory that a cat in a box is both alive and dead simultaneously. Schrödinger invented this paradox as a justification for killing cats."
I knew this. It's a thought experiment for the Hiesenburg Uncertainty Principle
Or is it just a justification for killing cats?
Quote from: Anoobass on August 22, 2013, 11:11:16 PM
Quote from: EvACiDe on August 22, 2013, 02:38:07 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 22, 2013, 01:24:12 PM
1 million dollar bills weighs about 1 ton :p
And to keep with my portal quotes,
"The Schrödinger's cat paradox, is the theory that a cat in a box is both alive and dead simultaneously. Schrödinger invented this paradox as a justification for killing cats."
I knew this. It's a thought experiment for the Hiesenburg Uncertainty Principle
Or is it just a justification for killing cats?
That's what I use as my excuse for killing cats, don't you?
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on August 22, 2013, 11:19:27 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 22, 2013, 11:11:16 PM
Quote from: EvACiDe on August 22, 2013, 02:38:07 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 22, 2013, 01:24:12 PM
1 million dollar bills weighs about 1 ton :p
And to keep with my portal quotes,
"The Schrödinger's cat paradox, is the theory that a cat in a box is both alive and dead simultaneously. Schrödinger invented this paradox as a justification for killing cats."
I knew this. It's a thought experiment for the Hiesenburg Uncertainty Principle
Or is it just a justification for killing cats?
That's what I use as my excuse for killing cats, don't you?
Bahahahaha 😐 wait you are joking lol ... 😐 Right?
Ummm........Yes?
But seriously, yes I am joking. I don't kill cats
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on August 22, 2013, 11:29:02 PM
Ummm........Yes?
But seriously, yes I am joking. I don't kill cats
Ok good you had me scared their
Superman is an alien from krypton and is allergic to kryptonite
Quote from: BcBudds on August 23, 2013, 12:30:55 AM
Superman is an alien from krypton and is allergic to kryptonite
That is because on krypton he is "human"
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:18:12 PM
Quote from: BcBudds on August 23, 2013, 12:30:55 AM
Superman is an alien from krypton and is allergic to kryptonite
That is because on krypton he is "human"
And his DNA adapted to Earth, and on Krypton he isn't use to the environment, and his powers are useless because they cease to exist, in a way.
Though that would be true due to the incredibles theory (if everyone is super, no one is). I'm pretty sure kryptonite is just fragments of the planet, making the whole planet a "cure" for the "superpowers". Just my take.
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:46:21 PM
Though that would be true due to the incredibles theory (if everyone is super, no one is). I'm pretty sure kryptonite is just fragments of the planet, making the whole planet a "cure" for the "superpowers". Just my take.
Yes, but the thing is he can't do what he could do while others can, so he's the only NOT super one.
Quote from: Mlerner12 on August 23, 2013, 04:49:38 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:46:21 PM
Though that would be true due to the incredibles theory (if everyone is super, no one is). I'm pretty sure kryptonite is just fragments of the planet, making the whole planet a "cure" for the "superpowers". Just my take.
Yes, but the thing is he can't do what he could do while others can, so he's the only NOT super one.
I'm not following you.
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:51:07 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on August 23, 2013, 04:49:38 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:46:21 PM
Though that would be true due to the incredibles theory (if everyone is super, no one is). I'm pretty sure kryptonite is just fragments of the planet, making the whole planet a "cure" for the "superpowers". Just my take.
Yes, but the thing is he can't do what he could do while others can, so he's the only NOT super one.
I'm not following you.
On earth he can do awesome stuff because his DNA is different, but on Crypton, he can't do that stuff for some reason and everyone else can.
Quote from: Mlerner12 on August 23, 2013, 05:09:27 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:51:07 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on August 23, 2013, 04:49:38 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:46:21 PM
Though that would be true due to the incredibles theory (if everyone is super, no one is). I'm pretty sure kryptonite is just fragments of the planet, making the whole planet a "cure" for the "superpowers". Just my take.
Yes, but the thing is he can't do what he could do while others can, so he's the only NOT super one.
I'm not following you.
On earth he can do awesome stuff because his DNA is different, but on Crypton, he can't do that stuff for some reason and everyone else can.
Ahh, I need to read up more on DC, I'm a marvel guy
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:51:07 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on August 23, 2013, 04:49:38 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:46:21 PM
Though that would be true due to the incredibles theory (if everyone is super, no one is). I'm pretty sure kryptonite is just fragments of the planet, making the whole planet a "cure" for the "superpowers". Just my take.
Yes, but the thing is he can't do what he could do while others can, so he's the only NOT super one.
I'm not following you.
How so?
Back to random facts!
Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a God.
New research is being done on neodymium magnets as shark repellant
On the Georgia state quarter there is a whole county missing on it. It's in the upper left hand corner of the state. The reasoning behind I t is that that county conceded from the union before the state and never went back.
Quote from: Gorzo on August 23, 2013, 06:08:58 PM
Back to random facts!
Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a God.
Not exactly true... Another name for Earth is Terra... Which is derived from Gaia...
Quote from: Mlerner12 on August 23, 2013, 04:37:57 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:18:12 PM
Quote from: BcBudds on August 23, 2013, 12:30:55 AM
Superman is an alien from krypton and is allergic to kryptonite
That is because on krypton he is "human"
And his DNA adapted to Earth, and on Krypton he isn't use to the environment, and his powers are useless because they cease to exist, in a way.
Superman received his powers from the sun. His powers are limitless.
The novel "Gadsby" by Ernest Vincent Wright has approximately 50,000 words; none of them with the letter E!
Quote from: Arbitratur on August 25, 2013, 08:23:12 AM
The novel "Gadsby" by Ernest Vincent Wright has approximately 50,000 words; none of them with the letter E!
Amazing. "E" is one of the most common letters in the English language.
Quote from: rarehuntertay on August 27, 2013, 05:13:07 PM
Quote from: Arbitratur on August 25, 2013, 08:23:12 AM
The novel "Gadsby" by Ernest Vincent Wright has approximately 50,000 words; none of them with the letter E!
Amazing. "E" is one of the most common letters in the English language.
That's insane, doesn't even have the word the! Just in this little post I used 9 E's.
I always use 42% when I make up that stat. Or is that an actual stat?
It's true only 42% of stats are made up
Quote from: rarehuntertay on August 27, 2013, 05:13:07 PM
Quote from: Arbitratur on August 25, 2013, 08:23:12 AM
The novel "Gadsby" by Ernest Vincent Wright has approximately 50,000 words; none of them with the letter E!
Amazing. "E" is one of the most common letters in the English language.
Watch he made a wild record for not using the letter "E" and then on the last page put his name. EPIC FACEPALM!!!!!
Quote from: Mlerner12 on August 23, 2013, 05:15:29 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:51:07 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on August 23, 2013, 04:49:38 PM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 23, 2013, 04:46:21 PM
Though that would be true due to the incredibles theory (if everyone is super, no one is). I'm pretty sure kryptonite is just fragments of the planet, making the whole planet a "cure" for the "superpowers". Just my take.
Yes, but the thing is he can't do what he could do while others can, so he's the only NOT super one.
I'm not following you.
How so?
Woah woah, I'm not missing an opportunity to nerd out here.
Superman (like all Kryptonians) has no powers on Krypton because of its sun and high gravity. On earth, he has power because of our lower gravity and yellow sun.
Kryptonite is indeed pieces of the planet Krypton floating about. All kryptonite is radiated and poisonous to whoever comes into contact with it. This normally isn't a huge deal, but kryptonians absorb energy like sponges. So all that radiation gets absorbed super fast and hard by Superman, giving it a stronger effect on him.
It's slightly more involved than that, but that's the basic rundown.
All I know is that superman would beat Goku in a death battle.
Well of course, Superman is essentially immortal and more powerful than a god.
Quote from: Anoobass on August 28, 2013, 11:47:01 PM
All I know is that superman would beat Goku in a death battle.
Maybe, but it would it would still take 40 episodes full of screaming to find out.
Fun fact! someone posted the entire Goku vs Frieza battle on YouTube, with all of the unrelated filler and 'last time' recaps cut out. It is still well over 4 hours long.
Link for lols! (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=njvgKUSR8Ss)
Quote from: Gorzo on August 29, 2013, 05:54:35 AM
Quote from: Anoobass on August 28, 2013, 11:47:01 PM
All I know is that superman would beat Goku in a death battle.
Maybe, but it would it would still take 40 episodes full of screaming to find out.
Fun fact! someone posted the entire Goku vs Frieza battle on YouTube, with all of the unrelated filler and 'last time' recaps cut out. It is still well over 4 hours long.
Link for lols! (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=njvgKUSR8Ss)
Bahahahaha!!!