Ever wanted to prove how smart you are? Or how much time you waste playing Trivial Pursuit? Well This Is The Place!
I'll start.
Did you know that some species of fish can speak?
1) Did you know 2000 left-handed people die worldwide every year because they use stuff meant for right-handed people in a wrong way?
2) Did you know that Japanese has 3 alphabets? And that one consists of a variation of Chinese characters?
3) Did you know that a Greek verb has more than 1000 forms in conjugation in theory?
4) Did you know I can all recognize them? (*boost boost*)
5) Did you know Dutch people are the tallest people in the world?
6) Did you know Dutch is a difficult language, because of the difficult rules. E.g.:
Singular and plural is mixed with expressions of time, for no reason. Translated it is like this:
nine minutes
nine hour (singular where it should be plural?!)
nine days
nine months
nine year (same for year)
of those I only knew the second one. And the alphebet consisting of chinese symbols is called kenji but it's not widely used.
Did you know that the military accidently bought an 82-year supply of freeze dried tuna salad for troops stationed in europe?
Did you know that Disney World in Florida in reality is two stories tall? The entire park is built one story above the natural ground. This is because it is so swampy there, but has another reason as well. Workers in costumes can go from the wardrobes to differently themed areas without ruining the atmosphere of the lands they travel through.
Also, Disneyland Florida's Tower of Terror attraction is designed to fit in with the Morocco theme at EPCOT. More at
http://www.coasterforce.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25286&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=27
Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln.
Quote from: SuperFireKirby on August 10, 2009, 01:21:47 PMof those I only knew the second one. And the alphebet consisting of chinese symbols is called kanji but it's not widely used.
Did you know that the military accidently bought an 82-year supply of freeze dried tuna salad for troops stationed in europe?
Sorry, had to fix that.
Oh, my mistake.
Here's my favorite random fact:
If every person in China walked past you in a single file line, the line would never end due to China's reproduction rate.
The largest word in the English language consists of 189,819 letters relating to the largest known chemical protein's scientific name. Its common word is Titin, a measly five letters.
About 1 in every 30 Americans is either in prison or on probation.
In casinos, they pump pure oxygen into the air so that you get high and spend more money.
50% of all men has had sexual contact with another guy in their youth.
Quote from: GreekGeek on August 10, 2009, 05:36:07 PM50% of all men has had sexual contact with another guy in their youth.
Hahaha, incorrect.
You can tell that a rolex watch is a fake if the second hand ticks instead of smoothly moving along.
In 1666, there was a great fire in London. To commemorate the six people who died (and the property destroyed (the whole city)), the city raised a 61,5 meter tall monument in 1671. Since then, seven people have died from falling from the Monument's stairs or viewing platform.
ohhhh.... i got lots of these ;D
1. You can lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.
2. The average American will spend 6 months of their life at stoplights.
3. The plastic or metal tip on the end of a shoelace is called an 'aglet'.
4. The calico cat is the official state cat of Maryland.
5. 4 men once tried to bring a cow to the top of the Matterhorn. They all froze to death.
6. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.
7. In 1980, the yellow pages accidentally listed a Texas funeral home under Frozen Foods.
8. Traffic accidents rise 10% in the 1st week of Daylight savings (which Benjamin Franklin invented btw.)
9. Iceland consumes more Coke per capita than any other nation on Earth.
10. The best selling candy bar in Russia is Snickers.
11. More collect calls are made on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
12. THe world's termites outweigh the world's human 10 to 1.
13. There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.
14. Shoplifters take the most stuff between 3 & 6 pm on Friday and Sunday.
15.The longest English word in a book title: The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern.
I knew only the first two of those.
Here's some about ants:
Ants never sleep.
Ants can carry more 500 times their body weight.
Peeing in the shower is good for the environment. Apparantly.
Quote from: Harvest on August 10, 2009, 06:04:15 PMQuote from: GreekGeek on August 10, 2009, 05:36:07 PM50% of all men has had sexual contact with another guy in their youth.
Hahaha, incorrect.
Insecure.
Anyway, did you know that if you were to take every vein and artery in the average adult body and connect them it would be able to circulate the earth 3 times?
It's called the Alphabet because Alpha, Beta, (etc) is the begining of some greek or latin or some shit I don't know.
Quote from: DaveyTheRebel on August 14, 2009, 10:21:07 AMIt's called the Alphabet because Alpha, Beta, (etc) is the begining of some greek or latin or some shit I don't know.
αλφα βηÏ,,α γαμμα δελÏ,,α ε ψιλον ζηÏ,,α ηÏ,,α θηÏ,,α ιοÏ,,α καππα λαμβπα μÏ... νÏ... ξι ο μικÏον πι Ïο σιγμα Ï,,αÏ... Ï... ψιλον φι χι ψι ω μεγα. Greek alphabet, lovely.
Hefter Farm's Fruit at the Bottom Yogurt is PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED!!!!(Anyone get the reference?)
The chance of being hurt or damaged while riding a roller coaster is one ten thousandth of the chance of being hurt or damaged while queuing for it.
There are only four operating coasters in the world whose name begins with the letter Y.
95% of the roller coasters in China are "clones" of already existing coasters.
The "highest" coaster in the world is situated in Katmandu, Nepal, at almost 1600 metres above sea level.
There has only been one single wooden roller coaster featuring an inversion. The loop has since being removed.
There is only one full-circuit launched Inverted Coaster in the world (cred is awarded to anyone who can give me the name and location of this coaster).
Quote from: Cobraroll on August 15, 2009, 02:10:38 PMThe chance of being hurt or damaged while riding a roller coaster is one ten thousandth of the chance of being hurt or damaged while queuing for it.
There are only four operating coasters in the world whose name begins with the letter Y.
95% of the roller coasters in China are "clones" of already existing coasters.
The "highest" coaster in the world is situated in Katmandu, Nepal, at almost 1600 metres above sea level.
There has only been one single wooden roller coaster featuring an inversion. The loop has since being removed.
There is only one full-circuit launched Inverted Coaster in the world (cred is awarded to anyone who can give me the name and location of this coaster).
Sorry for asking, but do you happen to like roller coasters?
^I happen to love them. There's an entire enthusiast community for them out there (several, in fact), and I'm just an average member (OK, maybe slightly above, but not by much). My CoasterCount is around 20 somewhere, but I've spoken to people who've ridden more than 800.
Uhh... random facts:
- The Expedition Everest Coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom is regarded as the most expensive roller coaster ever built, at $ 100,000,000. This is partially due to the fact that it runs inside a mountain, which also has a large animatronic yeti in it. The coaster, the yeti and the mountain does not touch each other, nor does their support structures.
- The record for most coasters in a single park is 17, set at Cedar Point in Ohio. The first coasters to reach 200, 300 and 400 feet were all built there.
- The fastest coasters on Earth, the so-called Strata Coasters use as much electric power every day as a small city.
Quote from: Cobraroll on August 15, 2009, 02:10:38 PMThe "highest" coaster in the world is situated in Katmandu, Nepal, at almost 1600 metres above sea level.
Don't you mean 16000 instead of 1600?
And also, my second favorite fact:
It would take 8 years, 3 months, 6 days, and 15 hours of screaming to heat a single 8 oz. cup of coffee.
Quote from: WikipediaIn Nintendo's Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the R2-D2 can be seen on the music machine at the Bombchu Bowling Alley.
Can anyone confirm this? ???
Quote from: SuperFireKirby on August 16, 2009, 05:27:51 PMQuote from: Cobraroll on August 15, 2009, 02:10:38 PMThe "highest" coaster in the world is situated in Katmandu, Nepal, at almost 1600 metres above sea level.
Don't you mean 16000 instead of 1600?
As the tallest mountain on Earth is 8850 metres tall, no, I don't mean 16 000. 1600. ;)
Quote from: SuperFireKirby on August 16, 2009, 05:27:51 PMDon't you mean 16000 instead of 1600?
Hmm. I declare fail. ;)
About 4% of the world has red hair.
Only 2% of Americans have red hair.
Scotland has the highest percentage of people with red hair, at about 13%.
In 1600's and 1700's Germany, having red hair was a sure sign that you were a witch.
In ancient Greece, they believed gingers turned into vampires when they died.
The average redhead has 90,000 hairs, while the average brunette has 100,000 to 110,000, and the average blonde has 120,000 to 140,000.
Gingers have a lower threshold for pain (they can't take as much of it)
a) All polar bears are left handed.
b) 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.
c) The human brain is 80% water.
d) In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
e) The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only 12 letters.
f) No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
g) The longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched".
h) The Dutch word with the most consequetive consonants is "angstschreeuw" meaning "yell of fear".
i) The word "democracy" is banned in online chat rooms in China.
j) A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
k) The Earth experiences 50,000 earthquakes each year.
l) On average people fear spiders more than death.
m) Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
that wierd pig fact reminded me of this one.
Humans and dolphins are the only animals that have sex for pleasure.
In Norwegian, the word with the most subesequent vowels is "Saueøyeøyaeier", with 12 (In Norwegian, Y is always a vowel). It means "Owner of sheep's eye island". The reason why it can be put into one word, is because one doesn't split "double-words" in Norwegian, making writing "flowerpot" perfectly legal, for example. Thus, words can in theory be infinitely long.
In medieval times, one of the many revolting cures for the black plague was drinking dog's blood, when in reality, the plague could have been stopped with soap and water.
Quote from: Cobraroll on August 17, 2009, 11:17:50 PMIn Norwegian, the word with the most subesequent vowels is "Saueøyeøyaeier", with 12 (In Norwegian, Y is always a vowel). It means "Owner of sheep's eye island". The reason why it can be put into one word, is because one doesn't split "double-words" in Norwegian, making writing "flowerpot" perfectly legal, for example. Thus, words can in theory be infinitely long.
Finnish: hääyöaie (= wedding night intention)
^ Dutch: longest word containing of vowels only: oei :P (meaning "woh")
With most subsequent vowels: eeuw/eieren (meaning "age"/"eggs")
Greek: longest word containing of vowels only: αιει aiei (meaning "always")
With most subsequent vowels: δακÏÏ...οεισα dakruoeisa (meaning "shedding tears")
The longest word in the English language containing the least amount of vowels is: strengths
The place with the longest name that's still in use is a New Zealand hill called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitnatahu
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Homosexuality has been spotted by over 1.500 animal species.
Just to clarify, that's "one thousand five hundred," not "one and 1/2," right?
Sorry, we Dutch guys use the comma and dot the other way round. So 1,500 is "one and a half" here.
I meant 1,500 species.
Heh, I forgot that . and , are switched in Europe.
It's very annoying, but luckily this time it was clear it wasn't one animal and half an animal.
Did you know that Snapple has been promoting false random facts for years? Seriously. Popular ones include: Goldfish have a memory span of 3 seconds, the average American swallows about 6 insect legs in their life while sleeping.
THEY ARE OUT OF CONTROL.
It was a 16 year old in Australia, I believe, who debunked the goldfish thing.
Reimu is a bitch
â—¦Highly Responsive to Prayers: Reimu goes on a homicidal rampage.
â—¦Story of Eastern Wonderland: Reimu seeks revenge for Mima's revenge for Reimu's previous rampage.
â—¦Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream: Reimu interferes with academia and scientific progress.
â—¦Lotus Land Story: Reimu kills a youkai who tried to help her.
â—¦Mystic Square: Reimu orphans Alice and destroys an entire world for it's creator's belief in the free market.
â—¦The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil: Reimu places a little girl who wanted to go flower gazing under house arrest.
â– Also, she beats up retarded kids, violates private property, and picks a fight with an asthmatic person. TWICE.
â—¦Perfect Cherry Blossom: Reimu prevents an innocent girl from being revived.
â—¦Immaterial and Missing Power: Reimu breaks up parties.
â—¦Imperishable Night: Reimu strips Gensokyo of it's defences against a Lunar invasion.
â—¦Phantasmagoria of Flower View: Reimu attacks people for no good reason.
â—¦Mountain of Faith: Reimu oppresses other religions.
â—¦Scarlet Weather Rhapsody: Reimu endorses slave labor.
â—¦Subterranean Animism: Reimu cuts back funding for alternative energy sources.
â—¦Undefined Fantastic Object: Reimu illegally seizes a merchant ship's cargo, then beats up Jesus.
Quote from: Sir Awesomesauce on August 21, 2009, 09:52:59 PMDid you know that Snapple has been promoting false random facts for years? Seriously. Popular ones include: Goldfish have a memory span of 3 seconds, the average American swallows about 6 insect legs in their life while sleeping.
THEY ARE OUT OF CONTROL.
Well you swallow an average of 8 spiders in your sleep every year.
Ahggh, why would you even say something like that? *chills*
No you don't (http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp)
A few of the facts in this topic are false, I think.
Sri Lanka is a country you may have never heard about.
Quote from: universe-X on August 24, 2009, 06:22:08 PMIn "The Wizard of Oz", there was a claim that an elf (i think, don't shun me, i haven't seen the full movie/play ever!) comitted suicide by taking a rope, while on a ladder, putting his head through the rope, and kicking the ladder off, evidently to his end.
You'd think that after many times of looking at the movie, the editors would've edited that out, right?
Wrong!
Actually it was an ostrich borrowed from a nearby zoo, to produce atmosphere (or something like that).
:)
I do not recall that ever happening.
Actually, the first showing of the Wizard of Oz was in a small town about half an hour from where I live. This was confirmed by MGM historians. And one of the munchkins was a native of the town I'm living in.
Snopes is the greatest enemy this topic has.
Oh, wow. That's funny. :)
Quote from: Petpetfood on August 24, 2009, 06:29:50 PMSri Lanka is a country you may have never heard about.
Why not? I had to memorize its location for Geography.
^It's hardly difficult to memorize. It's the island just south of India...
Only one third of all Americans have a passport. Most Americans never leave their own country. I could generalise and say that most Americans know nothing about the rest of the world, but I think that statement is pushing it. The rest of the world's impression that Americans know nothing about the rest of the world, however, is a bit harder to dismiss.
I have a passport! I went on a cruise! ;D
Quote from: Cobraroll on August 25, 2009, 12:27:49 PM^It's hardly difficult to memorize. It's the island just south of India...
Only one third of all Americans have a passport. Most Americans never leave their own country. I could generalise and say that most Americans know nothing about the rest of the world, but I think that statement is pushing it. The rest of the world's impression that Americans know nothing about the rest of the world, however, is a bit harder to dismiss.
Ignorance is bliss. Unless you're American. I hate how ignorant our country is.
Male piglets are castrated at the age of 5 months in order for their hormones not to deter the meat that they produce. They do this because some people say that they can taste a difference in the meat when it is otherwise produced.
The word shit is actually an acronym for a ventilation system that was used on ships that would transport manure.
^OR it derives from Old English...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit#Emytology
The strongest Pokémon attack without stat boosts is a Modest Kyogre's Water Spout backed by Choice Specs under rainy conditions (Base power 506 backet by a Special attack stat of 438). Following next is a Modest Porygon-Z with the Adaptability ability firing a Hyper Beam while holding Choice Specs (Base power 450 backed by a Special Attack stat of 405).
Intresting... well that was something my dad told me and I didn't bother looking it up to see if it was correct or not. I guess he was wrong.
Actually, it seems like I was wrong too. Here is a list of the ten strongest Pokémon moves by damage potential:
1st: Shuckle, having used Power Trick to switch its Attack and Defense, Skill Swap to get the Pure Power ability, holding the Metronome item, then using Defense Curl and Rollout. On the fifth turn of Rollout, it will have a base power of 4638 and coming off a gargantuan attack stat of 1228.*
2nd: Ursaring with Choice Band and Guts ability activated, using Metronome and getting Explosion. It will have a base power of 562, coming off an attack stat of 591. Not to mention the fact that it halves the opponent's defense upon use, effectively giving it a power of 1124. That will one-hit-KO every single Pokémon in the game, bar ghosts and Pokémon 4x resisting Normal attacks.
3rd**: Choice Specs Empoleon with Torrent ability activated using Hydro Cannon under rain (Power 759, stat of 353)
4th**: Choice Specs Kyogre's Water Spout under rain (Power 506, coming off a stat of 438)
5th: Choice Band Machamp's Focus Punch with Guts ability activated (Power 337, coming off a stat of 591)
6th: Choice Band Scizor's Fury Cutter used for the fifth time with Swarm ability activated (Power 540, coming off a stat of 394)
7th: Choice Specs Porygon-Z's Hyper Beam with Adaptability ability (Power 450, stat of 408)
8th: Choice Band Medicham's Focus Punch (Power 337, stat of 480)
9th: Choice Band Rampardos' Head Smash (Power 337, stat of 471)
10th: Choice Band Slaking's Giga Impact (Power 337, coming off a stat of 460)
*NOTE: Because Rollout and the clone move Ice Ball reach a power of 960 on the final turn, all users of the move could get a spot here. However, Shuckle is the prime example of pure attacking power, and is the only Rollouter/Ice Baller presented here.
**May be swapped.
^That's like sick. You're quite the expert on this subject.
Some reptiles, amphibians, and fish can asexually reproduce when the opposite sex is extinct in the area they inhabit.
Some schools of fish only have one male. When the male dies, the strongest female changes her sex to become the new male.
Very cliché, but let's mention it.
Cockroaches can survive a nuclear holocaust.
EDIT: An electron is the fastest thing in the world.
Quote from: GreekGeek on September 05, 2009, 10:59:20 PMEDIT: An electron is the fastest thing in the world.
Photons?
More people die of falling coconuts than shark attacks. And I hate those 'experts' saying shark are monsters of the depth... ???
Quote from: JaMaHa on September 05, 2009, 11:56:12 PMQuote from: GreekGeek on September 05, 2009, 10:59:20 PMEDIT: An electron is the fastest thing in the world.
Photons?
A photon's not a thing. That is, it's not matter.
I guess that's why :)
Thanks for saving me Ingus
Isn't a photon much light a light wave? That is, its not composed of atoms but it is still a wave aof radiation with energy, therefore making it a thing? I can't quite remember. Haven't touched physics for 2 years so I'm a little off on the subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon
"Mass: 0." Ergo, it's not matter.
I must say, people consult wikipedia far too much. It's not always accurate. But no one understands that.
Ok, as a science student, I tell you that a photon is energy, not matter, as it has no discernable mass or volume.
A Photon is a packet of light and energy, and it all depends on what frequency it's at. Gamma radiation is the fastest.
Listen to Brassman.
Back on topic:
Xenopterus naritus is a fish, phylum Chordalia, class Actinopterygii, order Tetraodontiformes, family Tetraodontidae.
(https://www.ninsheetmusic.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aqua-fish.net%2Fimgs%2Ffish1%2Fmalabar-pufferfish-3.jpg&hash=3eea9530df9c4f465928429f41ca7f2c1d1975b1)
EDIT: Fixed the picture.
haha image fail
Quote from: Brassman388 on September 07, 2009, 09:48:03 PMA Photon is a packet of light and energy, and it all depends on what frequency it's at. Gamma radiation is the fastest.
It goes radio waves, microwave(which is a kind of radio wave),infrared,visible light spectrum, ulra-violet,v-rays, alpha waves, beta, waves, gamma waves.
The more sub-catagories but I'm too lazy to name them.
Go back to random facts.
Contrary to popular belief, the moon is not in fact made of cheese.
YOU LIE!
Spider web material is stronger than steel.
The egyptians invented the first alcoholic beverage known as mead which was made with fermented honey.
Don't you find it a little curious that inventions that aren't needed for daily life (i.e. roller caosters) are quickly created after the key component (i.e. the electric motor) is invented or discovered; yet various things that seem almost invaluable (i.e. the light bulb) take hundreds of years to be refined, or invented even, after the need for it becomes apparent.
And thus we discover the downside of technological advancement.
Quote from: SuperFireKirby on September 10, 2009, 02:10:31 PMSpider web material is stronger than steel.
Spider web has a stronger
tensile strength than steel. i.e., if you had two jets pulling opposite ways on a spider web, they would lose momentum, fall, and crash.
Quote from: universe-X on January 14, 2010, 07:23:40 PMThe famous roller-coaster, "Cyclone" is made entirely out of wood and is the oldest functioning roller-coaster (to my knowledge, it was made in 1927). Wood, you know, that indestructible substance, the stuff that termites eat.
Umm... do not assume, dear friend: http://rcdb.com/m/1136.htm
This is the oldest coaster that I am aware of that still operates today.
Also, wooden coasters have longer life spans than steel coasters because they are easier to maintain. On steel coasters, the tracks and structure eventually bend so much that the coaster has to be scrapped or completely retracked. As the latter is about as expensive as building a new coaster, most companies choose to tear worn-out rides down and replace them.
With wooden coasters, however, you can rip out any part of the structure, and replace it (this is done on parts of most wooden coasters every year, off-season) without much trouble. In theory, a "woodie" could survive forever with a partial "retrack" every few years, and a new lift engine now and then, aside from regular maintenance (replacing wheels and lift chain, for instance, go in this category).
^Umm... only about 17. There aren't that many coasters in Norway, and in my current situation, I can't afford to go abroad. So my knowledge is mostly theoretical.