The Random Facts Topic

[Cobraroll]

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.

[SuperFireKirby]

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.

[Jamaha]

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.

Finnish: hääyöaie (= wedding night intention)

[GreekGeek]

^ Dutch: longest word containing of vowels only: oei (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: δακρÏ...οεισα dakruoeisa (meaning "shedding tears")

[Nana1Popo2]

The longest word in the English language containing the least amount of vowels is: strengths

[SuperFireKirby]

The place with the longest name that's still in use is a New Zealand hill called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitnatahu

[SuperFireKirby]

Almonds are members of the peach family.

[GreekGeek]

Homosexuality has been spotted by over 1.500 animal species.

[Seeker]

Just to clarify, that's "one thousand five hundred," not "one and 1/2," right?

[GreekGeek]

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.

[SirIngusBingus]

Heh, I forgot that . and , are switched in Europe.

[GreekGeek]

It's very annoying, but luckily this time it was clear it wasn't one animal and half an animal.

[Sir Awesomesauce]

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.

[Seeker]

It was a 16 year old in Australia, I believe, who debunked the goldfish thing.

[Dude]

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.