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Post by Serenity on Feb 12, 2010 18:45:41 GMT -5
A thread for all the random stuff you probably don't care about. xD
1) In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
2) According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
3) The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
4) Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
5) The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2010 22:06:43 GMT -5
What? Very interesting.
Did you know that a six year old laughs about 300 times a day, while and adult laughs 1/5 as much in one day?
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Post by Serenity on Feb 13, 2010 19:55:56 GMT -5
Wow. I never thought about kids laughing more during the day than adults. Especially since some adults actually act like kids. xD
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2010 22:57:15 GMT -5
Keep in mind, that's average.
Random facts of the day:
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
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Post by AhkneeKitteen on Feb 13, 2010 23:48:17 GMT -5
EVEN MOAR:
Polar bears are left-handed.
Pigs are the only other animal besides humans that can sunburn.
Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
Donald Duck's middle name if Fauntleroy.
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Post by Serenity on Feb 14, 2010 13:40:56 GMT -5
You've probably heard this one before, but if you go into word processing, type Q93 NY (in all caps), change the font to about size 20 so you can see it, and change the font face to Wingdings. If you haven't tried it, try it. If you have, don't ruin the surprise for anyone else. If you don't get it, Q93 NY was the name of the plane that hit the twin towers on 9/11.
Actually, this one is more creepy than anything.
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Post by AhkneeKitteen on Feb 14, 2010 15:49:57 GMT -5
Indeed.
In Texas, it is apparently still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2010 20:31:52 GMT -5
.... really, Ahknee? Hanging...? lol. Old rules that never change.
The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.
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Post by AhkneeKitteen on Feb 14, 2010 21:11:17 GMT -5
Haha oh that's a little ironic.
Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
Barry Manilow came up with the jingles for Band-Aids and State Farm.
Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is overhead. You are also slightly taller when you first get up in the morning compared to when you go to bed at night, thanks to gravity.
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Post by moon yagami on Feb 14, 2010 22:41:13 GMT -5
It's true, you can be executed for a lot of stupid shit in texas...
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Post by Serenity on Feb 15, 2010 15:01:52 GMT -5
(I think I remember hearing somewhere about the hanging for stealing cattle in Texas...)
Anyways,
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
(Yay, elephants! xD )
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2010 17:54:01 GMT -5
I knew about the moon one, but not about being taller. Interesting.
The average size brick is 79 cm squared.
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Post by Serenity on Feb 15, 2010 19:51:58 GMT -5
I learned the being taller thing from a physics teacher at the University of Hawaii. We used to watch videos of his class lectures during PT1 class. It's because when you walked around throughout the day, your spinal cord compresses and while you sleep, it expands again... or something like that.
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Post by AhkneeKitteen on Feb 16, 2010 0:44:18 GMT -5
It's a minor difference though, maybe .3 of an inch at most.
Cows will not walk down stairs.
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Post by Serenity on Feb 16, 2010 12:43:07 GMT -5
Cows will not walk down stairs. My mom told me a story about how my grandpa took a cow into the auditorium at my old elementary school when he was there, but at the time the building was a high school. And of course, the cow wouldn't go back down the stairs. xD I didn't believe it at first, but it's too funny not to laugh about. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
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