Random Facts About Stuff

firedolphin

firedolphin wrote: »

i remembered more!
-elephant clans are led by females;
-Hyena clans are also led by females;
-The difference in size and streght is smaller on species whose individuals do not live in society;
-A cuckoo's eggs look like other birds' eggs so that their mother can put them on that bird's nest, with her eggs;
-Cuckoos need a lot of food, therefore, after they are born, they push the other birds (or their eggs, whichever is available) out of the nest. the cubs die when they hit the ground (they can't fly yet);
-Flowers also have gender;
-Dolphins have "names" within their groups;
-Not every living thing needs oxygen to live;
-There are beings with BLUE BLOOD! (i'm not joking. it is not fiction...it was told by my biology teacher and she showed us pictures on google...but i can't remember the name of the creature, and no, it is not a mutant.).

Lairian - Sanctuary wrote: »

firedolphin, just so you know, posting so many times in a row is usually poor form on forums.

Anyways:

The smallest measurable unit of time is the yoctosecond (one septillionth of a second).

Left-handed people have a greater chance of being geniuses since 20% of all Mensa members are left-handed.

A picture of Gandalf the Grey (from The Lord of the Rings) can be seen in the collection of great wizards in Professor Dumbledore

Lairian, i am not spamming...every time i post, i say something different.
I posted again for the following reasons:
-I won't edit a post, if i can avoid it;
-I wanted to highlight the fact that i didn't remember all those things at the same time;
-Making a post too big makes it easier to lose the interest;
-Some of my posts were answers or questions, so i would obviously not put it on a previous post, under an edition!;
-i don't want this thread to die, because i find it would be a waste...(i've read some interesting facts! )

firedolphin

Typhyse - Sanctuary wrote: »

I know boomerang's were originally hunting weapons, but I haven't heard this thing about yo-yos being weapons.


But then again...they can be used as a kind of flail weapon (watch from 8:20).

Just so you know, not everyone knows about editing their post. Not every forum allows this option, so some people may not even think to look for it.

Thank you, Typhyse.

Typhyse - Sanctuary

No prob

StormHydra - Sanctuary

Some autistic people can memorize Pi to 100 000 decimal places.

I got bored once and memorized up to 25. But 100 000 o_O

firedolphin

When a clone is born, that clone is born as a baby, but his/her cells have the same age as the original subject plus the age of the actual clone.

Lady_of_rage - Lost City

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

StormHydra - Sanctuary

Lady_of_rage - Lost City wrote: »

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

What kind of "studies" have been "performed?" b:thanks

Lady_of_rage - Lost City

StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »

What kind of "studies" have been "performed?" b:thanks

Hell if I knowb:chuckle

VenusArmani - Dreamweaver

StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »

What kind of "studies" have been "performed?" b:thanks

I dropped 1000 cats from each floor of a skyscraper, and then calculated the lands on feet to splat ratio. duh If you believed that than I have some water front property in Florida I want to talk to you about

firedolphin

VenusArmani - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I dropped 1000 cats from each floor of a skyscraper, and then calculated the lands on feet to splat ratio. duh If you believed that than I have some water front property in Florida I want to talk to you about

that study was rather cruel...

firedolphin

Around medieval ages, it was a common punishment to cut off a thief's hand--the hand he/she had stolen with.

Hazumi_chan - Sanctuary

When the first pharao's of egypt died they wanted to take all of their servants with them to the afterlife. In order to make that possible every servant was murdered. There were graves found of 338 servants at the grave of pharao Djer.

Only at the 8th pharao that died this stopped. Since then they've made dolls of clay and dirt of about 15-20 cm in height.

thedarkdavid

SinfuINature - Harshlands wrote: »

fact 2... It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
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Did you ever watch mythbusters you can sneeze with your eyes open just got to hold them open

VenusArmani - Dreamweaver

Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.


The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."

StormHydra - Sanctuary

Random Fact: 99% of posts in this thread are from http://www.allrandomfacts.com/

VenusArmani - Dreamweaver wrote: »

The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."

Lairian - Sanctuary wrote: »

The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."

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elinurel

I have so many!

A cat knows when you are about to feed it before you even think about doing so.

In medieval times, some diseases were thought to be cured with the imbibing of blood by the sufferer. Usually noble families took this custom for serious though they later died anyway. This also was one of those things that later made up the stories about Vampires.

About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it. (LMAO such an important research it was b:chuckle )

A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.

Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head. Brr!

VenusArmani - Dreamweaver

StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »

Random Fact: 99% of posts in this thread are from http://www.allrandomfacts.com/





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No way jose i get mine from here http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bingbin/

VenusArmani - Dreamweaver

oreos spells double stuffed as doublestuf

AriaPhoenix - Sanctuary

When Elvis Presley died in August 1977 there were only 50'ish Elvis impersonators (their actual job being Elvis impersonator) in the entire United States. In 2007 there was over 400 thousand Elvis impersonators, if such a rate of increase was to continue by the 2050 every 1 in 3 Americans will be Elvis impersonators =]

TsarBomba - Heavens Tear

Kieve - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Well this is... enlightening.

-The largest nuclear warhead ever detonated was the "Tsar Bomba," a 50-megaton Russian bomb. The original plans called for a 100-megaton yield, but were reduced for testing to curb the resulting fall-out. Only one was ever made, and it was detonated over Mityushikha Bay - casings for other bombs of this size can be found in Russian museums.

-Even thinking of yawning can trigger a yawn response.
-You are now thinking of yawning.

Hello there

As for my contribution, meat can now be synthesized from sewage
Japanese Scientists Learn How To Make Meat From ****

In 1355, King Pedro had the corpse of his dead mistress exhumed and crowned queen at his coronation. Subjects had to kneel and kiss her decomposed hand.

And the blue blood creature is the horseshoe crab.

Wavetide - Archosaur

ok i went to set up shop and i watched this guy go by as he started exiting one of the gaurds started to run after him and attack him. can anyone explain wth that was.

Atonements - Raging Tide

red named..or he attacked em

StormHydra - Sanctuary

I discovered this yesterday and it's gonna blow your mind

Go to Wikipedia

Click random article...ANY RANDOM ARTICLE WILL DO.

Now keep clicking the first link that you see in the article . The links can't be in brackets e.g. blah blah (derived from greek word blah blah). If greek is a link, dont click it. The link can't be one of the links at the very top of the page like "Disambiguation of xxx"

You will eventually end up on the philosophy article.
Usually you'll end up on some scientific topic, then onto "science" then onto "knowledge --> "facts" --> "information" -->"sequence" --> "mathematics" --> "quantity" --> "property " --> "modern-philosophy" --> "philosophy"

try it now.

Limeball - Heavens Tear

I don't know what they get taught in Geography, but some Americans think Australians are Asians when in fact Australia is not only it's own country, but also it's own continent.

StormHydra - Sanctuary

Limeball - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I don't know what they get taught in Geography, but some Americans think Australians are Asians when in fact Australia is not only it's own country, but also it's own continent.

"Australia is a continent"...Is that really a 'random' fact where you live?

Ciretako - Harshlands

StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »

"Australia is a continent"...Is that really a 'random' fact where you live?

I think the fact was more about the un-worldliness of some Americans.

Limeball - Heavens Tear

Ciretako - Harshlands wrote: »

I think the fact was more about the un-worldliness of some Americans.

^
This.

VenusArmani - Dreamweaver

All generalizations are wrongb:sin

firedolphin

can't think of anything right now...but i want to know more! enlight me!

flamedolphin

the ozone layer is thinner on the poles