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  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    No prob ;)
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  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
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  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    Lady_of_rage - Lost City Posts: 93 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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.
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  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
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  • Lady_of_rage - Lost City
    Lady_of_rage - Lost City Posts: 93 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »
    What kind of "studies" have been "performed?" b:thanks

    Hell if I knowb:chuckle
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  • VenusArmani - Dreamweaver
    VenusArmani - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,009 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
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  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    Hazumi_chan - Sanctuary Posts: 1,264 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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.
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  • thedarkdavid
    thedarkdavid Posts: 68 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
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    MY NOT BEING DELETED ALTS ON 2 SERVERS> FEAR THE DARK DAVID
  • VenusArmani - Dreamweaver
    VenusArmani - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,009 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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."
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  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    elinurel Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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!
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  • VenusArmani - Dreamweaver
    VenusArmani - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,009 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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/
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  • VenusArmani - Dreamweaver
    VenusArmani - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,009 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    oreos spells double stuffed as doublestuf
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  • AriaPhoenix - Sanctuary
    AriaPhoenix - Sanctuary Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    TsarBomba - Heavens Tear Posts: 359 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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 :D

    As for my contribution, meat can now be synthesized from sewage :D
    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.
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  • Wavetide - Archosaur
    Wavetide - Archosaur Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    Atonements - Raging Tide Posts: 48 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    red named..or he attacked em
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  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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.
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  • Limeball - Heavens Tear
    Limeball - Heavens Tear Posts: 305 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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.
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  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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?
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  • Ciretako - Harshlands
    Ciretako - Harshlands Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    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
    Limeball - Heavens Tear Posts: 305 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Ciretako - Harshlands wrote: »
    I think the fact was more about the un-worldliness of some Americans.

    ^
    This.
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  • VenusArmani - Dreamweaver
    VenusArmani - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,009 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    All generalizations are wrongb:sin
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  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    can't think of anything right now...but i want to know more! enlight me!
  • flamedolphin
    flamedolphin Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    the ozone layer is thinner on the poles

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