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[manaman]

Here's a fun fact; the vast majority of supposed "facts" told in threads like this one are absolute and utter fucking bullshit.

Humans don't eat spiders while sleeping, nowhere in the US is pi 4, plenty of primates also enjoy sex, there is no evidence that Hitler had only one ball, the great wall of china is not visible from the moon by the naked eye, the duck's quack does in fact echo, goldfish do not at all have a memory span of only a few seconds, the misconception that lemming mass-suicide took place did not originate with Disney, glass is not a liquid, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that sugar causes hyperactivity in children, and a penny falling from the top of the Empire State Building will cause no injury whatsoever to a person being struck by it.

Note that I will start slapping anyone bringing up any further false factoids.

Daddy Longlegs spiders have the deadliest venom in the world, but their fangs are to short to pierce a persons skin.

 

[Tucker154]

In the state of Pennsylvania, its illegal to sleep on top of your refrigerator outside.

now, i must ask, is that a vertical or horizontal fridge? also, why is that a thing?

It doesn't matter whether its vertical or horizontal,if the fridge is outside and someone sleeping on it, they're breaking the law. And for why its a law, I have know idea. Its just one of those laws out there that no one takes serous.

 

[Jodah]

Did you know that <link=http://www.bbb.org/western-washington/business-reviews/computer-software-publishers-and-developers/valve-corporation-in-bellevue-wa-27030704>Valve Corporation has an F with the Better Business Bureau?

I did a double take when I found that one.

Neat, I read the reason why and its basically "I R TEW STEWPED TEW FX MI CUMPOOTR SEW I BLAM YEW!"

 

[indiangrunt91]

in alabama its illegal to have ice cream in your back pocket

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

in scotland you can drink in your home without parents consent at 5.
also, i would like to remind you that scotland remained civil and judging during the english riots, and not a single bin was overturned before you accuse us of being angry drunkards.

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Your argument is invalid.

Did you know, this response won the thread?

 

[Fernadette]

Lots of US History here, I'm kind of a nut for it:

Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to flip a light switch in the White House, even though electricity was installed in 1891 (10 years before Roosevelt took office).

The official State Tie of Arizona is the bolo tie.

In 1998 the United States Navy allowed the first women to be permanently stationed as ship's company onboard a warship.

The first Republican Candidate for President was John C. Fremont in 1856.

L. Frank Baum based the Emerald City off Hotel Del Coronado, on Coronado Island in San Diego, where he spent a lot of time writing.

 

[penguindude42]

An Elephant will use its fully erect genitalia to help itself keep balance and act as a fifth leg.

Now that's what I call a kickstand!

::dies laughing::

~TOM<3

 

[alrekr]

In the UK the law that required all males over the age of fourteen who did not have an excuse, to practise Longbow everyday was never removed...

 

[KaizokuouHasu]

In Christian dominated Europe circa hundreds of years ago it was decreed that ducks were in fact plants and therefore were not against the rules to eat during days of fast when monks and priests were not allowed to eat meats (red meats, mostly). The idea was that ducks grew on straw along the edges of lakes and once matured they'd simply drop into the water.

Makes you wonder how much in denial you'd have to be as a monk to eat them seeing as they fucking lay eggs that hatched into ducklings. Not seeds. ¬_¬

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

In finland it's illegal to drop a moose from a helicopter.

Also, anyone who posts from now on should read the wikipedia list of common misconceptions. PLease unclude that in the ot.

 

[BlackWidower]

In Florida if you tie an elephant to a parking meter, you must pay the same parking fee as you would for a vehicle.

Is that a common problem in Florida? Do many people own elephants there? It's funny you didn't mention horses. Because that one would make more sense.

That's how the law reads man, here's another one, in Indiana the value of pi is 4, and not 3.1415.

Wait...what!? You can't do that!!!

 

[Roofstone]

In ALabama, it is punishable with a fine to cross the state border with a dead chicken on your head... Yeah, that didnt ever make sense to me either.

 

[ShakyFt Slasher]

An Elephant will use its fully erect genitalia to help itself keep balance and act as a fifth leg.

I thought everyone did that? Anyways I saw a scary looking dog last night that looked like Slender Man. Apparently that dude has a canine best friend, Slender Dog.

 

[StBishop]

OT: Atoninus in the 1960's film Spartacus was wearing a Rolex watch.

non sum attonitus
(I misread the Atoninus as Attonitus, so that kinda walked into my head)

Apparently, bees are supposed to be physically unable to fly, but apparently that's actually untrue and it's possible to physically/mathematically plot how bee flight works.
I found it really odd, because I'd never heard the allegation that physics says bees shouldn't be able to fly.

I think (from memory, I vaguely remember hearing that) it was actually something to do with the force that people create using a bee's wing in a simulation is insufficient to support the weight of a bee, but someone just did an incredibly high frame rate video capture, saw that they don't just beat up and down and disproved the paper before it was released.[footnote]I'd discourage quoting me on this.[/footnote]

It's why articles are peer reviewed.

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

Vermont, Arizona, Wyoming, and Alaska are constitutional carry states, meaning that the state allows carry of a concealed, or openly carried handgun, without the need for a permit.

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

The full name of the CIA's Special Ops division is "The United States Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service's Special Activities Division: Special Operations Group"

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

In Florida if you tie an elephant to a parking meter, you must pay the same parking fee as you would for a vehicle.

Is that a common problem in Florida? Do many people own elephants there? It's funny you didn't mention horses. Because that one would make more sense.

That's how the law reads man, here's another one, in Indiana the value of pi is 4, and not 3.1415.

.. bullshit. No matter how you think it pi has to be 3.14 since you can't have a circle with circumference 4 times its diameter in length.

Terry Pratchett took the piss out of that in Mort, the wizards nearly annihilated the universe because someone hated pi being the number it is and tried to change it to 3

Yeah, the value doesn't change because the people of Indiana say so, but the fact is they did decree it so; why is another question entirely.
In Virginia tickling a woman is unlawful.

Well, I can assure you guys that it isn't taught that way. I lived in Indiana up until 7th grade, and they taught Pi properly.

and a penny falling from the top of the Empire State Building will cause no injury whatsoever to a person being struck by it.

Note that I will start slapping anyone bringing up any further false factoids.

It would hurt like a *****. That's enough injury to me.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.

Figure that one out if you want.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Hehehe, I recognise most of these from QI.

there is no evidence that Hitler had only one ball,

OH YES THERE IS!

In 1955 the Russians released several German prisoners who had been present during Hitler's last days, one of whom told of burying Hitler's remains in a bomb crater. Trevor-Roper interviewed the men, and on the basis of their comments deduced that the Russians had exhumed the bodies and examined them in May, 1945. This was confirmed to his satisfaction in the 1960s, when Russian journalists published accounts of the search for Hitler.

One such book published in 1968 was particularly interesting, and it's here we get back to the question of Hitler's missing organs. The book included the report of the autopsy performed on Hitler's bod by Russian pathologists. This contained the startling news that Hitler's "left testicle could not be found either in the scrotum or on the spermatic cord inside the inguinal canal, or in the small pelvis. . . ."

This revelation struck many as suspicious. None of Hitler's doctors or attendants had ever mentioned anything about a missing testicle, and his medical records were silent on the subject. A woman who claimed to have been his lover said he was normally equipped. Moreover, the autopsy report said Hitler's body showed no external wounds, even though all the German witnesses mentioned a shot through the head.

Hitler's World War I company commander, however, offered some support for the Russian finding. He said he'd discovered Hitler's missing testicle as a result of a wartime VD exam.

Questions about the authenticity of the Russian autopsy records were more or less resolved in 1972. Dr. Reidar Sognnaes, a dental expert at the University of California at Los Angeles, compared the Russky data with previous X-rays of Hitler's skull and pronounced the former genuine. (Sognnaes used similar methods to confirm that a body dug up in Berlin was that of Hitler's secretary, Martin Bormann.) So I guess we have to conclude that in some departments, at least, Hitler really wasn't all there.