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[Shoggoth2588]

Theodore Roosevelt, as beloved a president as he is, was a flaming racist.

Similarly, Ghandi was also a racist.

It is illegal in California to eat an orange while taking a bath. Odd I know.

Another food related one, it is illegal in the state of Georgia to eat fried chicken with a knife and fork. Colonel Sanders was actually arrested for doing this.

Necrophelia isn't a felony offense.

That's actually all I've got at the moment.

 

[Maze1125]

0.999... = 1

One out of ever four kids with the initials ADD actually has it, and four out of four kids with the initials ADHD have an annoying, self righteous mother who wouldn't just shut the fuck up and take her husbands last name.

Not everyone with four initials has a double barrelled surname. Some have two middle names instead.

 

[217not237]

The longest word of any kind is the chemical name for Titin, and is 189819 letters long. It is the longest protein yet discovered. I have spoilered it, to save you from eye-rape.

EDIT: It was too long. Here's a link.
http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.php

I will never be able to (or have the time to) say that.

 

[Fappy]

This

is a guy.

So is this:

 

[4RM3D]

This

is a guy.

So is this:

While on the subject... So is this:

*sighs* Japanese...

 

[feebstalicious93]

the most watched episode of any tv show is the finale of MASH

 

[ZombieMonkey7]

The parasite cymothoa exigua kills the the tongue of its host and then replaces the organ by attaching itself to the stump. It's the only parasite that will replace an organ.

Ummm, that fish looks like it has human teeth. Anyone wanna volunteer sticking cymothoa exigua in their mouth to test it if it takes over, I mean who doesn't want to know if it works? Let me answer that question with another question, who wants to make $60, cash

On the topic of parasitic monstrosities there is the bot fly. This abomination of god attaches it's eggs onto bloodsucking mosquitos and then the mosquito sucks the blood of humans and releases the eggs. The larve then bores into the skin feeding off the host until it crawls out and merrily begins the cycle again. Here is a video of bot fly removal *WARNING! DON'T WATCH THIS* Now with that warning out of the way you can proceed to watch this (the tape is used to sufficate the bot fly to make it worm it's way out)
[youtube=23eimVLAQ2c

 

[Tselis]

Albinism (being an Albino) can occur in any vertebrate creature.

 

[Tiger Sora]

St. Nicholas, the man of which Santa Clause is based off of, or technically is. Was born in what is now modern day Turkey. But at the time was part of Greece. So Santa's Greek.

 

[breadsammich]

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.

People may say this is too harsh of a punishment...but I'll ask you this: Have you ever seen a repeat offender?

 

[marioandsonic]

Mario Paint on the SNES has 41,664 pixels you can color in, and 15 different colors to choose from. Therefore, it is possible to make about 1,978,857,121,979,412,650,409,479,276,369,400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 different pictures.

 

[Talshere]

While we know little of the actually true dynamics of plate tectonics, given the actual rate of movement is some 2cm per year on average the probability of a significant tectonic movement occurring that thrusts another mountain into a contender for the title is as close to zero as these things ever get.

While I am no expert on these matters... but there is still the possibility that a platonic tectonic shift causes a chain reaction; like a snowball down a snowy mountain principle.

But what I just wanted to point out is: the future is uncertain; anything can happen.

I think its safe to say that the only event that could cause such a significant disruption would be the eruption of a caldera. The only one even close to eruption is Yellowstone and that might not happen for a few hundred thousand years yet. Even a failure of the Cascadia or one of the red sea faults, historically 2 of the most violent in the world (I believe) normally only cause "minor" (relatively) surface uplift if any.

But I take your point.

 

[Noala]

The parasite cymothoa exigua kills the the tongue of its host and then replaces the organ by attaching itself to the stump. It's the only parasite that will replace an organ.

It looks like a headcrab crossed facehugger formed inside a fish

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English dictionary, it's a lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silica dust (like from volcanoes, makes sense as 'volcano' is part of the condition).

When i looked at that i didnt even try to read the word... i kinda just skipped to "longest word in english dictionary"....

OT: A goldfish is the only animal that can see ultra violet and infra red lighting.

Also wasn't the longest word some place in NZ? A mountain or hill or something.

 

[Guffe]

It's soon Christmas... I'll be dressing up as santa and I'm only 20.
sry kids -.-

Finland is the second country in the world with most forest covering the country in percent. Second only to Canada, Finland also has over 60 000 lakes.

(had to say something about my country)

 

[Psymon138]

St John's Wood is the only station on the London Underground with none of the letters of the word 'mackerel' in it.

 

[Combustion Kevin]

appartheid is the most well-known dutch word in the world, albeit rarely identified as such.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

the first country to impose a smoking ban was Nazi Germany.
less than 1% of the internet is estimated to be porn.
90% of the universe is thought to be dark matter.
Only once in recorded history have two democracies declared war on each other: Britain and Finland during WW2.

the most believable fake statistics are odd numbers between 63-78%.
The first to words of the Ice Breath shout sound like Oprah.

Cracked.com is one of the leading sources of random information on the Escapist.

When Barney Stinson gets sick, he stops being sick and starts being awesome instead.
NPH, who plays Barney, has technically been engaged for years.

one of the facts i said has not been proven true. if i were to give you an estimated chance of you guessing correctly, your chances would improve. you have a 71% chance.

1 is the loneliest number

what about 0?