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[4RM3D]

less than 1% of the internet is estimated to be porn.

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.

This can't be true, right?

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

It's called 'apartheid'. And it is well known because of South-Africa.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

less than 1% of the internet is estimated to be porn.

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.

This can't be true, right?

nope, that was on QI. so to my knowledge, it's true.

 

[hermes]

OT: If your using Google Chrome, and you go to Google: If you type in, "Do A Barrel Roll" and search, the page will Barrel Roll.

The phrase "Let it snow" will also have some interesting effect.

Napoleon wasn't really small, only in relative terms (people at the time were smaller than today). Also, his personal guard was handpicked among the largest men in the army, so he usually looked smaller when being escorted by them.

 

[hermes]

1 is the loneliest number

what about 0?

0 doesn't count...

 

[Combustion Kevin]

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

It's called 'apartheid'. And it is well known because of South-Africa.

dutch grammar dictates it to be spelled with two "p"s because of the short "a" sound, besides, can you guess who was boss around there when the associated, racist laws were implemented?

that was us, the dutch.

 

[tobyornottoby]

That medieval people thought the earth was flat is wrong. It's an urban legend spread by the darwinists, who were in a quarrel with the church on the subject of evolution. To make the church look dumb, they made everyone think the church thought the world was flat too. But that the earth is spherical has already been a widely accepted fact (by scholars) for millennia.

What is true is that the church at that time defended the position that the earth was the center of the universe. Because these 2 are pretty similar and easily grouped together, it's one of the most effective urban legends in history.

 

[tobyornottoby]

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

It's called 'apartheid'. And it is well known because of South-Africa.

dutch grammar dictates it to be spelled with two "p"s because of the short "a" sound, besides, can you guess who was boss around there when the associated, racist laws were implemented?

that was us, the dutch.

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

???

 

[Combustion Kevin]

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

???

ik snap mijn taal niet meer. -.-

 

[4RM3D]

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

It's called 'apartheid'. And it is well known because of South-Africa.

dutch grammar dictates it to be spelled with two "p"s because of the short "a" sound, besides, can you guess who was boss around there when the associated, racist laws were implemented?

that was us, the dutch.

*Looks at profile*
Ah, you are Dutch. Just double checking

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

???

I was thinking the same thing.

Also, for the Dutch: http://vandale.nl/opzoeken?pattern=apartheid&lang=nn

 

[bojackx]

Eels actually have two sets of jaws; one to grab its prey, the second to pull the prey down into its throat.

 

[DrRockor]

Technically black is every colour mixed together and white is the absence of colour

Edit: I should have specified, I meant in terms of art and not in physics

 

[White_Lama]

When a honey bee drone mates with the queen, his genitalia explode and stays inside her.

(http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/30/30-strangest-animal-mating-habits/)

 

[Hennofletch]

The Monty Hall Paradox - Suppose you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1 [but the door is not opened], and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

You are actually twice as likely to win if you switch.

For there to be a 100% chance two people share the same birthday there must be 366 people.
A 99% chance is reached by 57 people and a 50% chance by just 23.

6% of men propose over the telephone.

 

[4RM3D]

Technically black is every colour mixed together and white is the absence of colour

Technically, it's the other way around.

White light refracted in a prism revealing the color components:

 

[Rasmus Emilsson]

Technically black is every colour mixed together and white is the absence of colour

However, this is somewhat paradoxial. White light, coming from the sun is every color, when the light hits a "black" material it seems to be black because every wavelength of the light is absorbed. A white material reflects all wavelengths, therefore the material looks white.

 

[White_Lama]

Pauley Perrette (Abby from NCIS) is 42 years old

Oh come on! You've ruined that show for me now

Also, ducks have spiral/corkscrew penises... just say'n.

Speaking of which... Barnacles have the longest penis of all animals relative to their body size. If a barnacle would be as big as a human, his penis would be about 10 meters.

So... my 10 meter penis is not normal?

 

[4RM3D]

For there to be a 100% chance two people share the same birthday there must be 366 people.
A 99% chance is reached by 57 people and a 50% chance by just 23.

This is not true. First of all, there can't be a 100% chance. If you pick 366 random people, you can still be statistically unlucky to not have the same birthday. Heck, even if you pick 3000 random people you still have no guarantee. Even though it is statically unlikely, you never get a 100% chance.

Not sure about the following, but if you say you have a 99% chance you share the same birthday with 57 random people, then you are saying the other 308 days fall within the 1% margin, meaning about 80% off all people have a birthday within the same 57 days of the year. That is just... weird.

 

[kiwi_poo]

the aorta of a blue whale is large enough for a full-grown man to crawl through, and the hart is the size of a beetle (the volkswagen, not the insect)

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

there's only one "p" in apartheid.

 

[kiwi_poo]

Technically black is every colour mixed together and white is the absence of colour

Technically, it's the other way around.

White light refracted in a prism revealing the color components:

that's light, he means colors as in paint and stuff


...I'll stop nitpicking now

 

[already in use]

Polar bears have black skin.