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They also wouldn't be able to survive due to the fact that an insect's rudimentary respiratory system cannot support sizes that big. In fact, the dragonfly is about as big as insects may get at current oxygen levels before they'd simply suffocate.Elcarsh said:No, if fleas were human size they wouldn't be able to even walk, as they wouldn't have anywhere near the required muscle mass to support their body weight.lRookiel said:If fleas were human size they could jump over the empire state building
Further fun fact: In the paleozoic and mesozoic era oxygen levels were (probably) higher, allowing for bigger insects such as the <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura>Meganeura.
But yeah, jumping height in relation to body size would mean a human could jump over the Empire State Building...
The Earth's core is estimated to be about 7000 K, the Sun's photosphere has a temperature of about 5,700 K. So in theory it could work out. Earth's core temperature is hard to say though, it's way harder to look into Earth's core than it is with the Sun's.Torrasque said:
They put train noises in the countdown cue to represent the train in Cobb's limbo? Who would've thunk?Treblaine said:
OT: It is illegal to teach polygamy in Mississippi. It's not up there on the weirdness or craziness of other states but I find it pretty interesting.
There is not time before the big bang, as the theory goes time and space were created in the big bang so it is incorrect to say "before the big bang there was nothing in space" because there was neither space nor time.
It's impossible to bend your little finger without also bending your ring finger.
This is due to the fact that the two are connected to the muscles in you hand by the same tendon and are, technically, one finger.
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The constant pull of gravity causes you to lose hieght slightly as the day goes on. Don't worry though, this effect is reversed during the night while you are lying down.
Hence, you will always wake up slightly taller than when you went to sleep.
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In Turkmenistan, Ballet is illegal.
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When the word 'Donkey' was first used, it was pronounced 'Dunkey', like 'Monkey' is.
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Everybody is capable of time travel... It's called getting older
This is due to the fact that the two are connected to the muscles in you hand by the same tendon and are, technically, one finger.
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The constant pull of gravity causes you to lose hieght slightly as the day goes on. Don't worry though, this effect is reversed during the night while you are lying down.
Hence, you will always wake up slightly taller than when you went to sleep.
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In Turkmenistan, Ballet is illegal.
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When the word 'Donkey' was first used, it was pronounced 'Dunkey', like 'Monkey' is.
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Everybody is capable of time travel... It's called getting older
Another Spider fact: One of the most dangerous spiders in the world, the Brazilian Wandering Spider, has a venomous bite that can cause erections that last for hours.
A single one of these spiders killed two children in one case.
Also:
Over 75 games based in the MegaMan universe, and 12 games featuring MegaMan universe character cameos.
Over 50 games based in the Star Wars universe.
Mario has appeared in over 50 different video games.
Every Massive Multiplayer Online game and expansion with the exception of Meridian 59.
Every Dance Dance Revolution and Bemani rhythm game
Every Pokemon game released outside of Japan.
Every Unreal, every Unreal Tournament, and every game that has used any of the Unreal engines.
Quake 2, 3, 4, and countless games that have used their engines.
Every Tony Hawk and extreme sport spin-off game.
Daikatana began development 10 days before Duke Nukem Forever- Unfortunately no one was made John Romero's ***** when it hit retail shelves on May 23rd, 2000.
3DRealms and Remedy bring Max Payne and its sequel from concepts to finished games, porting both to Xbox and PS2, and Mark Wahlberg even starred in a mediocre full length feature film based on the series.
Valve released both Half-Life 1 and 2, with several expansion packs and countless mods for each.
Every version of Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike Source were developed.
Every Thief game.
Black Isle was formed, released seven titles and was shut down.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and IV:Oblivion, and the entire Baldur's Gate series.
Wizards of the Coast has printed six Core Sets, 30 Expansion Sets of Magic: The Gathering. If someone bought one of every single card printed since DNF was announced, they would have a collection of over 100,000 cards.
Every installment of Metal Gear Solid released to date, as well as Ghost Babel (MGS for the Gameboy) and the Metal Gear Acid series for PSP.
A garage full of programmers in Croatia (Croteam) developed the engine and created the game Serious Sam. Since then there have been multiple sequels and console ports- all off a fraction of the money 3D Realms has blown on DNF's development.
Every 3D Prince of Persia game.
Aside from Wolfenstein 3D, every single First Person Shooter based during World War II, including the entire Medal of Honor series.
While DNF was been in production, Blizzard Entertainment, another studio famous for delays, has released four full games(Starcraft, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, and World of Warcraft), with expansions for all of them.
Bioware released Neverwinter Nights with two expansions, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Jade Empire. All games are deep, lengthy RPGs that demand multiple playthroughs.
The entire Halo trilogy.
Every Gran Turismo game.
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Movie-related things that have happened in that time:
Performance-capture technology has birthed and developed immensely, all the Star Wars Prequels were made, along with the entire Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, every Pixar Movie besides Toy Story, and, most impressively, nearly all Marvel Comics-based movies were made, including 4 X-mens, 3 Spider-Mans, the Blade Trilogy, 2 Fantastic Fours, 2 Punishers, 2 Iron Mans, Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Thor, Elektra, The Hulk was made, and then rebooted, and Spider-Man was announced to have been rebooted.
A single one of these spiders killed two children in one case.
Also:
Over 75 games based in the MegaMan universe, and 12 games featuring MegaMan universe character cameos.
Over 50 games based in the Star Wars universe.
Mario has appeared in over 50 different video games.
Every Massive Multiplayer Online game and expansion with the exception of Meridian 59.
Every Dance Dance Revolution and Bemani rhythm game
Every Pokemon game released outside of Japan.
Every Unreal, every Unreal Tournament, and every game that has used any of the Unreal engines.
Quake 2, 3, 4, and countless games that have used their engines.
Every Tony Hawk and extreme sport spin-off game.
Daikatana began development 10 days before Duke Nukem Forever- Unfortunately no one was made John Romero's ***** when it hit retail shelves on May 23rd, 2000.
3DRealms and Remedy bring Max Payne and its sequel from concepts to finished games, porting both to Xbox and PS2, and Mark Wahlberg even starred in a mediocre full length feature film based on the series.
Valve released both Half-Life 1 and 2, with several expansion packs and countless mods for each.
Every version of Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike Source were developed.
Every Thief game.
Black Isle was formed, released seven titles and was shut down.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and IV:Oblivion, and the entire Baldur's Gate series.
Wizards of the Coast has printed six Core Sets, 30 Expansion Sets of Magic: The Gathering. If someone bought one of every single card printed since DNF was announced, they would have a collection of over 100,000 cards.
Every installment of Metal Gear Solid released to date, as well as Ghost Babel (MGS for the Gameboy) and the Metal Gear Acid series for PSP.
A garage full of programmers in Croatia (Croteam) developed the engine and created the game Serious Sam. Since then there have been multiple sequels and console ports- all off a fraction of the money 3D Realms has blown on DNF's development.
Every 3D Prince of Persia game.
Aside from Wolfenstein 3D, every single First Person Shooter based during World War II, including the entire Medal of Honor series.
While DNF was been in production, Blizzard Entertainment, another studio famous for delays, has released four full games(Starcraft, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, and World of Warcraft), with expansions for all of them.
Bioware released Neverwinter Nights with two expansions, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Jade Empire. All games are deep, lengthy RPGs that demand multiple playthroughs.
The entire Halo trilogy.
Every Gran Turismo game.
[/spoiler]
Movie-related things that have happened in that time:
Performance-capture technology has birthed and developed immensely, all the Star Wars Prequels were made, along with the entire Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, every Pixar Movie besides Toy Story, and, most impressively, nearly all Marvel Comics-based movies were made, including 4 X-mens, 3 Spider-Mans, the Blade Trilogy, 2 Fantastic Fours, 2 Punishers, 2 Iron Mans, Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Thor, Elektra, The Hulk was made, and then rebooted, and Spider-Man was announced to have been rebooted.
NASA - the reason why there aren't any more female astronauts is because when they originally ordered space suits, they only did so for large and medium sizes.
Yeahhhh I have serious doubts about some of the scientific facts in this thread. But hey, if I had to go correct every false statement on the internet...
Anyway, did you know that when a biologist makes an exeptional contribution to science and mankind, he gets a nobel prize in medicine?
It's because Alfred Nobel (the guy who started the nobel prizes) thought biology was bollocks so he didn't want it to be a legit category.
Anyway, did you know that when a biologist makes an exeptional contribution to science and mankind, he gets a nobel prize in medicine?
It's because Alfred Nobel (the guy who started the nobel prizes) thought biology was bollocks so he didn't want it to be a legit category.
22% of the American population sit on the toilet when they flush to feel a tingling sensation the the butt area.
Over 90% of all matter is actually empty space. Apologies if this has been said, but I could not be bothered reading all 10 pages.
You're talking about phonemes, not phenomes.[/quote]Thisbedutch said:
Probably, I always got those two words mixed up when I did English Language :/
Sadly, no. A species does not evolve into just one new species. They evolve into multiple new species resulting in a group. Narwhals belong to the Cetacea group along with whales and dolphins. Which means the narwhal's ancestor is the same as that of dolphins, orcas, ...FallenTraveler said:
What exactly this ancestor is has been a mystery for ages (Darwin himself once hypothesized it was a bear, lol) but recent-ish fossils like Rhodocetus sp. and Basilosaurus sp. look promising. (I'm too lazy to post images you can google for yourself)
So that leaves 2 options: either the Cetacea's common ancestor had a horn (which is actually just a giant tooth) and all Cetacea but the narwhal lost it. Or the common ancestor did not have a horn and the narhwal gained it on it's own. The second option seems way more likely though especially if you look at the fossils I mentioned.
Anyway the point is: narwhals evolved from the same ancestor as whales and dolphins, which likely wasn't a unicorn.
Shut up, you're words of logic and scientific understanding are ruining all of our fun. I'll just be in this tank with the former unicorn, because you can't see my tears if I'm under water.bliebblob said:
during the fifth season of Stargate Atlantis, Jason Momoa who played Ronon Dex, shaved off his dreadlocks however, the folks at Scifi channel demanded that Ronon retain his signature dreads, so the costume department had to attach Momoa's old dreads to his head every day of shooting.
You are not Satedan!GrimTuesday said:
EDIT: On topic, anyone else ever notice how much the guy who plays Rodney McKay looks like Quentin Tarantino? That's like a fact.
I can't help it my mutant superpower is sucking the fun out of things D: I didn't ask for this /sobGrimTuesday said:
Lemme see if I can fix this.
Did you know there are these little creatures out there called Tardigrada that can live for hundreds of years and survive in space? So they'r pretty much nature's timelords.
The temperature -40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit. It's the only temperature that the scales are equal at.
