The fun facts thread.

[GrimTuesday]

The devil or a devil like figure appears primarily in religions that originate in continental countries where countries or societies converge, and for the most part, that devil figure and the things that are seen as sinful tend to be amalgamations of the culture that are in conflict with the culture where the religion is practiced. If you look at the religions of Island cultures prior to the spread of Christianity, there was more of a focus on nature and the positive and negative aspects of it.

 

[Bomberman4000]

In South Carolina on Sundays, it's legal to take your wife to the capitol building steps in Columbia and hit her and no one can do anything. State Law.

Gotta love my home state.


Also, the legal age of consent in my state is 16. They tried to make it 14, but that law didn't pass thankfully.

 

[Tsaba]

El Paso, TX is the "safest big city in America" shares the border with the most dangerous city in the world, Juarez Mexico.

 

[AwkwardTurtle]

The title that the Escapist assigns "Muckraker" is a to a term President Theodore Roosevelt had technically started.

It basically refers to journalists during his time period who were exposing the harsh realities and problems of America.

Although Theodore Roosevelt meant for it to have a negative connotation, as in those who bring problems to light but offer no solutions, it seems the muckrakers took a liking to the term and accepted it as a title to be proud of.

...I hope that's right~ xD Kind of based on my memory of AP U.S History

 

[No_Remainders]

The strawberry is not really a berry but citrus fruits and bananas are. ^^

Banana plants are actually herbs. And the banana is actually a tropical fruit, not a citrus fruit. It is, however, very close to being a citrus fruit.

 

[Temple Guard]

- In New Jersey it is illegal to detain a homing pigeon.
- In New Jersey it is illegal to wear a bullet proof vest while commiting a murder.
- According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

- Gravity is the weakest of the four fundamental forces. (Gravity, Electromagnetism, the Week Nuclear force, and the Strong Nuclear force).

- Atoms consist of 99.9% empty space.

- The outer core of the earth is as hot as the surface of the sun.

- The star Betelgeuse on Orion's belt is as large as our solar system and it's output has dimmed by about 15% in the last decade, suggesting that it's going to go supernova soon.

- The human brain can form more neural connections than there are atoms in the viable universe.

- There are no green mammals.

- The reason that time flows forwards and not backwards was discovered by people trying to make steam engines more efficient in the late 18th century.

- Wood is mainly made of carbon, the carbon comes from the air not the soil, thus trees are mainly made out of condensed air.

- The 'blue glow' you seen around nuclear reactors in film is a real life effect and is called called Cherinkov radiation. It occurs when radiation moves faster than light through a medium (i.e. water or air).

 

[Scarim Coral]

Gundam fans already know this one-

Originally the word "Gundam" from the Gundam series was suppose to be "Gunboy" but it doesn't sound strong. They did change it to "Gundom" using the word "Gun" and Freedom. However they went with Gundam changing freedom to dam (hydro eletric dam). The went with this because it imply that the Gundam gun can hold back the enemy attack like how a dam can hold back the water therefore making it sound strong and powerful.

 

[chetoos]

All Quentin Tarantino movies are in the same continuity.
Xmen 3 was originally going to be the Dark Phoenix saga.
If Cinderella hadn't been a hit, Disney would have gone under.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

When put in context, Rebecca Black's "Friday" describes John F. Kennedy's assasination.
Also, the actress of Leia didn't wear a bra on set.

okay, 1 holy fuck and 2 bet that made the Jabba the Hutt scene uncomfortable for her.

OT: Thomas Edison invented the word 'hello' as a greeting over phones to replace ahoy-hoy (which is still used by Mr Burns in the simpsons.)

Did you know, I am currently drinking latte? I really hope none of you did...
I got nothing. I'm sorry everyone. I'm rather tired. I know tons of useless crap, why can't I think of anything? Well, except stuff that's going to pop up in this thread ten times.

so how is that latte?

 

[Karlosdj86]

Thomas Edison invented the word hello specifically to give us something to say when we answered the telephone. "hello" is actually a mispronunciation of the word Haloo which is basically the hunting version of Fore! in golf (basically means get your head down... unpleasantness incoming!)

 

[Zantos]

The schwarzschild radius of a person is is approxiamtely 1.5*10^-25 m. That is, if someone were compressed to a sphere with that radius, they would become a black hole.

 

[Hoplon]

The strawberry is not really a berry but citrus fruits and bananas are. ^^

It's not really even a fruit, it's an Accessory fruit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_fruit] or false fruit, like figs.

 

[Grayjack]

The iTunes end user license agreement says that you can't use it to manufacture nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.

Spoiler

 

[Blunderboy]

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

No it isn't. Goldfish do not get pregnant. They lay eggs rather then carry live young.

 

[Flare Phoenix]

The Simpsons were created after Matt Groening was called in to pitch a cartoon series after his success with the Life-In-Hell cartoon strip. Originally he intended to use the rabbit from the strip, but was concerned with losing the rights to the character so he came up with the Simpsons pretty much on the fly.

The Simpsons are named after the members of his family with Bart being an anagram for Brat. Interestingly, when it came time to name Grandpa, Matt Groening wanted no part in it and actually left the room during the discussion. The other staff members came up with Abraham... the name of Matt Groening's actual Grandfather.

 

[Ldude893]

-Camp Bonifas golf course is noted by Sports Illustrated as the most dangerous in the world, located in the DMZ between North and South Korea and right next to an active minefield.
-Contrary to popular perception, Machiavelli actually wrote 'The Prince' as a work of satire rather than a serious piece of work, and offered more praise on Free Republicans than Monarchies.
-There are actually several religious buildings on Antartica, including an ice chapel in the polar base Belgrano II.
-The Killer's album "Day and Age" was named only after the songs for the album were written.
-The American Civil War was only second most bloodiest war in American history compared to World War II. In fact, most of the casualties in the war were from disease and poor hygiene from the army camps rather than from the battlefield.
-Emperor Nero most likely did NOT play the lyre while Rome burned. According to historians, Nero was likely at an another Roman city when Rome caught on fire in 64 B.C.E.
-The Space Core cannot go into space. Space does not exist.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

No it isn't. Goldfish do not get pregnant. They lay eggs rather then carry live young.

I heard it was a twat, and I had a 4 day argument over the course of Reading Festival about it. Don't start it again D:!

Ugh fun facts. I know loads but none come to mind:/.
Mind you, Hermit crabs can live up to SEVENTY FIVE YEARS OLD.
75.
DAAAYYYUUUM!

 

[Blunderboy]

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

No it isn't. Goldfish do not get pregnant. They lay eggs rather then carry live young.

I heard it was a twat.

Again, it isn't. For reasons I've already mentioned. Sorry, but you wasted those four days.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

I allready said this in the last one but in Lapland, it's illegal to drop a moose from a helicopter.