Things you did not know

[Markness]

In Australia you are never more than a meter away from a spider.

Great. Thanks man. I have arachnophobia.

Lolz, hope you're not afraid of cockroaches... In Aussie, they're usually within a foot, two max... At least, that's what my sis told me from her year over there. Said they grew to the size of a rat too.

More cat sized really.

That is a bit too unbelieveable, seriously I've only seen them up to like 10cms long (about 4 inches).

You do realise he was being fecetious don't you?

You do realise it's spelt facetious don't you?

In answer to your question, Fire daemon yes, Khell Sennet, I'm not sure.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

In response to the spiders/cockroaches thing, always check snopes first...

On AVERAGE, there will be a spider within a metre of you; but spiders aren't stuck out on metre grids; some of them clump together.

 

[stompy]

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

Actually, according to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Darling#The_name_Wendy], while the name Wendy was uncommon, it wasn't invented by Barrie. He just made it popular.

 

[GenHellspawn]

Elephants are most afraid of flaming pigs.

Somebody's been playing too much RTW

 

[Necrohydra]

Because wikipedia is the most reliable source in the world.

Just like television!

 

[Vaynes]

[on topic, If you spelled out all the numbers and tried to find the letter 'A' you wouldn't come across it until you reached a thousand.

what about one hundred 'A'nd one?

 

[ariamaki]

There are fungi that grow via spore-implantation into insects, growing through their bodies, forcing them to move to higher ground, and then destroying much of the body mass to release their spoors. These species specialize in insect-dominated to the point of being different classifications.

Google has a calculator feature embedded in the search with a twist-- Google searching a single letter that commonly represents a scientific number resolves to that number before search results-- E to the speed of light, etc.

Yatzhee has produced multiple novels, over a half-dozen games, and his current weekly series-- all before turning 25.

Google Calculator also performs swift conversion for 95% of all units of measure-- the command is "A B's in X" where A is a value, B is a unit of measure, and X is a different unit measuring the same thing-- IE, "6 stone in pounds"

No-One on earth knows how the ESP point system in World Ends With You works... and if they do they are not sharing.

 

[Burld]

The last words of Socrates were "Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius. Do pay it. Don't forget."

That could actually make sense, since Asclepius was the god of medicine, and, as far as I remember, followers used to offer him chickens in return for healing. Socrates died from poison which he was forced to take as a punishment for denying the gods of Athens (probably a false charge). So he could be showing that he still believes in them, but also saying 'nothing can save me now' through irony.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Jayzum Crow!! Do you guys have to argue about everything?

The amount of estimated atoms in the universe: 10^80. The estimated chances that a particular DNA gene could be created indentical to yours in nature: greater than 10^22^11

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

Actually, according to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Darling#The_name_Wendy], while the name Wendy was uncommon, it wasn't invented by Barrie. He just made it popular.

It was uncommon for men. I strongly believe Barrie was the first to use it for a woman.

 

[Calobi]

The human heart produces enough pressure to squirt blood about 30 feet.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

For their part, human beings have the largest [this word has been removed because it could cause the downfall of civilization if you read it] of any primate both in terms of actual size and in proportion to their body size... so if a girl complains about it, you can point out to her what the norm is for the type of animal our species belongs to and tell her to thank her lucky stars.

actually i do believe humans are the only mamals to have enlarged mamaries at all times. they are an evolutionary device created so males could determine how attractive they are to males, also gives a good indication about the age of the woman and if she's had children

in other primates it's the bum they look at. a female human butt and bust when placed side by side are almost indistinguiable

also bonobo apes have sex as part of their social interaction, including fights, making up, appology and just play

 

[crabman]

Jayzum Crow!! Do you guys have to argue about everything?

The amount of estimated atoms in the universe: 10^80. The estimated chances that a particular DNA gene could be created indentical to yours in nature: greater than 10^22^11

Is that
(10^22)^11 ie. 10^242
or
10^(22^11)? ie. 10^(5.84318301*10^14)
I'm pretty sure they're different things...
(EDIT: was hopefully for clarity)


Just thought you oughta have a "things you didn't know" as well..
If you stay awake for 5 days or more, a court of law can declare you legally insane. I'm not sure where this has to happen (other than a court of law, duh), but apparently it's true.

 

[Gahars]

Elephants are bigger in person

 

[the monopoly guy]

There are no snakes in New Zealand.

the only mammal native to new zealand is a small flightless bat
dolphins and humans are the only animals that have sex for pleasure
white tailed deer do something most pimple faced 13 year olds do on a friday night

andigravity, you are a bad, terribly funny man

edit* ah damn i skipped over a couple posts and didnt see darth mobius's