Things you did not know

[the monopoly guy]

The Keweenaw Penninsula in Michigan once had a population of 100,000, today the population is a mere 3-4,000 (excluding Houghton and Hancock, for some reason I don't know why but combined they have a population of 27,000. And Michigan Tech.). The sudden loss of population is due to the closing down of all the mines, the Keweena was once one of the number one producers of copper and ore in the country, one mine alone dug up 4 billion tons of copper.

canada is the 19th most beer loving country in the world with the avarage adult drinking 70L of beer a year

$5 says Ireland's number 1.

Seriously, only 19th?

http://www.oddee.com/item_88245.aspx

5 dollars please.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

That isn't beer loving, that beer:bottled water ratio.

 

[the monopoly guy]

That isn't beer loving, that beer:bottled water ratio.

it shows how much beer they drink, and how much water. Not a ratio, just the two side by side. If it were a ratio it would be 3:1 or something like that

 

[TJ rock 101]

"You eat approximately 8 spiders in your sleep, either per year or in your lifetime, I cant remember the exact timescale."

Thats actually utter bullshy. You heard me! Bullyshy!
You don't swallow 8 spiders in your sleep or in a lifetime because not even a spider is dumb enough to climb into a living organisms mouth.

I agree, it cant be true for quite alot of people, like me because i kill every spider i find in my room and half the time i wake up with pillow in my mouth and i dont think spiders would get in with it.

 

[Jumplion]

I'm going to assume these havn't been posted in this thread before:

Venus is hotter than any other planet because it's atmosphere traps the heat (hopefully some people knew that)

A navy wanted to prove that the day Friday wasn't unlucky, so they decided to make a ship called the "U.S.S. Friday", hired a captain "Captain Friday", sailed to an island called "Friday", and went their on Friday the 13th. It sank, nobody was heard from again.

A kangaroo can't jump unless it's tail touches the ground

A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove.

A rat can last longer with out water than a camel.

A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee

I'm sure some of htem were said here before, oh well.

 

[Haliwali]

I'm going to assume these havn't been posted in this thread before:

Venus is hotter than any other planet because it's atmosphere traps the heat (hopefully some people knew that)

A navy wanted to prove that the day Friday wasn't unlucky, so they decided to make a ship called the "U.S.S. Friday", hired a captain "Captain Friday", sailed to an island called "Friday", and went their on Friday the 13th. It sank, nobody was heard from again.

I knew the first one, but being in the Navy I'm going to have to ask about the second.

 

[DMShade]

Murphy (Of Murphy's Law) was a real person, a Military instructor. Murphy's Law was meant not to be pessimistic, but to encourage thorough evaluation and preparedness.

To prove his 'Law' he had a class of 30 spread peanut butter on toast, and throw them up in the air.

29 of them landed face down.

The thirtieth stuck to the ceiling.

If anything can go wrong *points up* it will.

 

[dekkarax]

Someone once took out an entire country's air force (3 planes) with a single golf ball. Apparantly

EDIT: HALIWALI IS THE DEVIL!! 666th POST D:

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Someone once took out an entire country's air force (3 planes) with a single golf ball. Apparantly

Was it on fire by god and land on 2 million fuel barrels or something?:O

 

[BardSeed]

Due to the uncertainty principle, a particle can decay into another with a larger mass as long as it is short-lived.

 

[Milkatron]

Heavy Metals creation was practically an accident, Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi had the tops of two of his fingers sliced of in a freak accident on his last day of work, this caused to tune his guitar lower to take some pressure of his fingers and caused heavy metals signature sound that devloped it into the awesome music it is today

\m/

That sounds like total bullshit to me.

The part of "developed into the awesome music it is today" anyway.

True, except that part of the sound came from Tony's metal tips on the edge of his fingers. You omitted that little piece of data. And everyone who matters knows that already, it's not news.

People who like the weather are known as weather weenies.

 

[the monopoly guy]

The peace sign is based off the semaphore letters "n" and "d", the initials for nuclear disarmamant.

peace sign

Mercedes Benz


Get it right.

 

[Anarchemitis]

And while we are on the subject of Trefoils, the international Radioactive Hazard Symbol was originally Magenta and Blue when made in 1946, as opposed to the modern Warning Yellow and Black.

 

[Jumplion]

I'm going to assume these havn't been posted in this thread before:

Venus is hotter than any other planet because it's atmosphere traps the heat (hopefully some people knew that)

A navy wanted to prove that the day Friday wasn't unlucky, so they decided to make a ship called the "U.S.S. Friday", hired a captain "Captain Friday", sailed to an island called "Friday", and went their on Friday the 13th. It sank, nobody was heard from again.

I knew the first one, but being in the Navy I'm going to have to ask about the second.

A friend told me that one, but I'm not sure it's true. It's still a funny story.

ANd I have another one but I'm not sure it's apporpriate for the forums.

 

[Simalacrum]

i have a couple!

1. celery is the ONLY vegetable in the world that uses up more calories to eat than it gives you
2. if no flies ever dies, they would cover the world in a layer of 2 centimetres in a single year. ew.

 

[manicfoot]

1. The last thing you do when you die is shit yourself.
2. Back in medievil times, poeple were executed for playing 'devil chords' on musical instruments. These usually involved chords that sounded like they clashed (augmented, major/minor) and, consequently only perfect 5th chords were permitted.

 

[kinch]

i have a couple!

1. celery is the ONLY vegetable in the world that uses up more calories to eat than it gives you

So if a person ate nothing but celery, they'd eventually lose weight and/or die ?

 

[Spacelord]

Under some conditions, warm water freezes faster than cold water. This is known as the Mpemba effect.

Edit: technically, celery costs more calories to digest and process than the caloric value of the vegetable itself. Though judging from the effort it takes me to swallow the stuff, I wouldn't be surprised at the claim of the post above me.

 

[kinch]

Celery seems to have an interesting effect on some people. My mother, for example, can't stand it. She says she feels sick at just the smell of it. I, on the other hand, am quite fond of it, especially with a nice dip. Apparently this phenomenon of reacting to celery is well known and is related to the brain. Frankly, I reckon it's a crock of shit, but arguing with people about it is pointless.

 

[Church256]

It's still legal for an englishman to kill a scotsman in some part of england aslong as they use a longbow.

Will edit when I find the book I read this in.