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DarkJester

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w1n5t0n said:
If you were lost in the desert you could not survive by drinking water out of a cactus. The water that cacti store is stored in a green mushy substance that is highly acidic and if you tried to drink the water you can get severe diahrea and vomitting, which makes you more dehydrated.
Actually the contents are Alkali-rich. An Alkali is the opposite of an Acid on the pH scale. But, the rest is true.
 

n00beffect

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AgentChunk said:
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Tomatos are fruit and Ducks have the longest penises evAr making them the alpha-males among all males... weird.
According to doctor house scallops have the biggest penis to body ratio.

Edit: Never mind I meant barnacles and somebody already said it.
Hmm as far as I know the Argentinian duck has the longest penis

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I haven't heard of this barnacle thing though.You might be right.
 

Death on Trapezoids

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Plowing a field with an elephant is illegal in tennessee
You cannot leave an alagator tied to a fire hydrant unattended in new york
In exactly one state, it is legal for a man to beat his wife, just once a month.
It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from a boat in alabama.
the world population (with death rate calculated in) increases by 154 people every minute.
a cat's midsection is like a universal joint, allowing it to always land on its feet.
Also, it takes the cat about 6 stories to figure out what is going on if it gets pushed out a window, so cats that unknowingly fall from higher tend to survive longer than those that fall from lower.
A grizzly bear can run as fast as a horse
 

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Shapsters said:
-Dolphins are the only other mammal besides humans that kill and have sex for sport. They will sometimes give blowjobs with their blowholes.
You completely forgot about the Bonobos.
 

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In Colorado, it is illegal for a pack animal to be taken above ground level in any building.

The phrase 'rule of thumb' comes from an old English rule stating that you cannot beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

Einstein's last words were spoken in German. Because the nurse attending him didn't speak German, his last words will never be known.

The Beatles song "When I'm Sixty-Four" was the first to be recorded for the "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. "Within You Without You" was the last.

The tango originated as a dance between two men for partnering practice.

The song with the longest title is "I'm A Cranky Old Yank In A Clanky Old Tank On The Streets Of Yokohama With My Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-O, Beat-O Flat-On-My-Seat-O, Hirohito Blues" by Hoagy Carmichael.

The Looney Tunes theme is actually called "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down." Daffy sings some of the lyrics in an episode: "Oh, I'm a screw and you'd be too if the merry-go-round broke down."
 

SecondmateFlint

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thenoblitt said:
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No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half
mythbusters disproved this by folding a square piece of paper the size of an airport hanger in half 10 or 11 times
Oh snap! Really? That's awesome! Thank you for correcting that. I will edit it.
 

Jakiller2

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In Oregon, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon longer than 6 feet.
In the Disneyland attraction Matterhorn, there is a regulated half court sized basketball court.
 

SecondmateFlint

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brucelee13245 said:
In Ohio, it is illegal to fish for WHALES in lake erie on Sundays..(i live on the coats of lake Erie in ohio but i have yet to try this
If not you could just come to Pennsylvania, I think we probably can. Next time I go home I'm goin' WHALE fishin'!

The Whales probably hang out with the Bessie the Lake Erie Sea Monster and all those Lake Erie Barracuda!

We'll have ourselves a grand ol' day.
 

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jultub said:
But to double the strength you'd actually need to quadruple their size (I don't remember why, but there is evidence somewhere), meaning that if an insect was made four times as large it would only be twice as strong. This ends up meaning that an insect couldn't even lift it's own weight if it was the size of a human.
That's called the square-cube law. Basically, your mass is going to be cubed, but everything else won't. A giant insect would collapse because it couldn't support its own weight. Likewise, a giant human's heart would burst from the strain of pumping blood, and he'd overheat in seconds. A tiny human would have immense strength, but he'd freeze. Etc. etc.
 

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tthor said:
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99% of all matter is actually empty space.
...that makes no sense at all. empty space is by definition an area lacking matter.
i think what you mean is 99% of all matter is believed to be dark matter, or matter that we have no means of detecting besides through gravitational pull.
No, I'm talking about the space between sub-atomic particles.

Allow me to flash back to the 90s and bring up Bill Nye the Science Guy. In one episode, he made a Properly Proportioned Atomic Model of Science. At the center was a Bumble Ball (you remember those, the little, rubber jiggly things). 300 yards away was a tiny, blinking LED that represented the first valence electron level. The entire rest of it represented the void of nothingness that fills all atoms. /science rant
 

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Beldaros said:
The majority of the content on Wikipedia is wrong, however it does provide good sources for correct information. MOst "Facts" Are simply accepted theories
wikipedia is sort of that sketchy old guy that knows a bit about everything



and also hitler only had one testicle. he had lost the first one in WW1
oh there is medical history backing this stuff up!

that is my favorite and the only one i can think of that has not been mentioned
 

hittite

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quantum mechanic said:
Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
That's only really part of the law. The reason is that sometimes hunters will spot a moose from a plane, land, and get an easy kill. Alaska, the state that hates cheap shots.