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If you brought the Sun down to the size of a white blood cell295 views |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:13 pm |
| and then brought everything else down to scale, our galaxy, the Milky Way, would be the size of the continental U.S.A. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:13 pm |
| The gun that Ernest Hemingway used to shoot himself was bought at Abercrombie & Fitch. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:14 pm |
| An MRI scanner never ever turns off, unless it is being moved or you hit the big red stop button. Then it costs $15,000+ to restart. The liquid helium keeps the coils so cold there is almost no electrical resistance in them. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:14 pm |
| There used to be gigantic 26 foot long 10-ton manatees that ate kelp in cold pacific waters. 3 decades after Europeans discovered the species, it was hunted to extinction. The had whale like tails, and were called Stellar's Sea Cows |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:14 pm |
| A compressed spring weighs MORE than a relaxed spring! |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:15 pm |
| The name of the city of Buffalo has nothing to do with the animal. It's an English bastardisation of the French "beau fleuve," meaning "beautiful river." |
| Brian - 2/8/10, 11:15 pm |
| This thread rules. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:15 pm |
| The guy who did the voice of Gargamel on "The Smurfs" also invented the artificial heart. |
| oklo - 2/8/10, 11:16 pm |
| ok fine I'll narc out my friends |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:16 pm |
| Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) was born and died in the same year as Haley's comet visited. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:17 pm |
| the New York Times has a policy that acronyms spelling a pronounceable word are printed in all caps,
with no periods (NATO, AIDS). Initialisms are printed with periods between the letters (M.P.G.,
P.C., I.B.M.) However, there are weird exceptions to this rule fucking everywhere, for all kinds of impossible to remember reasons. “TV” is spelled without periods, because (the logic goes) it stands for one word, television, not “Tele Vision.” If it were “T.V.”, the first period would interrupt the solid word. “DVD” (digital videodisc) is another exception for the same reason—no gap between V and the second D. Acronyms of more than four letters, but not initialisms, are spelled in title case as regular proper nouns. Thus we have “U.S.P.T.O.”, but, bizarrely, “Nafta,” “Unicef,” and “Acorn.” This is for no reason other than to prevent the reader’s eye catching on blocks of capital letters—this keeps the text easily scannable. Four-letter acronyms are discouraged for the same reason, actually. So instead of spreading “AIDS” everywhere, you want to occasionally substitute “the virus.” What about “AARP”? Well, in that case, “AARP” in all caps is actually the official name of the organization; it doesn’t stand for anything anymore. Before they changed it in the ’90s, the Times used to call it “A.A.R.P.” in print. The same logic holds for the names of television networks. Thus, the “N.A.A.C.P.” might protest businesses remaining open on “M.L.K.” day, but Hurley dies on the upcoming sixth season of Lost on “ABC”. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:17 pm |
| The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet is less than the enrgy of a single snowflake falling to the ground. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:17 pm |
| Clint Eastwood is an anagram for Old West Action |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:18 pm |
| Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel Air, played Shredder's voice in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:19 pm |
| IMAGE REMOVED -
CLICK TO VIEW clouds and bushes are the same. |
| chrissie - 2/8/10, 11:20 pm |
| Hurley? |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:20 pm |
| In relation to body size the barnacle has the largest sexual organ, often spanning 3 or more times its body length. |
| matt-L - 2/8/10, 11:21 pm |
| “DVD” (digital videodisc) is another exception for the same reason—no gap between V and the
second D. DVD stands for "Digital Versatile Disc." |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:21 pm |
| Norway has more coastline than the US, including Alaska and Hawaii. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:21 pm |
| The official Star Wars explanation for how The Millenium Falcon could complete the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs, given that a parsec is distance and not time: The Kessel Run loops around a black hole, and completing it in a mere 12 parsecs implies cutting the path dangerously close. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:22 pm |
| All navel oranges that we currently eat on planet earth are produced by clones (ie, cuttings) originating from a single (accidental) mutant orange tree that grew in Brazil in 1820. Unlike most oranges and other produce, navel oranges cannot be selectively bred since they do not produce viable seeds, and all existing navel oranges are effectively genetically identical to that original mutant tree. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:22 pm |
| Martin Van Buren was the first President born a US citizen and the first (and only) President not to speak English as his first language. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:23 pm |
| Sailors (stereotyped by the eye-patch-wearing pirate) who often went above and below deck, might have used eye patches to have one eye adjusted for the top deck and the other eye already adjusted for the darkness when suddenly going below deck. The strong sunlight while above deck on an oceangoing vessel could require minutes of adjustment to the dim lighting below deck. With virtually no light sources below deck, sailors would have to rely heavily upon their eyes to adjust. In the critical moments of modifying the rigging, navigating, and especially during battle, those minutes were too precious. A simple switch of the patch from one eye to the other might have saved time when going between decks. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:24 pm |
| Our bodies harbour 10^13 bacterial cells. We consist of 10^12 of our own cells. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:25 pm |
| The reason a female praying mantis bites off the head of the male while copulating is because ejaculation is permanently inhibited by the male's brain. Only by removing the head (disabling the brain really) does the male ejaculate. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:25 pm |
| Maine is the only state with one syllable. It is also the only state only bordered by one other state. Also, fleas can jump 300 times their body size. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:26 pm |
| Hydrogen is a tasteless, invisible gas - and if you give it enough time, it will turn into people. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:29 pm |
| The cigarette lighter was invented before matches. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:31 pm |
| Ace, king, queen, jack,....three, two. There are 52 total letters used. |
| matt-L - 2/8/10, 11:32 pm |
| post a link to the document(s) you are pasting from |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:34 pm |
| If the Earth was shrunk to the size of a billiard ball, it would be smooth enough to meet the regulations for a competition billiard ball. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:35 pm |
| ok, fine link! |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:37 pm |
| The lead singer from Blur (Song 2 (Woo hoo! song)) is the lead singer from 'The Gorillaz' |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:41 pm |
| The word "checkmate" comes from Arabic "shah mat" meaning "the king is dead". |
| PhilKenSebben - 2/8/10, 11:42 pm |
| This is like "Snapple Bottlecap: The Thread." |
| thedeathofsid - 2/8/10, 11:48 pm |
| good thread |
| magpie - 2/8/10, 11:50 pm |
| i didn't know elvis was blond |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:51 pm |
| The highest grossing Canadian film of all time is Porky's. |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:51 pm |
| i wouldnt trust any of these |
| neopolitan - 2/9/10, 12:08 am |
| * there is a hole on the dark side of the moon, that has been confirmed by nasa, to have seen
objects enter and exit. this is classified to this day. This has been documented since the late
80's. * the 'Star Wars" program that was going to be implemented by Kennedy or Nixon (i forget) would have had missiles in space that were officially supposed to stop a nuke in flight. However, the missile stations were not to point at earth. The stations were going to point out into space. edit: I know im just going to be further ridiculed. However, all of this info is from 2 raking Members of NASA. from 1970 to present day. one is retired. |
| RunnyNose - 2/9/10, 12:59 am |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:51 pm The highest grossing Canadian film of all time is Porky's. i used to love this fact, but came to find out it isnt true and it makes me so sad now |
| RunnyNose - 2/9/10, 1:02 am |
| oh wait, it is true. f me |
| chrissie - 2/9/10, 1:11 am |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:37 pm The lead singer from Blur (Song 2 (Woo hoo! song)) is the lead singer from 'The Gorillaz' lol how crazee. |
| mattm - 2/9/10, 1:16 am |
| favorite: The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet is less than the enrgy of a single snowflake falling to the ground. |
| chrissie - 2/9/10, 1:18 am |
| Having no points in tennis got to be called love because the the french referred to it as having
the egg (l'oeuf). I wonder if this is true. |
| neopolitan - 2/9/10, 10:10 am |
| top |
| milkglass - 2/9/10, 10:19 am |
| love this thread. |
| demoreel - 2/9/10, 11:29 am |
| neopolitan - 2/8/10, 11:14 pm An MRI scanner never ever turns off, unless it is being moved or you hit the big red stop button. Then it costs $15,000+ to restart. The liquid helium keeps the coils so cold there is almost no electrical resistance in them. I'm not so sure about that one. The MRI rooms are separate from other rooms but you are still able to go in the room when it is supposedly "off" wearing metal that would be ripped off if it were on. |
| Packy - 2/9/10, 11:32 am |
| Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) was born and died in the same year as Haley's comet
visited. I just read about this the other day. Apparently he was hell-bent on living to see the comet again. He died two days after it passed, completely satisfied. |
| lopan - 2/9/10, 11:38 am |
| neatfacts.com |
| lucasp - 2/9/10, 11:40 am |
| i use the sailor eye-patch trick when i get up in the middle of the night to piss. close one eye in the bathroom with the light on. works like a charm. |
| obleo - 2/9/10, 3:37 pm |
| good thread. |
| ecannon - 2/9/10, 3:38 pm |
| you've been smoking those drugz you confiscated |
| 252ism - 2/9/10, 3:47 pm |
| able was i ere i saw elba |
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