Misc. Facts Thread

[Fish Of Doom]

Ok, so here's a thread for us to post any miscellaneous facts that we know to be true, i'll start off with a few:

- if you do circles in the air in front of a dog, it'll follow them with his/her head and get dizzy

- knives with inverted edges(bread knives i think) are better than normal kitchen/eating knives, at cutting cheese, especially soft cheese

-if you strike at something made of fabric that's hung from somewhere(like curtains, drying clothes, etc) it'l wrap around whatever hit it, hence one of my fist sigs, never side kick a curtain

let's see what else we can dig up

[RR1]

Ive got a few...

- Blue and Yellow make green

- If you shoot a bullet straight and drop one from the same place you shot the other one from at the same time, they will both hit the ground at the same time

- opening an xbox with a crobar does infact void the warrenty who knew?

[Shantari]

-all matter, no matter its weight, falls at the same acceleration weight if in a zero vacuum(why, because air friction would slow down an object with more volume)
-when it comes to the colors of light red and green make yellow

[johndoch]

when painting red, yellow, and blue are primary colours and cannot be created by mixing other colours.

[Shantari]

Originally Posted by johndoch

when painting red, yellow, and blue are primary colours and cannot be created by mixing other colours.

only when it comes to pigments, when dealing with like yellow, cyan and magenta are the primary colors

[thepunisher]

1)karate originated in India.
2)Spain means literally "the land of rabbits".
3)Japan is the largest importer of frogs legs.
4)Honey is used as a centre for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures.
5)Table salt is the only commodity that hasn't risen dramatically in price in the past 150 years.
6)Antartica's area code is 672.
7)Since the United States secret service was started in 1865, 34 agents have been killed.
8)The total population of Germany is now 81 million ppl, after both east and west germany united.

[pgm316]

Originally Posted by Subway

- If you shoot a bullet straight and drop one from the same place you shot the other one from at the same time, they will both hit the ground at the same time

Is that true? Makes sense but I thought bullets stayed in the air longer.

[medi]

Originally Posted by pgm316

Is that true? Makes sense but I thought bullets stayed in the air longer.

It would depend on the aerodynamic characteristics of a travelling bullet. IT might have extra lift because of some quirk in the way it moves through the air.

In a vacuum it would be true for sure.




New Fact: When Polar Bears hunt, they cover their noses with one paw to stop them showing up against the snow.

[medi]

Originally Posted by thepunisher

2)Spain means literally "the land of rabbits".

In what language?

[FATSAN]

Originally Posted by medi

New Fact: When Polar Bears hunt, they cover their noses with one paw to stop them showing up against the snow.

LMAO - Thats good

[BoredNow]

aah I sense a nature theme..

Cats can't taste sugar
Deer have no gall bladders
All polar bears are left-pawed

[FATSAN]

Originally Posted by BoredNow

All polar bears are left-pawed

Is that cos their right paws are covering their noses?

[|MT|omar]

If a person farts non-stop for six years he would generate enough to use in an atomic bomb


if you squeeze and egg that's held in your palm (donno where else you can put it ) it wont break

[|MT|omar]

Ohh... polar bears have black skin, this is so they attract the rays of the sun, their white fur helps keep the heat on thier skin

[Lennert]

The largest hailstone ever found was 25cm's long and 14cm's wide

Flies don't have lungs, they have a very complete breathingsystem with airpipes through their entire body to get the oxigen distributed properly.

You can't really use 1 square cm of any vegetable as a weapon..