Lesser Known Facts

[Malak]

Angel is a job description, not a specific type of being.

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: edro
Spent energy never really leaves the earth, it just changes forms.

Technically energy is constantly leaving the "Earth." It radiates away. You would be correct saying that energy never leaves the universe.[/quote]
Can energy exist in a vacuum of space?[/quote]
In a "real vaccum", no (hypothetical and impossible to make with today's materials). In a "partial vaccum", yes. Either way, "space" as we call it is not a vaccum at all.
[/quote]
Light isn't energy, no? Why doesn't it diffract between the sun and earth?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Rayden
Here are some more.

There are impurities/imperfections in the bottom of wine glasses to create the bubbles. Bubbles need something to form on.

Covered bridges are covered so that horses will not see the river below them and become scared. The entrances are often shaped like barns to make the horses more comfortable. I learned that today after visiting the covered bridge capitol of the world and seeing 10+ covered bridges.

Horses will walk right through a river... The water doesn't scare them.

No - but bridges often do in my experience.

The idea that covered bridges are covered to avoid scaring horses remains severely incorrect.

ZV

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: FirNaTine
You can milk a cat.

And you can milk a camel. You can also milk a goat. Both milks are also drunk by humans sometimes.

Actually, you can milk pretty much any mammal, and consume their milk. What is your point

 

[Malak]

Lucifer isn't the name of the devil, and isn't even found in modern bibles.

 

[sourceninja]

Originally posted by: loic2003
There are no green mammals

Incorrect. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4605202.stm

 

[Izzo]

Sequoia is the shortest word to use all 5 vowels.

 

[JDrake]

I am your father

 

[TGregg]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Rayden
Here are some more.

There are impurities/imperfections in the bottom of wine glasses to create the bubbles. Bubbles need something to form on.

Covered bridges are covered so that horses will not see the river below them and become scared. The entrances are often shaped like barns to make the horses more comfortable. I learned that today after visiting the covered bridge capitol of the world and seeing 10+ covered bridges.

Horses will walk right through a river... The water doesn't scare them.

No - but bridges often do in my experience.

What kind of two-bit horses have you been around? Some crappy-ass tour guide needs a re-education.

Covered bridges are covered to protect the bridge itself and make them last longer. Lumber was un-treated back then and the bridge would degrade quickly if it wasn't protected from the elements somehow. Specifically, the covering protected the trusswork. An un-covered wooden bridge has about a 10 year lifesapn. Covered bridges last much, much longer.

ZV

http://www.sentinelstructures.com/coveredbridges1.html

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: Malak
Lucifer isn't the name of the devil, and isn't even found in modern bibles.

I'm surprised since a priest has told me otherwise. Are you in some sect that has a specific interpretation of "the devil"?

 

[Patt]

A duck's quack does not echo under any circumstances.

 

[CPA]

Not all CPAs do taxes for a living

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Patt
A duck's quack does not echo under any circumstances.

Mythbusters proved that incorrect.

 

[Aquila76]

Originally posted by: J0hnny
Bangkok's real name is:

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

It's in the guiness book of records as the longest city name.

How the hell did they get 'Bangkok' out of that?

 

[Kirby]

death by asphyxiation sometimes causes an erection in males

 

[Axoliien]

My favorite, and it's stuck plenty of people who think they know the english language back and forth.

Hemidemisemiquaver: a 64th note

If you can count, this isn't really that hard...

 

[Axoliien]

Oh yeah, and Elephants can walk across quicksand, since their feet have tons of flab that expands when they step down, and retracts when they pick their foot up.

 

[RCN]

Originally posted by: fitzov

Originally posted by: Malak
Lucifer isn't the name of the devil, and isn't even found in modern bibles.

I'm surprised since a priest has told me otherwise. Are you in some sect that has a specific interpretation of "the devil"?

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=612&letter=L
http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/christ/xt-ibel2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: HumblePie

Originally posted by: AnyMal
Every human embryo is a female during the first two weeks of development,

Incorrect. During that time, every embryo is the same. There is no male, there is no female. A human embry looks like a chicken embryo which looks like every other embryo for higher level life forms on the planet. It's not until hormones and genetic patterns take root afterward that anything is decided on the state of that embryo of what it will become.

I think what the OP meant to say was that embryos have to be exposed to certain additional chemicals in the womb to develop as a "male".

And I was going to post that.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: IdioticBuffoon
It's impossible to keep your eyes open when sneezing.

Wrong.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
stewardess is the longest word typed entirely with the left hand.

No, stewardesses is.

Energy can exist in a vacuum.

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: RCN

Originally posted by: fitzov

Originally posted by: Malak
Lucifer isn't the name of the devil, and isn't even found in modern bibles.

I'm surprised since a priest has told me otherwise. Are you in some sect that has a specific interpretation of "the devil"?

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=612&letter=L
http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/christ/xt-ibel2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer

Yeah?

http://www.catholic-forum.com/SAINTS/ncd04889.htm

 

[NaOH]

Men have their G Spot in their asses.

 

[RCN]

Originally posted by: fitzov

Originally posted by: RCN

Originally posted by: fitzov

Originally posted by: Malak
Lucifer isn't the name of the devil, and isn't even found in modern bibles.

I'm surprised since a priest has told me otherwise. Are you in some sect that has a specific interpretation of "the devil"?

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=612&letter=L
http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/christ/xt-ibel2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer

Yeah?

http://www.catholic-forum.com/SAINTS/ncd04889.htm

So wait.....because they want it to mean more than it does they are right? Look into how the idea of the word (lucifer) meaning "state from which he has fallen" came about............

To help you out:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09410a.htm

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: RCN

So wait.....because they want it to mean more than it does they are right?

'Lucifer' is simply a name that the Church uses to refer to a spiritual being. Just because the creed that you've chosen to follow decides that they want to use it differently doesn't really have much significance for me.