Random Fact Thread

[JohnCU]

post a random fact.

 

[canadageek]

The average rainfall in the Amazon basin is 80 inches per year!

 

[Sea Moose]

i have an ingrown toe nail

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

The first mechanical calculating machine was invented in 1623 by Wilhelm Schickard, a friend of astronomer Johannes Kepler.

 

[nerp]

All cereals and grains and their subsequent products, such as peanut butter, lucky charms and rice a roni, contain an allowable amount of rat poop.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

There are about 10^20 grains of sand on Earth. There are about 10^22 stars in the observable universe. This means there are about 100 stars for every grain of sand on the planet.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The first mechanical calculating machine was invented in 1623 by Wilhelm Schickard, a friend of astronomer Johannes Kepler.

That was the first adding machine, but the first mechanical calculating machine was the antikythera mechanism.

 

[Clair de Lune]

Originally posted by: nerp
All cereals and grains and their subsequent products, such as peanut butter, lucky charms and rice a roni, contain an allowable amount of rat poop.

Correct.

http://www.fda.gov/Food/Guidan...nitation/ucm056174.htm

http://answers.yahoo.com/quest...=20060917194856AAVhDzQ

 

[Sea Moose]

the magazine on a f88 Aussteyr has "tuppawear" stamped on it

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The first mechanical calculating machine was invented in 1623 by Wilhelm Schickard, a friend of astronomer Johannes Kepler.

That was the first adding machine, but the first mechanical calculating machine was the antikythera mechanism.

sounds like a german sex toy

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

The numbers on ice cream type scoops refer to the number of scoops in a quart.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

12 humans have walked on the surface of the moon.

 

[Sea Moose]

42 is the meaning of life and everything

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: canadageek
The average rainfall in the Amazon basin is 80 inches per year!

The average rainfall in the Hoh rainforest in Washington state is 150 inches per year!

 

[SlitheryDee]

My brain goes into gridlock when I'm asked to think of something random.

 

[Praxis1452]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
The first mechanical calculating machine was invented in 1623 by Wilhelm Schickard, a friend of astronomer Johannes Kepler.

That was the first adding machine, but the first mechanical calculating machine was the antikythera mechanism.

sounds like a german sex toy

greek.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

You're 79x less likely to be involved in a fatal collision riding public transit compared to driving.

 

[Cyco]

72 perecent of all statistics are made up.

 

[shortylickens]

My cats breath smells like cat food.

 

[Sea Moose]

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain

There are no weapons of mass destruction. Just Chuck Norris

If tapped, a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick could power the country of Australia for 44 minutes.

French surrendered to Chuck Norris just to be on the safe side.

 

[BeauJangles]

The Arctic Ocean is the shallowest ocean in the world.

 

[canadageek]

the Mariana Trench is the deepest point in the ocean, at almost 11 Kilometers!

 

[Nik]

Giraffe tongues are black and slightly sticky.

 

[Gibsons]

Mammalian genomes contain single genes larger than entire bacterial chromosomes.

 

[Shadow Conception]

The fact below is true.

The fact above is false.