Random Fact Thread

[Miklebud]

The heart of a mouse beats 650 times per minute.

 

[Number1]

Originally posted by: canadageek

Originally posted by: Number1
A plane will take off even if placed on a treadmill.

really? unless its a plane with a wicked thrust:weight ratio,(read, an engine with wings like a fighter jet) a plane needs airflow over its wings to fly.

LOL

NOOB

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[canadageek]

certains species of hummingbirds flap their wings up to 90 times per second, and are capable of flying backwards, an ability unique to Hummingbirds.

 

[Locut0s]

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

 

[mekon]

Originally posted by: Kanalua
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

Dammit you beat me to it

 

[Locut0s]

Gama ray burst GRB 080319B detected on March 19, 2008 was situated at a distance of 7.5 billion light years away. Yet it released enough energy in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum alone that it was theoretically visible to the naked eye for about 30 seconds! Of course this energy release was collimated but still!!!

 

[Miramonti]

Most random facts are premeditated and not random at all.

Except this one.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: canadageek

Originally posted by: Number1
A plane will take off even if placed on a treadmill.

really? unless its a plane with a wicked thrust:weight ratio,(read, an engine with wings like a fighter jet) a plane needs airflow over its wings to fly.

Bahahahahaha

 

[polarmystery]

Originally posted by: canadageek

Originally posted by: Number1
A plane will take off even if placed on a treadmill.

really? unless its a plane with a wicked thrust:weight ratio,(read, an engine with wings like a fighter jet) a plane needs airflow over its wings to fly.

Oh boy...

The ATOT police is going to arrest you now.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Originally posted by: canadageek
certains species of hummingbirds flap their wings up to 90 times per second, and are capable of flying backwards, an ability unique to Hummingbirds.

not true.
I have seen red tail hawks fly in place, as well as backwards while tracking prey close to the ground.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

The average penis length for North American males is 5.5 inches.

 

[Arcadio]

Random fact: I'm drinking a very cold Samuel Adams Summer Ale while looking out the window and admiring the beautiful, sunny, 90+ degree Monday afternoon from my third floor apartment in Queens. All this while listening to some very good tunes by the British band UB40, specifically the song Desert Sand.

Day Off Work FTW!


btw, did you know that Roman Emperors didn't really give the thumbs up or down at the Gladiator arena? That's a myth.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Ducks are the only species of bird with a penis.

 

[CZroe]

Nectar contains four different kinds of sugars.

 

[James Bond]

Moar

 

[Cogman]

While most are familiar with ferromagnetic materials (IE iron) there exists in nature compounds that are diamagnetic (Repulsed by a magnetic field) One of the most common being... Water! That is how http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1vyB-O5i6E is possible. Unfortunately, the strength of the field needed to do this is intense.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
Random fact: I'm drinking a very cold Samuel Adams Summer Ale while looking out the window and admiring the beautiful, sunny, 90+ degree Monday afternoon from my third floor apartment in Queens. All this while listening to some very good tunes by the British band UB40, specifically the song Desert Sand.

Day Off Work FTW!


btw, did you know that Roman Emperors didn't really give the thumbs up or down at the Gladiator arena? That's a myth.

Really? I thought it was actually just the reverse of what we use - thumbs down, sword down, thumbs up, kill the dude.

 

[Train]

In the classic movie-musical, The Wizard of Oz, the many-hued Horse of a Different Color that leads Dorothy and gang through the Emerald City wasn?t actually painted. Instead, animal rights activists advocated that the white horse be sponged with different flavors (and colors) of gelatin and then physically restrained from licking it off.

Thats one has gotta be made up. Didnt they just colorize the film?

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Really? I thought it was actually just the reverse of what we use - thumbs down, sword down, thumbs up, kill the dude.

No. They used an open palm to spare their life. A fist to order the kill.

 

[angminas]

Ice is really just water that has settled down.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: Arcadio

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Really? I thought it was actually just the reverse of what we use - thumbs down, sword down, thumbs up, kill the dude.

No. They used an open palm to spare their life. A fist to order the kill.

Do you know what "pollice verso" means?

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
Random fact: I'm drinking a very cold Samuel Adams Summer Ale while looking out the window and admiring the beautiful, sunny, 90+ degree Monday afternoon from my third floor apartment in Queens. All this while listening to some very good tunes by the British band UB40, specifically the song Desert Sand.

Day Off Work FTW!


btw, did you know that Roman Emperors didn't really give the thumbs up or down at the Gladiator arena? That's a myth.

reps

 

[ManyBeers]

The smallest 5-shot group ever shot at 100 yds. was by Mac MacMillian 9/23/1973.
The group measured .009 inches (9/1000ths of an inch) and was in the light varmint class.
No other group on this page of records even comes close.
.027 being the closest.

 

[Farang]

Beware of smoked cheeses, as they are often a way for cheesemakers to dispose of below-grade batches.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: Cogman

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
The most powerful hydrogen bomb ever tested, Tsar Bomba, produced (very briefly) an energy equivalent to 1.4% of the sun. The bomb's fireball (not mushroom cloud, the explosion itself) was 5 miles in diameter and touched both the ground and almost reached the altitude of the plane that dropped it. The explosion was visible and could be felt 600 miles from the location of the test, and had there been anyone within a 60 mile radius of the explosion, they would have received third degree burns (at the very least). The mushroom cloud was 40 miles high.

That bomb was originally planned to be twice as big, but the Russians decided against it. Something about nuclear fallout.

Yeah, I knew about the Russians cutting the size by a half but not about the sun-energy equivalence. Wow.

I live in the U.P. of Michigan so I guess I gotta represent:

According to the 2000 census, only 91,624 people live in the twelve towns of at least 4,000 people, covering 96.5 square miles (155.365 km²). Only 114,544 people live in the twenty-one cities and villages of at least 2,000 or more people, which cover 123.7 square miles (320.4 km²)?less than 1% of the peninsula's land area.