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The pointless fact thread!

mr_michel said:
did you know that every year an average of 11 people get trapped in elevators (lifters) :D ;)
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That HAS to be a low number. Eleven people in my office building alone get trapped in elevators weekly! :eek:
 
SillyWabbit said:
AH! I like that information! And like the new avatar! :D
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thank you very much

did you know its imposible to find either carrots, chocolats or any kind of candy in spoiler boxes?


ptss tigress, ice,
check page 34 of the "ask me anything" thread
 
mr_michel said:
thank you very much

did you know its imposible to find either carrots, chocolats or any kind of candy in spoiler boxes?


ptss tigress, ice,
check page 34 of the "ask me anything" thread
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That was before my time! How funny. :)

Dang (there's that word again :rolleyes: ). I miss Raven. I know, complete topic change, but I saw his posts on that page and I just miss him, damnit. :(
 
{Tigress} said:
That was before my time! How funny. :)

Dang (there's that word again :rolleyes: ). I miss Raven. I know, complete topic change, but I saw his posts on that page and I just miss him, damnit. :(
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what are you talking about, we register at the same month, and im pretty sure you were alredy here before i, anyway i miss him too :(
 
So, it's pointless facts you want?

  • Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
  • More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
  • A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.
  • If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
  • Michael Jordan makes more money from NIKE annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
  • The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
  • The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is "Live Free or Die." These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.
  • Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man woman and child in the world.
  • The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F.
  • The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai- whenuakitanatahu - a New Zealand hill.
  • An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
  • Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. (<-- for Tigress)
  • According to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it is possible to go slower than light and faster than light, but it is impossible to go the speed of light. Also, there is a particle called tackyon which is supposed to go faster than light. This means if you fire a tackyon beam, it travels before you fire it.
  • The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"
  • The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
There you go.

Cheers, Martin
 
I know that the one about the donkey deaths is unsubstantiated too. :p
And they're tachyons, not tackyons. I won't destroy the rest of them for you, but if they're all from the same source...
 
Martin said:
The fact that they're tachyons does not refute the initial statement.
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But tachyons are only hypothetical. They've never been observed, and nobody really believes they exist. So a 'fact' about a non-existent particle isn't really a fact at all.
 
mr_michel said:
what are you talking about, we register at the same month, and im pretty sure you were alredy here before i, anyway i miss him too :(
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Yes we did both register in May, but that post of Martin's was posted back in April -- hence "before my time". :)
 
{Tigress} said:
Yes we did both register in May, but that post of Martin's was posted back in April -- hence "before my time". :)
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oh tought you were talking about not being here before raven leave
 
mr_michel said:
oh tought you were talking about not being here before raven leave
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Oh! LOL No, thankfully, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting and getting to know him, before he went on "forum leave". :)
 
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