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simply what i got told as a window ninja.pope_of_larry said:
how about this? a top fuel dragster's fuel pump can deliver 246 liters of nitro-methane per minute. and that each piston is under enough power to twist the crankshaft out of timing by up to 20 degrees. when that happens, often the piston hits a valve and traps too much fuel in the cylinder, which leads to hydraulic detonation. the resulting explosion is powerful enough to destroy a solid alloy engine block and heads.
I just love how well this matches up to your avatar...Tdc2182 said:
It's like a baby with a post coitus cigarette!
Epiphone was actually founded before Gibson.
William S. Burroughs was a friend of Wilhelm Reich, an Austrian Psychoanalyst noted for his works on fascism, and designer of the "cloud buster", which he himself referred to as an "orgone accumulator"; Reich claimed that his "cloud buster" could induce rain, and even made a few demonstrations. A physicist by the name of Albert Einstein took him up on an offer to test said device in one of these demonstrations, only to find that the device did not do much of anything (let alone bring actual atmospheric changes).
William S. Burroughs was a friend of Wilhelm Reich, an Austrian Psychoanalyst noted for his works on fascism, and designer of the "cloud buster", which he himself referred to as an "orgone accumulator"; Reich claimed that his "cloud buster" could induce rain, and even made a few demonstrations. A physicist by the name of Albert Einstein took him up on an offer to test said device in one of these demonstrations, only to find that the device did not do much of anything (let alone bring actual atmospheric changes).
I think that requires further research to prove.pope_of_larry said:
OT: An upside down crucifix isn't satanic, that was the way St. Peter (God I'm gonna feel like an ass if I'm remembering that wrong) was crucified and an upside down cross is featured on the official seal of the Vatican.
CodeOrange said:
Quikly, we must pray so that the ball of fire comes back!
Anyway OT: the first man to drink cows milk must gave been very very thirsty.
50 to 85% of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by plants in the ocean called phytoplankton.
- The United States designates people who travel above an altitude of 50 miles, or about 80 km, as astronauts.
It was however thought in ye olde days that nobody could lick their own elbow. It was also thought that the secret to eternal life lay in the licking of such. Probably until a contortionist prooved them wrong.
Also, if it's trivia you want, I can highly recommend the British TV program 'QI'. It is excellent viewing.
Not stricktly true. There are people who can, but they are very few.romanator0 said:
It was however thought in ye olde days that nobody could lick their own elbow. It was also thought that the secret to eternal life lay in the licking of such. Probably until a contortionist prooved them wrong.
Also, if it's trivia you want, I can highly recommend the British TV program 'QI'. It is excellent viewing.
Platypuses and Echidnas are the only mammals that lay eggs
The number 7 is usually an indicator of a made up statistic
Women have twice as many red sensors in their eyes than men
The orange ruffie is the most deadly fish in the world, it's entire body, except it's eyes are made of a deadly poison. The Ruffie's eyes are made of a less harmful, deadly poison.
In Finland, "Sleepy Head Day" is an annual event where the last person out of bed in the morning is thrown into a lake.
The protein "Sonic Hedgehog" regulates vertebrate organogenesis. The inhibitor protein is known as "Robotnikinin".
William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were masterminded by Sir Francis Bacon, who used a Ouiji board to enslave play-writing ghosts.
When asked to think of a number between 1 and 20, most people will chose 17.
Crows have their own form of language.
The plural of "Surgeon General" is "Surgeons General".
All bananas are cloned from one plant, which is incapable of natural reproduction.
If you cover your eyes and listen to static for 20 minutes, you will hallucinate vividly.
The past tense of "Surgeons General" is "Surgeonsed General".
The sun makes up over 95% of the Solar Systems mass.
The number 7 is usually an indicator of a made up statistic
Women have twice as many red sensors in their eyes than men
The orange ruffie is the most deadly fish in the world, it's entire body, except it's eyes are made of a deadly poison. The Ruffie's eyes are made of a less harmful, deadly poison.
In Finland, "Sleepy Head Day" is an annual event where the last person out of bed in the morning is thrown into a lake.
The protein "Sonic Hedgehog" regulates vertebrate organogenesis. The inhibitor protein is known as "Robotnikinin".
William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were masterminded by Sir Francis Bacon, who used a Ouiji board to enslave play-writing ghosts.
When asked to think of a number between 1 and 20, most people will chose 17.
Crows have their own form of language.
The plural of "Surgeon General" is "Surgeons General".
All bananas are cloned from one plant, which is incapable of natural reproduction.
If you cover your eyes and listen to static for 20 minutes, you will hallucinate vividly.
The past tense of "Surgeons General" is "Surgeonsed General".
The sun makes up over 95% of the Solar Systems mass.
President John Adams had a pet alligator
At parties, he would let it run free among the guests because he "enjoyed the spectacle of them fleeing in terror"
At parties, he would let it run free among the guests because he "enjoyed the spectacle of them fleeing in terror"
Around the 1980s, a few artists working, including Alan Moore were working on a project. These artists wanted to create and draw a character that looked like Sting, the lead singer from The Police. That character became John Constantine, and is currently the main character in the comic series Hellblazer.
On a note related to that, the Black Hand (of Dark Brotherhood fame) was the name of the Serbian group that assasinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, thus leading to the start of WWIloc978 said: