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Crows are also capable of the concept of revenge, and can teach other Crows the same thing. There was a experiment done where the scientists wore masks and harrassed a bunch of crows with net guns. After a while, the crows would attack them when they went out with the masks on, and after a while even MORE crows would do the same, even though they had not been harassed.The Night Shade said:
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Female hyenas are actual in charge of their societies. This is because they are often more aggressive, and the chemical for this is called "androgen" which is also the chemical that makes MALE hyenas. They also have a sort of "phantom penis" that is actually a 7in long clitoris and a "pseudo-scrotum" with a birth canal that runs right through the middle of it. Unsurprisingly, this is also the reason why almost 10% of female hyenas die during child-birth.
Well, that specific example could be Maths related but the idea is that you might have a piece of code that takes some value...and multiplies it by 3/4 for no apparent reason. However, it works as intended and you wouldn't know why exactly just by looking at it.dvd_72 said:
If you don't mind me asking why is that grammatically correct and not just the same thing only with chicken?webepoop said:
The for punctuation for an exclaimed question is an "Interrobang" and looks like this: ‽
On a related note, people of the ask for a form of typing that denotes irony. Well, it's called the Percontation Mark, and it looks like this: ؟
On a related note, people of the ask for a form of typing that denotes irony. Well, it's called the Percontation Mark, and it looks like this: ؟
In 2007, the Band of the Welsh Guards notoriously played the Imperial March to greet Saudi Arabian King Abdullah when he visited the United Kingdom - Wikipedia and other news websites. Best part is in all of the videos he does not seem to know what the song was about.
The word 'Sniper' came from an old English sport of shooting snipes. Snipes are small and agile birds and killing one with a single shot was considered the mark of an expert. In modern times being a sniper is a two man team with one as a spotter and the other a shooter.
The creator of Tetris was a Russian.
The word 'Sniper' came from an old English sport of shooting snipes. Snipes are small and agile birds and killing one with a single shot was considered the mark of an expert. In modern times being a sniper is a two man team with one as a spotter and the other a shooter.
The creator of Tetris was a Russian.
There was going to be a state called Jefferson which consisted of northern California and part of Oregon, since the north consisted mostly of rural areas and had a completley set of ideals to the southern part of the state. The only reason it did not become a state was because it was to become a state on December 8th 1941 and the US entering WW2 after the pearl harbor attacks took top priority over the state. Many residents of the area that was supposed to become Jefferson believe that they are in the state of Jefferson due to how different they are from the rest of California.
Perhaps, but if you are referring to the candy, then the correct text abbreviation is M&M.Ledan said:
And if you are referring to the "Musician", the his name is Spelled "Eminem".
In fact, in nearly all situations, saving of course "Master of Nonprofit Management" and other such convenient titles, "M&M" or "M and M" are more common in text than "MnM".
Guess I should contribute.
Graham's number is one of the largest numbers ever used in a serious mathematical proof. The number is so incomprehensibly large that if each individual digit was one Planck volume(think millions of times smaller than a neutron), it still wouldn't fit in the known universe. The inventor of it, Ronald Graham, had to invent a whole new system of notation just to represent it.
Thank you TVTropes.
Graham's number is one of the largest numbers ever used in a serious mathematical proof. The number is so incomprehensibly large that if each individual digit was one Planck volume(think millions of times smaller than a neutron), it still wouldn't fit in the known universe. The inventor of it, Ronald Graham, had to invent a whole new system of notation just to represent it.
Thank you TVTropes.
Only like 2 or 3 species have sexual intercourse for pleasure. I think they are: humans, baboons, and maybe dolphins.
When you 'crack' a joint (such as your knuckle) what you're actually doing is releasing air bubbles that get trapped in the fluid between all of your joints. Also, doing so will not give you arthritis, that's just an old wife's tale.
Definitely dolphins, I didn't know about baboons, though.Deathmageddon said:
Because I can't stand to just comment on somebody else's fact, let me contribute again:
Each shuffled deck of cards is a miracle. It's highly unlikely that the cards have ever been in the exact same order. Ever. In the entire history.
How unlikely? Well, a full deck (without the jokers) has 52 cards and that means there are exactly 52! (factorial) ways to order the cards.
80 658 175 170 943 878 571 660 636 856 403 766 975 289 505 440 883 277 824 000 000 000 000
The number is more than the estimated number of atoms in the Milky Way.
In December of 1914, many World War I soldiers on both sides stopped fighting and celebrated Christmas with each other.
Axis officials sent Hitler coded 'Happy Birthday' messages. Knowing what the message says beforehand makes it much easier for Allied agents to intercept and crack the Germans' current cipher.
Axis officials sent Hitler coded 'Happy Birthday' messages. Knowing what the message says beforehand makes it much easier for Allied agents to intercept and crack the Germans' current cipher.