"Random fact of the day" thread.

[Drakmeire]

Biology:Most dinosaurs had feathers
Science: The area slightly outside the sun is hotter than the sun itself
random fact about Michigan: Exit 42 leads to Adams road (Hitchhikers guide reference) Exit 69 leads to Big Beaver road.

 

[RuralGamer]

Calling the capital of Thailand Bangkok is the equivalent of calling the Russian capital Muscovy or the capital of the UK Londinium; it hasn't be called that in Thailand for centuries. They call it Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit or just Krung Thep for short.

Holy shit. That must all the names of their royal elephants throughout history or something.

According to Wikipedia, it translates to "The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarma".
Personally I think they should officially cut the end off, all 95%...

Another fact: In WW2, the Allies spent more money, time, manpower and other resources trying to learn about the German nuclear weapons programme than the German government actually spent on said programme.

 

[DJjaffacake]

electrons and photons are particles, but when they pass through a gap they become waves, unless they are being observed

 

[Xenowolf]

The youngest person ever to get pregnant was 5.

 

[Guffe]

I have poop in my fridge, no joke and no pun intended...

 

[Doitpow]

heres a fact of the day, my ass hurts and im having stir fry for dinner

that's just not trying

 

[dontlooknow]

If you drink an average-sized glass of water, the chances are that you'll take in at least one molecule that passed through the bladder of Oliver Cromwell.

Richard Dawkins teach you that?

Not true - I taught Richard Dawkins that... yep, that's a fact.

 

[dontlooknow]

Gah, double post

 

[The Real Sandman]

Arizona has more places called "Hell" than other state in the USA

Bowhead whales are believed to have the longest life span of any mammal on the planet. Some are almost 200 years old.

Clint Eastwood's first film role was as an uncredited extra in the 1955 film Revenge of the Creature, the sequel to The Creature From the Black Lagoon.

It is physically impossible to lick your elbow.

67% of all statistics are made up.

 

[Fatboy_41]

Arizona has more places called "Hell" than other state in the USA

Hell has also had records of snowfall. Meaning Hell did, in fact, freeze over.

 

[Averant]

Hedgehogs float. I think it's all the air trapped in their spines...

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Dogs cannot look up, it's true big Al says so!

My dog can. I see her doing it when I walk up my staircase.

 

[triggrhappy94]

Kurt Cobian shot himself one month after Justin Bieber was born.

The word "Hell" never appears in the original editions of th bible, but instead comes from the Norse word "Hel". Instead of "hell", the word used (I forget it now) referred to the pit outside of cities where trash and the bodies of the poor were burned.
The Bible also never says that Lucifer recides in/over Hell--not entirely sure about this one, though.

 

[Edible Avatar]

This guy:

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is played by the same guy as this guy:

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and this guy:

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The More You Know.....

 

[razer17]

Zetta is a prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10 to the power of 21 or 1000000000000000000000. It can also be used as an adjective, thanks to one crazy Japaneses video game character.

Are you on about The World Ends With You? I always wondered why that bloke kept saying Zetta.

OT: IF you Google "Google" you break the internet... No, but in all seriousness, try googling "Do a barrel roll", which Google will happily oblige. Or Google Recursion, and it will ask you if you meant Recursion.

Also, in York it is legal to kill a Scotsman if they are carrying a bow and arrow.

Kellogs Cornflakes were invented to help stop masturbation. Mr. Kellog felt masturbation was a sin. The Cub Scouts were also invented to stop boys masturbating.

Lamborghini originally made tractors, but after buying a Ferrari that he felt wasn't very good, decided to make his own sports car.

Finally, I will tell you what aposiopesis is

 

[AM City Watch]

During the Republic, Roman consuls who lead their troops to sufficiently glorious victories were granted a Triumph, a grand parade from outside Rome to the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus at the center. The victorious general rode in a chariot accompanied by a slave who's role it was to (1) hold a crown above his head and (2) whisper in his ear "Remember you are only a man."

The Gettysburg Address borrowed heavily from a funeral oration given in Athens during the Peloponnesian War more than 2000 years before.

Allowing each 2 square feet in which to stand, the entire human population of the world would fit onto Lougheed Island, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

The Milky Way, while commonly thought of as a spiral galaxy, probably is a barred spiral galaxy. Also, the Milky Way has four celestial arms.

 

[triggrhappy94]

That is gosh darn awesome! You have made my month with this fact! Are there any books on him?

i was mistaken .. he rampaged around france in 1940 during the british retreat with a bike, longbow and 2 handed sword killing germans not in 1944.

he also led 2 companies of commandos again with a 2 handed sword in a raid in norway and when transfered to the pacific he was apparently annoyed the atomic bombs were dropped and is famously quoted as saying ?if it hadn?t been for those damned Yanks we could have kept the war going for another 10 years.?

this nutter was mad jack churchill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill
http://www.wwiihistorymagazine.com/2005/july/col-profiles.html

WHY DOESN'T SOMEONE MAKE A GAME ABOUT THIS GUY!
I would be crazy. It'd be like CoD2 + Skyrim (or Turok, if you prefer).

 

[RustlessPotato]

Arizona has more places called "Hell" than other state in the USA

Bowhead whales are believed to have the longest life span of any mammal on the planet. Some are almost 200 years old.

Clint Eastwood's first film role was as an uncredited extra in the 1955 film Revenge of the Creature, the sequel to The Creature From the Black Lagoon.

It is physically impossible to lick your elbow.

67% of all statistics are made up.

Except that you can lick your elbow... Some people can, some can't.

O.T Appearently it is possible to sexually transmit Brazil Nut. That is eating Brazil nuts, having powchickapowow with someone who is allergic with brazil nut and she/he will have some allergic reactions. That's what the word on the road is anyhow, take it for what it is.

 

[Poetic Nova]

Your eyes are not a seperate organ, they are part of your brain.