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[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

For there to be a 100% chance two people share the same birthday there must be 366 people.
A 99% chance is reached by 57 people and a 50% chance by just 23.

Okay, I get the 100% statistic and agree it makes perfect sense (except for the February 29th babies, then it's 367). I'm not getting the other two. 365 x 0.99 = 361.35. My brain says you'd need 362 (rounding up) people. Same for the 50% statistic. How do these last two statistics work?

when you take statistics, you will understand, i haven't done it in a while but it is actually true, funny thing was, my class of 49 people was the odd one out, no two people had the same birthday so we completely debunked that one and our teacher was quite displeased he couldn't play this common trick on us.

 

[TastySurvivor]

69% of posters on this thread were naked at the time of writing.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

Nuclear waste storage is very secure and pretty much unbreakable by natural causes. The waste however is VERY long lasting, having a halflife that spans thousands and thousands of years. The task we are trying to perform now? What to write on the signs.

You see even if society dies, or changes drastically we need to make it VERY clear, this huge concrete bunker is NEVER TO BE OPENED EVER EVER EVER or the environment nearby will be screwed, and so will you. But what to put, language can change, and skulls might make people assume its a tomb. People are not sure what to put that can span a thousand years.

Spoiler

This is their best attempt. Meant to last long term. However humans are curious asses and so i imagine no sign could truly make people not want to open it.

 

[thom_cat_]

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English dictionary, it's a lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silica dust (like from volcanoes, makes sense as 'volcano' is part of the condition).

Should look up the full chemicla name for tintin sometime.

I would post it here but 2 things.

1) It's too large for the forums
2) Even typing 1 letter a sec, it would take me over 2 days to finish.

Just know if you ever get in in a spelling bee, it is proof the whole world is against you.

Titin, not tintin.

Titin, labelled somewhere top right

Tintin, standing somewhere in the middle.

 

[michiehoward]

Octopuses have six arms and two legs.

 

[Captain_Pancreas]

Speaking of which... Barnacles have the longest penis of all animals relative to their body size. If a barnacle would be as big as a human, his penis would be about 10 meters.

I'm not sure how correct it is but my biology teacher always said that on a human it was comparable to Nelson's Column, (non-Brits: google 'trafalgar square') I'm not sure how tall that is though *checks wikipedia*. Apparently 52m approximately. Like I said, not sure how correct that is. Your point bout being the largest relative to body stands either way though

 

[Liham]

OT: A goldfish is the only animal that can see ultra violet and infra red lighting.

unless a person gets botched laser eye surgery, then they can too.

 

[Coldflame727]

We technically live in a time where ponies (my little pony) are manlier than vampires and werewolves. (twilight)

This comment forever plz.
OT: The brain cannot feel any pain whatsoever.

 

[deckpunk]

somewhere in space, there is a massive cloud of alcohol the size of our solar system. you could make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer with it.

i call bs. i need proof of this one O.O

All my life I've heard the legends... could they be true?! The Irish people have always talked of it, we call it heaven.

Joking aside, I guess I should give some interesting facts

1 - There is NOT more caffeine in tea than coffee, this is one of those ridiculous lies that will not go away. Certain teas such as "pinhead gunpowder"(also the name of a great pop-punk band) contain unhealthy amounts of caffeine however the average cup of coffee contains far more caffeine than a cup of tea.

2 - Guinness may be considered uniquely Irish, however the beverage itself was developed in England by an english man named Arthur Griffith, he later set up his famous brewery in Dublin some years later.

3 - The Simpsons, Mario, Watchmen, Nosferatu and Star Wars were created in moments of sheer laziness... http://www.cracked.com/article_18530_5-pop-culture-classics-created-out-laziness.html

 

[Piorn]

If you breed a Tiger and a Lion, you get a Liger, if the father is a lion; or a Tiglon, if the father is a tiger.
They don't count as a new species because they're sterile.

you mean these ligers?
"In 1943, a fifteen-year-old hybrid between a lion and an 'Island' tiger was successfully mated with a lion at the Munich Hellabrunn Zoo. The female cub, though of delicate health, was raised to adulthood."

I'm sorry, I googled it a bit and it seems that female ligers can mate with other lions, however, there are conflicting reports about male Ligers, and whether they are completely infertile or just very unlikely to succeed.
I'm not a biologist, so thanks for pointing it out.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

All swans in England are property of the Queen...huh?

No, they aren't. Only the mute swans are.

Mute swans...huh? I'm still confused, my friend who lived in England told me this.

 

[Wushu Panda]

For every 35 pounds an overweight man loses, his penis gains an inch.

I really doubt that.

If that was true i would have a 9 inch penis.

I really wish it is true, though.

your penis doesnt magically gain inches. as stated by a previous post it has to deal with the fat deposits around the groin region. the less fat in those areas, the father your member hangs low and the more use you get out of it.

http://www.betterbodyjournal.com/fitness-exercises/will-weight-loss-and-exercise-make-your-penis-bigger

 

[Burst6]

your penis doesnt magically gain inches. as stated by a previous post it has to deal with the fat deposits around the groin region. the less fat in those areas, the father your member hangs low and the more use you get out of it.

http://www.betterbodyjournal.com/fitness-exercises/will-weight-loss-and-exercise-make-your-penis-bigger

Yeah i know. I'm expecting at most an inch though.

I'm having a hard time believing that i have 3-4 inches hiding in there.

 

[Vibhor]

The parasite cymothoa exigua kills the the tongue of its host and then replaces the organ by attaching itself to the stump. It's the only parasite that will replace an organ.

That is probably the wierdist thing I have ever seen.

You haven't heard of that eel with a mouth inside its mouth(like in Alien) have you?

EDIT: Its called Moray eel
Heres the wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moray_eel] page.

I now know why humans haven't evolved a set of gills.

 

[Kapri]

Polar bears are left handed... er, pawed.

Also, butterflies taste with their feet!

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

Ahem. Spiders are evil creatures and should be killed on sight. TVtropes will ruin your life.

Now for the real facts: The previous two facts are actually opinons
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.

 

[IamQ]

*Ignore me*

 

[IamQ]

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Yeah, If you're afraid of dentists, this ain't gonna help ya.

 

[shurikenshado4]

Garbage island is infact a couple of real islands composed entirely of plastic that can be found in the middle of the pacific ocean. for more crap

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

 

[4RM3D]

Speaking of which... Barnacles have the longest penis of all animals relative to their body size. If a barnacle would be as big as a human, his penis would be about 10 meters.

I'm not sure how correct it is but my biology teacher always said that on a human it was comparable to Nelson's Column, (non-Brits: google 'trafalgar square') I'm not sure how tall that is though *checks wikipedia*. Apparently 52m approximately. Like I said, not sure how correct that is. Your point bout being the largest relative to body stands either way though

52 Meters

And here I thought 10 meters was a lot.