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[4RM3D]

Mount Everest is considered to be the highest mountain above sea level. But it is NOT the highest point on earth. That honor goes to Mount Kilimanjaro. The reason for this is its location. Kilimanjaro is closer to the equator. At this point the landmasses are higher. Making Kilimanjaro the winner.* As for the highest mountain with its base below sea level, that is indeed Mauna Kea.

*This is still disputed. Mount McKinley and Nanga Parbat are also contenders, but Kilimanjaro is considering to be the most probable.

Also this wont be true in some 22.5k years as Mt Everest is actually growing 60cm a year. Also imo submarine based volcanes shouldnt count because they have the advantage of reduces gravity and generally higher angle of internal resistance.

In some 22.5k years we may very well have blown ourselves out of existence. That or a certain meteor thought that Mount Everest would make a good spot to settle down.

In reality though the platonic shift may very well screw everything over. Like turning California into an island or launching some other mountain into space.

 

[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).

When i looked at that i didnt even try to read the word... i kinda just skipped to "longest word in english dictionary"....

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

Pronounce it: New mono ultra microscopic silico volcano coni osis
It's easy.


Male Koalas have forked penises, and females have two vaginas.

 

[FlipC]

Santa Claus wears a jacket with a hat; Father Christmas a robe with a hood.

 

[Talshere]

Mount Everest is considered to be the highest mountain above sea level. But it is NOT the highest point on earth. That honor goes to Mount Kilimanjaro. The reason for this is its location. Kilimanjaro is closer to the equator. At this point the landmasses are higher. Making Kilimanjaro the winner.* As for the highest mountain with its base below sea level, that is indeed Mauna Kea.

*This is still disputed. Mount McKinley and Nanga Parbat are also contenders, but Kilimanjaro is considering to be the most probable.

Also this wont be true in some 22.5k years as Mt Everest is actually growing 60cm a year. Also imo submarine based volcanes shouldnt count because they have the advantage of reduces gravity and generally higher angle of internal resistance.

In some 22.5k years we may very well have blown ourselves out of existence. That or a certain meteor thought that Mount Everest would make a good spot to settle down.

In reality though the platonic shift may very well screw everything over. Like turning California into an island or launching some other mountain into space.

While I cant comment on the probability of a meteor impact, Mt Everest and the Himalayas in general are not exactly prime targets for a nuke based on current significance. Even if they did become fully populated the dynamics of explosions and the topography of such a new mountain range would make nuking such an area tantamount to pointless.

While we know little of the actually true dynamics of plate tectonics, given the actual rate of movement is some 2cm per year on average the probability of a significant tectonic movement occurring that thrusts another mountain into a contender for the title is as close to zero as these things ever get.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

The longest word of any kind is the chemical name for Titin, and is 189819 letters long. It is the longest protein yet discovered. I have spoilered it, to save you from eye-rape.

EDIT: It was too long. Here's a link.
http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.php

 

[EpicEps]

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.

I think it's relative to your body weight. If you're more overweight, then when you lose weight then you'll gain more length to your penis. But if you're average weight, there would be little to no noticeable effect.

Karaoke, when translated from Japanese, means empty orchestra.

Isaac Asimov is the only person to have a book in every category in the Dewey decimal system.

Lethologica is the sensation of not being able to remember the word that you want to use.

There was a Russian woman in the mid 1700s that had 69 kids, the most on record. The break down is 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

There is popular myth in Paraguay. A god, Kurupí, was blamed for children born out of wedlock or born of an affair. The mothers of these children were usually adolescents sneaking out for some fun. They blamed their pregnancies on Kurupí, who rapes young girls who adventure out in the forest. He captures them with his extremely long penis, which he keeps wrapped multiple times around his waist, that he can use as a rope to snare girls and the only way to escape him is to sever his penis or to climb a fruit tree.

 

[Tharwen]

It's possible for a human to survive unprotected in the vacuum of space for up to around 2 minutes. You don't lose much heat because there's nothing for it to conduct to and the body is tough enough not to immediately die from the pressure difference.

After about 30 seconds, however, the blood vessels in your skin will begin to burst, and of course you'll asphyxiate. You'll also get extremely bad sunburn if you're anywhere near a star.

I thought the temperature in space is close to absolute zero (minus 273 degrees Celsius) and thus you would freeze instantly?? At least on the "dark sides" of space. If you are in space when facing the sun you get burned to death (without protective gear or an ozone layer to protect you). No?

There's no air for your body heat to conduct to, so the only way you can cool down is by radiation, which isn't very fast.

 

[4RM3D]

While we know little of the actually true dynamics of plate tectonics, given the actual rate of movement is some 2cm per year on average the probability of a significant tectonic movement occurring that thrusts another mountain into a contender for the title is as close to zero as these things ever get.

While I am no expert on these matters... but there is still the possibility that a platonic tectonic shift causes a chain reaction; like a snowball down a snowy mountain principle.

But what I just wanted to point out is: the future is uncertain; anything can happen.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Theodore Roosevelt, as beloved a president as he is, was a flaming racist.

Similarly, Ghandi was also a racist.

It is illegal in California to eat an orange while taking a bath. Odd I know.

Another food related one, it is illegal in the state of Georgia to eat fried chicken with a knife and fork. Colonel Sanders was actually arrested for doing this.

Necrophelia isn't a felony offense.

That's actually all I've got at the moment.

 

[Maze1125]

0.999... = 1

One out of ever four kids with the initials ADD actually has it, and four out of four kids with the initials ADHD have an annoying, self righteous mother who wouldn't just shut the fuck up and take her husbands last name.

Not everyone with four initials has a double barrelled surname. Some have two middle names instead.

 

[217not237]

The longest word of any kind is the chemical name for Titin, and is 189819 letters long. It is the longest protein yet discovered. I have spoilered it, to save you from eye-rape.

EDIT: It was too long. Here's a link.
http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.php

I will never be able to (or have the time to) say that.

 

[Fappy]

This

is a guy.

So is this:

 

[4RM3D]

This

is a guy.

So is this:

While on the subject... So is this:

*sighs* Japanese...

 

[feebstalicious93]

the most watched episode of any tv show is the finale of MASH

 

[ZombieMonkey7]

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.

Ummm, that fish looks like it has human teeth. Anyone wanna volunteer sticking cymothoa exigua in their mouth to test it if it takes over, I mean who doesn't want to know if it works? Let me answer that question with another question, who wants to make $60, cash

On the topic of parasitic monstrosities there is the bot fly. This abomination of god attaches it's eggs onto bloodsucking mosquitos and then the mosquito sucks the blood of humans and releases the eggs. The larve then bores into the skin feeding off the host until it crawls out and merrily begins the cycle again. Here is a video of bot fly removal *WARNING! DON'T WATCH THIS* Now with that warning out of the way you can proceed to watch this (the tape is used to sufficate the bot fly to make it worm it's way out)
[youtube=23eimVLAQ2c

 

[Tselis]

Albinism (being an Albino) can occur in any vertebrate creature.

 

[Tiger Sora]

St. Nicholas, the man of which Santa Clause is based off of, or technically is. Was born in what is now modern day Turkey. But at the time was part of Greece. So Santa's Greek.

 

[breadsammich]

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.

People may say this is too harsh of a punishment...but I'll ask you this: Have you ever seen a repeat offender?

 

[marioandsonic]

Mario Paint on the SNES has 41,664 pixels you can color in, and 15 different colors to choose from. Therefore, it is possible to make about 1,978,857,121,979,412,650,409,479,276,369,400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 different pictures.

 

[Talshere]

While we know little of the actually true dynamics of plate tectonics, given the actual rate of movement is some 2cm per year on average the probability of a significant tectonic movement occurring that thrusts another mountain into a contender for the title is as close to zero as these things ever get.

While I am no expert on these matters... but there is still the possibility that a platonic tectonic shift causes a chain reaction; like a snowball down a snowy mountain principle.

But what I just wanted to point out is: the future is uncertain; anything can happen.

I think its safe to say that the only event that could cause such a significant disruption would be the eruption of a caldera. The only one even close to eruption is Yellowstone and that might not happen for a few hundred thousand years yet. Even a failure of the Cascadia or one of the red sea faults, historically 2 of the most violent in the world (I believe) normally only cause "minor" (relatively) surface uplift if any.

But I take your point.