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[Asita]

The phrase "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is gramatically valid in english.

Much of the alien writing in the show Futurama is one of two ciphers made for the fans to crack. One is a simple letter substitution, the other...well, requires more effort to translate.
--Fittingly, the debut of the latter cypher was for a sign reading "Codebreakers Chat Room"

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

Here you go

 

[Hyldago]

Japanese honeybees will mob scouting hornets and, to make sure their nest location is kept a secret, they begin to vibrate rapidly until they raise their and the hornet's body temperature to well over a hundred (don't remember if Ferlinghetti or Celsius). The hornet gets so hot it actually catches on fire. The honeybees have a slightly higher combustion temperature and remain unharmed.

 

[Mariakko]

In Ohio (I think) it is illegal to go whaling, Even though it is a landlocked state.

 

[Catfood220]

Tortoiseshell cats are almost always female due to a genetic quirk. On the other side of a coin, a ginger cat is almost always male.

 

[mbug]

The phrase "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is gramatically valid in english.

Much of the alien writing in the show Futurama is one of two ciphers made for the fans to crack. One is a simple letter substitution, the other...well, requires more effort to translate.
--Fittingly, the debut of the latter cypher was for a sign reading "Codebreakers Chat Room"

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

Here you go

well i'll be...

 

[Nouw]

Christmas is not Christian-specific.

It's impossible to lick your own elbow

*Snaps off elbow. "Hah!" *Licks elbow then proceeds to die from blood loss. On a more serious note, I can't believe that no one can do that. There are people with abnormal qualities but humanity has still failed to lick their below?

 

[217not237]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

 

[y1fella]

Mt Everest is the highest point on earth but not the highest mountain. That honor goes to Mauna Kea. Which is not the highest mountain on earth because some 8000 meters of it is underwater.

 

[scrambledeggs]

Mt Everest is the highest point on earth but not the highest mountain. That honor goes to Mauna Kea. Which Is not the highest mountain on earth because some 8000 meters of it are underwater.

I get what you were trying to say, but it made little sense.. the meaning of mountain changed.

OT: Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. Take em off, buddies.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

The AK-47 was designed during World War 2 as a solution to the fact that the Germans had automatic weapons and the Russians didn't. However, it was not finished and produced for the first time until 1947, hence the name.

Rats can't throw up.

Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number thirteen.

Episode 27 of Freeman's Mind was released on International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Consequently, the entire episode's monologuing (supposedly by Gordon Freeman) was done using pirate-like terms and slang. Freeman makes a joke about this at the start of episode 28.

The most common way of entering the Chris Houlihan Room in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past involves using the Pegasus Boots to dash all the way from the Sanctuary to Hyrule Castle's sewer. In total, there are five ways to enter the Room.

 

[Freaky Lou]

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

I'm pretty sure that bees can too.

 

[Twilight_guy]

The day Burce Wayne's parents were murdered, they went to see a Zorro movie. Batman's costume design was influenced heavily by characters like Zorro and Zorro himself.

In the DCAU, Terry Mcginnis's parents were almost murdered after he and his parents went to see a movie. The Movie was about "The Grey Ghost" a fictional hero that was Batman's Batman and who's fictional actor was voiced by Adam West. (Yes, the actor who played batman's batman was voiced by Adam West. Your mind has now officially exploded.)

 

[Talshere]

If someone with 20/20 vision tilts there head when they strain to se something, its because there eyes are not quite level (IE one eye is set *slightly* further into the skull than the other), this tilt is them subconsciously correcting the draw distance to their eyes, effectively levelling them out.


Glasses weares often do it if their prescription is out in one eye, or it can be a relit habit from past eye problems such as a lazy eye.

 

[Chatato]

In Australia it's illegal to wear pink pants in the afternoon on a sunday.

 

[the spud]

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

Nah, I'm pretty sure I heard something similar to this before. I don't remember the fine details, but it was something like this guy was talking about.

OT: George Washington was a terrible general and had teeth made out of pig teeth, not wood.

 

[4RM3D]

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).

I mentioned the same word in another thread also. But let me make a small correction/addition.

floccinaucinihilipilification [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Floccinaucinihilipilification] is the longest non-technical English word in the dictionary
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis] is the longest technical word

 

[ShindoL Shill]

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 a facehugger.

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.

does that also mean that NASA is just a bunch of frat guys trying to find it?

OT: your hair and nails will SEEM to grow after death, but actually it's your body getting smaller around them.
hair and nails are made of the same material, as are rhino horns (mostly keratin)

EDIT: through crossovers and references, almost every show that ran at around the same time as St Elsewhere, and some after it, are part of Tommy Westphall's fantasy universe:
http://www.slushfactory.com/content/EpupypyZAZTDOLwdfz.php

 

[tobyornottoby]

Most males have a longer ring finger than their index finger. Most females have a longer index finger than their ring finger.

 

[Death Carr]

A male ostrich only has an erection for a few seconds, becuase its penis fills with a low pressure lymphatic fluid rather than blood

 

[Jailbird408]

I have autism spectrum disorder.