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[snowfi6916]

In Massachusetts, it is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder.

It is possible, and grammatically correct, to have "had" 11 times in a row in a sentence.

Example:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

It makes more sense if you put quotes in:

James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

 

[4RM3D]

In Massachusetts, it is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder.

It is possible, and grammatically correct, to have "had" 11 times in a row in a sentence.

Example:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

It makes more sense if you put quotes in:

James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

And some more grammar...

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers.

Example: "A Santa lived as a devil at NASA"

Now try reading it backwards.

Longest palindrome word is in Finnish: saippuakuppinippukauppias (soap dish wholesale vendor)

 

[snowfi6916]

I saw an episode with Rachel Ray on 30 minute meals where she made New England Clam Chowder...

And she put red bell peppers in it.

As a New Englander, this is the height of heresy.

New England Clam Chowder is supposed to have:

clams
cream
potatoes
onions
bacon (maybe)

allmyrage.jpg

 

[MassiveGeek]

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.

Damn your face.

I'm now looking up horrific parasites because while this is disturbing as fuck it's also interesting as fuck.

Goodbye food. Hello nightmares.

 

[Deathmageddon]

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

http://www.physorg.com/news63346824.html

 

[Zantos]

The planck epoch is the point one unit of planck time after the big bang when the universes diameter was one unit of planck length, and is the closest to the big bang we can understand without a unified theory of quantum gravity.

 

[DasDestroyer]

Random facts are not random, each one has a very specific train of thought that lead to it.

 

[relevantcore]

We share 1/3 of our DNA with daffodils.

 

[Urgh76]

[quote="Esotera" post="18.335368.13540452- If you lick your thumb and place your index finger on it, then very slowly remove it, you should see some very thin strands of saliva linked between the two. These are strands of DNA.

[/quote]There is not a single person who has read this and not tried it

OT: Pants were invented by sailors to quell the nature of the sea god, Poseidon who was angered by the sight of naked men

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

Vitamin A will kill you if you consume too much, because it's a fat-soluble vitamin, while beta carotene (a substance that your body processes into Vitamin A) is water-soluble and thus you can have as much as you'd like and the excess is just excreted in urine.

On that note, polar bear liver has so much Vitamin A that people die from eating it.

 

[4RM3D]

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.

Damn your face.

I'm now looking up horrific parasites because while this is disturbing as fuck it's also interesting as fuck.

Goodbye food. Hello nightmares.

At your service:
http://www.cracked.com/article_17199_the-7-most-horrifying-parasites-planet.html

And while I am at it:
http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_the-5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html

Any other requests?

PS. The parasite in the photo also makes an appearance in the top 7.

 

[Micalas]

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.

What makes it wierder is probably the fact that the litle parasite looks like it has a self-congratulatory smile on his smug face and his front "legs" make it look like he's rubbing them together as he thinks about his next evil plan.

 

[FamoFunk]

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.

Amazing, weird and scary all rolled in to one. I'm going to Google about this.

 

[Pyramid Head]

At some point, an American president stupid enough to make a random tax cut and not support the American automotive industry at the time when the European and Asian automotive industries were almost done rebuilding after World War 2 actually had a noticable enough drop in intelligence and function to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Or if that doesn't count, wolf packs have been known to dig trenches similar traps and set up ambushes when dealing with large prey.

 

[Estranged180]

In Watkins Glen NY, it is illegal to walk your pet giraffe down the main street.

There exists a $500 fine in California for (and I'm not making this up) 'molesting a butterfly'.

 

[SEPECAT]

I can copy cracked.com too! The moray eel is like the alien from Alien! Let's try to cut down on the info gained from cracked. Yes, the tongue-isopod is weird, but I knew that one before I read the article. More sources plz!

Mine: Hyenas are more closely related to cats than to dogs.
Electric eels are not actually eels, they're a type of knifefish.
Spiciness can be measured, it's the amount of capsaicin in a food.

 

[ffs-dontcare]

Y'know that vertical line above your upper lip and below your nose?

That's called the philtrum.

 

[Vausch]

Hitler was a vegetarian.

From a complete stop, a human can outrun a formula one race car for about 30 feet.

"Luke, I am your father" is the most misquoted line in film history.

Christmas comes from the Pagan Holiday Saturnalia. In fact, the star on the tree is supposed to be a sun, as it was Saturn who pulled the sun along with his chariot.

 

[Christopher Dudgeon]

It is still legal to Kill a Scotsman within the city walls of York with a Bow and Arrow!

 

[Dinosaur_Face]

Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you, note that this phobia is fictional and appeared in "The Far Side" by Gary Larson