Borg detected!A Free Man said:an irrelevant equation.GirDraconis said: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?
Those damn danes. One day we will have our revenge for stockholms bloodbath.kinapuffar said:Denmark and Sweden have fought more wars against each other than any other countries in the world.
its binary, where fingers down represent 0s and fingers up represent 1s. this means that the largest number you could represent with your hands in binary would be 1111111111(all fingers up), or 1023 in decimal.TrilbyWill said:snipity snip
Actually it is fully possible to lick your own elbow, I've seen it done on two seperate occasions by two different people.rhizhim said:first off: you can't lick your own elbow because its one bone away. its basically a firm line. you can scratch your back with your arm because there are at least 2 joints you can use to bend your arms.same goes for putting your feet behind your back, you have at lest 2-3 joints that make this possible.Elcarsh said:First, I should mention that anyone who doesn't actually bother to check up on their supposed "facts" should be forced to lick syrup off of sandpaper for the next ten years as far as I'm concerned.
It's the whole reason why we get stuff like...
Completely untrue. It's nothing more than an urban myth.davidmc1158 said:EDIT: Also, a "brass monkey is the brass framework used to hold cannonballs in place on old naval vessels. And since brass contracts in the cold faster than iron, the brass framework would distort itself on very cold days causing the cannonballs to fall off and roll across the deck. This is the original source of the phrase: "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey."
What is a brass monkey? It's a little monkey figurine made from brass.
Absolute nonsense. There are people who can put both feet behind their head, do you seriously think it's technically impossible to lick your own elbow?usmarine4160 said:It's impossible to lick your own elbow
to make this happen you would have to dislocate your shoulder and have an abnormal long tounge.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cold%20enough%20to%20freeze%20the%20balls%20off%20a%20brass%20monkey.html
cannons were hold by brace framework in the past.the figurines came later.
you should check your own facts before posting anything at all. especially when you are accusing someone else having wrong facts. go educate yourself.
Sort of, but now Yahtzee's favorite line now has a basis in reality...PureIrony said:Equines like Donkeys, cows and ponies also can't vomit.
Marsupials have unique genitals. The penis is double-pronged, like the letter Y, as in "why, God, why"?
Similarly, the female has two diametrically opposed vaginae, with a canal in the middle through which the babies are pushed.
Still think Koalas are cute?
Interestingly, Gandhi was also more of a nationalist, than a pacifist. The perception of him as loving and respecting all life, isn't exactly accurate. He wanted the British out of India, and realized that force of arms would not achieve that goal, so he looked for alternative means to do so. The schism between India and Pakistan was abhorrent to him.ToMegaTherion said:Those damn danes. One day we will have our revenge for stockholms bloodbath.kinapuffar said:Denmark and Sweden have fought more wars against each other than any other countries in the world.
On Topic. Gandhi hated black people and Anton Lavey(The black pope of the church of Satan) was a good friend with Walt Disney
So what were the original colors?Fusioncode9 said:Santa Claus wasn't originally red and white. It was a marketing campaign by Coke, but it was so popular that everybody else just kind of ran with it.
Buddy, it is possible to lick your elbow. Believe me, I was like you and thought the same thing, until I met a good friend of mine in high school and saw him do it with my own two eyes. Granted though, he is part of a very, very slim minority.rhizhim said:*Snipped due to size*
New fact: The most mentioned fact in this thread is that the colors of Santa Claus came from the Coca Cola ad campaign. Not only is this fact mentioned the most, it is also wrong. There was another campaign from another company, before Coca Cola started theirs. Coca Cola was just more popular.Starke said:So what were the original colors?Fusioncode9 said:Santa Claus wasn't originally red and white. It was a marketing campaign by Coke, but it was so popular that everybody else just kind of ran with it.
usmarine4160 said:It's impossible to lick your own elbow
The post below is the most quoted fact in this thread (because it is awesome):rhizhim said:*snip* [In short: It's impossible to lick your own elbow]
Nocturnal Gentleman said: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.
AFAIK, red was the original colour for the Santa suit. The green version was more popular in the US when Coca Cola started their marketing campaign though.4RM3D said:New fact: The most mentioned fact in this thread is that the colors of Santa Claus came from the Coca Cola ad campaign. Not only is this fact mentioned the most, it is also wrong. There was another campaign from another company, before Coca Cola started theirs. Coca Cola was just more popular.Starke said:So what were the original colors?Fusioncode9 said:Santa Claus wasn't originally red and white. It was a marketing campaign by Coke, but it was so popular that everybody else just kind of ran with it.
Also, according to sources, the original Santa Claus was green.