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Apparently not, there's a reason why it's contagious but i can't remember it =\Darkauthor81 said:I thought yawning was found to be something animals do to express being tired to each other. I was told that's why when one person yawns other people yawn too. It's a non-verbal expression of "Hey I'm sleepy" "Yeah I'm sleepy too."arc1991 said:When you yawn... your not actually tired, it's just your body's way of saying your low on oxygen
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Fun fact on how heavy metal got its sound:
Tony Iommi (guitarist of Black Sabbath) had his fretting hand's finger tips cut off in a machine accident at work. He then tuned down his guitar to relieve tension on his finger tips and it resulted in a "heavier" sound.
Tony Iommi (guitarist of Black Sabbath) had his fretting hand's finger tips cut off in a machine accident at work. He then tuned down his guitar to relieve tension on his finger tips and it resulted in a "heavier" sound.
Np. Rather nice launcher they made..maninahat said:
Another fun fact: If you charge anything with 100.000.000 Volts the air around will ionize and become inductive, making lightning strike out in random directions.
I cannot remember the actual lower limit for this to occur, but it is actually quite a problem in producing electricity and getting it out to the consumer.
i can imagine where that fact comes from.dkyros said:
director to assistant: Wow great job, that bong water looks completely real.How did you do that?
assistant:hehe yeah, really , like real......ehhrr i used *looks panicly around in his trailor* vinegar...ehhrrrr tea....aaaaaand apple juice...damn i want some apple juice right now, you too?I totally do
-If a female ferret cannot find a mate when it is in heat, it will die
-If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white
-The Worlds shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England,Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes
-Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories per hour
-Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
-If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white
-The Worlds shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England,Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes
-Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories per hour
-Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
Drunkenness is in fact a placebo effect, and also the placebo effect still takes effect even if you know it is a placebo.
Batman's arch-nemesis Joker was voiced by the ultimate Jedi, Mark Hamill.
But if you soaked wood in liquid oxygen you could make it detonate on mechanical impact. Get some liquid O2, a wooden stair and you've got the perfect assasination!
Actually, oxygen is itself not flammable, it just promotes spontaneous combustion really good.Realitycrash said:
But if you soaked wood in liquid oxygen you could make it detonate on mechanical impact. Get some liquid O2, a wooden stair and you've got the perfect assasination!
Funt fact : Do you know that at the age of 3-5 a babies Bones will start to merge due to Skeletal growth, causing a baby to have average 306 Bones and Child,Teen,Elder,Adult have average 245 Bones .... THAT WAS COMPLETLEY POINTLESS =D!!!
They are also the only animal, apart from humans, that have sex for pleasure. I might be mistaken on that though.Haseo21 said:
A football match in the Democratic Republic of Congo was abandoned because a lightning strike killed the entire away team. Strangely, the home team walked off the pitch perfectly fine.
Even more strange, a similar incident happened the same weekend in Johannesberg, when a lightning strike killed half of the players from each team.
It took me that long to read itA Raging Emo said:
Also, did you know that 'stewardesses' is the longest word in the English language that you can type with one hand on a QWERTY keyboard.
If done early enough in life a person can live an almost perfect life without the majority of their brain. It's Called Plasticity of the brain.
Children who are born deaf (or who learn sign language) Stutter in the same way as that children with "normal" hearing do, except they stutter with their hands
Until a certain point in their life children can learn any and all languages that you put in front of them if given enough exposure, they will also be able to perfectly mimic the accent of the native tongue.
Children who are born deaf (or who learn sign language) Stutter in the same way as that children with "normal" hearing do, except they stutter with their hands
Until a certain point in their life children can learn any and all languages that you put in front of them if given enough exposure, they will also be able to perfectly mimic the accent of the native tongue.
After sex, a wolf becomes attached to the female because his penis swells to form a plug.
Now there is a problem most men would be proud to have XD
Now there is a problem most men would be proud to have XD
Did you know that Bruce Willis first role was a video nasty called The Driller Killer (1979) he cleaned the windshield of the main character
E.T for the Atari 2600 is one of the best selling games of the sistem
Pacman for the Atari 2600 is considered one of the worst ports ever made
Astron Belt is the first FMV game
Wikipedia supports content in 260 different languages
In a certain Laserdisc edition of E.T there is a cameo by Harrison Ford
You can make and Explosive using water
E.T for the Atari 2600 is one of the best selling games of the sistem
Pacman for the Atari 2600 is considered one of the worst ports ever made
Astron Belt is the first FMV game
Wikipedia supports content in 260 different languages
In a certain Laserdisc edition of E.T there is a cameo by Harrison Ford
You can make and Explosive using water
