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did you know that the clitoris has approximately eight thousand times more nerve endings than the head of the penis. Collage level sex ed in seventh grade does things to your mind.
 

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Despite the usual negative connotations regarding illegal drugs, LSD is actually one of the least harmful substances known to humankind. In fact, Orange Juice and Aspirin are more toxic to the human body than LSD.

 

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similar.squirrel said:
Also, Richard Dawkins reckons that, had humans evolved to be octadigital (eight-fingered), computers would have been developed centuries ago due to an innate grasp of binary.
what does binary have to do with anything. isnt binary a made up system, as in binary could have been a different number like 6 for bits or 12 or something.

also just cause we have 8 fingers it doesnt mean vacuum tubes or transistors would be invented any earlier as far as i know.
 

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Did you know:
1)That the devil is never referred to as Lucifer in the bible? Lucifer means "Light Bringer"
2)That a pentagram is actually a pagan symbol warding AGAINST evil and to ancient mathematicians symbolised the triumph of spirit over body
3)Inverted pentagrams arn't evil either they are the triumph of the body over the spirit i.e hedonism
4) Upside down crosses actually show humility before christ so every "Satanist" you've met that wears an upside down cross is actually saying the equivalent of "Lord I am not worthy" to Jesus. It stems from the story of St Peter not considering himself worthy enough to be crucified in the same way as Jesus and so getting crucified upside down. The pope has one carved into the back of one of his thrones.

5)That Voodoo does not actually have dolls in it. The dolls were an attempt by the church to demonise it and are actually from folklore of western witch craft (dolls called 'poppets'). The only dolls in voodoo are used sometimes as offering to some of their gods.
 

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Scarim Coral said:
Did you know a squid got three hearts? A little red bean told me this
(Click on the channel to learn more facts!)
Epic, thanks!

Japanese always get clever in funny ways :D
 

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brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
dngamecat said:
Hitler was a vegetarian

Some people believe Nazis had help from aliens

A member (or former member) of the Nazi part was one of the most important people who worked on NASA's project to get a human on the moon
hitlers vegetarian cook was jewish, and Wernher Von Braun was the guy. he worked on the v2 rockets for the nazis and got captured by the americans and worked for nasa in exchange for not going on trial for war crimes
Hitler wasn't vegetarian.
yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'

"After the early 1930s, Hitler generally followed a vegetarian diet, although he ate meat on occasion. There are reports of him disgusting his guests by giving them graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make them shun meat.[350] A fear of cancer (from which his mother died) is the most widely cited reason, though it is also asserted that Hitler, an antivivisectionist, had a profound concern for animals.[351] Martin Bormann had a greenhouse constructed for him near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler throughout the war." From the Wikipedia article about Hitler.
 

MetalDooley

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-According to the popular tale St.Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland.However archaeological evidence suggests that there never was any snakes in Ireland to begin with

-Richard the Lionheart is one of the most famous kings of England and generally regarded as an English hero.However he didn't speak English,only spent a few months of his reign in England(he lived most of his life in France)and nearly bankrupted the country to pay off his ransom after being captured while returning from the crusades
 

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Quillan said:
When there are two gay penguins, they get jealous of the other couples when they have an egg to look after, so they grab a rock and put it between their feet and look after it, as if it was their egg.
Dawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

On another, less adorable note(or maybe not i'm not one to judge):

The pros and cons of circumsision are, from a medical standpoint, about 50-50, overall, but much depends on your culture.

In cultures that are less developed, uncut is generally better for preventing contraction of disease in non sexual activities.

In cultures that are more developed, cut is generally preferred both for sanitation reasons, as children and young adults are not likely to clean themselves properly. It is also greatly preferred by women.

Interestingly enough, however, is how the process of circumcision was popularized in late medieval europe.

The story begins with our friend, the cockroach.

Way back in the day when all of our swear words seem to be made up, it was generally accepted by young boys that their man-parts looked like a chicken head. Hence the shortened slang term, "cock". Cockroaches of the day would crawl around in peoples beds back then, and would crawl onto the foreskin of a boy, laying their eggs in the smegma, as both a warm, safe nest and a meal for when the eggs hatched. That being said, back then people only bathed once or twice a year, so most wouldn't know they were carrying the eggs until they hatched. The baby roaches would then eat the smegma, often biting the tender skin, causing immense pain in the unfortunate males and resulting in infections and sterility. This problem was seen as so bad it actually helped to popularize circumcision in medieval Europe.

Of course, there was some difficulty in popularizing it, as the wealthy would refuse the procedure, for the sake of status. It was considered 'lower class' to be circumcised, as it meant you were filthy and unclean and it was considered lower class to be dirty(visibly so anyways). Many higher families wouldn't let a daughter marry to a circumcised man. The poor, eager to emulate the rich, would spread propaganda about why they should not get cut, a practice which continued to this very day, but after a while the health benefits and virility of the circumcised men began to be noticed, and reluctantly the population admitted to the benefits of circumcision.
 

brodie21

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TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
dngamecat said:
Hitler was a vegetarian

Some people believe Nazis had help from aliens

A member (or former member) of the Nazi part was one of the most important people who worked on NASA's project to get a human on the moon
hitlers vegetarian cook was jewish, and Wernher Von Braun was the guy. he worked on the v2 rockets for the nazis and got captured by the americans and worked for nasa in exchange for not going on trial for war crimes
Hitler wasn't vegetarian.
yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'

"After the early 1930s, Hitler generally followed a vegetarian diet, although he ate meat on occasion. There are reports of him disgusting his guests by giving them graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make them shun meat.[350] A fear of cancer (from which his mother died) is the most widely cited reason, though it is also asserted that Hitler, an antivivisectionist, had a profound concern for animals.[351] Martin Bormann had a greenhouse constructed for him near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler throughout the war." From the Wikipedia article about Hitler.
if you will note i said that hitler had a jewish vegitarian cook. never in my response to the original poster (the one who actually made the claim that hitler was vegitarian) did i say that hitler was completely vegitarian. the section from wikipedia backs me up, as he was mostly vegitarian. i highly doubt that all vegitarians are all vegitarian all the time. BTW, wikipedia isnt always right, so my source trumps yours
 

TheGuiggleMonster

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brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
dngamecat said:
Hitler was a vegetarian

Some people believe Nazis had help from aliens

A member (or former member) of the Nazi part was one of the most important people who worked on NASA's project to get a human on the moon
hitlers vegetarian cook was jewish, and Wernher Von Braun was the guy. he worked on the v2 rockets for the nazis and got captured by the americans and worked for nasa in exchange for not going on trial for war crimes
Hitler wasn't vegetarian.
yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'

"After the early 1930s, Hitler generally followed a vegetarian diet, although he ate meat on occasion. There are reports of him disgusting his guests by giving them graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make them shun meat.[350] A fear of cancer (from which his mother died) is the most widely cited reason, though it is also asserted that Hitler, an antivivisectionist, had a profound concern for animals.[351] Martin Bormann had a greenhouse constructed for him near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler throughout the war." From the Wikipedia article about Hitler.
if you will note i said that hitler had a jewish vegitarian cook. never in my response to the original poster (the one who actually made the claim that hitler was vegitarian) did i say that hitler was completely vegitarian. the section from wikipedia backs me up, as he was mostly vegitarian. i highly doubt that all vegitarians are all vegitarian all the time. BTW, wikipedia isnt always right, so my source trumps yours
I don't think you've put a lot of thought into saying that.
 

brodie21

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TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
dngamecat said:
Hitler was a vegetarian

Some people believe Nazis had help from aliens

A member (or former member) of the Nazi part was one of the most important people who worked on NASA's project to get a human on the moon
hitlers vegetarian cook was jewish, and Wernher Von Braun was the guy. he worked on the v2 rockets for the nazis and got captured by the americans and worked for nasa in exchange for not going on trial for war crimes
Hitler wasn't vegetarian.
yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'

"After the early 1930s, Hitler generally followed a vegetarian diet, although he ate meat on occasion. There are reports of him disgusting his guests by giving them graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make them shun meat.[350] A fear of cancer (from which his mother died) is the most widely cited reason, though it is also asserted that Hitler, an antivivisectionist, had a profound concern for animals.[351] Martin Bormann had a greenhouse constructed for him near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler throughout the war." From the Wikipedia article about Hitler.
if you will note i said that hitler had a jewish vegitarian cook. never in my response to the original poster (the one who actually made the claim that hitler was vegitarian) did i say that hitler was completely vegitarian. the section from wikipedia backs me up, as he was mostly vegitarian. i highly doubt that all vegitarians are all vegitarian all the time. BTW, wikipedia isnt always right, so my source trumps yours
I don't think you've put a lot of thought into saying that.
what the hell do you want from me? you are disputing facts that i know to be true and can provide legitimate sources for, while the only source you have provided is wikipedia. besides i am not the one who made the original claim that hitler was vegitarian it was dngamecat. why the hell do you keep bothering me with this? are you bored or do you just want to piss me off?
 

TheGuiggleMonster

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brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
dngamecat said:
Hitler was a vegetarian

Some people believe Nazis had help from aliens

A member (or former member) of the Nazi part was one of the most important people who worked on NASA's project to get a human on the moon
hitlers vegetarian cook was jewish, and Wernher Von Braun was the guy. he worked on the v2 rockets for the nazis and got captured by the americans and worked for nasa in exchange for not going on trial for war crimes
Hitler wasn't vegetarian.
yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'

"After the early 1930s, Hitler generally followed a vegetarian diet, although he ate meat on occasion. There are reports of him disgusting his guests by giving them graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make them shun meat.[350] A fear of cancer (from which his mother died) is the most widely cited reason, though it is also asserted that Hitler, an antivivisectionist, had a profound concern for animals.[351] Martin Bormann had a greenhouse constructed for him near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler throughout the war." From the Wikipedia article about Hitler.
if you will note i said that hitler had a jewish vegitarian cook. never in my response to the original poster (the one who actually made the claim that hitler was vegitarian) did i say that hitler was completely vegitarian. the section from wikipedia backs me up, as he was mostly vegitarian. i highly doubt that all vegitarians are all vegitarian all the time. BTW, wikipedia isnt always right, so my source trumps yours
I don't think you've put a lot of thought into saying that.
what the hell do you want from me? you are disputing facts that i know to be true and can provide legitimate sources for, while the only source you have provided is wikipedia. besides i am not the one who made the original claim that hitler was vegitarian it was dngamecat. why the hell do you keep bothering me with this? are you bored or do you just want to piss me off?
1) You clearly did say that he was vegetarian
2) Articles on Wikipedia which can only be edited by moderators who go through what people bring up in the discussion page and carefully choose what is true and what isn't.
3) As far as I know, what you've said could be made up, because I have not seen the source for it.
4) dngamecat hasn't brought this up again so as far as I can tell he might believe me or he might not care enough to do anything. Either way I have no problem with him.
5)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_vegetarianism If you want sources, read every source on this page.
6) There is a difference between eating some meat and eating no meat at all.
7) I don't hate you I just want you to get your facts right.

If this is about the difference between being vegetarian and being mostly vegetarian than maybe we should establish the fact that vegetarianism means eating no animals. Saying that all vegetarians must eat meat occasionally is very arrogant.
 

brodie21

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TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
dngamecat said:
Hitler was a vegetarian

Some people believe Nazis had help from aliens

A member (or former member) of the Nazi part was one of the most important people who worked on NASA's project to get a human on the moon
hitlers vegetarian cook was jewish, and Wernher Von Braun was the guy. he worked on the v2 rockets for the nazis and got captured by the americans and worked for nasa in exchange for not going on trial for war crimes
Hitler wasn't vegetarian.
yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'

"After the early 1930s, Hitler generally followed a vegetarian diet, although he ate meat on occasion. There are reports of him disgusting his guests by giving them graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make them shun meat.[350] A fear of cancer (from which his mother died) is the most widely cited reason, though it is also asserted that Hitler, an antivivisectionist, had a profound concern for animals.[351] Martin Bormann had a greenhouse constructed for him near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler throughout the war." From the Wikipedia article about Hitler.
if you will note i said that hitler had a jewish vegitarian cook. never in my response to the original poster (the one who actually made the claim that hitler was vegitarian) did i say that hitler was completely vegitarian. the section from wikipedia backs me up, as he was mostly vegitarian. i highly doubt that all vegitarians are all vegitarian all the time. BTW, wikipedia isnt always right, so my source trumps yours
I don't think you've put a lot of thought into saying that.
what the hell do you want from me? you are disputing facts that i know to be true and can provide legitimate sources for, while the only source you have provided is wikipedia. besides i am not the one who made the original claim that hitler was vegitarian it was dngamecat. why the hell do you keep bothering me with this? are you bored or do you just want to piss me off?
1) You clearly did say that he was vegetarian
2) Articles on Wikipedia which can only be edited by moderators who go through what people bring up in the discussion page and carefully choose what is true and what isn't.
3) As far as I know, what you've said could be made up, because I have not seen the source for it.
4) dngamecat hasn't brought this up again so as far as I can tell he might believe me or he might not care enough to do anything. Either way I have no problem with him.
5)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_vegetarianism If you want sources, read every source on this page.
6) There is a difference between eating some meat and eating no meat at all.
7) I don't hate you I just want you to get your facts right.

If this is about the difference between being vegetarian and being mostly vegetarian than maybe we should establish the fact that vegetarianism means eating no animals. Saying that all vegetarians must eat meat occasionally is very arrogant.
grow up, i did not state that he was vegitarian. my facts are correct, if you think i am wrong take it up with albert speer. and this could be construed as harassment. because i feel harassed, so leave me the hell alone. the reason dngamecat hasnt brought this up is he doesnt know about it you quoted my post which means that i was the one messaged. why dont you go bother him about it.
 

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Adam from Myth Busters didn't originally come up with the phrase "I reject your reality and substitute my own".

It was actaully originally said in a little-known 80's movie called "Dungeon Master" although you'll be more likely to get the quote from it's original title "Rage War".
 

brodie21

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TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
dngamecat said:
Hitler was a vegetarian

Some people believe Nazis had help from aliens

A member (or former member) of the Nazi part was one of the most important people who worked on NASA's project to get a human on the moon
hitlers vegetarian cook was jewish, and Wernher Von Braun was the guy. he worked on the v2 rockets for the nazis and got captured by the americans and worked for nasa in exchange for not going on trial for war crimes
Hitler wasn't vegetarian.
yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'

"After the early 1930s, Hitler generally followed a vegetarian diet, although he ate meat on occasion. There are reports of him disgusting his guests by giving them graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make them shun meat.[350] A fear of cancer (from which his mother died) is the most widely cited reason, though it is also asserted that Hitler, an antivivisectionist, had a profound concern for animals.[351] Martin Bormann had a greenhouse constructed for him near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler throughout the war." From the Wikipedia article about Hitler.
if you will note i said that hitler had a jewish vegitarian cook. never in my response to the original poster (the one who actually made the claim that hitler was vegitarian) did i say that hitler was completely vegitarian. the section from wikipedia backs me up, as he was mostly vegitarian. i highly doubt that all vegitarians are all vegitarian all the time. BTW, wikipedia isnt always right, so my source trumps yours
I don't think you've put a lot of thought into saying that.
what the hell do you want from me? you are disputing facts that i know to be true and can provide legitimate sources for, while the only source you have provided is wikipedia. besides i am not the one who made the original claim that hitler was vegitarian it was dngamecat. why the hell do you keep bothering me with this? are you bored or do you just want to piss me off?
1) You clearly did say that he was vegetarian
2) Articles on Wikipedia which can only be edited by moderators who go through what people bring up in the discussion page and carefully choose what is true and what isn't.
3) As far as I know, what you've said could be made up, because I have not seen the source for it.
4) dngamecat hasn't brought this up again so as far as I can tell he might believe me or he might not care enough to do anything. Either way I have no problem with him.
5)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_vegetarianism If you want sources, read every source on this page.
6) There is a difference between eating some meat and eating no meat at all.
7) I don't hate you I just want you to get your facts right.

If this is about the difference between being vegetarian and being mostly vegetarian than maybe we should establish the fact that vegetarianism means eating no animals. Saying that all vegetarians must eat meat occasionally is very arrogant.
"In addition to being a teetotaler and a non-smoker,[1] Adolf Hitler is often said to have practiced some form of vegetarianism. " there, from your very wikipedia article
 

TheGuiggleMonster

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brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
TheGuiggleMonster said:
brodie21 said:
dngamecat said:
Hitler was a vegetarian

Some people believe Nazis had help from aliens

A member (or former member) of the Nazi part was one of the most important people who worked on NASA's project to get a human on the moon
hitlers vegetarian cook was jewish, and Wernher Von Braun was the guy. he worked on the v2 rockets for the nazis and got captured by the americans and worked for nasa in exchange for not going on trial for war crimes
Hitler wasn't vegetarian.
yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'

"After the early 1930s, Hitler generally followed a vegetarian diet, although he ate meat on occasion. There are reports of him disgusting his guests by giving them graphic accounts of the slaughter of animals in an effort to make them shun meat.[350] A fear of cancer (from which his mother died) is the most widely cited reason, though it is also asserted that Hitler, an antivivisectionist, had a profound concern for animals.[351] Martin Bormann had a greenhouse constructed for him near the Berghof (near Berchtesgaden) to ensure a steady supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for Hitler throughout the war." From the Wikipedia article about Hitler.
if you will note i said that hitler had a jewish vegitarian cook. never in my response to the original poster (the one who actually made the claim that hitler was vegitarian) did i say that hitler was completely vegitarian. the section from wikipedia backs me up, as he was mostly vegitarian. i highly doubt that all vegitarians are all vegitarian all the time. BTW, wikipedia isnt always right, so my source trumps yours
I don't think you've put a lot of thought into saying that.
what the hell do you want from me? you are disputing facts that i know to be true and can provide legitimate sources for, while the only source you have provided is wikipedia. besides i am not the one who made the original claim that hitler was vegitarian it was dngamecat. why the hell do you keep bothering me with this? are you bored or do you just want to piss me off?
1) You clearly did say that he was vegetarian
2) Articles on Wikipedia which can only be edited by moderators who go through what people bring up in the discussion page and carefully choose what is true and what isn't.
3) As far as I know, what you've said could be made up, because I have not seen the source for it.
4) dngamecat hasn't brought this up again so as far as I can tell he might believe me or he might not care enough to do anything. Either way I have no problem with him.
5)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_vegetarianism If you want sources, read every source on this page.
6) There is a difference between eating some meat and eating no meat at all.
7) I don't hate you I just want you to get your facts right.

If this is about the difference between being vegetarian and being mostly vegetarian than maybe we should establish the fact that vegetarianism means eating no animals. Saying that all vegetarians must eat meat occasionally is very arrogant.
"In addition to being a teetotaler and a non-smoker,[1] Adolf Hitler is often said to have practiced some form of vegetarianism. " there, from your very wikipedia article
Please read what you wrote more carefully. You said this: yes, he was. one of his advisors, Albert Speer mentions it in his memoir "Inside the Third Reich'. That is directly copy pasted from what you said and my source is on this thread that you are on now. It is blatently obvious when you lie through your teeth and trying to persuade me that my eyes weren't working when I read what you wrote won't work because I am cleverer than that.

If someone else came and read our conversation and read what you said about me harassing you, they would probably be in favour of me because I come across as a lot less aggressive than you and more willing to have an intelligent conversation with someone without having to result to insults and threats to get my point across. I also think that you have a problem. I gave you the opportunity for sources that you wanted to see, and you used that opportunity to pick one specific thing out and make it sound factual, being the best thing you could see in the article when really it gets across a very unclear point and it's far smaller and far less detailed than what I originally showed you from Wikipedia yet for some strange reason you think that the burden of proof should only rest on my shoulders and you are excempt from this rule because I am in the wrong because I am harassing you.

Harassment is a serious problem and it's probably not a good idea to accuse someone of harassing you and then trying to communicate with them afterwards because that just makes it look like you're harassing them.

Don't act like you don't have a clue what I'm talking about.