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The longest word on earth is from Finland (Best country ever) and is as follows
lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas
which has 61 characters and translates approximately to technical warrant officer trainee specialized in aircraft jet engines. This word has actually been in use in the Finnish Air Force.
Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle at 25 miles PER YEAR
Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $440,000
Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: Pig
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees
Polar bears are left-handed
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910
And I'll close it with another Finland fact...
Finland drinks the most coffee per capita daily... an average of 9 cups
lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas
which has 61 characters and translates approximately to technical warrant officer trainee specialized in aircraft jet engines. This word has actually been in use in the Finnish Air Force.
Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle at 25 miles PER YEAR
Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $440,000
Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: Pig
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees
Polar bears are left-handed
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910
And I'll close it with another Finland fact...
Finland drinks the most coffee per capita daily... an average of 9 cups
Correction, the largest word in the English is abbreviated as 'titin'. It is a Protein chain located in human muscles and has 189,819 letters.Stormcloud23 post=18.60289.630171 said:
Link [http://www.othyr.com/titin.html].
That can't count.... there is no one on earth that could pronounce it and lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas is a word that is actually used and known by a decent amount of the populous
I don't know if this has been posted but, the Volkswagen was Hitlers idea of a perfect car. I learned it in history a few months ago, when we were learning about how Hitler helped Germany by coming up with some ideas like cheap holdiays and cheap cars. Unfortunately, no-one ever got a Volkswagen during Hitlers 'reign', as when WWII started the volkswagen factory was turned into a weapons factory.
That the Moon Landing footage was first received in Australia, because the Americans, when trying to receive the footage themselves, forgot to flick the switch that changes the image from upside-down to rightside-up.
Yeah, bringing back the most awesome thread on the Escapist. Now back on topic
This is true for most drugs. Heroin has something like a 99% absorbency rate up the ass. I actually know people who've tried it with Ecstacy.type_zero post=18.60289.629408 said:
No it isn't possible!death13245 post=18.60289.629371 said:
after 1 day: your imune system is down for the next 2 days
after 3 days: you are at half your normal mental capacity
after 7 days: you lose temporarily 25% of your brain functions
after 10 days: you lose temporarily 60% of your brain functions
after 12 days: you die
This happens to you if you don't sleep at all!
That kid didn't stay awake for 3 years.
It sais that he is awake ALMOST 24 hours a day,
meaning he does sleep half an hour per day.
Yes you can live if you sleep half an hour per day.
If you were too take an apple, and enlarge it so it was the size of earth, its atoms would be the apple's original size. So basically, and atom is to an apple as an apple is to the earth.
Because no matter what you do you can't enlarge an atom, All you can do is add more matter.the monopoly guy post=18.60289.662702 said:
Well, that was just more of an example too show how small an atom was, you know how big the earth is, and you know how big an apple is.Bulletinmybrain post=18.60289.662725 said:
Ah, Well i'm kinda lost in what you meant by what you said right now.the monopoly guy post=18.60289.663627 said:
Almost only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades.Ultrajoe post=18.60289.470956 said:
Changes in the angle of the Moon's (Earth's moon, Luna) are known to coincide with major climate changes, including the formation of the Sahara Desert, formerly swampland.