Random Facts Thread.

[XyZspineZyX]

I know this sounds a little gay, but I am a hog for random facts.If you have any, post them here. Thanks!! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/25.gif

1 in 20 people have an extra rib- some beer commercial.
-PK

[NSAagent]

if it weren't for Jimi Hendrix declaring he was gay to the military he would not have been discharged and sent to Vietnam

[SoulFire382]

There are 10 people in California with the registered driver's license name of "Jesus Christ"

So many people filled out "Jedi" as thier reliegion in the British census that it's now an official religion.

[XyZspineZyX]

The earth has only had (I Believe) 491 years without a war. I'm not an antiwar guy but that is sad. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

[Omega_224]

Is that in a row, or accumulated total?


A species of lizard (in Australia, I believe) is the only animal to have completely eliminated the male half of their species.

[XyZspineZyX]

Total since the world began, NOT INCLUDING THE INDIAN TERRITORY WARS OR OLD TIME WARS OF CAVEMAN DAYS for the evolutionists.

Water can burn!! If you put something 10x hotter than the sun(Where would you find that?) under water the water will burn, since what does water contain but a. Oxygen. and b. Hydrogen; both of which are extremely flammable!!

[Spekkio9]

Speaking of water, pure water cannot conduct electricity. It needs dissociated ions in it to conduct a charge.

The biggest group of people on welfare in America is whites, not blacks (most uban and suburbanites believe the opposite).

[Omega_224]

COOL! Both of those are really interesting. It's only salt water that conducts, right? Or if it's in contact with some other substance or object like the ground.

Another fact: If you recieve medical attention immediately, the chances of you surviving a lightning strike are surprisingly good.

[Terrax213]

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

No word in the English language rhymes with month.

A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050

[pinkcar36]

this is a very useful fact that i "tried" on my husband a few weeks ago and still use it now....

try putting some Vagisil on Mosquitoe bites, it takes away the itching away almost instantly and the swelling from the bite a few min later.

the reason im telling you guys this is cause it really works, and the fact that i could not find anything else in the house but the vagisil, which is an anti-itch cream for women. but works great on the bites i swear!!! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[shadownet_spy04]

I heard that if you jump out and startle sheep in Scottland they will faint. Although not sure why this would only be true of Scottish sheep.

[XyZspineZyX]

It's all sheep just that Scotland has a crapload of sheep http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

And pinkcar, Do it shmell??- (some quote from a movie about feet.)
I don't want to smell like a weird girly freak(Not that girls are freaks, just that I'm no girl)

And Terrax, thanks for the facts.But what about prompt?

[stealthmaster736]

Random fact:

If you take a bath while sticking a fork in a plugged in toaster you are an idiot.

[XyZspineZyX]

Why did you try it? http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/88.gif

[stealthmaster736]

The real question is, how am I still alive?

[XyZspineZyX]

Good point.

The gene for 6 fingers is a dominant gene,so if you have someone in your family who has 6 fingers, chances are so will you. Some people will freak out when they hear this and say "Well grampa Johnny had six fingers and I don't!!" Remember that when you have kids....
-PK

[sam_fisher091]

Random fact: the element number for Americium is 95.

[Jason-Bourne223]

Splinter Cell is good.

[ImportedSpy.CF]

<span class="ev_code_red"> Coke is awsome for removing stains.

Switzerland is the cleanest country </span>

[XyZspineZyX]

Switzerland also has the most chocolate consumed over a year, even more than us americans.

[pinkcar36]

And pinkcar, Do it shmell??- (some quote from a movie about feet.)
I don't want to smell like a weird girly freak(Not that girls are freaks, just that I'm no girl)

nope it has a light powder smell

[Da_shoota]

There is no english word that rhymes with orange

[sam_fisher091]

But there is! Door hinge, I believe rhymes with orange.

Random fact: The Maldives eats the most fish per capita in the world.

[SoulFire382]

Coke makes for a great chrome cleaner.

The vibrations caused by cranking up the bass on a car stereo can cause your lungs to collapse.
When you get stuck in a traffic jam, tell that to the idiots blasting rap music as loud as they possibly can.

Shoving bannanas or potatoes in a car's tailpipe can cause it to stall.

The man who wrote the first traffic laws never learned how to drive a car.

SPF 40-50 sunscreen doesn't provide much more protection than SPF 30.

You can get sunburned through a window.

Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Actor James Caviezel was struck by lightning while filming the 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ, in which he portrayed Jesus. (Serves him right!)

The serial killers in the movies Silence of the Lambs, Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Psycho are based on real people.

A coat purchased at a used-clothing store for Professor Marvel's costume in The Wizard of Oz turned out to have originally belonged to L. Frank Baum, the author of the story.

Eating turkey, as it turns out, doesn't make you sleepy.

Jello is made partly from animal bones and hides.

The shelf life of a Twinkie is 25 years.

Chop suey, a popular Chinese-restaurant menu item, is actually an American invention.

Indonesia produces a very expensive kind of coffee made from beans that have been swallowed, digested and excreted by a small weasel-like animal.

Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine.

Eating a poppy-seed bagel or muffin can cause you to fail a drug test.

Some red food colorings are made from ground-up beetles.

[XyZspineZyX]

I'm a bassist,so if my lungs collapse I know why. And pinkcar,thanks. Ironically I just got over a bunch of bites 2 days ago.Darn!! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[ImportedSpy.CF]

<span class="ev_code_red"> In 1922, a small watchmaker in Switzerland designed the first automatic watch to display the day, month and date. Only 7 were made. Today these watches go up for bids at $300,000 for a mint condition one. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.gif

Watch name = Stauer. </span>

[XyZspineZyX]

I never knew they even had watches in 1922.Just kidding.

The same man who invented TV later didn't watch it because he thought it was much too graphic http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif

The first man to skate on ice was 94 years old. I believe it was in 1600 something but I'm not sure.

[ImportedSpy.CF]

<span class="ev_code_red"> Russia is the biggest country :P

Alaska is a part of the U.S

When you jump of a plane you jump faster if you wanna go than if you didn't :P

Bugs Bunny wasn't Bugs Bunny until 1939 when he got new animation and
characteristics.

Bugs Bunny got a new voice in 1940.

A creator of Bugs Bunny got the idea of him from Groucho Marx </span>

[XyZspineZyX]

All the world's oceans would dry up, if we had no ozone,in about 2 days and 4 hours.

Plutonium is actually what was used in WWII to bomb Japan, contrary to popular belief it was Uranium. It just wasn't named Plutonium. It was called Uranium-244. Later it was called Plutonium when it was discovered it had more protons than Uranium. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[shadownet_spy04]

The drink Tang can be used to clean the scum off of a toilet bowl.

[SoulFire382]

Originally posted by shadownet_spy04:
The drink Tang can be used to clean the scum off of a toilet bowl.

Maybe that's what Tang was originally made for.
It tastes like toilet cleaner.

[element54]

i like this plutonium_kenny guy already. are you a fellow physicist?

hmmm. fact. ..... let me look somthin up, i'll be back.

[Omega_224]

An alligator an crocodile can be differentiated by the lenght and width of their snout. Alligators have shorter, fatter snouts while crocs have longer, slenderer snouts.

Also, while on the topic of elements, Napalm is less dangerous than has been made out to seem. It is no more than jelatenous gasoline. In WWII and Vietnam, I believe, America began using Napalm (which is a combination of two other elements [I forget the names]) in their incindiary bombs. They used Napalm for its sticky and flammable characteristics. They used the bombs to burn entire cities, and when they dropped the bombs, they exploded into fireballs. They created many of these firballs through out the city, and as it burned oxygen, it required more. In order to fuel itself, the fireballs sucked oxygen from the higher air, causing gusts of wind reaching a hundred miles an hour. This wind, which scorched many people due to its high temperature, caused the fire to grow enormously. Eventually, the many fires combined to form one gigantic firestorm that engulfed the entire city, burning it to a crisp.

Another fact, the United States was the only nation to reject the United Nations bill prohibiting the use of Napalm and incindiary devices. The US still uses both today.

[XyZspineZyX]

Nice find bro!! I need to find more on napalm.

3 presidents have died on the 4th of July and 1 was born on it.

1/10th of your body is not hollow or has a cavity.

A revolver cannot be silenced unless it has a shroud around it.I personally will make one when I get my Class II license. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
-PK

[The_One34]

The part about your lungs when the bass is really high is true! When I go to a disco/club and the music is really high i find it hard to breathe and my lungs feel like they are working harder.

[kevorjs]

An alligator an crocodile can be differentiated by the lenght and width of their snout. Alligators have shorter, fatter snouts while crocs have longer, slenderer snouts.
They can also be identified by teeth. Crocidiles have lower teeth that show when the jaw is closed. Alligator's don't.



EDIT: Coka Cola got it's name cause in it's early invention it had cocaine, Litterally.

[XyZspineZyX]

http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/icon_twisted.gifhttp://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/784.gifHELLO SATAN!! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/784.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/icon_twisted.gifhttp://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/784.gif
Just kidding but I don't know if I am immune or what but I have had the bass on my bass amp all the way up and so was the volume.I droptuned the E STRING(Which I hardly do ever, but I was Just screwing around) way on down to 9 STEPS LOWER D and I only Played that string open.Besides finding out that you can fret and change the note almost 4 WHOLE STEPS HIGHER that the fret in front of it by simply changing pressure on the string, I never experienced any problems.And I have a 150 watt Half stack amp.Weird http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif
-PK

[SoulFire382]

It isn't just the lower the sound and the more bass that make it likely for a lung to collapse. It has to be at the same frequency at which the lungs .... I dunno. Just has to be at a specific amount.

[XyZspineZyX]

Well I sure as hell don't want to find out how to do it first hand lol.Thanks for posting.

And thanks to you all for not spamming.I want this thread to last a long time,say,50 pages. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[sam_fisher091]

Random fact: Lambert was born in Batcave, South Carolina.

[XyZspineZyX]

I read North Carolina in SC1 and PT. Why did it change I wonder??

Noon is the best time to get a garden to start growing and not mowing.Ok thats just some old wives tale but its true about mowing.Too hot. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Desert Hawk]

Originally posted by sam_fisher091:
But there is! Door hinge, I believe rhymes with orange.

Random fact: The Maldives eats the most fish per capita in the world.

Not if you pronounce "orange" (It's not oringe) properly.

"An 1898 novel by Morgan Robertson foretold the sinking of the Titanic, 14 years before the great ship went down. In Robertson's book, the ship, which has a passenger list filled with wealthy and powerful people, is on its maiden voyage when it strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on an April night and sinks. The Titanic was on its maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on the night of April 12. The two ships shared many other eerie similarities as well, such as: displacement (70,000 tons to 74,000) passenger capacity (about 3,000), top speed (75 knots), length (800 ft vs. 882) and a lack of sufficient lifeboats. The name of the ship in Robertson's book: the Titan."

[XyZspineZyX]

The book 20000 Leagues Under the Sea told about submarines almost 20 years before the first plans for one were developed and accurately described the shape and other things. And the man who made the first sub never read the book until a few months after he built the sub.

[stealthmaster736]

RaceCar spelled backwards is RaceCar.

[ImportedSpy.CF]

<span class="ev_code_red"> PK got 337 posts in about 3 weeks </span>

[XyZspineZyX]

I really think that is easy to do.And most of it is in the off topic section. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

BTW, did you get a pm back about the code? I just pm'ed 91.

[Uber_Panda]

Originally posted by ImportedSpy.CF:
<span class="ev_code_red"> In 1922, a small watchmaker in Switzerland designed the first automatic watch to display the day, month and date. Only 7 were made. Today these watches go up for bids at $300,000 for a mint condition one. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.gif

Watch name = Stauer. </span>


I own a replica version of those watches. They're quite handy and I get a lot of compliments from owning one

http://www.nextten.com/core/framework/scripts/image.asp?path=/media/Stauer_1922SNN.jpg&width=400&height=400

The only downside to it is that it's actually quite large (The actual watch that is: not the band, which is a thick leather). Sometimes my sleeve will get caught on the rim when I roll my sleeve up

It also include a tachymeter, which unfortunately, I have no idea how to use. The whole watch doesn't use batteries, but needs to be wound every now and then. You can even rattle it a bit, since it has a small motor that winds it with each vibration

[XyZspineZyX]

My grandpa had one of those now that I think about it.He died in the hospital with it on and was buried with it on http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/cry.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/cry.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/cry.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/cry.gif

[ImportedSpy.CF]

<span class="ev_code_red"> Yeah exact same pic of which i read it in, "National Geographic", I got the book in my hand right now, hmm the copy should have been $147 when you bought it cause theres a new offer for $99</span>

[bozibozic]

Originally posted by Plutonium_Kenny:
The book 20000 Leagues Under the Sea told about submarines almost 20 years before the first plans for one were developed and accurately described the shape and other things. And the man who made the first sub never read the book until a few months after he built the sub.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is similar to that but he told of helicopters and this was written in the 1920's i think.

[Uber_Panda]

Originally posted by ImportedSpy.CF:
<span class="ev_code_red"> Yeah exact same pic of which i read it in, "National Geographic", I got the book in my hand right now, hmm the copy should have been $147 when you bought it cause theres a new offer for $99</span>

That offer has been there for quite awhile. I got it for $99 though

[bozibozic]

Originally posted by ImportedSpy.CF:
<span class="ev_code_red">...Today these watches go up for bids at $300,000 for a mint condition one. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.gif ... </span>
After 50 released In Da Club, Em bought him a $500,000 watch.

[cooldude6681]

Real Laws:
Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, New York
It's against the law for cats to howl after 9 P.M. in Columbus, Georgia
A Barker, New Jersey, law makes it illegal to knock on doors or ring doorbells
In New Jersey, a person can be arrested for slurping soup
In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon over 6 ft. in length
It is against the law to carry an open umbrella down the sidewalk on Central Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas
In Corning, Iowa, it is against the law to speak to anyone passing along the street or sidewalk
In 1924, a monkey was convicted in South Bend, Indiana, of the crime of smoking a cigarette, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and the cost of the trial
An old Truro, Massachusetts, law says that a man can't get married until he has killed six blackbirds or three crows
It is unlawful to hitch a crocodile to a fire hydrant in Michigan
In Pine Island District, Minnesota, it is illegal for a man to pass a cow without tipping his hat
It's against the law in Portland, Oregon, to bathe without wearing a bathing suit covering you from your neck to your knees
In Gainesville, Florida, no train may run through the city faster than a man can walk
In Memphis, it is against the law for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of the car waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians
According to Baltimore, Maryland, city code, every man, woman, or child who has bowled a game since 1833 is subject to a fine of two dollars for each offense
Washington (that's where I live!http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif) law says that a driver of a car not equipped with ash trays is liable to a two-hundred-dollar fine
According to Kentucky state law, every person must take a bath at least once a year
But an old Boston law states that no one shall take a bath more than once per week
Another Boston statuteforbids a person to take a bath unless he has a written prescription from a medical doctor
Yeah, okay, I think that's enough...

[Omega_224]

That's sad.

[EternalDirt]

Here's a random fact for you... I love shoes; that's right I have a shoe fettish. Well it is a FACT http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[XyZspineZyX]

It is illegal to put a penny in your ear in Hawaii.
It is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket in Iowa.
It is illegal to whistle underwater in Vermont.
Eternal dirt is a real woman. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[ImportedSpy.CF]

<span class="ev_code_red"> This is my 400th Post http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif </span>

[XyZspineZyX]

Congrats man!!I will dedicate one of my bullets to you when I fire tomorrow.

The earth is 92,800,000 miles from the sun.
(\__/)
(O.o )
(> < )
-PK

[Uber_Panda]

Originally posted by ImportedSpy.CF:
<span class="ev_code_red"> This is my 400th Post http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif </span>

Could be your last if you keep that stunt up

[XyZspineZyX]

Hey,it's a fact. But yeah,don't post too much about your post # as a fact or it'll be boring.I actually try to remember all these facts and hate trying to find some that I have to ignore.

President George W. Bush (43) is the most fit president ever.Now he is my role model for sure. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

My thummarines wish you congrats too,don't ya boys?

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-PK

[Omega_224]

Oooooh. Those are you thummarines. I never made the connection until just now. Huh.

[XyZspineZyX]

Why did you change your sig?