The random fact thread

[Sir Calumn]

That's nothing, Lobsters (or is it Crayfish, I cant remember) have a 24 hour orgasm. Also, if barnicles were human sized and everything was increased proportionally, their penis would be 12 feet long. Those are actually true!

Everyone masterbates one time in their life, whether they know that or not, in mothers womb.

!!!!!!!!

 

[Voltaic Borusse]

Blue whales have the largest penises, averaging at a whopping 11 feet in length.

 

[nird]

If you were to drop a plain doughnut from the top of the empire statebuilding and it were to hit someone, it would only knock them out, however if it were a jam filled doughnut then it would kill them

that is BS. THe Mythbusters on Discoverychannel teste the myth and they busted it.

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- China and India together holds a population of 2,386,578,200 of the worlds total 6,446,131,400 people .

- The word 'Satan' origins from the word 'Shaitan' which means opponent.

- Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, is the most anatomical correct drawing in history

- It is estimated that 0.7-1% of the general population is afflicted with narcissistic personality disorder.

 

[Joe Star]

Blue whales have the largest penises, averaging at a whopping 11 feet in length.

& they're called dorks

 

[Jon]

- At least 4 Americans are killed each year in duck attacks.
- The abbreviation "LOL" first appeared in print in 1973.
- Giraffes can't sit or lie down. They stand all their lives, even sleeping. If they fall down, they can't get up again.

 

[x4dixont]

Pigs don't sweat. which is ironic as the saying is "im sweating like a P-I-G"

 

[Siawash]

-Dixon has turned 18

 

[James007]

- Giraffes can't sit or lie down. They stand all their lives, even sleeping. If they fall down, they can't get up again.

Really? I thought I've seen baby girrafes laying down. This must be when they are older?

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- The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft

- Moscow weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting!

- In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.

 

[gagiz]

ARE YOU FKIN SERIOUS!The States are ***ed up!

-Fish dont have eyelids

-Honey is the only thing that never perishes

 

[rony31]

-If all the DNA in your body was put end to end, it could reach the Sun and back over 600 times

-It would take a person typing 60 words per minute, 8 hours a day, around 50 years to type the human genome

-If the three billion letters in the human genome were stacked 1mm apart, they would reach a height 7000 times greater than that of the Empire State Building

 

[JFG_Lancer]

* During World War II, the 2nd Polish Corps had a brown bear named Wojtek, who helped move boxes of ammunition during the battle of Monte Cassino.

* In World War II, the German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.

* During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a simple glass of water.

* Atari had to bury millions of unsold "E.T." game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill in 1982.

* In a five card poker game there are 2,598,960 possible hands.

I will have many more later, I'm full of useless stuff.

 

[Voltaic Borusse]

* Atari had to bury millions of unsold "E.T." game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill in 1982.

Interesting fact, and funny that as well. I was a proud owner of the E.T. game for the Atari 2600, along with Arachnophobia. That's all I remember, though.

 

[Bobby]

- In 2004 Micah Ross became the 4th player in NFL history to play 17 games in one season. The NFL season is 16 games long.

 

[nird]

- In 2004 Micah Ross became the 4th player in NFL history to play 17 games in one season. The NFL season is 16 games long.

how exactely did he do that?

 

[Kibe Kru]

The record holder for the most money made per movie is Anthony Daniels, who got 311M dollars per movie. Daniels dubbed C3PO in the 6 Star Wars movies.

Around 2.2M people lost their bags in airplane flights in 2003

 

[nird]

the most profitable movie off all time was Blair Witch.
the budget was $35,000 and it grossed over $150 million at the box office.

 

[Sir Calumn]

The record holder for the most money made per movie is Anthony Daniels, who got 311M dollars per movie. Daniels dubbed C3PO in the 6 Star Wars movies.

My dad used to know him when he was a penniless stage actor. Still in touch I think. Anyway, because his father really didnt want him to be an actor, he insisted that he did a law degree before he went acting so he had something stable to fall back on, hence when the original Star Wars film was made, as he was the only cast member with legal experience, Lucas put him in charge of all the legal and financial aspects for a huge percentage, which is why he made so much.

 

[Kibe Kru]

By the 19th century, Theodor von Bischoff researched human brain. His studies revealed that the male brain averages 1350 grams, while female weighs about 1250 grams. To von Bischoff that proved men are smarter than women. After he died, his own brain was weighted... 1245 grams...

 

[INFESTA]

Wow, Sir_Didier_Drogba, that is one awesome irrelevant fact.

Well, here's my contribution: Nuno Gomes, Benfica's striker, is really called Nuno Ribeiro.

The 'Gomes' part was given to him after the great FC Porto striker of the 80's Fernando Gomes. (They also have similar hairstyles...)

 

[TheBlueBalla]

how exactely did he do that?

Im gonna assume he somehow got traded after a saturday night game, perhaps, and ended up playing on sunday afternoon or monday night of the same game week

what kind?

* During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a simple glass of water.

I know its not the purpose of this thread, but I am going to call this one out as bogus. Inflation has been massive in the history of the United States. That wouldnt be unreasonable in a similar situation today, say with people making silly money in a gold rush and, in a more arid spot someone could charge like 100 bucks to someone who could afford to pay it. But if you translate that 150+ ago, thats like someone doling out maybe 20-50,000 dollars for a glass of water. Somehow, I just dont see that as anything more than the most absolutely rare of circumstances