Interesting Facts about onions [Archive]

chu

30-03-2008, 08:08 PM

hey guys...well the other day i was talking to my dad and one of the guys that he rides with said that there are more people alive in the world today that have ever died previously...i found this amazing i could hardly believe it because you would thought that more the 6 billion people would have died in the earths history...obviously not...so i was wondering if anyone else had interesting facts like these?

{ScarFace}

30-03-2008, 08:16 PM

Alright I'll play

1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

(Hardly seems worth it)

2. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

(Now that's more like it)

3. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

(In my next life I want to be a pig)

(How'd they figure this out, and why?)

4. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

(Still can't get over that pig thing)

(Don't try this at home...maybe at work?)

5. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

(Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)

(And pigs get 30-minute orgasms? Doesn't seem fair)

6. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

(Hmmmmmmmmm........)

7. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

(If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?)

8. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

(From drinking little bottles of...?)

(Did taxpayers pay for this research??)

9. Polar bears are left handed.

(Who knew....? Who cares? How'd they find out, did they ask them?)

10. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

(What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)

ok i'm done

wombat

30-03-2008, 08:17 PM

hey guys...well the other day i was talking to my dad and one of the guys that he rides with said that there are more people alive in the world today that have ever died previously...i found this amazing i could hardly believe it because you would thought that more the 6 billion people would have died in the earths history...obviously not...
I'm (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=703709) calling (http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/dead.asp) BS (http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedonEarth.aspx).

chu

30-03-2008, 09:10 PM

I'm calling BS

dammit...well dads mate must have thought that it was only from 5000 years ago...my interesting fact is a lie...dam...have you got one to contribute?

LTR

30-03-2008, 09:16 PM

dammit...well dads mate must have thought that it was only from 5000 years ago...
No, he only thought up a lie! ;)

AngoXC

30-03-2008, 09:25 PM

The engine in the Boeing 777 sucks in more air in 60 seconds just spooling then you do in a lifetime. Actually, that really isnt that exciting is it :(

chu

30-03-2008, 09:27 PM

No, he only thought up a lie! ;)

hahahaha...my dads mate did remember;)

The engine in the Boeing 777 sucks in more air in 60 seconds just spooling then you do in a lifetime. Actually, that really isnt that exciting is it :(

thats a good one actually...when you say spooling you mean just idleing? or revving its t*ts off

cameron_15

30-03-2008, 09:39 PM

the first movie theaters were called nickelodeons.:eek:thats wherethe name came from.

45% of any dollar bill you have ever owned has been in a stripper's G-string

Room temperature is considered to be 72 degrees Fahrenheit

In Reno Nevada it is illegal to lie down on the sidewalk.

There is a two-foot long bird called the Kea. The kea lives in New Zealand and just loves to eat the strips of rubber around car windows.

Chewing gum while cutting onions will prevent crying

Approximately 40% of photosynthesis on Earth is carried out by planktonic organisms. That means that nearly half of the world’s oxygen is generated by phytoplankton!

Everyone should know them

Karnige182

30-03-2008, 09:40 PM

The engine in the Boeing 777 sucks in more air in 60 seconds just spooling then you do in a lifetime. Actually, that really isnt that exciting is it :(

on that note a 777 engine at full thrust can empty the entire boeing factory of its air volume in just 1 or 2 seconds (i'm pretty sure)
and also a 747-400 uses a standard commodore fuel tank every second during take off
the wright brothers first flight can be flown inside a 747, and can also be flown inside the economy area of an A380, and can almost be flown twice inside the entire A380
The 1st migs flew into thier own machine gun fire because they flew faster then the ammunition

yes i am full of pointeless aircraft facts, it comes as part of studying aerospace;):p

Angry Atheist

30-03-2008, 09:48 PM

Well considering this thread could have people refute left, right, and centre...

Why don't we all list what useless stupid things or old wives tales you have heard.

supposedly true:

- ear lobes never stop growing.
- eyeballs stop growing after about 2 years of age.
- toe nails grow a quarter of the speed of fingernails.
- eyelashes fallout with such regularity that no one could ever grow them long.
- humans can touch each finger with their thumb, no other living thing can do the same.
- if humans compared to fleas, it would mean we can jump 30 city blocks in one go.
- our gut flora/fauna keeps us alive by helping breaking down our food. If we didn't have them we'd starve not matter how much food we could eat.
- unwashed hair (on your head) eventually starts to clean itself.
- skin pores do not open/close by themselves. Removing blood from the surface shrinks the skin slightly.

Old Wives Tales (all from my mother, the mail-order whore that she is):
- the full moon indicates that the next day will have temp extremes (hot or cold)
- shaving your legs reduces your life span by the length of time it takes the hair to grow back to 10mm
- pregnant woman cannot be exposed to freaky/scary pictures lest the baby turns out the same.
- pulling a stupid face may be become permanent if the wind blows west.
- menstral blood is poisonous.
- fat people are healthier than normal weight people.
- and others...

Venciferus

30-03-2008, 09:53 PM

The 1st migs flew into thier own machine gun fire because they flew faster then the ammunition

Interesting fact:

You can actually buy a supersonic MiG 21 from various aircraft dealers around the world and there is an operating MiG 15 (I think?) in Australia.

Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.

35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!

In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.

More people in China speak English than in the United States.

AngoXC

30-03-2008, 09:56 PM

thats a good one actually...when you say spooling you mean just idleing? or revving its t*ts off

Its when the compressor blades are just spinning doing nothing. If you were reving the shit out of it, it would suck you in and spit you out the back before you could even breath once!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uR120L2v4Y

Breaka

30-03-2008, 09:59 PM

Its when the compressor blades are just spinning doing nothing. If you were reving the shit out of it, it would suck you in and spit you out the back before you could even breath once!

On an 'OWNED' compilation I've seen a dude actually gets sucked through one. Apparently he survives........but I really don't see how that's possible :eek:

Karnige182

30-03-2008, 10:01 PM

Interesting fact:

You can actually buy a supersonic MiG 21 from various aircraft dealers around the world and there is an operating MiG 15 (I think?) in Australia.

i believe that is true! i think you can have joy flights in an old mig up in rockhampton, some one correct if i'm wrong, but there is deffinetly a fighter jet joy flight in rocky.

you can also buy other ex-military aircraft from from aircraft dealers

here is some proof on this one
http://www.aircraftbargains.com/ad/ad355.asp
http://www.airplanemart.com/advertisers/preview_ad.php?opt1=333ac5d90817d6987113471fbb6e53 1bee
http://www.pilotmarket.com/aircrafts/Aircraft_For_Sale/War_Birds_and_Classic/Northrop/listing-12587.html

:):):)

AngoXC

30-03-2008, 10:06 PM

i believe that is true! i think you can have joy flights in an old mig up in rockhampton, some one correct if i'm wrong, but there is deffinetly a fighter jet joy flight in rocky.

you can also buy other ex-military aircraft from from aircraft dealers

here is some proof on this one
http://www.aircraftbargains.com/ad/ad355.asp
http://www.airplanemart.com/advertisers/preview_ad.php?opt1=333ac5d90817d6987113471fbb6e53 1bee
http://www.pilotmarket.com/aircrafts/Aircraft_For_Sale/War_Birds_and_Classic/Northrop/listing-12587.html

:):):)

There is a pretty big market for older warbirds such as P-40s and the likes (especially the case with the Bearcat in the second link...very popular for air racing) but jets...cant say you hear much about people with MiG-29s stored in local aerodrome hangers :rolleyes: (though it could be possible...hydraulic doors used to divert air from the main intakes to vents on the wings as not to suck shit through the engines off the road/dirt track they may or maynot have been landing on)...

Karnige182

30-03-2008, 10:13 PM

lol i know where your coming form there, but some people are enthusiasts, and some people have far too much money, i watch a show on some of the richest people not long ago and many extremely rich people have private fighter jets they take out for a spin. in the adds i got the links from there was an SU-25 for sale, if you had the access to a half decent airport and hanger you could store these aircraft there. Its also law that airports have to clear the FOD and shit from the runway, taxiway and apron, its ruling from CASA, all you need is heaps of money and an airport with very relaxed noise rulings and your away:p

olly1oo6

30-03-2008, 10:28 PM

Shamelessly stolen from Bill Bryson:
How did you come to exist?

If your parents hadn't bonded at the exact moment, you wouldn't exist. So how many people do you rely on for your luck of being alive?

go back 8 generations: 250 people are a result of your existence
20 generations: 1,048,576
30 generations: 1 billion
64 generations: (This would be around the time of the Romans): 1 Million Trillion. (several thousand times the number of people who have EVER lived)

Why does that not work out right?

Incest!

So in-breeding is a very likely occurrence, especially now. Just thought you'd like to know.

floody

30-03-2008, 11:30 PM

45% of any dollar bill you have ever owned has been in a stripper's G-string

Room temperature is considered to be 72 degrees Fahrenheit

Both somewhat redundant outside of an American context given the discontinuation of the Australia one dollar note in 1984, and our use of units in celsius to denote temperature.

Should this thread be renamed 'nonsense from email forwards created by bored Americans'?

alpinestar12

31-03-2008, 12:10 AM

Should this thread be renamed 'nonsense from email forwards created by bored Americans'?

Yes, I think so, original poster consider changing?

johnny

31-03-2008, 12:22 AM

5. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
Wrong. There is a bread of monkeys who's whole social dynamic revolves around sex. They are also all bisexual. If pushed I will research and find out exactly what breed.

6. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Pretty sure that's wrong too. May be the way it's written; your toungue can lift more than your legs/other larger muscle? Anyway, even for weight/size I was pretty sure it was the sphincter/arsehole muscle.

More people in China speak English than in the United States.
Pretty sure that's crap too. Also, is this fluently or can just say hello, goodbye and count to 50? They now teach Chinese in middle school (primary) so this is probably where this stat comes from. But to say that they "can speak English" is an overstatement of monumental proportions.

Spike-X

31-03-2008, 05:40 AM

Wrong. There is a bread of monkeys who's whole social dynamic revolves around sex. They are also all bisexual. If pushed I will research and find out exactly what breed.

Is it the bonobo?

thecat

31-03-2008, 06:00 AM

That would be the one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo

Customjimmy

31-03-2008, 06:35 AM

Spike-X

31-03-2008, 06:42 AM

Here's one not too many people know. George Dubya's brother Marvin Bush was a board member and principal of the company Securacom, which in 2001 was the sole provider of security services to the World Trade Center (sic), United airlines and Dulles airport.

From 1993 until June 2000, he was on the board of directors of the Sterling, Virginia company Stratesec (formerly known as Securacom), which had contracts to provide security for United Airlines, Dulles International Airport, and the World Trade Center.

So by September 11, 2001 he was well and truly finished with that company.

Interesting coincidence, or plausible deniability? You decide!

axertes

31-03-2008, 10:12 AM

Wrong. There is a bread of monkeys who's whole social dynamic revolves around sex. They are also all bisexual. If pushed I will research and find out exactly what breed.

That would be the Bonobo. They're like chimpanzees but smaller.

Crap. Should've read the next page. Sorry.

I'd better make a fact then eh?

Umm, I just read that the words crap and bugger came into the English language via Flemish in the 1600s.

Customjimmy

31-03-2008, 10:48 AM

So by September 11, 2001 he was well and truly finished with that company.

Interesting coincidence, or plausible deniability? You decide!

Mmm.. bit out with the dates, but hey... Marvin Bush was also previously a director of and advisor to HCC Insurance holdings - Insurer in part of the World Trade Centre and whatever that other building was that they demolished. Interesting fact, no? I'll stop there, could go on forever.

ajay

31-03-2008, 11:26 AM

Wrong. There is a bread of monkeys who's whole social dynamic revolves around sex. They are also all bisexual. If pushed I will research and find out exactly what breed.

Define research....:p

Nerf Herder

31-03-2008, 12:02 PM

...

- ear lobes never stop growing... The entire ear never stops growing.

If you put a dot in the centre of your ear drum in "X" years it will appear (somewhat stretched) on the outter surface of your ear.

This is why "old" (for lack of a better word) people have massive ears.

Source: Doctor Karl ... can't remember from what program (TV or radio)

Bonobo Facts Continue: They are also the most passive of the prime apes(sp) including Homo Sapiens (was gonna put man, but that ain't PC enough). When things get tense in a social context ... the leading female gathers the entire "tribe ??" into a mass bonkfest and they have at it ... regardless of sex, as per Fact No 2 (bisexual).

This was said to be linked to the matriarchal(sp) structure of its society and the attitude / use of sex (re: passivity)... That was on 60 minutes

Venciferus

31-03-2008, 12:08 PM

Pretty sure that's crap too. Also, is this fluently or can just say hello, goodbye and count to 50? They now teach Chinese in middle school (primary) so this is probably where this stat comes from. But to say that they "can speak English" is an overstatement of monumental proportions.

To be honest, I only wanted to say the bit about MiG's (which I love) I added the rest off a fact generator on teh internetz, so my post wouldn't be all that off-topic.

|Matt|

31-03-2008, 12:14 PM

90% of all car accidents in VL Commodores are immediately preceeded by the words, 'watch this bro'.

85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

75% of people make up 3/4 of the population.

cameron_15

31-03-2008, 12:18 PM

The weight of all the plankton in the oceans is greater than that of all the dolphins, fish and whales put together.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words...Ahhhhhhhh

imagine that.
Doctor says "i'm sorry, you suffer from Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
patient says"Ahhhhhhhhhh, Oh My God, Don't Say That!!!" hehe

Regan of Gong

31-03-2008, 12:33 PM

Mmm.. bit out with the dates, but hey... Marvin Bush was also previously a director of and advisor to HCC Insurance holdings - Insurer in part of the World Trade Centre and whatever that other building was that they demolished. Interesting fact, no? I'll stop there, could go on forever.

Forever or as long as Michael Moore's book goes for? I'm thought I read that in "Stupid White People". Could be wrong, apologies in advance- there was a lot of stuff like that.

soty

31-03-2008, 04:45 PM

90% of all car accidents in VL Commodores are immediately preceeded by the words, 'watch this bro'.

Hahahahaha! SIGGED!

downhillboy

31-03-2008, 04:48 PM

[QUOTE=|Matt|;1329527]90% of all car accidents in VL Commodores are immediately preceeded by the words, 'watch this bro'.

hahahahahaha thats good it' probly true thouh.

Arete

31-03-2008, 04:57 PM

- For every cell of your body there are 10 microorgansims on or in you.

- 60% of poo is actually dead bacterial cells.

- 20% of the population has golden staph up their nose as part of their natural nasal flora.

- The world's largest reservior of bubonic plauge is in prarie dogs in the USA. A few people most years catch it and die as a result of coming into contact with infected prarie dogs.

- You have a 94% chance of having these mites http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/eyelash/creatures.html living in your face.

flying high dh killer

31-03-2008, 05:09 PM

edit: ignore

Matt H

31-03-2008, 05:37 PM

What do 9/10 people enjoy?

Gang rape.

should have probably put that one in the jokes thread... meh...

cameron_15

31-03-2008, 05:39 PM

- For every cell of your body there are 10 microorgansims on or in you.

are you sure, microorganisms can be one cell minimum. therefore every cell of the human body has 10 cells attached, and that's only if they are prokaryotes (single cell organisms) e.g bacteria. if they were microscopic animals then they would be made of more then one cell..

i think thats a bit wrong. i saw a video in science an i think it was more like 500 micro organisms on your whole body, i''m notsure though. maybe for every 10 cells of your body you have 1 micro organism on or in you.

someone correct me if i'm wrong, i've only been doing biology for a term and i just think that's a little off.

What do 9/10 people enjoy?

Gang rape.

should have probably put that one in the jokes thread... meh...

hahahahaha.

Matt H

31-03-2008, 05:39 PM

- 20% of the population has golden staph up their nose as part of their natural nasal flora.

:eek:

So does that mean that 20% of people are immune, or can't it infect you that way? :confused:

someone correct me if i'm wrong, i've only been doing biology for a term and i just think that's a little off.

I think you might be. From what I've heard, Arete's credentials slightly outweigh that 1 term of biology. ;)

leitch

31-03-2008, 05:43 PM

are you sure...

Not to belittle you, but if there's anyone on this forum who'd know his shit about bacteria and microorganisms, it's Arete.

NeeBean

31-03-2008, 06:28 PM

Hey that is some interesting facts, this could come in handy in a school general knowlage quiz haha;)

Arete

01-04-2008, 08:09 AM

PSYCHO-T

01-04-2008, 11:41 AM

75% of people make up 3/4 of the population.

thats the biggest load ever:rolleyes:

heres one for all the whinny NON-smokers

Millions of non-smokers die, every year!
sleep tight

johnny

01-04-2008, 12:06 PM

Yes but smoking is just a slow way to kill yourself.

Not smoking is an even slower way to kill yourself!

BM Epic

01-04-2008, 12:39 PM

Yes but smoking is just a slow way to kill yourself.

Not smoking is an even slower way to kill yourself!didn't i almost find that out for myself,26 years of sucking down bungers=bad,2 and a half years of mtb and non smoking=good,i can now taste things,food=yummy!

No Skid Marks

01-04-2008, 12:54 PM

Umm, I just read that the words crap and bugger came into the English language via Flemish in the 1600s.
Crap was the Australian inventor of the flushing toilets name,hence "the crapper".

Joy

01-04-2008, 01:25 PM

Crap was the Australian inventor of the flushing toilets name,hence "the crapper".

I met a direct descendant of Thomas Crapper the other night. Couldn't believe it until he showed me his ID, and fair enough there it was.

cameron_15

01-04-2008, 02:53 PM

A prokaryote cell is several orders of magnitude smaller than a eukaryotic cell, so for every human cell, there can be literally hundreds of bacterial cells in the gut.

plus, you can have systems of organisims inside you e.g. Termites can only digest wood because they have a particular species of protist living in it's gut flora that has a particular species of bacteria covering its surface that can digest the cellulose in the wood.

awesome. i thought that would be the case after i looked at the book. i was wondering how a eukaryote could have so many organelles inside it and still be the same size as a Prokaryote. the book has them drawn in the same size next to each other, got me confused.

as i said, i've only done 6 weeks of biology and we haven't covered much stuff yet. Are you some sort of biologist or something?

chu

01-04-2008, 03:01 PM

Not to belittle you, but if there's anyone on this forum who'd know his shit about bacteria and microorganisms, it's Arete.

as i said, i've only done 6 weeks of biology and we haven't covered much stuff yet. Are you some sort of biologist or something?

theres your answer;)

PINT of Stella, mate!

01-04-2008, 05:20 PM

heres one for all the whinny NON-smokers

Millions of non-smokers die, every year!
sleep tight

Fact1: it's spelled 'whiny'

Fact2: Ripping off Bill Hicks quotes makes you neither big nor clever.

pryaz-norco rider

01-04-2008, 05:33 PM

^^^^^ Those last 2 were gold:p;):D

Spike-X

01-04-2008, 05:33 PM

Ripping off Bill Hicks quotes makes you neither big nor clever.

It may, however, make you Dennis Leary.

pryaz-norco rider

01-04-2008, 05:42 PM

Diet coke was invented in 1982:):p:D

Vicious_Fishes

01-04-2008, 05:55 PM

there are more chooks on earth than people.

matt is a priest.

PINT of Stella, mate!

01-04-2008, 06:00 PM

It may, however, make you Dennis Leary.

I'll drink to that!

brettyG

01-04-2008, 06:16 PM

1 in 4 million lobsters will be born blue. Hahaha.

SMIIISH

01-04-2008, 06:20 PM

Fact1: it's spelled 'whiny'

Fact2: Ripping off Bill Hicks quotes makes you neither big nor clever.

smokers are a dying breed.

Matt H

01-04-2008, 06:20 PM

wiki says not:

Around one in two million lobsters are blue

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Blue_lobster_02.jpg/800px-Blue_lobster_02.jpg

{ScarFace}

01-04-2008, 06:38 PM

Lobsters can be born any colour

although irrelevant of original colour, once cooked they all turn red

Downhill Domination

01-04-2008, 07:04 PM

1. Chuck norris can sneeze with his eyes open!!
2. Chuck norris can slam a revolving door!!
3. Chuck Norris does not sleep. he waits!!
4. Chuck Norris is so fast he can run around the world and punch himslef in the head!!
5. Chuck norris does not wear a watch. HE decides what tme it is!!
I decided to go with something random and you GOT RANDOM!!! :p

Bomb446

01-04-2008, 07:04 PM

You can only fold an average piece of paper 7 times.

And Johnny,nice description 'the arsehole' muscle.

Breaka

01-04-2008, 07:33 PM

1. Chuck norris can sneeze with his eyes open!!

So can I. It's actually possible - have a go.

kudos

01-04-2008, 07:36 PM

how santa looks was invented by the cocacola company before that he was thin and wore(sp) green

maxwolfie

01-04-2008, 07:46 PM

There is a two-foot long bird called the Kea. The kea lives in New Zealand and just loves to eat the strips of rubber around car windows.

BS, I've seen these birds and they are way smaller than this. They are pretty naughty though

mtb_champ

01-04-2008, 07:47 PM

"the book can also be used as hat" - family guy ;)

speaking of chuck norris - (not sure if this is a interesting fact but meh)
type in "find chuck norris" into google and click on i'm feeling lucky!!!!!

1 in 10 people own a stp - wiki ;)

here is that bird that everyone is talking about -
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Birds/NewZealand/CommonForest/KeaEatingRentalCar.jpg
can anyone answer why they do it?

cheers.

Karnige182

01-04-2008, 07:51 PM

BS, I've seen these birds and they are way smaller than this. They are pretty naughty though

true that, the size is massively wrong, they are about the size of a small cockie (sp) around 25-30cm high (Max), the rest is pure fact, destroyed our windows cleaning nosels and wipers at fox glacier and Franz joseph glacier! and would you believe at Mt cook as well! we gave up...

Ivan

01-04-2008, 08:02 PM

BS, I've seen these birds and they are way smaller than this. They are pretty naughty though

I call your BS. I have also seen these birds and they were close to 2 foot. And, they were attacking the windscreen wipers on the car next to ours

The average size is 48cm, which is only 12cm off 2 foot.

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1410&m=0

Ivan

01-04-2008, 08:05 PM

mtb_champ

01-04-2008, 08:31 PM

I was told by someone totally random that rubber has a similar smelling compound to rotting flesh (SOx Maybe??) and this is what attracted the birds

well case closed :)

{ScarFace}

01-04-2008, 08:41 PM

I was told by someone totally random that rubber has a similar smelling compound to rotting flesh (SOx Maybe??) and this is what attracted the birds

Ohhh, so that's why my dad's car smells like a dead guy. Here I was thinking he was serial killer.

cameron_15

01-04-2008, 08:48 PM

Ohhh, so that's why my dad's car smells like a dead guy. Here I was thinking he was serial killer.

that actually made me laugh. well done.

i compared the smell with my basement and yer, theres definetely a similarity.

dom101

01-04-2008, 10:04 PM

the standard amount of loops(around the main rope) of a noose is 9...they used 23 on saddams....i guess they didnt like him

THE YETI

02-04-2008, 12:46 AM

I call your BS. I have also seen these birds and they were close to 2 foot. And, they were attacking the windscreen wipers on the car next to ours

The average size is 48cm, which is only 12cm off 2 foot.

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1410&m=0

oh only 12cm off 2foot? You mean the same 12cm that's nearly 5"? by gosh that's only 1/5 of the bird. Yeah practically the same thing.

Isn't thins an 'interesting facts' thread? Not a chuck norris thread (should exist though)

THE YETI

02-04-2008, 12:49 AM

that actually made me laugh. well done.

i compared the smell with my basement and yer, theres definetely a similarity.

I won't ask why you have copiuos amounts of rubber, or rotting flesh, in your basement..

If rotting flesh really smelt like rubber we'd all re-use nan a car air freshener...

laura_spark

02-04-2008, 03:32 PM

the standard amount of loops(around the main rope) of a noose is 9...they used 23 on saddams....i guess they didnt like him

actually, according to popular belief, the hangman's noose must have 13 coils; however, this would make the knot sloppy and almost impossible to handle. Most such nooses only have 6 or 8 coils.

{ScarFace}

02-04-2008, 06:55 PM

actually, according to popular belief, the hangman's noose must have 13 coils; however, this would make the knot sloppy and almost impossible to handle. Most such nooses only have 6 or 8 coils.

I'm a little scared as to how you learnt so much about killing people.

brettyG

02-04-2008, 07:06 PM

wiki says not:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Blue_lobster_02.jpg/800px-Blue_lobster_02.jpg

Well from what I've read up about it, its either 1 in 3 million or 1 in 5 million, so i just went average; Wiki isn't right on everything. Also, the chances of finding a yellow one is close to 1 in 30 million, and that of an albino one is about 1 in 100 million

Parrish

02-04-2008, 07:45 PM

S_Town

02-04-2008, 07:58 PM

-The average humans eyesight is equivalent to 81 megapixels.

-It was Emperor Charlemagne's birthday today.

:)

Ivan

02-04-2008, 08:10 PM

oh only 12cm off 2foot? You mean the same 12cm that's nearly 5"? by gosh that's only 1/5 of the bird. Yeah practically the same thing.

Isn't thins an 'interesting facts' thread? Not a chuck norris thread (should exist though)

The average length was 12cm off, so the possibility of a 2 foot bird doesn't seem too far fetched to me. And, I've actually seen these birds in real life, and they look bloody huge. Have you?

{ScarFace}

02-04-2008, 08:11 PM

Alright I'm making the "Chuck Norris Thread"

don't post your Norris stuff in here.

nirvanafan

02-04-2008, 08:16 PM

you can modify an original i pod the big chunky one with a lap top hard drive to boost the storage space

heres how http://www.somelifeblog.com/2007/08/ipod-20gb-to-60gb-upgrade-guide-step-by.html

Ivan

02-04-2008, 08:39 PM

The Alumina refinery in Gladstone uses over 20% of Queenslands total power generation....and Queensland produces more electricity than you would probably think.

And, some of the DC lines in the electrolysis shed have so much current running through them, that your steel cap boots would stick to them.

mtberdave

02-04-2008, 10:50 PM

im awesome

kjf

03-04-2008, 01:56 PM

Tristan23

03-04-2008, 02:02 PM

Lizards communicate by doing push-ups...

Snails breath through their foot...

There's one human for every billion ants on the planet...

Source: Liddle facts on me daily orange juice. :)

S_Town

03-04-2008, 02:22 PM

Americans eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes

Pearls melt in vinegar.

A ducks quack doesn't echo at all.

Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Chewing gum while peeling and cutting onions will keep you from crying.

When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Sam.

03-04-2008, 02:36 PM

One breeding pair of rabbits can multiply to 13 million in three years, with good-ish conditions.

Kirky

03-04-2008, 02:41 PM

Hitler only had one testicle.

THE YETI

03-04-2008, 03:27 PM

The average length was 12cm off, so the possibility of a 2 foot bird doesn't seem too far fetched to me. And, I've actually seen these birds in real life, and they look bloody huge. Have you?

Actually i'm a kiwi so yes, i have. I know that it is possible, i just think it's funny that you talked down 12cm as though it was a measuring error...

8 hours of video is downloaded onto youtube every minute.

aidensnake

03-04-2008, 03:49 PM

45% of any dollar bill you have ever owned has been in a stripper's G-string

tell me where youll find a dollar bill in australia?

kx250f

03-04-2008, 04:13 PM

what a sick thread
love it

johnny

03-04-2008, 05:01 PM

kjf

03-04-2008, 05:03 PM

It may be, but the history of the word is traced back to shizen from the German language.

Ah, I see.
Well then...

03-04-2008, 05:03 PM

It may be, but the history of the word is traced back to shizen from the German language.

haha, "scheissen"... was going to bag you for your English then I realised it's your German that sucks!

BLAKE-2234

03-04-2008, 05:05 PM

45% of any dollar bill you have ever owned has been in a stripper's G-string

tell me where youll find a dollar bill in australia?

um i think its pretty obvious?

Ivan

03-04-2008, 05:41 PM

Actually i'm a kiwi so yes, i have. I know that it is possible, i just think it's funny that you talked down 12cm as though it was a measuring error...

8 hours of video is downloaded onto youtube every minute.

Meh, my E-penis is huge. 12cm means nothing to me:D

classclown

03-04-2008, 05:50 PM

-You share your birthday with at least 9 million people.

-Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump".

-The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

-Women blink nearly twice as often as men.

-The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

i found this one interesting

- The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

i call bs on this one

If you keep a Goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.

johnny

03-04-2008, 05:59 PM

-Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump".

Wrong:

http://www.alamut.com/subj/ideologies/alamut/etymolAss.html
http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/seerah/0056.htm

brettyG

03-04-2008, 06:36 PM

- The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

i call bs on this one

Well there's Europe, Asia, (South) America, (North) America, Australia, Africa and Antartica - they all end with the same letter they started with.

Another interesting fact - Only 2 man made structures are visible from outer space, the pyramids of Giza and the Hoover dam. Contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China cannot be seen from space, as it is far too thin.

|Matt|

03-04-2008, 06:38 PM

Well there's Europe, Asia, (South) America, (North) America, Australia, Africa and Antartica - they all end with the same letter they started with.

Another interesting fact - Only 2 man made structures are visible from outer space, the pyramids of Giza and the Hoover dam. Contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China cannot be seen from space, as it is far too thin.

He was talking about the goldfish one...

Banned.Regularly

03-04-2008, 06:46 PM

well...
In china, their are more honour students then their are students in the whole of america.. suprise lol.

In new orleans, they had pumps that could empty an olympic sized swimming pool in 2 seconds.

By 2018, the average $1000 computer will be as powerful as the human brain. By 2049, the average $1000 computer will be as powerful as the whole human race put togeather. This is if technology continuously increases at this rate.

johnny

03-04-2008, 06:58 PM

well...
In china, their are more honour students then their are students in the whole of america.. suprise lol. Chinese lecturers are reputed on how many successful students they have and their own research grants can hinge on this. Therefore it is in there interests to have as many honour students as possible. Secondly, what constitutes an honours student? I know that just in Australia alone there is vastly differing criteria between universities on what constitutes an honours student.

By 2018, the average $1000 computer will be as powerful as the human brain. By 2049, the average $1000 computer will be as powerful as the whole human race put togeather. This is if technology continuously increases at this rate.Sorry, but that is just a silly projection of the future based on historical statistical data concerning microchips and such that completely disregards the complexity of the human brain. The human brain has billions upon billions of neural interfaces, most of which we still don't understand. Think about vision, how much do we know about that, we can do laser surgery, put glassy type things on the eyeball to help us see and magnify our vision to see billions of miles. We haven't got the first idea of how brains create vision apart that cells are activated on the retina and a signal is passed to the occipital lobe. Try emotion, dreams, epilepsy, dimentia and all the other things we DON'T know about the brain.

Just because technology concerning computers is expanding doesn't mean our knowledge of the brain is. In the 1940's they thought we'd be living on the moon by now with armies of robots serving our every need!

For a facts thread, the facts seem pretty short on the ground right now. Maybe people should actually have an idea of what they are saying (that means a little more research than just grabbing silly things off internet trivia pages) before posting them.

Notice how the most knowledgeable people on this site (Arete, Gravelclimber, scblack, MasterofReality, Wombat, etc.) aren't posting in this thread?

I'm feeling cynical.

Banned.Regularly

03-04-2008, 07:01 PM

lol.. well i learnt that at school so dont blame me.. i got it off of this.. its pretty amazing this video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fhnWKg9B2-8

and johnny.. you completely missed hte point... i didnt say the computer would act as a brain.. just would have the same processing power of a human brain.. completely different. Plus, computers can already see using cameras... so thats already solved.. so why would they try and make computers see using the same ancient technology the human body uses? :S THAT is silly. Emotion can also be programmed, using a set of variables. For instance, if the computer had not been used for two months straight, it woud feel lonely. If the computer was running low on batteries.. tired. If the computer was being overrun and their wasnt enough ram.. stressed. You see? think out of the box..

Ivan

03-04-2008, 07:06 PM

Notice how the most knowledgeable people on this site (Arete, Gravelclimber, scblack, MasterofReality, Wombat, etc.) aren't posting in this thread?

I'm feeling cynical.

Nice to see your slumming it with us.

Banned.Regularly

03-04-2008, 07:07 PM

lol yeah i agree... are you saying your not knowledable.. because if you were you would be cool like all those guys and not post :P

toodles

03-04-2008, 07:11 PM

A giant squid has the largest eyes of all animals measuring nearly 45cm across.

Ninjas didn't wear black.

Snake venom isn't poisonous nor does it spread through the bloodstream.

McDonalds is the world's largest purchaser of potatos.

The Great Fire of 1666 rid London of the plague.

Microwaves can't melt beeswax.

Plants have demonstrated premonition

There are more Irish pubs in Boston than in Ireland

manik_man2233

03-04-2008, 07:25 PM

If you left 2 flies to mate without any form of predator, in a year they would cover the surface of the earth.

The orange ghost off Pacman is named Clyde. (there's something completely useless)

brisneyland

03-04-2008, 07:46 PM

The chorda tympani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorda_tympani) is analogous to the female clitoris.
(They're both stimulated by the anterior two thirds of the tongue)

cameron_15

03-04-2008, 07:50 PM

Here we go.

-PSZ or partially stabalised Zirconia is a very very strong ceramic material. NASA used PSZ to make Balls (about the size of golf balls) for their spaceships and shuttles. the balls made were so Spherical that if they were scaled up to the size of the earth the largest hill would be under 500M

-It IS possible to throw a tennis ball into space. you just need to be able to throw it at 11.4 Km's a second. America launched a Sewer Lid thingy (forgot what they were called:o) into space. the sewer lid was used to plug the lid on an underground Bomb test. the lid was blasted into space and is now predicted to be out past Pluto.:eek:

-Around 400bc Democritus discovered that all matter was made up of tuny building blocks. he gave these blocks the name Atomos which meant unable to be divided.

-25 million people have died in car crashes worldwide. That's more then the entire population of Australia.

-A 4-stroke motor is called a 4-stroke beause the Motor operates in 4 different steps. Suck, Squeeze, Bang and Blow. Hehe.

-Australia is made up of 14 States and Territories.
Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australian Antarctic Territory, Australian Capital Territory, Christmas Island, Coral Sea Islands, Jervis Bay Territory, New South Wales, Norfolk Islands, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

-Prior to the Unites Nations, there was an orginisation called the Leagues of nations, they were very similar to the United nations but had no Army to enforce sanctions and orders placed on countries. The League was known as the "toothless tiger".

-Mercury and Bromine are the only two elements that are liquid at room temperature.

-Our sun burns up 600 million tonnes of hydrogen every second, this hydrogen is turned into 596 million tonnes of helium. Where dose the other 4 million tonnes go, into space which is not acctually space. there are Hydrogen and Helium atoms as well as other molecules and atoms floating around. they get there because of things like exploding stars as well as the burning up of hydrogen in stars.

that'll do for now.

Macr

03-04-2008, 07:53 PM

Its when the compressor blades are just spinning doing nothing. If you were reving the shit out of it, it would suck you in and spit you out the back before you could even breath once!
No spooling up is the term for the engine winding up to idle on engine start.

Macr

03-04-2008, 07:54 PM

Interesting fact:

You can actually buy a supersonic MiG 21 from various aircraft dealers around the world and there is an operating MiG 15 (I think?) in Australia.
There was an maybe still is a MIG 21 as well. If I get a slide scanner soon, I have slides to prove it.

Macr

03-04-2008, 07:56 PM

On an 'OWNED' compilation I've seen a dude actually gets sucked through one. Apparently he survives........but I really don't see how that's possible :eek:
His cranial which is what the USN and Marine corp wear, was sucked off during the process FODing the engine, whereby killing it and saving his sorry @ss.

dingo

03-04-2008, 08:03 PM

SHIT is an acronym meaning: Sit High In Transit (or it could be sits)

S.H.I.T was written on certain containers for container ships, as they needed to 'sit high in transit' (i dunno why). Usually these shits needed to be closely monitored or something. This means that people had to constantly climb up many containers in order to reach the SHIT, which was annoying.

So yeah.

I've only been told this, I havn't looked into it.

In the movie Kenny, the movie when he is the toilet guy. He states thats its a myth that the human waste had to be stored in containers on large boats(for some reason) and was stored high in transit(shit) because if the build up of gases that if someone lit a cigarette the boat would explode. I believe that the theory was made up for just the movie but thats what I presume and could be completely wrong.

mtb_champ

05-04-2008, 09:07 AM

Ohhh, so that's why my dad's car smells like a dead guy. Here I was thinking he was serial killer.

sig'd till i get over it :)

ThePig

05-04-2008, 09:19 AM

The Humpty Dumpty in the nursery rhyme was actually a large cannon used in the seige of Colchester in the 17th century.

It was blown off the roof of a Cathedral where it was em-placed. Hence the reference to it falling off the wall, and the Kings men were the Royalist forces that were using it.

They subsequently surrendered.:p

Angry Atheist

05-04-2008, 09:42 AM

{ScarFace}

05-04-2008, 03:47 PM

sig'd till i get over it :)

You'll never get over it!

fowkesy511

05-04-2008, 03:56 PM

Just some facts on top fueler dragsters i found on a website:D

Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1½ gallons of nitromethane per second;
a fully loaded 747consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.

A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power
to drive the dragster supercharger.

Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is
the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.

In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.

* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.

that a fuel pump for Top Fuel dragster delivers 65 gallons of fuel per minute, equivalent to eight bathroom showers running at the same time

that one cylinder of the eight cylinders of a Top Fuel dragster produces 750 horsepower, equaling the entire horsepower output of a NASCAR engine?

leitch

05-04-2008, 04:00 PM

about the onions:

Cut the onion in a small puddle of water on the chopping board. The vapours from the onion react to form a mild acid. Its either you use the water on the cutting board to dilite the onion juice, or you suffer teary eyes from the vapours reaching your face because they react with you wet eyeballs.

I cannot see ( :rolleyes: ) how chewing gum could alleviate onion tears.

Actually have seen this tested on some lame TV show. The idea is that chewing gum makes you salivate more which somehow (I guess through circulation of fluids and all that jazz) helps protect from the teary-eyed effects of onions. It was also on that same crappy TV show episode proven that soaking onions in cold water/"cutting in a puddle on a chopping board" really didn't help much at all. Best way is to wear goggles or just get someone else to cut the onions.

mtb_champ

05-04-2008, 07:30 PM

to stop the teary eyes with cutting onions you breath through your mouth, not your nose, learnt that at my old work :).

oh and.... another interesting fact:
there is 47,800,000 results when 'stp' is googled :)

Spike-X

05-04-2008, 09:35 PM

another interesting fact:
there is 47,800,000 results when 'stp' is googled :)

43,879,543 of which are threads here at Farkin.

mtb_champ

05-04-2008, 10:33 PM

43,879,543 of which are threads here at Farkin.

nice..... :)

another thing.....

there are more stp links than sam hill :o
stp at 47,800,000 and sam hill is only at 4,040,000, come'on people you have to make more threads about sam hill!

Angry Atheist

06-04-2008, 04:58 AM

Fact:

onion + water puddle = no tears.

I know because it works.

Wiki info as well:

As onions are sliced, cells are broken, allowing enzymes called alliinases to break down amino acid sulphoxides and generate sulphenic acids. Sulphenic acids are unstable and spontaneously rearrange into a volatile gas called syn-propanethial-S-oxide. The gas diffuses through the air and eventually reaches the eye, where it reacts with the water to form a diluted solution of sulphuric acid. This acid irritates the nerve endings in the eye, making them sting. Tear glands produce tears to dilute and flush out the irritant.[10]

Supplying ample water to the reaction prevents the gas from reaching the eyes. Eye irritation can, therefore, be avoided by cutting onions under running water or submerged in a basin of water. Rinsing the onion and leaving it wet while chopping may also be effective.

...funny, I see no mention of chewing gum in the whole article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion)!

I found that just having a wet onion is not enough, a small puddle of water is enough, though.

Disclaimer: don't take wiki as absolute proof since anyone can edit, even though those edits will be corrected with in a very short time because some people have no life!

OMG... I'm arguing about onions! :D

leitch

06-04-2008, 05:55 AM

Fact:

onion + water puddle = no tears.

Oh, right. Sorry, for a moment there I forgot that you knew everything.

Seriously, as I said - tested on one of those Mythbusters-clone TV shows and I've tried it myself. It may help, but it doesn't stop it altogether.

|Matt|

06-04-2008, 07:52 AM

Oh, right. Sorry, for a moment there I forgot that you knew everything.

Seriously, as I said - tested on one of those Mythbusters-clone TV shows and I've tried it myself. It may help, but it doesn't stop it altogether.

Also, breathing through your mouth doesn't do anything either. Your nose is connected to your eyes (which I'm sure most people know) so breathing through your nose MIGHT increase the chance of the nasty onion juice getting to your eyes, but breathing through your mouth doesn't do shit. It still gets in your eyes where a majority of the sting comes from.

The best success I've ever had was putting the cutting board on the stove (without it being on obviously) and putting the range hood fan on full.

Otherwise, the best way to stop it is to wear goggles as leitch (I think) said.

FTR, when the onion juice meets your eyes, it makes a chemical reaction and creates a mild hydrochloric acid which is why you cry.

Breaka

06-04-2008, 08:22 AM

When cutting an onion use the sharpest possible knife you can get your hands on. It won't take away those tears entirely but it will help minimise them.

leitch

06-04-2008, 08:24 AM

When cutting onions, stand on your right foot while scratching your right ear with your left big toe and rubbing your belly with your left hand, and it'll stop the tears.

Breaka

06-04-2008, 08:28 AM

When cutting onions, stand on your right foot while scratching your right ear with your left big toe and rubbing your belly with your left hand, and it'll stop the tears.

No. You're forgetting the last step. You have to sing the Greek national anthem backwards in German whilst sitting on a Baboon.

Angry Atheist

06-04-2008, 09:15 AM

flying high dh killer

06-04-2008, 11:14 AM

If you cry whilst cutting onions, you're aren't cutting fast enough. Harden the fuck up. :)

cameron_15

06-04-2008, 11:16 AM

in food tech we got taught how to cut them without crying, we had to cut some funny way and not cut middle or something, i could never to it but the teacher did it alright.

can't remember it now though, the only reason i did food tech as because i like to eat.:D

Angry Atheist

06-04-2008, 02:43 PM

LMAO at thread title.

dcrofty

06-04-2008, 02:46 PM

Harden the fuck up. :)

I hate this phrase with a violent passion normally but its actually appropriate here.

PSYCHO-T

06-04-2008, 03:08 PM

Fact2: Ripping off Bill Hicks quotes makes you neither big nor clever.

its not ripping of Bill Hicks, :eek: He is/was the greatest comedian ever

Matt C

30-05-2008, 11:43 PM

-Prior to the Unites Nations, there was an orginisation called the Leagues of nations, they were very similar to the United nations but had no Army to enforce sanctions and orders placed on countries. The League was known as the "toothless tiger".

that'll do for now.

Hmm...and ever since they grew some teeth they decided to become herbivores :confused:

Emmett

31-05-2008, 12:02 AM

If you cry whilst cutting onions, you're aren't cutting fast enough. Harden the fuck up. :)

:p

I hate this phrase with a violent passion normally but its actually appropriate here.

In all seriousness its not even close ;). I guarantee I can cut faster than you and own a sharper knife than you do also (unless you are a sushi master in which case I apologise :p ). Onions make your eyes water because of their acid content. The pungency is definitely seasonal and obviously varies between regions. People are effected differently but I have seen the most seasoned of chefs go down like a bag of shit when they are super pungent

Best way to stop crying once you start is to put your head in front of a refrigerated fan. Very common method in the commercial kitchen.