Random facts thread

[Crusher]

Only proven facts, a duck's quack does echo!

- Floccinaucinihilipilification means the act of assessing something as worthless.

 

[The Masta]

Inb4 chuck norris facts.

 

[Snuffeldjuret]

1 is not a prime number.

 

[UncleDrax]

My favorite fun-fact at parties:

9 out of 10 people have a natural immunity to Leprosy.

 

[u-s-e-r]

There is a "Rate Thread" function on these forums.

 

[Shadrach]

UncleDrax, I'm sure you're the life of every party

Here's another golden party hit:
Psychedelic fungus infestation of european grain, not divine inspiration, was responible for many of the 'visons' so lovingly portrayed in the christian paintings of antiquity. How many people were pressed under stones or drowned or burned for satanism while those of faith were quietly tripping their brains out on bad bread?

 

[Peter.Steele]

"Underground" is the only word in the English language that both begins and ends with -und.

 

[Dr. Pierre Chang]

Hollister doesn't automatically make you cool

 

[C_Gibby]

I like trains.

 

[The Masta]

I like turtles.

 

[Crusher]

I will just show this fact:
YouTube - ‪Spot when the Sun sets - QI Series 8 Ep 15 Hypnosis, Hallucinations & Hysteria Preview - BBC One‬‏

 

[Floyd]

In 1975 Junko Tabei from Japan became the first woman to reach the top of Everest.

 

[Alexander Ostmann]

Kurt Knispel, the highest tank ace in human history, had 168 confirmed kills in his 5 years of service during WWII.

 

[Pvt.pile]

A 1969 Dodge that weighs just over 2.5 tonnes can jump a 100 foot gorge then land and still escape the law doing over 60 mph. Am I doing it right........

 

[Fedorov]

Facts:

1 HOES will be released 30th August 2011.

2 I'm keeping my virginity until that day, and probably (and totally voluntarily) extend it to RO3's release.

 

[Moyako]

I like turtles.

YouTube - ‪Zombie Kid Likes Turtles‬‏

 

[-[SiN]-bswearer]

I'm keeping my virginity until that day, and probably (and totally voluntarily) extend it to RO3's release.

FACT: Fedorov will most likely lose his virginity to the 122mm cannon of the :IS2:

 

[Fedorov]

FACT: Fedorov will most likely lose his virginity to the 122mm cannon of the :IS2:

 

[Nestor Makhno]

Fact: I hate Illinois Nazis.

Also...

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana. (slightly dubious)

It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Great Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes of British gunboats firing shells at the palace.

 

[kablooie!]

In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'B****.'