This is The WWW (Weird, Wild Wisdom)

Here you can post your weird, wild, crazy, useless, unbelieveble, believable, amazing, amusing -- Oh whatever, you got the thing -- facts.

If you scream as high as you can for 8 years and 6 months, you could warm up a cup of coffee. I wouldn't try :)

Cat urin glows in the dark! Eyeeew... Just what i hird, dunno if it's true. You can see for yourself :p

Some lions can mate up to 30 times a day! Much...

Now your turn. :)

the formular for working out the total of a sequence of consequtive squared numbers can be

n/6 (n+2)(2n+1)

(with n being the final number in the sequence)

Bet some of you didn't know that! And nor did I until this morning.

:)

this wasn't what you wanted was it nugget? :P

If can't say the words "beer can" without sounding like a Jamaican saying "bacon".

Raindrops are not the shape you think they are. They're shaped more like hamburgers and parachutes.

i have coins worth of €19.69 in a cardboard easteregg depicting an easterbunny (female, with dress & scarf) with 6 baskets containing 34 coloured eggs (blue, green, red, yellow & purple). the same on the second half of the egg.

the coins are:
1x 2€
3x 1€
6x 50¢
26x 20¢
38x 10¢
32x 5¢
31x 1¢

Raindrops are not the shape you think they are. They're shaped more like hamburgers and parachutes.
What if that's what I thought?

What if that's what I thought?
I would generally assume you were lying.

An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.

Pfff....

I can do that.

Prove it. come on

Here's one: The longest tapeworm recorded inside the human boady was 33 feet in length!

Prove it. come on
Aeroplane?

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Stupid Laws : Denver, Colorado - It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

In Maine, it's illegal for a police officer to tell you to have a nice day after giving you a traffic ticket.

Here: http://www.some-guy.com/facts.shtml

Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.

No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less

Edgar Watson Howe :rolleyes: True ...

Flying is easy (without using an aircraft, glider, wings, aerofoils, etc - just your body) - you just throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Missing is hard.

Did you know that:

... Rats can last longer without water than a camel?

... Moths are not really attracted to light? Moths fly towards the blackest point which is behind the light.

... A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body?

... A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't?

... About 10% of the world's population is left-handed?

... A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive?

... A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

... More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes?

... A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime?

... If you farted for 6 years and 9 months, you had produced enough gas to make an atomic bomb! Oh dear :p

The highest fall EVER survived was higher than 10 km high? The man fell out of a plane and the chute didn't open, crashed on the ground and survived with broken legs, arms and couldn't move to his middle...

He should have taken Red Bull...

... A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

And complimenting that, a jellyfish has no brain...

Or... asparagus makes your pee stink

or... Frogs dont drink water...

and one for you math people... 3³ + 4³ + 5³ = 6³

Or... asparagus makes your pee stink


... because of its high ammonia content (I think)

Actually because of the chemical Mercaptan (http://www.answers.com/Mercaptan)...

and for geeks "Typewriter" can be written only with the top row of keys...

the mule is incapable of reproduction

(not certain about an ass)

TRIVIA: What is the fastest animal?

and for geeks "Typewriter" can be written only with the top row of keys...

"TYPEWRITER" is also the longest English word that can be typed using the top row only.

The earliest recorded song that can be called a rock song by todays standards was a 1931 track called Tiger Rag by the Washboard Rythm Kings. That's 23 years before Elvis recorded That's Alright which most people think is ''the birth of rock and roll''

the mule is incapable of reproduction

(not certain about an ass)
An ass is the same as a donkey, so it isn't infertile.

Fastest animal is the Peregrine Falcon

Rats can't burp or be sick, but their farts stink

Great white sharks have 8 fetus's but only give birth to 1. Before they are born, they kill and eat each other to survive.

A Ligra is a cross between a lion and triger and is also infertile. This is because it is a cross between 2 similar species. It is the same reason the at Mules are infertile as well.

An ass is the same as a donkey, so it isn't infertile

actually it is a cross between a horse and donkey, but were the donkey is the mother instead of the horse

(or is it the other way round?)

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year

A fart has been clocked at 10 ft a second

Actually because of the chemical Mercaptan (http://www.answers.com/Mercaptan)...

and for geeks "Typewriter" can be written only with the top row of keys...

Not on an azerty keyboard. :p

actually it is a cross between a horse and donkey, but were the donkey is the mother instead of the horse

(or is it the other way round?)
Well in that case, it's infertile because a donkey and a horse are different species.

Actually, as far as I understand these things, ligers can reproduce. If they mated with lions and tigers you'd get a "titi" and a "lili" respectively, though I don't think it's ever been known to happen. I gather you can also produce a tigron (or tion) with a lion and a tiger of the opposite genders.

"TYPEWRITER" is also the longest English word that can be typed using the top row only.
not on a german keyboard layout.

about mules & hinnies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule
femal mules can get pregnant.

Spain means "land of rabbits"

Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows.

Centipedes always have an uneven number of legs.

Tomato ketchup is a good hair conditioner.

A 50,000 word novel, "Gadsby", doesn't have a single letter "e".

The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.

In California, it's illegal to kill or threaten a butterfly.

actually it is a cross between a horse and donkey, but were the donkey is the mother instead of the horse

(or is it the other way round?)
No.

An ass is a female donkey.

Just as a hen is a female cock.

Enough Cross breading, please ;)

Here's some facts:

Bill Gates is earns around $30 Billion a hour (Compared to the UK minimum wage of around £5 per Hour)

The first pilot to be Killed in Modern warfare was a Polish Chap called M. Popoff (SP?)

Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits. (I don't know weather to feel Sorry or 'servs you right')

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

Thats all for now :D

not on a german keyboard layout.

about mules & hinnies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule
femal mules can get pregnant.If you're going to count all possible mutations then the only way they could get pregnant is if the gametes do not contain a couple of chromosomes, ie there was an error. According to the BBC website: " Since 1527, (when records began on the issue) there have only been a total of 60 reported cases of mules giving birth.". Any female hybrid animal can get pregnant, technically, but it's so rare you might as well say it's not possible. 60 out of probably millions of female mules which have ever existed since 1527 is insignificant.

Oooh: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1408717.stm

Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
that one's a hoax, i guess.
it only appears on joke sites, not on any news sites.
A 50,000 word novel, "Gadsby", doesn't have a single letter "e".
http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/index.html

In California, it's illegal to kill or threaten a butterfly.
What? It is? Why?

"Come here ya little colorful flying thing, and let meh eat ya!"
"STOP in the name of the law! You're under arrest! Threathening a butterfly! You will be executed at dawn!"

:p :D

Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits. .

LOL :D :D :D

Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits. .

LOL :D :D :D
OOOOHHHHH!!!!![/stephen fry]

Only one news source ever published this story, and it was notorious for publishing tall tales and stories that were unverifiable at best. http://www.snopes.com/humor/lists/fakenews.htm

Though I did hear a story once about a man who blew himself up in a car bomb because he'd forgotten to take different time zones into account when he set the bomb's timer. It might be true, but I only really have the word of a book I read once to back it up.

Edit: Lightworm, you lose 10 points as well.

that one's a hoax, i guess.
Probably, becuase it's unlikely he'd be stupid enough to write his own address on the envelope and forget the stamps.


... and becuase that site which AT posted gives a pretty valid reason as to why it's probably fake.

Edit: Yes, always check Snopes first. It knows everything.
Centipedes always have an uneven number of legs.
This one isn't true either, technically. They always have an even number, since they're arranged in pairs. There is always an odd number of pairs, however.

Interestingly, this precludes the possibility of a centipede having 100 legs.

http://www.bugsdirectuk.com/centipedes.html

And ...

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle. Eyeeew. :-/

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

And just to mention, how come Gardy Loo now have an extra 'O' in his name? Have you created two accounts?

And just to mention, how come Gardy Loo now have an extra 'O' in his name? Have you created two accounts?
YES! he certainly has. little spammah.

Adolf Hitler ... had only ONE testicle.
Surely that's about average?

How about...
Echidnas are wrongly named. Echidna means poisonous snake. They were meant to be called Echinos, which is Greek for Hedgehog.

YES! he certainly has. little spammah.

i'm not entirely certain. he has no reason to

http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=33219

He says his old account was disabled. He's not banned. I don't think. You'd have to ask Sel.

He says his old account was disabled. He's not banned. I don't think. You'd have to ask Sel.

it did say on his thing that he was using a different email.

unless you change the email address here first, you won't be able to access your account here (happend to me)

Spain means "land of rabbits"
:eek:
Really? I'm from Spain and didn't know that!

I also heard that a guy "won" the prize to the stupidiest death (or something like that) by having survived to five car accidents, and one day, he stepped on a toy car, falling, and dying...
He couldn't get the prize, though... :p

I also heard that a guy "won" the prize to the stupidiest death (or something like that)
Tjat would be the Darwin Awards, then: http://www.darwinawards.com

He says his old account was disabled. He's not banned. I don't think. You'd have to ask Sel.
the last activity on his old account was yesterday! :eek:

- The swastika was originally an african symbol that meant "Good Luck", well it didn't work for hitler...

- Oranges aren't actually orange, the are a yellowy colour...

Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows.


That's because that was tha fashion, to shave of thy eyebrows.

- The swastika was originally an african symbol that meant "Good Luck
nah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

nah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

By the early 20th century it was widely used worldwide, and was regarded as a symbol of good luck and auspiciousness.

Ahem. :p:eek::D

Ahem. :p:eek::D
- The swastika was originally an african symbol
well, maybe for good luck, but was not originally from africa.

Wikipedia says it was originally used in the Urals... it's Russian now? This is real confusing.

Printers can program themselves.

Trust me, yesterday I was on my 100 games page, and suddenly it was all printed out. :p

- Oranges aren't actually orange, the are a yellowy colour...Are you colourblind? Oranges are orange.

Printers can program themselves.

Trust me, yesterday I was on my 100 games page, and suddenly it was all printed out. :p

Wow, that's a strange printer...
What I have strange is my full "computer"... I've got the feeling that it has its own life. I should make a list of strange things...

That's because that was tha fashion, to shave of thy eyebrows.

There is also a line of thought that the eybrows (and eyelashes) where lost during restoration, as a description at the time comenterd on "her unusualy thick eyebrows" and copies of the painting in madrid feature eybrows.

Which is true will probably never be known.

it did say on his thing that he was using a different email.

unless you change the email address here first, you won't be able to access your account here (happend to me)
If it happened to you, how are you still here?
Anyway,

One in every 3 (or 4) billion lobsters is blue.

This is not a fact, but still funny to tell. (this is a fictional story in a book)

A very dumb man had his head skinned. He survived. In the end, he choked on a cooked banana. :p Soon, his wife died of deppresion.

Another fact: William Shakespeare invented the words "assasination" and "bump".

very funny: you cant spell slaughter withought spelling laughter.

very funny: you cant spell slaughter withought spelling laughter.
*laughs false*

A very dumb man had his head skinned. He survived. In the end, he choked on a cooked banana. :p Soon, his wife died of deppresion.
What's funny about that?

Another fact: William Shakespeare invented the words "assasination" and "bump".
He invented loads of words. People say he had a huge vocabulary, but so would I if I was allowed to just make them up.

Are you colourblind? Oranges are orange.

I beleive they were bred that way to make them more appealing. Think carrots are the same.

I beleive they were bred that way to make them more appealing. Think carrots are the same.
Yes, carrots were naturally a range of colours, most usually purple. I've never heard of an orabge that wasn't orange, though.

And I just found out that:

The first McDonald's restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich...

Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs...

In America, animals experts once gave them a tip: if they took off their hats and put them over their faces, dogs would confused long enough to allow them to escape. If, of course, they could see where they were going!

What do you think the world's most popular name is?
John, Susan, Peter? The answer is Muhammad. Although it is sometimes spelled differently, it is the most common first name on earth.

The most poisonous spider of all is probably the American black widow. The female is more dangerous than the male. Its bite is extremely painful and sometimes causes death.

Did you know that you share your birthday with about nine million other people around the world?

Are they from the Book of Useless information?

Are they from the Book of Useless information?

No, it's actually from Uselessfacts.com (www.no,-it-is-from-the-Uselessfacts.com.HAHA. :p).

And did you know that the giraffe has an 21 inch tongue to clean its ears with? Bye byeeee, appetite

Well it's all in the book.

The first McDonald's restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich...
nice joke. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mcdonalds#History
Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs...
i know a few people that sneeze that way to not get to loud in a quite surrounding. they never blew their eyeballs out though.
they probably sneeze into their paranasal sinuses...
In America, animals experts once gave them a tip: if they took off their hats and put them over their faces, dogs would confused long enough to allow them to escape. If, of course, they could see where they were going!
hmm... i would definitely not try that one out.
The most poisonous spider of all is probably the American black widow. The female is more dangerous than the male. Its bite is extremely painful and sometimes causes death.
i think those two have a more potent venom & are more dangerous:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_wandering_spider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_venomous_funnel-web_spiders
Did you know that you share your birthday with about nine million other people around the world?
huh?
if you divide 6,450,000,000 by 365 you get an average of more than 17 millions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

if you divide 6,450,000,000 by 365 you get an average of more than 17 millions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population
Aren't there more people born at certain times of the year? or does the seasons being at different times of the year in different countries counter-act that?

Anyhoo. My 'name', which I nicked from a book, is actually spelt wrong. It's meant to be Mr Bunnsy, but my sense of spelling often wanderes the wrong way.

Which Book?

Which Book?
Two books. One book isn't real, it's only in another book.

Amazing Moris and His Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett is the real book. and in that book the rats have their book called Mr Bunnsy has an Adventure. Mr Bunnsy is a character from a take-the-mick kiddies book, who lives in a land called Furry Bottom.

Aren't there more people born at certain times of the year? or does the seasons being at different times of the year in different countries counter-act that?
perhaps, but that still is not solution for the discrepancy between 17 million & 9 million.

Aren't there more people born at certain times of the year? or does the seasons being at different times of the year in different countries counter-act that?That doesn't make a difference since the 17m and 9m are both taken as averages.

Anyhoo. My 'name', which I nicked from a book, is actually spelt wrong. It's meant to be Mr Bunnsy, but my sense of spelling often wanderes the wrong way.

i've read that book several times and i never noticed that

- The swastika was originally an african symbol that meant "Good Luck", well it didn't work for hitler...
Actually, the swastika was a type of sun wheel. Sun wheels existed in most civilisations at some point, Celtic crosses are actually sun wheels.

(needless to say they're a relic of sun worship)

The swastika was Indian IIRC, but it was originally the other way round, and meant new life, Hitler and the Nazi's adopted it to signify new life for Germanic peoples.

IIRC, Hitler chose the swastika for another more sinister reason as well, the Aryans came from India. They were originally an indo-European group (like the Germans, although almost every civilisation in Eurasia has indo-European influences, so I don't know why Hitler liked the Aryans more than say the celts or slavs) thought to have originated in the Urals. They claimed they were better than the natives because of their lighter skin (hence why Hitler took a shine to them) and introduced the caste system (needless to say they were the highest caste), as well as some aspects of Hinduism.

Note: their are bound to be tonnes or historical errors in that, as that all came from the top of my head.

Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs...If you have a cold, and hold your nose while blowing through it, mucus comes out from your eyeballs.

I know this from experience.

Did you know that you share your birthday with about nine million other people around the world?
Do you know how many people you need to have in the same room before it becomes more likely than not that two of them share a birthday?




It's just 23.

Do you know how many people you need to have in the same room before it becomes more likely than not that two of them share a birthday?




It's just 23.

havn't you been through that one before?

Possibly. I can't remember when or why, though. I say a lot of things; I can't possibly be expected to keep track of all of them.

Possibly. I can't remember when or why, though. I say a lot of things; I can't possibly be expected to keep track of all of them.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=397196&postcount=26

from thread: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=23892

Are you colourblind? Oranges are orange.

In the inside :p

Here are some more Usless/weird facts

Eating 6 cans of Coke/Pepsi/Lilt ect and eating 6 Packs of fizzy candy (Pop Rocks) Will NOT Make you explode, But if you add 6 cups of Bicarbonate of Soda to that mixture then Kaboom! (as seen on MythBusters)

The actor who played Baldric in Black Adder had his First acting job as a monkey in 2001: A Space Odesy (Needless to say his Role hasn't improved much)

Should your Natural defences Fail, the Bacteria in your boady will consume you from the inside out (Nice)

The name Wendy was invented by the person who wrote Peter Pan (The book Dumbass not the Film(s))

As You can see my brain is a super Computer of crap

(as seen on MythBusters)

Woot! MythBusters rocks!

The actor who played Baldric in Black Adder had his First acting job as a monkey in 2001: A Space Odesy (Needless to say his Role hasn't improved much)
i don't see his name (tony robinson) here. not even uncredited.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/fullcredits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733153/
The name Wendy was invented by the person who wrote Peter Pan (The book Dumbass not the Film(s))
wrong.
wendy is a short form for gwendolyn which existed before barrie's peter pan.
http://www.wendy.com/wendyweb/history.html

Did you know that if an object traveled in space in a straight line, it has to return to it's starting point one day?

uh I got some more but I forgot...

Did you know that if an object traveled in space in a straight line, it has to return to it's starting point one day?
I'm pretty sure that's not proven.

If you leave coke in your mouth for 3 days, your teeth will dissolve.

If you leave coke in your mouth for 3 days, your teeth will dissolve.
... and probably a lot more than your teeth ;)

did you all know that 72% of these facts are not even true! perhaps even this one.


ooo heres another one! A fly flies slower when the sun is behind the clouds than when its sunny

did you all know that 72% of these facts are not even true! perhaps even this one.


ooo heres another one! A fly flies slower when the sun is behind the clouds than when its sunny
oh i didnt know that one :D

more!

a cockroach will live 9 days without its head before it starves to death

90% or all species that have become extinct are all birds

the statue of libertys index finger is eight feet long

foot prints left on the moon by astronauts will remain visible for at least 10 million years

Pieboy is the greatest person ever

A person living to age 75 will have slept about 220,000 hours or about 23 years

one species of hummingbird weighs less than a penny

"ough" can be pronounced eight different ways in the english language!

Thats all i have for now! stay in school kids ;)

more!

a cockroach will live 9 days without its head before it starves to death

90% or all species that have become extinct are all birds

the statue of libertys index finger is eight feet long

foot prints left on the moon by astronauts will remain visible for at least 10 million years

Pieboy is the greatest person ever

A person living to age 75 will have slept about 220,000 hours or about 23 years

one species of hummingbird weighs less than a penny

"ough" can be pronounced eight different ways in the english language!

Thats all i have for now! stay in school kids ;)
i knew that astronaut thingy.

and the "pieboy is the greatest person ever" one, is false.

and the "pieboy is the greatest person ever" one, is false.

the truth hurts :(

TNT contains Peanuts, apples contain Cyanide.

TNT contains Peanuts, apples contain Cyanide.
wow. :eek:

A fly flies slower when the sun is behind the clouds than when its sunnyThat would be because thier cold blooded.

If you have a cold, and hold your nose while blowing through it, mucus comes out from your eyeballs.

I know this from experience.
Thats is really discusting

Emos (read: The moaney buggers who swear they have all of life's problems, and wear make-up, without subscribing to the goth outlook) will pay cash for your to, essentially, say "And how do you feel about that?"

Oh, the truth is so nice. *hugs money*

eat it :p

Sounds the same

Did you know the universe is constantly expanding? The Big Bang did so much force that...well...you get the idea.

There are more volcanoes in the sea than on land.

Rubber bands last longer refrigerated.

Did you know the universe is constantly expanding? The Big Bang did so much force that...well...you get the idea.

We don't know that it's constantly expanding, since the universe could reach a certain point where it has expanded so much it will collapse in on itself, and we'll all die (well, not us specifically, as it's not due to happen for a couple of years, if it happens).

Also, while all the visible galaxies are moving away from planet Earth, our nearest neighbour, Andromeda (sp?) is actually moving closer.

If you leave coke in your mouth for 3 days, your teeth will dissolve.
You would drown by then.

Purple is the rarest eye colour. (I think)

There are more insects than any other animal type.

There will be about 150 people in the world born every minute.

If you leave coke in your mouth for 3 days, your teeth will dissolve.
So will orange juice. Faster, probably. Stop picking on coke.

So will orange juice. Faster, probably. Stop picking on coke.
Teh user mod's right. I drink Coke almost every day and nothing happens.

i thought it was longer than 3 days to do it

Coke doesn't do much bad. For example, furby drinks 3 bottles and two cans of coke a day on average, and he has perfectly acceptable teeth.

Furby doesn't have teeth. Look:

That's a furby. I mean the forum member furby.http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=33237

Furby doesn't have teeth. Look:
*considers to write in the "whats the most scary thing?" thread*

You would drown by then.Not if you breathed through your nose.

Purple is the rarest eye colour. (I think)If its possible, then probably.

Did you know, father christmas was originaly a small grey old man in a green cloak, the fat, jolly, red and white look was invented by coca cola.

Did you know, father christmas was originaly a small grey old man in a green cloak, the fat, jolly, red and white look was invented by coca cola.
OOOOHHHHH!!!!![/stephen fry]

The red and white look was prevailent long before Coca Cola used it, although I'm sure they appreciated the fact it was their colours and didn't do any harm to its popularity.

http://snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp

90% or all species that have become extinct are all birdsNo proof. I bet there are far more bacteria which have become extinct, since they have been around for far far longer and there are far more species.

Did you know, father christmas was originaly a small grey old man in a green cloak, the fat, jolly, red and white look was invented by coca cola.

Coca Cola just commercialized santa wich actually comes from Saint-Marten or called Sinterklaas, pronounced: sin-ther-clause --> San-ta-clause

Sinterklaas visits on december 11th

Coke doesn't do much bad. For example, furby drinks 3 bottles and two cans of coke a day on average, and he has perfectly acceptable teeth.
Pfft, weakling. :P More for the win!

Also, a recent discovery I made. Eating chocolate, followed by a fizzy drink such as coke (which, of course, contains caffiene), induces drowsiness.

Maybe it's something else in 'em. Works with Pepsi, too.

Sinterklaas
indeed.
-->saint nicholas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus) was the bishop of -->myra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra).
the red and white garment he wears, is that of a bishop.
(in austria he visits on 5th december)

Coca Cola just commercialized santa wich actually comes from Saint-Marten or called Sinterklaas, pronounced: sin-ther-clause --> San-ta-clause

Sinterklaas visits on december 11th
5th u noob :p and sinterklaas is invented by the dutch


Moderator's Double Post Edit
If you leave coke in your mouth for 3 days, your teeth will dissolve.
no it doesnt brainiacs did that got a teeth out of someones mouth and puted it in a glass of coke 3 days latter still there


Moderator's Triple Post Edit

TNT contains Peanuts, apples contain Cyanide.
no it doesnt it is made out of chemicals or it was dynamite


Moderator's Quadruple Post Edit

did u know a chicken can become a cock when being in a group of chickens

no it doesnt brainiacs did that got a teeth out of someones mouth and puted it in a glass of coke 3 days latter still there
I didn't see that, but I've seen a study that said teeth were seriously damaged by cola drinks if left in for two days. Not dissolved away, but corroded. You probably would need a lot of cola to dissolve a whole tooth -- it would saturate very fast. To dissolve a whole mouth full of teeth would almost certainly need much more than a mouthful of cola.

no it doesnt it is made out of chemicalsUrge to launch into lecture on simple chemistry... rising...

TNT isn't made "out of" chemicals. It is a chemical in its own right.

well atleast its not made out of peanuts but tnt or maybe dynamite one of the two is made of nitroglisory (dunno how to write it) that is made out of two diverent chemicals apart there harmless together its unstable and very dangurs. tnt/dynamite had some kinda dust in the nitroglisory that makes it more stable so it wont explode like just anysound passes by.

srry for the bad english

and the cola it makes your teeth brown and yeah if u let that there without brushing your teeth it will rot and then after like 1 years maybe its gone but not in 3 days

1) santa clause wasn't invented by anyone!
saint nicholas of myra was a bishop & very real.
read my previous post:
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=448080&postcount=119

2) apple seeds DO contain hydrogen cyanide, like many other rosaceae
(cherries, apricots, bitter almonds)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosaceae

3) cola with it's combination of phosphoric/citric acid & carbonic acid, lot's of sucrose frequently flushed over your teeth can quickly corrode your adamantine. furthermore your mouth with a cosy temperature of 37°C is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria. (with plenty of food for them).
you don't need to dissolve a whole tooth, a few milimeters of your enamel are enough.
us soldiers in vietnam often had circular caries on their front teeth from drinking too much cola. (i think there's a medical term for this too)

4) tnt & nitroglycerin are two completely different substances...:rolleyes:
the first being toxic, the latter used as an agina pectoris medication.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitrotoluene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroglycerin
(read before you ever say again "it is made from chemicals")

The chemical name for TNT is 1-methyl-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene.

If you ever have cyanide poisoning then you need to drink err something I think it was hexaaquaferrate(II). Remember that for future reference:p

The chemical name for TNT is 1-methyl-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene.
the IUPAC name is 2,4,6-trinitromethylbenzene

If you ever have cyanide poisoning then you need to drink err something I think it was hexaaquaferrate(II). Remember that for future reference:p
wrong!:eek:

if you have a cyanide poisoning, you need pressurized oxygen & sodium thiosulfate intravenously. (according to my pschyrembel clinical dictionary, 259th edition)

other forms of treatment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide#Mechanism_of_toxicity_and_treatment

Yeah, so I got the nitro and methyl the wrong way round, so what?:p

And the second thing was what my chemistry teacher told the class last lesson, it probably is right but there are probably more chemicals which work better.

And if you're going to be picky then I will - It should be Sodium Thiosulphate:p

1) santa clause wasn't invented by anyone!
saint nicholas of myra was a bishop & very real.
read my previous post:
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=448080&postcount=119

You didn't listen to what I said.

Yes, st nick was a real person (although Santa clause actually dates back longer than that, but I'll say no more on that) but originally father Christmas was seen as a thin old man in a green cloak, the fat, jolly look was invented by coca cola, and as red and white are their corporate colours, they changed the colour of his cloths too.

You didn't listen to what I said.

Yes, st nick was a real person (although Santa clause actually dates back longer than that, but I'll say no more on that) but originally father Christmas was seen as a thin old man in a green cloak, the fat, jolly look was invented by coca cola, and as red and white are their corporate colours, they changed the colour of his cloths too.

exactly!

Did you also know that the formula for coca cola is split up and kept in 3 diffrent places?

Yeah, so I got the nitro and methyl the wrong way round, so what?
not conform to the IUPAC standard.
http://www.iupac.org
Thiosulphate:p
in british english, yes. :)
although Santa clause actually dates back longer than that
definitely not.
dating before the 4th century? :-/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_clause

Here's an interesting fact:

1972 was longer than any other year has ever been.

You didn't listen to what I said.

Yes, st nick was a real person (although Santa clause actually dates back longer than that, but I'll say no more on that) but originally father Christmas was seen as a thin old man in a green cloak, the fat, jolly look was invented by coca cola, and as red and white are their corporate colours, they changed the colour of his cloths too.
In fairness, you didn't listen to what I said:
OOOOHHHHH!!!!![/stephen fry]

The red and white look was prevailent long before Coca Cola used it, although I'm sure they appreciated the fact it was their colours and didn't do any harm to its popularity.

http://snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp

explain the longest year thing.

Leap seconds keep the official time in line with the Earth's rotation. Leap days keep the official date in line with the Earth's orbit. 1972 had one leap day and two leap seconds, making it a full second longer than any other year in history.

The second-longest year is currently a five-way tie between 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992 and 1996, all of which were 366 days and one second long.

The longest non-leap year was 1971 which had (roughly) 6.8 extra "catchup" seconds added to the end to make up for the time before leap seconds were invented.

Some mathy things:


You can't get a 0.9 periodic number dividing 2 natural numbers.
Pi number has infinite decimal numbers, and it's not a periodic decimal number



Double post "edit"

the formular for working out the total of a sequence of consequtive squared numbers can be

n/6 (n+2)(2n+1)

(with n being the final number in the sequence)

Bet some of you didn't know that! And nor did I until this morning.

:)

this wasn't what you wanted was it nugget? :P

Have another formula made by myself:

N(squared) = (n-1)+(2n-1)

Leap seconds keep the official time in line with the Earth's rotation. Leap days keep the official date in line with the Earth's orbit. 1972 had one leap day and two leap seconds, making it a full second longer than any other year in history.

The second-longest year is currently a five-way tie between 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992 and 1996, all of which were 366 days and one second long.

The longest non-leap year was 1971 which had (roughly) 6.8 extra "catchup" seconds added to the end to make up for the time before leap seconds were invented.

i dont know what your talking about but another fack is
a year is 365 days and 6 ours thats why every 4 years u got one day extra (6x4=24=1day)

Except everyone knows about that.

i dont know what your talking about but another fack is
a year is 365 days and 6 ours thats why every 4 years u got one day extra (6x4=24=1day)
*sigh*:rolleyes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second

Did you know...


... that Wikipedia appears to be one of the most useful websites on the internet ;)

did u know that the biggest lemon was over 2Kgs? damn... i wish i could suck on that thing! (i love lemons :D so much soury goodness)

Did u know that...

Moonlight actually doesn't excist, becuase the moon doesn't burn or glows! When it's night, the sun is shining on the other side of the world. The moon reflects the light from the sun to the other side (Where you live) so you can actually see it. If the sun wasn't there, we couldn't see the moon! :)

Did You know that Hiding Behind your Car Door WON'T Protect You from any bullet Fire (Another Myth Busted)

Whilst on the subject of cars: Shooting in the Car's Gas/Petrol tank WILL NOT Make it Explode (Hollywood can you say ***d)

Brittan has the Biggest import for Bannanas as well as consumes the most bannanas in the world and Portsmouth has the biggest Import of Bannanas (Take that Scummers:D )

That's all for now (I'mm off to eat a bannana)

did u know that japanees used to use leather condoms before the good ones came out

did u know that light worm doesnt know how to spell BANANA?

did u know that japanees used to use leather condoms before the good ones came out
not only the japanese (giacomo casanova was said to have used them) and not only from leather (also from animal gut and membranes).
Did u know that...
Moonlight actually doesn't excist
yes.
btw, without the sun we wouldn't see anything...
Did you know...
... that Wikipedia appears to be one of the most useful websites on the internet
indeed.
i do a search on wikipedia before i search on google nowadays.

i failed to attend a lecture by jimmy wales at the elevate festival in graz. :(
http://www.elevate.at/jimmy_wales+M52087573ab0.html

I think this is quite interesting. Or terrifying. You know, pick one you like.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7564&feedId=online-news_rss20

i did not say only the japanees did that

I think this is quite interesting. Or terrifying. You know, pick one you like.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7564&feedId=online-news_rss20

Leaping mother Terrisa! Thats so scary!!! I am going to have nightmares now :-/

I think this is quite interesting. Or terrifying. You know, pick one you like.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7564&feedId=online-news_rss20
someone's watching us.

why u never see any baby pigeon ?

Dumb Law: In Greenwich connecticut, it is illegal to park your skimobile within 6 feet of a pedestrian crossing.

In fairness, you didn't listen to what I said:
No, I have to admitt, I was too lazy to read the previous page.

definitely not.
dating before the 4th century?Well, when I say that, the legend has roots dating from before then.

porque (the only spanish word which can be typed by the top rule of the keyboard)

porque (the only spanish word which can be typed by the top rule of the keyboard)
Yeah, we English speakers really lucked out with "typewriter", didn't we?

porque (the only spanish word which can be typed by the top rule of the keyboard)
Not true. There's 'por'(for) and 'que'(what) too.

Yeah, we English speakers really lucked out with "typewriter", didn't we?
i just came up with the german word "wetterreporter" (weather reporter).

i just came up with the german word "wetterreporter" (weather reporter).
Well, that's longer, but it's not as apt.

In cleveland ohio, a man was arrested for walking his dog across a highway at 3 am.

In cleveland ohio, a man was arrested for walking his dog across a highway at 3 am.

Speaking of american weirdness:

In Houston, Texas you can get stoped on the street just for walking (Lard butts...)

porque (the only spanish word which can be typed by the top rule of the keyboard)

"Porque" means "because"

It's catalan equivalence, "perque" it's another word that can be only typed with the first keyboard row.

is a city (i forgot the name and where it is xD) its illegal to DIE. WTF!??!?

is a city (i forgot the name and where it is xD) its illegal to DIE. WTF!??!?
I bet it isn't, because that would be soooooooooooo mindbogglingly stupid.

Also, how the hell are you going to punish someone for it? Put them in prison? Hang them?

I bet it isn't, because that would be soooooooooooo mindbogglingly stupid.

Also, how the hell are you going to punish someone for it? Put them in prison? Hang them?
There are loads of stupid laws like that though -- and if you can't possibly prosecute anyone for them they tend not to bother repealing them.

I think suicide is illegal in a lot of societies, for example. What are they going to do about that?

The advantage of a law like "death is illegal" or "suicide is illegal" is, of course, that aiding and abetting death or suicide is a fantastic way to cover all manner of things that classic murder/manslaughter charges don't. Of course, where you draw the line between "dangerous habit" (like, say, smoking) and "suicide" is a tricky business.


Edit: Of course, that doesn't mean Lucadia is right -- it's hard to say that without knowing a bit more than he can remember.

why u never see any baby pigeon ?
Obviously you've never felt the need to climb a tree.:p

I bet it isn't, because that would be soooooooooooo mindbogglingly stupid.

Also, how the hell are you going to punish someone for it? Put them in prison? Hang them?
In a state of USA (dunno which it was) a men tried to kill himself, but survived it. He got the death penalty for TRYING TO KILL A PERSON! :eek:

somewhere in india there is a road sign that says 'Accidents prohibited'

Not true. There's 'por'(for) and 'que'(what) too.
i meant... the spanish word :rolleyes:

somewhere in india there is a road sign that says 'Accidents prohibited'

That'll work as much as saying 'Don't ask to be drawn'

Speaking of road signs In Switserland singns with the word F###ing (a town (i think)) Have been cast in Theif-proof Cement blocks to stop tourists from nicking them.

Here's some more:

You are 176 times more likely to be murdered than to win the National Lottery

Smokers spend on average £91,832 on cigarettes during their lifetime

Madonna doesn't let her children watch television, only movies (The ####!)

It's not impossible to drink 40 shots of vodka and still want more.

Britons take home 430,000 gallons (1.95m litres) of shampoo from hotels every year, a survey has found.

Britain produces 700 regional cheeses, more even than France

Thats all for now (at least the BBC is good for something)

Speaking of road signs In Switserland singns with the word F###ing (a town (i think))
wrong.
f*cking (http://www.****ing.at/****ing/eOrt1.htm) is in austria.

check the additional sign below the place-name sign. :)

edit:
damn, you can't even link to that page.
search on google.

I bet it isn't, because that would be soooooooooooo mindbogglingly stupid.

Also, how the hell are you going to punish someone for it? Put them in prison? Hang them?

i remember where is say it. it was in ripleys believe it or not. and i didnt make that rules, y r u talking like i did? i think its dumb too. those were my thoughts exacly when i heard it

Speaking of road signs In Switserland singns with the word F###ing (a town (i think)) Have been cast in Theif-proof Cement blocks to stop tourists from nicking them.
Talkign about place names, there's not a bad one near me. Dick Fock's Forest, which is in Effingham.

Of course, it probably didn't have the same ring about it when it was named that.

You are 176 times more likely to be murdered than to win the National Lottery
Hey! I've been murdered 176 times! Come on, '1, 7, 25, 27, 35, 37, 40'

Hey! I've been murdered 176 times! Come on, '1, 7, 25, 27, 35, 37, 40'
You're very unlikely to win if you pick seven numbers.

Or if you've already been murdered 176 times.

Also, even if you had been murdered 176 times, it still wouldn't increase your chance of winning the lottery.

Or if you've already been murdered 176 times.

Also, even if you had been murdered 176 times, it still wouldn't increase your chance of winning the lottery.
Do you think, perhaps, he might have been joking?

Sailor, Dead Leaf, Paper Kite, Blue Striped Crow, Julia and Great Egg Fly are all names of butterflies.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet.

"Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?"
GAHAHAHA! :D

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
- Yes, I'm right handed!

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Mosquitoes do not bite. They stab. A mosquito has no jaws, hence when attacking a victim, it pierces it with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through it's nasal tube.

The tongue is not a muscle. The strongest muscle is attached to the tongue. There's a difference

I'm almost sure the tongue is a muscle. Every source I can find online suggests that it is.

Really? My science teacher says otherwise. (She's an idiot, though.)

Well, they use phrases like "muscular organ" and "mass of muscular tissue". As far as I know that makes it a muscle, but I'm a physicist and we don't know or care much about that kind of thing.

I shall now refer to the Bible of all knowledge: Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue

The tongue is the large bundle of muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing.

Key areas have been highlighted.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
you should only fear room 101. :-/
"Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?"
killed by a champagne cork? where would you have to hit it to be killed?
i highly doubt that.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
wrong.
it's your buttocks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_maximus
Butterflies taste with their feet.
most insects do that. if you are that small, it's obviously the most convinient to taste everything you step on. (mostly your food source)

killed by a champagne cork? where would you have to hit it to be killed?
i highly doubt that.

The eye, i think

The eye, i think

No it's down south:D ;)

Did you know that "woman" means "belong to man" [wo-("belong to" in old english) and -man(do this need any explanations)]

you should only fear room 101. :-/
The advantage, of course, that spiders have, is that they're real.

The advantage, of course, that spiders have, is that they're real.
such things can get quite real for people in countries like china or north korea.
or guantanamo bay... :-/

The eye, i think
No it's down south
ehrm.
people have been shot or stabbed through the head and other body parts by various things, got ripped of or blasted away whole limbs.
i really doubt you can die by a champagne cork.
(one propelled out of a champagne bottle of course... :))

I'm amused that this thread seems to have more crap in it that it does facts.

The backside is the BIGGEST muscle. The tongue is the strongest.

Did you know that "woman" means "belong to man" [wo-("belong to" in old english) and -man(do this need any explanations)]
Also the Anglosaxon for a man wasn't man, but werman. (which sounds more like woman, but its just a coincidence)

Hence werewolf: man wolf.

And woman was wifman, hence wife.



Also, Darth vader means Dark Father in Dutch, that must have really spoiled the storyline starwars fo them.

So, strictly, Seargent Angua should in fact be called a wifwolf?

That's a rubbish word.

killed by a champagne cork? where would you have to hit it to be killed?
i highly doubt that.

Here in Norway, it actually happened a time ago. He got the cork in his mouth, and then he choked.

Yes, I know it's stupid :p

you should only fear room 101.
Room 101? I thought it was room nr. 13 people was afraid of.

Also the Anglosaxon for a man wasn't man, but werman. (which sounds more like woman, but its just a coincidence)

Hence werewolf: man wolf.

And woman was wifman, hence wife.



Also, Darth vader means Dark Father in Dutch, that must have really spoiled the storyline starwars fo them.

Wrong, the dutch for "Darth Vader" is "Donkere Vader", close but no cigar (mmmmm cigars)

donkere vader? Well, I'm happy they tried not to translate his name in Germany. :D

donkere vader? Well, I'm happy they tried not to translate his name in Germany. :D

It's about the same really...

maybe it is, but I think "Darth" sounds cooler than "donkere" :rolleyes:

Room 101? I thought it was room nr. 13 people was afraid of.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_101

Wikipedia strikes again :D

So, strictly, Seargent Angua should in fact be called a wifwolf?

That's a rubbish word.
Of course, for the sake of political correctness!

The backside is the BIGGEST muscle. The tongue is the strongest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle#The_strongest_human_muscle
definitely not the tongue muscles.

hooray! wikipedia wins!

Wrong, the dutch for "Darth Vader" is "Donkere Vader", close but no cigar (mmmmm cigars)
He didn't say Darth Vader was called Dark Father in Holland -- he said that the words "darth" and "vader" mean "dark" and "father" in Dutch.

Like the whole Kaiser Soze thing.

I thought Darth means DARk Lord of the SiTH.

I think loo has a point...

think so to cause darth aint dark so cant be "donkere" im dutch myzelf and i know im talking strange things

http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html

Do Dutch to English for "Darth Vader", it comes up with "Darth Father"

Edit:

Before you reach for that mince pie this Christmas (UK) DON'T - It's illegal

Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas, and the eating of mince pies and the ban on eating mince pies has never been repealed.

Ok, so we've established 'darth' dosn't mean dark, but the father bits still true.

Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas, and the eating of mince pies and the ban on eating mince pies has never been repealed.Yea, but, whose going to enforce it, and whose going to waste goverment time repealing it.

"donkere"
I say "Vader" means "Concrete".

Hehe.


And now that bush can't stand in another election, they're lining up his younger brother for the next president. He's currently in charge of florida or something.

vader (the dutch word) means dad (the english word)

did u know that this thread is becoming a Star Wars thread? i never knew myself! xDDDDDD

I'm pretty sure Darth Vader was latin.

One things for sure. It's not nahuatl. They didn't have the sound 'd'

I'm pretty sure Darth Vader was latin.
Darth Vader sounds not very latin to me :rolleyes:

I think its obvious that Darth Vader means Dark father...
Sidious could come from "persuade", and Maul and Tyranus are obvious, too...

Back to topic, guys! :D

i heard that it was dutch aswell

Darth Vader sounds not very latin to me :rolleyes:

I think its obvious that Darth Vader means Dark father...
Sidious could come from "persuade", and Maul and Tyranus are obvious, too...

Back to topic, guys! :D
tyranus is latin, though, and maul is english.

I know :D I just said Vader sounds not latin, tyranus is latin of course. And maybe Darth Vader is dutch, but even without knowing the dutch word, its quite obvious. You know Darth Vader IS lukes "dark father", and it sound similiar.

You know Darth Vader IS lukes "dark father", and it sound similiar.
That was my original point.

Darth Vader IS lukes "dark father", and it sound similiar.
furthermore he is appropriately dressed in black, which is quite dark.
if he was wearing pink... :)

Sidious could come from "persuade"
Or... insidious. You know. Perhaps.

I'm sorry I didnt know that the english word insidious existed :rolleyes:

i heard that it was dutch aswell Vader is dutch, darth isn't. Vader means Father. 'Darth sidious' could mean 'Dark sided'

There is now a great big dent in my wall shaped exactly like my head. Everybody read this: http://www.sagajournal.com/snamesofstarwars.html ...and then stop posting things that are wrong.

this really isnt going anywere. lets come up with somthing new! how about this...

sneaker was first used to describe rubber-soled tennis shoe in 1873

The latest record for cramming people in a volkswagen beetle is 25.

There is about 1/4 pound of salt in each gallon of seawater

In japan they have square watermelons grown in boxes to be stacked better

There are as many chickens in this planet as humans

Pieboy really is the man <--- no joke!

Mel Blanc, the man who did the voice of bugs bunny was allergic to carrots!

slugs have four noses

thats all for now :)

There is now a great big dent in my wall shaped exactly like my head. Everybody read this: http://www.sagajournal.com/snamesofstarwars.html ...and then stop posting things that are wrong.Ah, yes. Well, I was completely wrong.

I blame the website I got it from.

The latest record for cramming people in a volkswagen beetle is 25.Were they all midgets?

sneaker was first used to describe rubber-soled tennis shoe in 1873
no, that was 1916:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaker_%28footwear%29
There is about 1/4 pound of salt in each gallon of seawater
~3,5% -> 35g/L (oh! how i love the distinctiveness of the metric system)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_water
In japan they have square watermelons grown in boxes to be stacked better
indeed:
http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/5376.jpg
Mel Blanc, the man who did the voice of bugs bunny was allergic to carrots!
though he did gnaw on them to get the original bugs bunny-carrot-eating sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc
slugs have four noses
i don't think that slugs have any noses at all. :rolleyes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose
they have 2 pairs of tentacles: 2 optical and 2 for smelling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug

could everyone please prove their "facts" before posting them?
we don't have to spread wrong "facts".:-/

no, that was 1916:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaker_%28footwear%29

~3,5% -> 35g/L (oh! how i love the distinctiveness of the metric system)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_water

indeed:
http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/5376.jpg

though he did gnaw on them to get the original bugs bunny-carrot-eating sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc

i don't think that slugs have any noses at all. :rolleyes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose
they have 2 pairs of tentacles: 2 optical and 2 for smelling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug

could everyone please prove their "facts" before posting them?
we don't have to spread wrong "facts".:-/
lol how long did it take you to do all of that research?

lol how long did it take you to do all of that research?
5min including the typing.

i have shortcuts in my browser to search on the german & english wikipedia, google and imdb.com.

though he did gnaw on them to get the original bugs bunny-carrot-eating sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc
Are you sure? I remember hearing once, I'm pretty sure it was from television, that he used leeks.

Are you sure? I remember hearing once, I'm pretty sure it was from television, that he used leeks.
ehrm... rabbits eat carrots! why would he gnaw on leeks then? huh? :eek:

Because he's allergic to carrots. It's not like anyone will notice a difference between the sound of crunching a carrot and the sound of crunching a leek is it?

NB: I don't know whether he crunched carrots of leeks (and don't really care to be honest).

lol why are we even arguing over wether he ate leeks or carrots!? who cares!

I CARE!!!! ITS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME! IF HE ATE CARROTS, IT WILL CHANGE MY WHOLE LIFE!!!

nah, just kidding :p

it is indeed important!

i didn't write the wikipedia article, but it states this:
Blanc was allergic to raw carrots; they caused his vocal chords to swell and prevented him from speaking easily. No other vegetable produced the desired crunch, however, so Blanc would save the "carrot-eating" sections of Bugs Bunny's dialogue for the end of the recording session, when he would chomp a raw carrot, say his lines, and then hawk a mouthful of chewed carrot into a convenient wastebasket.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc

lol thats gross

I'll have to try and track that programme down, I definatly remember it said they used leeks.

nah, just kidding :p
Oh, thats alright then.

The Larvae of the mother-of-pearl moth can travel 38.1 cm/sec (15 in/sec)- the equivelent of 241 km/h (150mph) by forming into a wheel and rolling away.

The shrew has a heartbeat rated 1,200 beats per minute.

I found this one suprising, the painter called PICASSO has actually got a slightly longer name than that - Pablo Diego Jose Francesco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno de los Remedios Crispin Cipriano de la Santisma Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
what happened when they called his name out in the register at school.

The shrew has a heartbeat rated 1,200 beats per minute.
wouldnt he like blow up or somthing?? how is it possible!?

probabily, states it in the guinness book of records, says its got the fastest heartbeat of all mammels.

wouldnt he like blow up or somthing?? how is it possible!?
Loads of animals move that fast. Think of a hummingbird, for example, how fast its wings go back and forth without ripping it to bits.

1200 beats per minute would sound (if you pressed a shrew's chest to your ear for some reason) like a very low hum -- roughly the lowest noise a human can hear.

PICASSO has actually got a slightly longer name
even longer:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
1,200 beats per minute
seems quite correct:
http://ajpregu.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/262/5/R842

I bet hardly anyone in this thread knows the correct name for the country Team17 is based in.

In fact, it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is the third longest country name in the world. After Algeria and Lybia, oddly enough.

After Algeria and Lybia, oddly enough.

What are their full names then? I would be curious to know this

What are their full names then? I would be curious to know this
Lybia is "Al-Jamahiriyah al-'Arabiyah al-Libiyah ash-Sha'biyah al-Ishtirakiyah", which I think means "Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya", and Algeria is "Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah", although I've seen shorter versions cited as official as well, so who knows?

I prefer our names.

Edit: Here's a list:
http://www.thevoiceofreason.com/TopTenLaughs/OneSite/TenLongestCountryNames.htm
I've checked the top three on more reliable looking sites.

and Syria is "Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah"
algeria, not syria.

funny, my paternal ancestry is from there.

weird thing you didn't know:
google earth can be even more addictive than wikipedia! :p
http://earth.google.com

I bet hardly anyone in this thread knows the correct name for the country Team17 is based in.

In fact, it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is the third longest country name in the world. After Algeria and Lybia, oddly enough.
I do - It says on the front of your passport:)

I knew because my Geography teacher told me 5 years ago.

Silly me, and there I was thinking it was 'England'.

Thank you Andrew for telling me that. It's a fact a life that I wouldn't have known unless someone like yourself had pointed it out.

I do - It says on the front of your passport:)
Why have you been looking at my passport?