Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 220721 times)

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1960 on:** October 18, 2010, 11:32:06 PM »

whispering is more wearing on your voice than a normal speaking tone...

captain_obvious · « **Reply #1961 on:** October 23, 2010, 02:12:41 PM »

I now have 1000 posts as of 2242 Afghan time on the 23rd of october 2010

Took me long enough!

chyort!! Make that 1001

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1962 on:** October 30, 2010, 06:38:41 PM »

New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco...

limey BSc. · « **Reply #1963 on:** October 31, 2010, 10:57:19 AM »

The intergalactic hyperdrive on the Daedalus class ships in Stargate can travel at approximately 1.65 lightyears per second. At that speed, you could get to Alpha Centuri (the nearest apparent star) in slightly under 3 seconds.

Mario · « **Reply #1964 on:** October 31, 2010, 01:42:12 PM »

Greece's nathional anthem has 158 verses. Nobody in Greece has managed to remember them all.

eclipse74569 · « **Reply #1965 on:** October 31, 2010, 02:57:37 PM »

The storms that hit the Midwest and traveled east was the largest system to hit North America in recorded history!

Lionus · « **Reply #1966 on:** October 31, 2010, 05:25:38 PM »

In B4 reference to "the day after tomorrow" supercells.

Mustang · « **Reply #1967 on:** November 01, 2010, 03:46:26 PM »

Hurricanes over land, eh?

limey BSc. · « **Reply #1968 on:** November 10, 2010, 09:58:19 AM »

In the 12 month period ending March 2009, the RPI (Retail price index, a measure of inflation in the UK based on the change in cost of a basket of goods) went negative for the first time since 1960, showing an overall reduction of cost over the period of 0.4%. This peaked in the 12 month period ending June 2009 showing an RPI of -1.4%, the lowest since records began in 1948.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1969 on:** November 19, 2010, 10:41:08 PM »

it takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs...

eclipse74569 · « **Reply #1970 on:** November 19, 2010, 10:46:50 PM »

Quote from: JimmyB76 on November 19, 2010, 10:41:08 PM

it takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs...

At least the rest of the cow goes to good use...burgers, steak...yup...I'm getting hungry thinking about it!

Nebula · « **Reply #1971 on:** November 19, 2010, 10:55:25 PM »

Quote from: JimmyB76 on November 19, 2010, 10:41:08 PM

it takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs...

rly now?? I thought they moved to fake leather....

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1972 on:** November 19, 2010, 11:06:16 PM »

dont question me

the face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water...

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1973 on:** November 29, 2010, 08:13:04 PM »

the three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations...

Nebula · « **Reply #1974 on:** November 29, 2010, 08:27:46 PM »

uh jimmy what happened to my other post in here that had a fact??

Did you start deleting things without reading them again >.>

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Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28

limey BSc. · « **Reply #1975 on:** November 30, 2010, 04:03:43 AM »

In 1997, the Met Office (the British meteorological service) had the 3rd most powerful supercomputer in the world. A Cray T3E, running at 430 GigaFLOPS (FLOPS being FLoating point Operations Per Second).

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1976 on:** November 30, 2010, 07:57:34 AM »

Quote from: Nebula on November 29, 2010, 08:27:46 PM

Did you start deleting things without reading them again >.>

ya prolly...

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words...

Mustang · « **Reply #1977 on:** December 04, 2010, 02:36:51 AM »

That is WAAYYYYY too ironic to not be on purpose.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #1978 on:** December 04, 2010, 09:05:07 AM »

the Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders...
oh, shoulders... i misread that lol

eclipse74569 · « **Reply #1979 on:** December 04, 2010, 11:37:03 AM »

Quote from: JimmyB76 on December 04, 2010, 09:05:07 AM

the Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders...
oh, shoulders... i misread that lol

Why am I not surprised you did?

The ant makes up for about 18% of the animal/human/reptile/whatever weight combined!

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