Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 204656 times)

MLeo · « **Reply #620 on:** July 13, 2008, 09:40:50 AM »

Nevermind gross (it is), think about safety! How many people were drowned by having people fall on them (from the top of the wave)?

EternalKnights · « **Reply #621 on:** July 14, 2008, 12:04:01 PM »

The worlds first pottery was made in Japan approximately 12,000 years ago.

Senator · « **Reply #622 on:** July 14, 2008, 12:28:23 PM »

It's an anatomically correct heart chocolate.

Speaking of which, there actually is a unicode heart symbol which is this one: ?

(I have tried to find for this post who the hell made the heart symbol, which as you can see doesn't really look like a heart that much, and apparently nobody knows. Its from BC for sure, and there is a chance it goes all the way back to the ice age as well, making it one of the longest used typograhic symbols in existance, and globally)

Armondikov · « **Reply #623 on:** July 14, 2008, 04:56:06 PM »

The heart symbol looks quite like a heart if you look at a diagram of it (although more from the inside than the outside). The ventricles come down to a point and the atria arch up into two humps, hence the symbol.

Armondikov · « **Reply #624 on:** July 14, 2008, 04:58:26 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(symbol)#As_icon

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What the traditional "heart shape" actually depicts is a matter of some controversy. It only vaguely resembles the human heart. Some people claim that it actually depicts the heart of a cow, a more readily available sight to most people in past centuries than an actual human heart. However, while bovine hearts are more similar to the iconic heart shape, the resemblance is still slight.

Senator · « **Reply #625 on:** July 14, 2008, 06:35:45 PM »

Vikos Gorge

Something like a small Grand Canyon of Europe. But in Green.

Senator · « **Reply #626 on:** July 15, 2008, 02:40:53 PM »

Don't try that at home:

( http://expn.go.com/expn/story?id=3055619 )

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #627 on:** July 16, 2008, 07:31:24 AM »

Except When It Comes To Outfitting Our Own Combat Troops

"Our country puts $1 billion a year up to help feed the hungry. And we're by far the most generous nation in the world when it comes to that, and I'm proud to report that. That isn't a contest of who's the most generous. I'm just telling telling you as an aside. We're generous. We shouldn't be bragging about it. But we are. We're very generous."

- Dubya, Washington D.C., July 16, 2003

_{188 Days Left!}

lint · « **Reply #628 on:** July 16, 2008, 07:38:04 AM »

I have to ask jimmy, why the count down?

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #629 on:** July 16, 2008, 09:26:18 AM »

because Dubya Bush is a disgrace and ruined this country, so i am more than glad to count down the days until he is finally out of office and damaging things further...

Senator · « **Reply #630 on:** July 16, 2008, 02:29:15 PM »

It is the "Lower Antelope" slot canyon out of erroded sandstone.

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #631 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:59:35 AM »

MOON FACT:The moon has a diameter of 3 474 km.(2158 miles)
On an overlay map of Europe that would go from Madrid to Moscow.

Senator · « **Reply #632 on:** July 17, 2008, 12:08:32 PM »

InBev is a little Belgian Beer company which owns 200 beer brands throughout the world (eg: Stella)

It now owns Budweiser as well.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #633 on:** July 17, 2008, 02:22:43 PM »

British army vehicles now mostly use diesel ;)

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #634 on:** July 17, 2008, 02:38:36 PM »

Quote from: Senator on July 17, 2008, 12:08:32 PM

InBev is a little Belgian Beer company which owns 200 beer brands throughout the world (eg: Stella)

It now owns Budweiser as well.

i just saw that on the news a few days ago lol
yet another American thing recently bought by a foreign country... first the Chrysler Building and now Budweiser...
*sigh*

Senator · « **Reply #635 on:** July 17, 2008, 02:41:27 PM »

Want to buy a (used) Seattle automatic public toilet for $89000 dollars? Here is your chance:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170240609824

Senator · « **Reply #636 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:17:13 PM »

A prototype for a 100 passenger trans-atlantic airliner.

A very early prototype.

It crashed in its first test flight and both pilots were killed.

Trim · « **Reply #637 on:** July 18, 2008, 07:51:24 AM »

From 1941 until 1950, violet was part of the color mixture for "M&M's"? Plain Chocolate Candies. Violet was replaced by tan.

Senator · « **Reply #638 on:** July 18, 2008, 08:27:01 PM »

Americans can't travel to Cuba.

Everyone* else can.

*Almost, there is North Korea as well having "government imposed outwards travel restrictions"

Senator · « **Reply #639 on:** July 19, 2008, 05:06:10 PM »

It is the Aquada.

This... looks kind of good actually.
Usually floating cars either don't look right, or perform one of the two roles shitty (car or boat).
This claims 160 km/h on land (can't find acceleration tho) and 26 knots on water. (counts as a speedboat)

News:

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