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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1920 on: August 18, 2010, 08:37:22 PM »
Quote from: JimmyB76 on August 15, 2010, 11:05:55 AM
one million people each year are bitten by animals in the United States...

And you're still more likely to be attacked by a shark than hit by either lightening or an asteroid.
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1921 on: August 19, 2010, 07:05:29 PM »
2 of the 3 stalker games are available on steam for ?6.24 instead of ?24.98 they normally are..
And I bought all 3 for normal price on there 3 days ago  :picardfacepalm:
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1922 on: August 19, 2010, 11:30:30 PM »
lol fail
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1923 on: August 24, 2010, 12:16:46 PM »
August 24, 1992 -  Hurricane Andrew devastated much of South Florida after coming ashore near Homestead with sustained winds of 165 mph and a central pressure of 922 millibars...
it is the third most powerful Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States during the 20th century, causing $26.5 billion in damage ($41.1 billion 2010 USD)...
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1924 on: August 24, 2010, 05:05:36 PM »
I would have been VERY happy to be in Pensacola at that point.
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1925 on: August 24, 2010, 05:27:11 PM »
Somewhat useful fact: Because of the rotation of the earth and currents and... stuff, all hurricanes forming over the Atlantic always hit America rather than Europe.

This is clearly evidence of God Blessing Us more. In your face Americans.

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1926 on: August 24, 2010, 05:38:58 PM »
Quote from: Senator on August 24, 2010, 05:27:11 PM
This is clearly evidence of God Blessing Us more. In your face Americans.
meh, i think it is more like hurricanes know where the best parties, coolest people, and most happening spots are, so they all come here...  clearly, europe sucks...
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1927 on: August 24, 2010, 06:32:42 PM »
Quote from: JimmyB76 on August 24, 2010, 05:38:58 PM
meh, i think it is more like hurricanes know where the best parties, coolest people, and most happening spots are, so they all come here...  clearly, europe sucks...

Less hurricanes means less devastation which means less cleanup time which means we have more time to design and build sensible cars with reasonably economic engines ;)
But lets not go there!

You got hurricanes, we had wars. BIG ass wars :(
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1928 on: August 27, 2010, 04:34:07 PM »
Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister...

hmmmmm...  why does that weirdly kinda make sense somehow?  lol
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1929 on: August 27, 2010, 05:03:44 PM »
Quote from: JimmyB76 on August 27, 2010, 04:34:07 PM
Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister...

hmmmmm...  why does that weirdly kinda make sense somehow?  lol

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1930 on: August 28, 2010, 03:22:09 PM »
Mr. Rogers scares the crap out of me. What the dude hiding?

Charles Hall, is generally credited with the American spelling of Aluminum (as opposed to the British spelling of Aluminium) when he mispelled it in his promotional literature.
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1931 on: August 28, 2010, 03:33:31 PM »
The element was originally known as 'Alumium', then 'Aluminum' by its (British) discoverer, Humphry Davy.

The name was only changed to 'Aluminium' when:
 
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...a British political-literary journal, in a review of Davy's book, objected to aluminum and proposed the name aluminium, "for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound."

So aluminum is the 'proper' term, however it must be noted that; had the name remained 'alumium' no-one would have objected.
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1932 on: August 28, 2010, 03:54:40 PM »
in other words, it was the british being their linguistically peculiar selves :P

the british spent the early 19th century making fun of american speechways, while forgetting they used to speak that way themselves !
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1933 on: August 28, 2010, 04:33:08 PM »
August 28, 1990 - the only F5 tornado to ever strike the Chicago area carved a 16-mile path through Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet in Illinois, killing 29 people...
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1934 on: August 28, 2010, 06:00:28 PM »
Quote from: JimmyB76 on August 28, 2010, 04:33:08 PM
August 28, 1990 - the only F5 tornado to ever strike the Chicago area carved a 16-mile path through Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet in Illinois, killing 29 people...

What is this, "this day in history" thread? :P *ducks* j/p

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1935 on: August 29, 2010, 02:31:49 PM »
August 29, 2005 - Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a strong Category 3 storm in southeast Louisiana... it was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the US...
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1936 on: August 29, 2010, 04:15:05 PM »
that reminds me.. is New Orleans still messed up?
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1937 on: August 29, 2010, 08:48:25 PM »
Quote from: JimmyB76 on August 29, 2010, 02:31:49 PM
August 29, 2005 - Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a strong Category 3 storm in southeast Louisiana... it was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the US...

And had Bush listened to FEMA to begin with, the director would have kept his job, and...N'awlins might have had a chance!!!

Lionus:  They're doing a lot better now than they were back then
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1938 on: September 01, 2010, 05:57:42 PM »
The Stig's real name is Ben Collins. How I wish I hadn't spotted it on my homepage. :(
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #1939 on: September 03, 2010, 03:46:39 PM »
99% of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration...
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