Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 204861 times)

captain_obvious · « **Reply #2160 on:** January 16, 2013, 12:12:07 PM »

Quote from: B5 on January 16, 2013, 11:53:56 AM

According to National Geographic, Redheads will be extinct by 2060

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2161 on:** January 16, 2013, 04:50:26 PM »

The warmest temperature ever recorded at the South Pole is -12.3^oC

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Malaysia is 7.8^oC

FarShot · « **Reply #2162 on:** January 16, 2013, 10:24:58 PM »

My mom is from Malaysia.

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #2163 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:19:36 AM »

The Swedish language uses the same word for marriage and poison. Gift (pronounced like ?yift?)

Darkthunder · « **Reply #2164 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:52:00 AM »

Pretty ironic to be honest

Trim · « **Reply #2165 on:** January 17, 2013, 06:38:06 PM »

Quote from: 1DeadlySAMURAI on January 17, 2013, 11:19:36 AM

The Swedish language uses the same word for marriage and poison.

I'm divorced so yeah, I'd say that's pretty damned accutate.

B5 · « **Reply #2166 on:** January 19, 2013, 04:23:54 AM »

^ lol

Nebula · « **Reply #2167 on:** February 04, 2013, 12:37:03 PM »

FarShot · « **Reply #2168 on:** February 04, 2013, 01:16:50 PM »

Ugh... :roll

Lionus · « **Reply #2169 on:** February 05, 2013, 06:42:15 PM »

Quote from: Nebula on February 04, 2013, 12:37:03 PM

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #2170 on:** February 05, 2013, 06:48:20 PM »

Actually...it's true if you think about it.

Nebula · « **Reply #2171 on:** February 05, 2013, 07:14:37 PM »

Indeed and there is nothing wrong about G4 MLP xD (AXE and destroy the other Generations at your will) xD

Lionus · « **Reply #2172 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:36:27 PM »

It's not the show that I dislike. It's the wrong audience that follows it..

that show is meant for girls that are under 10 yrs old. not for 20-something guys. Hell, I admit that I watched the original show when I was a kid, and it was miles better than the hyperactive ADD ripoff this one is.

King Class Scout · « **Reply #2173 on:** February 07, 2013, 09:14:05 AM »

don't even try to convince him of anything regarding MLP. he's still tainted by the uber crappy dub and sub work that Finns have had to put up with for years. don't try anything. his mind's made up, firm as concrete (used anywhere but the US Highway system

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Trim · « **Reply #2174 on:** February 07, 2013, 03:22:53 PM »

Talk about a shitty way to die, pun intended............

James Knox Polk, the 11th U.S. President, died of chronic diarrhea.

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2175 on:** February 07, 2013, 05:18:58 PM »

Later this month, a British-built satellite, STRaND-1, will be launched. The nanosatellite will (for part of its mission) be entirely controlled by a Nexus One. It's also testing out 2 pioneering propulsion technologies; a warp drive and pulsed plasma thrusters. One of the other experiments it'll be doing is to see if, as Ridley Scott would have us believe, "in space, no-one can hear you scream".
A follow-up satellite is being planned that uses a Kinect to dock automatically.

Suck on that NASA!

eclipse74569 · « **Reply #2176 on:** February 07, 2013, 05:25:05 PM »

Quote from: Trim on February 07, 2013, 03:22:53 PM

Talk about a shitty way to die, pun intended............

James Knox Polk, the 11th U.S. President, died of chronic diarrhea.

I thought it was Cholera....

captain_obvious · « **Reply #2177 on:** February 07, 2013, 05:53:41 PM »

Quote from: limey BSc. on February 07, 2013, 05:18:58 PM

Later this month, a British-built satellite, STRaND-1, will be launched. The nanosatellite will (for part of its mission) be entirely controlled by a Nexus One. It's also testing out 2 pioneering propulsion technologies; a warp drive and pulsed plasma thrusters. One of the other experiments it'll be doing is to see if, as Ridley Scott would have us believe, "in space, no-one can hear you scream".
A follow-up satellite is being planned that uses a Kinect to dock automatically.

Suck on that NASA!

A British built and launched satellite called Prospero X1 is still up there and still transmitting after almost 50 years in orbit.
Not a bad run eh?

JB2005 · « **Reply #2178 on:** February 07, 2013, 09:22:33 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_(spacecraft)

To say that the UK Space Industry is peanuts compared to that in the US...we do alright!

Shame about Beagle 2 though

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2179 on:** February 08, 2013, 04:53:02 AM »

Quote from: JB2005 on February 07, 2013, 09:22:33 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_(spacecraft)

To say that the UK Space Industry is peanuts compared to that in the US...we do alright!

Shame about Beagle 2 though

The most amazing part about that is the engine. It's a normal rocket engine, but, while in atmosphere, it can use the oxygen from the air to burn, rather than having to carry its own supply!

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