Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 204565 times)

Trim · « **Reply #2180 on:** April 03, 2013, 06:16:05 PM »

The top of the Empire State building was built to anchor blimps.

King Class Scout · « **Reply #2181 on:** April 04, 2013, 01:06:09 PM »

Scientists think that the red hair genes came from the Neandertals.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #2182 on:** April 25, 2013, 05:17:09 PM »

Hawaii has been declared as the least stressful state in which to reside...

meanwhile, Rhode Island (my state) is 2nd most stressed out place to live lol
gee, i couldnt imagine why... heh

LEAST STRESSED STATES

Hawaii 32.1%
Louisiana 37.6%
Mississippi 37.9%
Iowa 38.1%
Wyoming 38.6%

MOST STRESSED STATES

West Virginia 47.1%
Rhode Island 46.3%
Kentucky 44.8%
Utah 44.6%
Massachusetts 43.4%

Nebula · « **Reply #2183 on:** April 26, 2013, 12:37:09 AM »

hmm where does Michigan rank?

Toa_Kaita · « **Reply #2184 on:** May 10, 2013, 06:45:54 PM »

Quote from: Wikipedia: Taco Bell

"In March 2001, Taco Bell announced a promotion to coincide with the re-entry of the Mir space station. They towed a large target out into the Pacific Ocean, announcing that if the target was hit by a falling piece of Mir, every person in the United States would be entitled to a free Taco Bell taco. The company bought a sizable insurance policy for this gamble. No piece of the station struck the target."

Ambassador · « **Reply #2185 on:** May 29, 2013, 03:20:15 AM »

Most modern music records are effected by a trend known as the loudness war through the use of excessive dynamic range compression and other processing techniques. The result is lower dynamics and fidelity.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #2186 on:** May 29, 2013, 09:26:46 AM »

Rhode Island celebrates its 223rd b-day today...
although it is the smallest state, it is the 2nd most densely populated state behind New Jersey...

Trim · « **Reply #2187 on:** July 01, 2013, 03:53:48 PM »

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

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #2188 on:** August 07, 2013, 12:56:25 PM »

The 25 Biggest Celebrities From Rhode Island

nxadam1701 · « **Reply #2189 on:** August 08, 2013, 10:07:26 AM »

Quote from: Trim on July 01, 2013, 03:53:48 PM

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

If this is true and a good portion of the most trendiest NY bars have decided to boycott Russian Vodka bc of their views on homosexuals and other radical beliefs, we will be really hitting them hard, financially speaking of course.
Very interest!
Thanks for the fact.

Adam

limey BSc. · « **Reply #2190 on:** August 13, 2013, 04:10:44 PM »

If an astronaut on the ISS were to start singing The Proclaimers - 500 Miles, by the time the song finished, they would have travelled almost exactly 1000 miles.

KrrKs · « **Reply #2191 on:** December 02, 2013, 10:18:07 AM »

FNV is not only an Acronym for Fallout:New Vegas, but also for a widespread Hash Function.
-- I should implement WHAT?

Trim · « **Reply #2192 on:** December 06, 2013, 01:20:45 PM »

Sonoluminescence is the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.

KrrKs · « **Reply #2193 on:** December 07, 2013, 08:08:31 AM »

Quote from: Trim on December 06, 2013, 01:20:45 PM

Sonoluminescence is the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.

From Wikipedia:

Quote

During bubble collapse, the inertia of the surrounding water causes high pressure and high temperature, reaching around 10,000 kelvins in the interior of the bubble

:eek

ECGadget · « **Reply #2194 on:** December 11, 2013, 05:27:55 AM »

Here is one

Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. However, every stamp carries a relief image or a silhouette of the monarch?s head instead.

KrrKs · « **Reply #2195 on:** December 14, 2013, 08:27:08 AM »

According to a study, Bots are responsible for up to 61,5% of all internet traffic in 2013. But only 0.5% (of overall traffic causers) do

Still more than enough!

Edit: stupid me linked the picture, not the article. Here it is:
http://www.incapsula.com/the-incapsula-blog/item/820-bot-traffic-report-2013

captain_obvious · « **Reply #2196 on:** December 15, 2013, 02:15:39 PM »

Quote from: KrrKs on December 14, 2013, 08:27:08 AM

According to a study, Bots are responsible for up to 61,5% of all internet traffic in 2013. But only 0.5% (of overall traffic causers) do
Still more than enough!

Slashdot

Ambassador · « **Reply #2197 on:** January 18, 2014, 04:07:31 PM »

Red-headed Swedish women descended from Vikings are often very attractive. :drool:

captain_obvious · « **Reply #2198 on:** January 22, 2014, 06:28:02 PM »

an arsole is an organoarsenic compound with the formula C4H4AsH. It also happens to look like an arsehole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsole

Btw, where did my "Nooooooo" thread go?

nxadam1701 · « **Reply #2199 on:** January 22, 2014, 07:53:42 PM »

Quote from: captain_obvious on January 22, 2014, 06:28:02 PM

an arsole is an organoarsenic compound with the formula C4H4AsH. It also happens to look like an arsehole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsole

Btw, where did my "Nooooooo" thread go?

Lol. I needed that laugh. Lol

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