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The Random Fact thread

Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
edited October 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Ok, because I'm really bored and I just stumbled onto one of those fact pages, I'm gonna post one here, and then others post their random interesting facts. Let's see what we can learn.

"The dot of an i is called a tittle."

here#s a random fact generator in case you don't have any - http://www.mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator/?p=243#scroll
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  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    :D The word "tittle" makes me laugh :D

    Here is one: The phrase “going commando” originated during the Vietnam War, a time when American troops spent extended periods of time in hot, humid jungles. Tight-fitting undergarments reduced ventilation and increased the risk of fungal infections in the groin area.
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    tittle!!!!!!!!! hahahahahah :D
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    The US interstate system requires that one in every fives miles of a highway to be straight. These straight strips serve as emergency purposes for airplanes and military causes.
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Teddy Roosevelt’s first wife and mother died on the same day in the same house. The day was Valentine’s Day 1884.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    The US interstate system requires that one in every fives miles of a highway to be straight. These straight strips serve as emergency purposes for airplanes and military causes.
    That's an interesting one.


    When you crack a whip, the tip is moving faster than the speed of sound. That is why it “cracks”, instead of making a “wooosh” sound.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    To escape the jaws of a crocodile, push your thumbs into its eyes - it will release you instantly.



    No NFL team which plays its home games in a dome has ever won a Superbowl
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    chadwick wrote:
    Teddy Roosevelt’s first wife and mother died on the same day in the same house. The day was Valentine’s Day 1884.

    aww sad :(
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    The state fish of Hawaii is the humuhumunukunukuapua’a. The Hawaiian name roughly translates to “the fish with a pig-like nose”. It’s English name is the Reef Triggerfish.

    Though it’s rarely used, the word used to reference half a computer byte is a “nibble.”
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    OMG :eek:

    16th century plastic surgeon, Gaspare Tagliacozzi, built his aristocratic patients new noses out of the skins of the patients’ slaves.
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    chadwick wrote:

    Though it’s rarely used, the word used to reference half a computer byte is a “nibble.”

    Haha :D one of our lcturers told us that. We thought he was joking.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    pearljamjen wrote:
    aww sad :(

    i was just told that maybe someone tried offing Teddy Roosevelt
    with poison or something but his wife and mother got it by accident instead.

    like a poisoned cake/pie or something.

    i dont know the facts of either death
    but that sure is an odd happening.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    pearljamjen wrote:
    OMG :eek:

    16th century plastic surgeon, Gaspare Tagliacozzi, built his aristocratic patients new noses out of the skins of the patients’ slaves.

    that is fucked.

    if i was a slave back then
    i'd hope he used my ass or scrotum skin
    for these jerk offs' noses...

    do you smell my ass or sack you bastard, yes/no? :D
    crude fucker i am ;)
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones were college roommates.
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones were college roommates.

    did they engaged in homosexual activities, yes/no?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    chadwick wrote:
    did they engaged in homosexual activities, yes/no?
    :p
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    chadwick wrote:
    that is fucked.

    if i was a slave back then
    i'd hope he used my ass or scrotum skin
    for these jerk offs' noses...

    do you smell my ass or sack you bastard, yes/no? :D
    crude fucker i am ;)

    HAHA!! :D
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr Seuss to write a book containing exactly 50 words. The result? Green Eggs and Ham.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
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    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    chadwick wrote:
    “Pretty Boy” Floyd might have been one of America’s most notorious bank robbers, but he couldn’t have been too bad a guy: On bank heists, he was known for destroying mortgage papers, consequently freeing hundreds of people from property debt.

    GENIUS!!! :D

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    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    GENIUS!!! :D

    No American has died of 'old age' since 1951.

    i thought it was brilliant too.
    try this one.
    i think this one is pretty wild.

    President James Garfield could write Greek with one hand while simultaneously writing Latin with the other.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    chadwick wrote:
    i thought it was brilliant too.
    try this one.
    i think this one is pretty wild.

    President James Garfield could write Greek with one hand while simultaneously writing Latin with the other.

    Wow! :eek:


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    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
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