The Offical Random Yet Cool Facts Thread

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Hi all!

Know something cool/fascinating/awesome/downright nerdy that everyone else needs to know? Post all your random facts right here or stop by for some random knowledge that you can wow people with.
-Look smart at parties
-Impress the opposite sex with you knowledge of the useless
-Impress the same sex with you knowledge of the useless
-And more (I think)

The only one I can think of right now is
Bungie Studio's first game was GNOP, a monochrome pong rip off designed by Jason Jones, who later went on to right the Marathon and Halo story lines

26/05/2008

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Pilkingbod

The snail has 4 noses.
Just learned that today.

26/05/2008

Vegetables

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XxmadmanxX

i just made 2000 kudos

thought id advertise that

EDIT:

did u no pajayma sam, spyfox and freddie fish are comming to wii :\

26/05/2008

Lawl Guyver Ajajajaja

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Dénor

Hmmmm.....

I'm random! That's a random yet cool fact!

26/05/2008

Fact: Bears eat Beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica.

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Silence

I can see this turning into a Chuck Norris 'fact' thread

Hmm okay, here's a fact/statistic:

3/4 of US Girls between 14 and 19 years old are sexually infected.

26/05/2008

Kingsbury, Victoria

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sjt333

The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”.

26/05/2008

Not only that, I broke his thumbs. Tikis for the Tiki god.

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thegame10

chuck norris doesnt t-bag women, he potato sacks them

26/05/2008

Brisbane

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Pilkingbod

The Pasty was invented as a convenient way of getting food down to miners.
Also learned that today.

26/05/2008

Vegetables

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Robtot

Oh yeah and please try and keep it moderately clean folks

26/05/2008

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leeman34

Women are responsible for more than half of all child abuse cases in Queensland and are much more likely to neglect their children than men.

random enough ? but still true

26/05/2008

geelong

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sjt333

Silence said: I can see this turning into a Chuck Norris 'fact' thread

ive got a whole word doc full of them

Chuck Norris invented Kentucky Fried Chicken's famous secret recipe, with eleven herbs and spices. But nobody ever mentions the twelfth ingredient: Fear.

26/05/2008

Not only that, I broke his thumbs. Tikis for the Tiki god.

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leeman34

sjt333 said:

Silence said: I can see this turning into a Chuck Norris 'fact' thread

ive got a whole word doc full of them
Chuck Norris invented Kentucky Fried Chicken's famous secret recipe, with eleven herbs and spices. But nobody ever mentions the twelfth ingredient: Fear.

i hate to be the one to say it but thats neither "random" or "fact" LOL

26/05/2008

geelong

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Shalesh

in cards, The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

26/05/2008

Melbourne, Victoria

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Magickstar

A catfish has approximately 100,000 taste buds.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.

26/05/2008

MagickStarPixie[at]Hotmail[dot]Com

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leeman34

Barbie's full name is Barbara Milicent Roberts.

26/05/2008

geelong

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malaka

the earth becomes 1,000 tonnes heavier each year because of space dust O_o

26/05/2008

In that case, so as to prevent any more miracles, I will crush you into atoms...!

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greenbob

Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.

26/05/2008

Diff room to my wii. I can't wii and chat at same time.

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sjt333

African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements.

26/05/2008

Not only that, I broke his thumbs. Tikis for the Tiki god.

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Silence

Pig's can't look up. Unless you position them awkwardly against a wall or something. But that would be cheating.

26/05/2008

Kingsbury, Victoria

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leeman34

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so).

26/05/2008

geelong

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sjt333

turning a shark upside down will make it pass out

26/05/2008

Not only that, I broke his thumbs. Tikis for the Tiki god.

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leeman34

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

please dont try this at home

26/05/2008

geelong

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Magickstar

sjt333 said: turning a shark upside down will make it pass out

That one made me lol!

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Interesting

26/05/2008

MagickStarPixie[at]Hotmail[dot]Com

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malaka

We are moving through space at the rate of 530km a second

26/05/2008

In that case, so as to prevent any more miracles, I will crush you into atoms...!

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XxmadmanxX

magickstar said:

sjt333 said: turning a shark upside down will make it pass out
That one made me lol!
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Interesting

i heard about the 2 front legs onebut not the rest

26/05/2008

Lawl Guyver Ajajajaja