Did You Know? ....... Strange Facts

quirkster

Gingers have no souls

Kromdar

Atariman wrote:

My personal theory is that when this projectile hit it's highest point, the world would explode. That's pretty much why I've never tried it.

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I've seen a fun theory about this, where a guy tried to work out how many pieces of buttered toast to attach to a cat to make it levitate...I must go search for it...

never gonna happen. the government hushed it up when they realised the duality of inventing anti-gravity and a universe-ending weapon such as that

ScumLord

atariman wrote: »

A cat always lands on his feet.
And buttered bread always falls butter side down.

But what would happen if you tied the buttered bread to the cat's back and threw it up in the air??

You'd have one angry samwidge.

KevR

poisonated wrote: »

there are more people living in Dublin than city of London

There are more people living in Barna village than the City of London.


If Ireland had the same population density as Tokyo the population would be 900,000,000. :eek:

IvyTheTerrible

Kromdar wrote: »

never gonna happen. the government hushed it up when they realised the duality of inventing anti-gravity and a universe-ending weapon such as that

But I want my flying cat!!

stiff kitten

Average person eats 6 spiders in a lifetime

A7X

stiff kitten wrote: »

Average person eats 6 spiders in a lifetime

I believe that's false. Something about they are put off by the hot air we breath out from our mouth.

batari

I believe that's false. Something about they are put off by the hot air we breath out from our mouth.

I feckin hope it's false :pac:

ray giraffe

ray giraffe wrote: »

Did you know that...

this is false. It's an urban myth - despite the Simpsons episode.

From Wikipedia on 'Coriolis Effect':

In reality the Coriolis effect is a few orders of magnitude smaller than various random influences on drain direction, such as the geometry of the container and the direction in which water was initially added to it. Most toilets flush in only one direction, because the toilet water flows into the bowl at an angle.[23] If water shot into the basin from the opposite direction, the water would spin in the opposite direction.[24]

Cue for some Australian toilet manufacturer to design them to flow the other way. :pac:

brummytom

Elvis' trademark "hip shake" evolved from his shaking on the stage due to severe stage-fright

sweatingbullets

in a persons lifetime they consume the weight of 6 fully grown adult mail elephants...........................anyone know what weight an elephant is??

alfaz

sweatingbullets wrote: »

in a persons lifetime they consume the weight of 6 fully grown adult mail elephants...........................anyone know what weight an elephant is??

I don't think An Post would take them. DHL??

Graham_B18C

stiff kitten wrote: »

Average person eats 6 spiders in a lifetime

Is it not 6 a year?!

galwayrush

Grahamo999 wrote: »

Is it not 6 a year?!

Going by info i learned here on AH, that makes 234 spiders per average max traveller life span.;)

ball

atariman wrote: »

A cat always lands on his feet.
And buttered bread always falls butter side down.

But what would happen if you tied the buttered bread to the cat's back and threw it up in the air??

My personal theory is that when this projectile hit it's highest point, the world would explode. That's pretty much why I've never tried it.

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Murphy%27s_law_application_for_antigravitatory_cats

DazMarz

The average police officer walks the equivalent of four trips around the equator in his/her career.

A postman will deliver an average of 2,594,120 letters in their career

Bread always lands butter side down; cats always land feet first. If you were to secure a piece of buttered bread (butter side up) to the back of a cat and drop from a height, you would be presented with a horizontally floating cat/bread, due to the laws of physics described above.

galwayrush

DazMarz wrote: »

The average police officer walks the equivalent of four trips around the equator in his/her career.

I doubt if that's the average here in Ireland.:rolleyes:

Ivona Tinkle

Domestos Kills all know germs.............Fact

oisinmc14

Ivona Tinkle wrote: »

Domestos Kills all know germs.............Fact

is it not 99.9%?

Capt'n Midnight

quirkster wrote: »

Gingers have no souls

But they do !
one on each foot :pac:


Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a change in the Melanocortin 1 receptor protein.


Up to 46 percent of the Irish population carries the recessive redhead gene

jumpguy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

But they do !
one on each foot :pac:


Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a change in the Melanocortin 1 receptor protein.


Up to 46 percent of the Irish population carries the recessive redhead gene

Woah really? So does that mean 46% of Ireland will have redhead children or might have redhead children?

splashdown18

the ceramic surface of a catalytic converter has an area of numerous football fields!

zuroph

The person who does the singing for jake on the opening credits of two and a half men also does the voice of tommy pickles in Rugrats.

splashdown18

zuroph wrote: »

The person who does the singing for jake on the opening credits of two and a half men also does the voice of tommy pickles in Rugrats.

it all makes sense!

Ivona Tinkle

Two and a half men are menly men

zuroph

Ivona Tinkle wrote: »

Two and a half men are menly men

not jake.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197354/

Ivona Tinkle

Poor Jake lol


Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

Elliemental

It takes 850 peanuts to make 18oz of peanut butter.

It is also illegal to die in the British house of commons.

WhiteWashMan

The aussie word 'chook', meaning chicken, originated from Irish immagrants wh used to call them

Tioc, Tioc!

strange but true....

Saint_Mel

keane2097 wrote: »

And now we're onto the mystery of what the nuts were named after...

Scottish footballer Alan Brazil

KevR

oisinmc14 wrote: »

is it not 99.9%?

As far as I know Dettol (the disinfectant) kills 99.9%.

Demestos (the bleach) kills all know germs.

tech77

Grahamo999 wrote: »

Is it not 6 a year?!

I think it's actually 6 a week.
I may be wrong.

Splinter

alfaz wrote: »

I don't think An Post would take them. DHL??

we don't take em either :pac:

Das Kitty

Big Mo is Gary Oldman's sister

cock robin

The word **** has its origins back in the heyday of the British empire. After conquering most of the globe with their navy the Brits found that the colonies needed fertilizer (cow & horse ****e)to grow crops. This was transported by the Roya Navy worldwide. After several ships exploded for no apparent reason the Admiralty realised that fertiliser stored below deck was decomposing and releasing gas en-route to its destination. So a new directive was issued to all naval vessels that fertiliser was to be stored above deck. Store High In Transit.

Spear

cock robin wrote: »

The word **** has its origins back in the heyday of the British empire. After conquering most of the globe with their navy the Brits found that the colonies needed fertilizer (cow & horse ****e)to grow crops. This was transported by the Roya Navy worldwide. After several ships exploded for no apparent reason the Admiralty realised that fertiliser stored below deck was decomposing and releasing gas en-route to its destination. So a new directive was issued to all naval vessels that fertiliser was to be stored above deck. Store High In Transit.

Even wikipedia explicitly debunks that one. (link will probably be broken)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****

Keogg

Spear wrote: »

Even wikipedia explicitly debunks that one. (link will probably be broken)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****

I read that article (well most of it) and probably laughed out loud. Particularly at the 'no ****, sherlock' part. Awesome:D

larchielads

did you know that the numbers between 1 and 9 that are multiplied by 9 then added together equals 9

1x9=9
2x9=18 1+8=9
3x9=27 2+7=9
4x9=36 3+6=9
5x9=45 4+5=9
6x9=54 5+4=9
7x9=63 6+3=9
8x9=72 7+2=9
9x9=81 8+1=9

Blazer

My name is spelt on the calendar.

July August September October Novemeber

JASON:pac:

Banter Joe

larchielads wrote: »

did you know that the numbers between 1 and 9 that are multiplied by 9 then added together equals 9

1x9=9
2x9=18 1+8=9
3x9=27 2+7=9
4x9=36 3+6=9
5x9=45 4+5=9
6x9=54 5+4=9
7x9=63 6+3=9
8x9=72 7+2=9
9x9=81 8+1=9

That's what made the nine times tables easiest to learn in primary school, apart from the one times of course!

destroyer

Thomas Crapper invented the flushing toilet

Spear

destroyer wrote: »

Thomas Crapper invented the flushing toilet

Nope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harington_(writer)

Pal

RossFixxxed wrote: »

St John's Wood is the only tube station that does not contain a letter from the word Makerel!

YES, YES, YES I GOT TO USE IT. THE stupidest fact I've ever seen!

M A C K E R E L

Michellenman

Pal wrote: »

M A C K E R E L

The fact still stands.

chavezychavez

Wherever you go....there you are.

Smart Bug

And when you go there you never reach it because you are here.

giddybootz

Cher's daughter is set to become her son!!!

Purple Gorilla

There are actually only 46 States in the US, not 50.
Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all Commonwealths.

beans

Johnnio13 wrote: »

A pelican can hold more in its beak than its belly can!

Confirmed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO5ifLzLYiU

smileysurfer

Before 1920, it was technically legal to send children through the mail.


The smell of peppermint improves concentration.

You use 20 different facial muscles when you kiss.

It's easier to find gold than it is to win the lottery.....:(

The sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced during menstruation.

Most lipstick contains fish scales

It is anatomically impossible for humans to lick their elbow....try it!!

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.