AS A MATTER OF FACT - share your random but interesting facts!

Prof.Badass

The Fitzroy River turtle can breathe underwater by taking in water through it's ass.

Precious flower

Sykk wrote: »

No word in the english language ryhmes with purple, silver month, or orange.

LIES!!!!!

Snowie

apprently Ive got freakisly big hands.....

Bonkers_xOx

If you drag a goldfish backwards, it drowns.

tommyhaas

spottyelephant wrote: »

if you shoot a gun and drop a bullet at the same height and time, the two bullets will hit the ground at the same time (or to be pedantic, within milliseconds of one another!)

Am I missig something here, cos theres no way that can be true


The German football teams away shirt is usually green as its a reignition of Ireland being the only team willing to play them after the war (England obviously didnt fancy getting a 4-1 hammering...)

Micky Dolenz

tommyhaas wrote: »

The German football teams away shirt is usually green as its a reignition of Ireland being the only team willing to play them after the war (England obviously didnt fancy getting a 4-1 hammering...)

That would be nice, but infact their first match after WWII was against Switzerland.

thirtythirty

tommyhaas wrote: »

Am I missig something here, cos theres no way that can be true

It sure is. Same gravity force acting on the same body of metal. Doesn't matter that the shot bullet has travelled sideways during that time.

The deviation in milliseconds comes from minor height adjustments of the shot bullet from air currents. Or curvature of the earth if its a really strong gun!

NothingMan

DazMarz wrote: »

The longest word that can be typed on a keyboard using only the right hand is 'lollipop'.

Nope, I just typed antidisestablishmentarianism using only my right hand...... I never listened to Maevis Beacon, the know it all bitch.

Terri26 wrote: »

and "H" got bored looking for more letters

The first word was tHe!!!

tommyhaas

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

That would be nice, but infact their first match after WWII was against Switzerland.

Just wikipediaed (is that a word??) it there, seems your right, its only a myth, ah well maybe we could play North Korea if they start a bit of commotion with the rest of the world

tommyhaas

spottyelephant wrote: »

It sure is. Same gravity force acting on the same body of metal. Doesn't matter that the shot bullet has travelled sideways during that time.

The deviation in milliseconds comes from minor height adjustments of the shot bullet from air currents. Or curvature of the earth if its a really strong gun!

Are you talking about a bullet being shot horizontally and another dropped vertically downward? or both vertically downward?

trebor28

i am led to believe fish dont fart.

thirtythirty

tommyhaas wrote: »

Are you talking about a bullet being shot horizontally and another dropped vertically downward? or both vertically downward?

Ha! No, a normal horizontal gunshot, and a normal bullet drop from beside the gun, at the same time. Trust me, I know things!

NothingMan

tommyhaas wrote: »

maybe we could play North Korea if they start a bit of commotion with the rest of the world

If WWII was "a bit of a commotion" you must be a hard man to rile up.

Asphyxia

- If you didn't have an elsbow you wouldn't be able to scatch the top of your head.

- 95% of all polar bears are left handed.

- Hippotomonstrosequipedelphobia is a fear of long words!!!

- You have more of a chance of dying from sleep deprivation than stavation after 4 -5 days without sleep your body starts to decompose. *shivers*

bonzodog2

Robert McNamara's middle name is Strange. Literally. He was US Secretary for Defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson in the 60s

Rylan

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Testing!

SadieSue

Pediophobia is a fear of dolls.

tommyhaas

NothingMan wrote: »

If WWII was "a bit of a commotion" you must be a hard man to rile up.

I have absolutly no come back for that...quality

just-joe

Carrots have stronger anti-cancer properties if you cut them up after you cook them.

All types of tea come from the same plant.

Red grapes doesn't necessarily make red wine.

Cheese before bed time gives you nightmares.

28064212

biko wrote: »

The word quiz was invented in the 1830’s by a Dublin theatre owner named Richard Daly, who made a bet that he could make a nonsense word known throughout the city in just 48 hours.

Not true.

Also, the Great Wall of China is not visible from space. Except for a very broad definition of space, and at that height, plenty of other man-made objects are visible

LittleLebowski

66% of statistics are not true.

laugh

Puma was started by Rudolf Dassler when he fell out with his brother Adolf (adidas).

sinjin_smythe

spottyelephant wrote: »

Ha! No, a normal horizontal gunshot, and a normal bullet drop from beside the gun, at the same time. Trust me, I know things!

Eh but thats what he asked isnt it? So the gun is facing horizontal when shot and the bullet is dropped (vertically) beside the gun. Cause both facing vertically really cant be true. :0

bodun

i like lamp wrote: »

that just reminded me of where the word posh came from!!

Wealthy people travelling on ships were Portside Out, Starboard Home and the word POSH would have been stamped on their luggage.

Complete B******s!

Banned Account

Standard Toaster wrote: »

If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.

Are consecutive blow jobs dangerous then

BumbleB

Women talk a lot.

Micky Dolenz

GOLF

Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.

orourkeda

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

Are consecutive blow jobs dangerous then

I believe there is a taste off jip.

Standard Toaster

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

Are consecutive blow jobs dangerous then

Hard to say mate, I've never given one. I must ask your ma next time


:pac:

Midnight_EG

Pocketfizz wrote: »

- Hippotomonstrosequipedelphobia is a fear of long words!!!

It's hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Wibbs

Prof.Badass wrote: »

The Fitzroy River turtle can breathe underwater by taking in water through it's ass.

Many turtles can. Others can breathe underwater through structures in their throats/tongue,

Bonkers_xOx wrote: »

If you drag a goldfish backwards, it drowns.

Ditto with sharks and any other fishes I would have thought?

Indubitable

Wibbs wrote: »

Ditto with sharks and any other fishes I would have thought?

Dragged a pike backwards once and it didn't die.

alwaysadub

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

GOLF

Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.

Afraid not:
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.asp

Indubitable

It doesn't matter as I don't see how women can play golf in the kitchen.

NothingMan

The Lake Tardicaca Freshwater shark has a 9 inch long penis.

BumbleB

Pidgeons explode if you feed them rice.

Indubitable

BumbleB wrote: »

Pidgeons explode if you feed them rice.

false, I think.

BumbleB

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

false, I think.

ok got it wrong ,pidgeons explode if you feed them semtex.

The_Kew_Tour

BumbleB wrote: »

ok got it wrong ,pidgeons explode if you feed them semtex.

Go again

karma_

Eratosthenes of Cyrene was the first man to accurately calculate the circumference of the earth, in 220 BC.

Indubitable

BumbleB wrote: »

ok got it wrong ,pidgeons explode if you feed them semtex.

The only thing that would make them explode would be an explosive.

nipps

fish fcuk in water :pac:

Adyx

A Polar Bear's fur isn't white.

Midnight_EG

Adyx wrote: »

A Polar Bear's fur isn't white.

A polar bears fur is white, its skin however is black.

Adyx

Midnight_EG wrote: »

A polar bears fur is white, its skin however is black.

Nope, it's a clear hollow tube that reflects light.

NothingMan

Adyx wrote: »

Nope, it's a clear hollow tube that reflects light.

So then there skin is white? Or is supposedly a reflection of the snow? In which case why are they still white in the zoo?

nipps

jesus wasn't born in 0AD

Indubitable

Jesus wasn't born in 1 A.D

nipps

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

Jesus wasn't born in 1 A.D

ye right sorry:cool:

StereoLove

The name "Anna" is the same backwards and forwards