Author Topic: Did you know? (Read 8829 times)

ProtoJoe · « **on:** September 17, 2005, 11:21:11 PM »

This i just out of bordom, start a thread where everyone posts some sort of weird or random FACT. I'll start off with a few..

Did you know that every year 2500 left-handed people die using machines made for right-handed people.

Did you know The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have 1 syllable... it has three.

Did you know that on the average, a woman will eat 6 pounds of listick in her lifetime.

Did you know If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contactwith extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

Did you know that The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."(ppl are gonna be singing both songs when they read that)

Did you know that the most common name in the world is Mohammed?

Did you know that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit?

Did you know that Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots?

Did you know that 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie?

Well you have the general idea...

Carigamers · « **on:** September 17, 2005, 11:21:11 PM »

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #1 on:** September 18, 2005, 12:25:40 AM »

Did You Know...
The DirectDraw standard was first developed by Intel and called the Display Control Interface (DCI) and is now supported by Microsoft with the name DirectDraw as a registered trademark.

Did you know...
Half Life 1 was the first game that utilized an arced trajectory when tossing grenades?

Kaizen · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2005, 12:49:13 AM »

Did you know..
that SiN the cult hit game was the only rival half life 1 had back then

EDIT: Sorry, Kaizen..that second comment was a serious no-no. Avoid that type of thing in the future, please.

Trinitus · « **Reply #3 on:** September 21, 2005, 10:39:28 PM »

Did you know that i like cheese?....

Did you know that Kaizen liked doubles....

Did you know that i like Doubles too....

Did you know that there is no word that can rhyme with Orange...yeah go ahead and rhyme see if I care....ah tell yuh so...

Did you know that The Matrix really really really isn't real...its a movie!!!

Did you know if you hold your breath long enough you'll die!!! I tried it once it works!!!

Did you know that your left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and vice versa

Did you know that there are 81 "hand seals" or what they are really called "Madras" in Ninjutsu!!

yeah boy ah tired now ah going and bake ah pie!!

ProtoJoe · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:12:00 PM »

Did you know some doubles would go down real good now?

Carigamers · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:12:00 PM »

greyfox · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:12:39 PM »

did you know that a good amount of knowledge u learn in school will hardly ever be applied in real life work conditions
did you know ppl that jump off high buildings trying to commit sucide normal die b4 they hit the ground
did you know jesus is not really white
did you know you'll spend 37 years of your life sleeping
did you know cigarettes, stimulate the part of your brain, that help memory
did you know the cops like to mess with yuh
did you know the majority of rap albums sold (main stream) is bought by young white females

Kaizen · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2005, 02:40:26 PM »

nooo at that last part wooo

Narcissus · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2005, 04:49:15 PM »

did u know gatt ppl are the idlest trinis
did u know there are no cheats for C&C generals
did u know u cannot lick ur elbow
did u know everyday u beat ur own previous record for number of consecutive days u've stayed alive

ProtoJoe · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2005, 05:29:23 PM »

Did you know if you take ANY number, and then devide it by two, and then multiply it by two you'll end up with the same number you started with... O_o

Did you know that a hurrican relief fund is spending 500 million dollars a day in New Orleans?

Did you know that Armadillos can walk underwater?

Did you know the amount of tropical rainforest cut down each year is an area the size of Tennessee?

Did you know Reindeer like to eat bananas?

Did you know A group of frogs is called an army. A group of rhinos is called a crash. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of officers is called a mess. A group of larks is called an exaltation. A group of owls is called a parliament?

Did you know every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie?

Did you know that if you shoot the gas tank of a car it will not explode?

Did you know that if you place a fruit or vegetable in the muffler of a car the engine will still keep running and the object will just fly back out?

Did you know that if you put coke in the gas tank it will still run?

Did you know that if you place an egg in a leaking radiator the egg will stop the leaking?

Did you know if play metal rock in a plant house the plants will grow?
(last 5 thanks to mythbusters

)

Did you know that Vegeta could real dance? (look at him get down with his bad self)

Trinitus · « **Reply #9 on:** September 23, 2005, 12:59:27 AM »

Did you know that there are are 5 Super saiyan levels...

Did you know that Gohan is "rice" in japanese

Did you know that i just made a Fudge Nut Pie!!!

Did you know that the Number 2 Battlefield 2 cursor DOES NOT FLIP ENTIRELY!!!! it just reverts to its previous state

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #10 on:** September 23, 2005, 12:09:33 PM »

yeah, that battlefield 2 cursur gets on my nerves!

Trinitus · « **Reply #11 on:** September 23, 2005, 03:45:35 PM »

i know what you mean i literally have to leave the pc or lookaway while the stage loading, i does be like " Flip dammit!!!" or "Turn over nah man" LOL

Did you know that there is no wrong way to eat a resses ?
Did you know that the Macdonalds Salad has more sugar that their Ice-Cream
Did you know that Macareep Beach was a former allied submarine base!!!

rudeboy96 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 23, 2005, 03:59:50 PM »

Did you know that more people die each year by vending machines falling on them them by shark attacks?

Did you know that i couldn't think of anything else to post?

pleb · « **Reply #13 on:** September 23, 2005, 06:35:04 PM »

did you know cocaine was found in the mouth of an egyptian pharoah even though the plant it is derived from grows only in south america?
did you know the molotov cocktail was invented as an anti-tank weapon?
did you know the first amphibious tanks sank when they were first launched?
did you know more british soldiers died at the hand of the home guard than at enemy hands?
did you know a man can run further than a deer even though the deer is faster?
did you know the dog known as the basenji cannot bark?
did you know a firefly has absolutely know predators?
did you know there is 37 times more water underground than in all the oceans and lakes?
if you practiced and trained hard enough you could become the world's greatest miler running the distance of 1 mile in 3 mins 45 secs thats running at 16 mph.but to save time you could just stand on the earth's equator where you would be moving at 1040 mph the speed at which the earth rotates on its axis at the equator.
did you know that a gorilla has enough brain power to be able to use a camera?
did you know a horned toad can live 30 years without food or water?
did you know the mosquito kills at least one million people with malaria and dengue every year?
did you know the beaver can swim half a mile underwater?

did you know how many spammers are in this topic?
did you know that if pepper sauce is taken in reasonable dosages regularly it will lower the chance for you to develop acid reflux?
did you know pepper is alkaline and not acidic?
did you know that if you out pepper on you skin it would not burn but if you added some saliva it would burn you then?(try it........trust me im researching it)

Trinitus · « **Reply #14 on:** September 23, 2005, 08:09:21 PM »

Did you know that the abrabian Desert holds the worlds most amount of water and it has the largest Desalination plant in the world!!!

Did you know that a human can survive with out water for 12 days

Did you know that in world war 2 the german's last resort of soldiers were only teenagers 14 to 19

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #15 on:** September 23, 2005, 08:54:49 PM »

^^^
That second one is bogus. A human cannot go without water for 3 days.

Trinitus · « **Reply #16 on:** September 23, 2005, 08:58:22 PM »

Ohh yeah is the food thing we could go 12 days without...My mistake sorry...

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #17 on:** September 23, 2005, 09:05:44 PM »

Actually, close.....it's eleven days.
However, if the person is exceptionally thin or fat, the duration by which he can go without food can be longer or shorter. For everybody, though, it's 3 days when it comes to water.

Trinitus · « **Reply #18 on:** September 23, 2005, 09:10:15 PM »

I wondr how loang a really obese person could last without food and ahh mean reallllly obeeseee.

New Era Outlaw · « **Reply #19 on:** September 24, 2005, 01:41:14 AM »

Like that obese?

Carigamers · « **Reply #19 on:** September 24, 2005, 01:41:14 AM »

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