Fun factoids..

Cassul · Postby **Cassul** » 29 Jul 2006, 00:03

Okay, so I've been making a lot of posts lately. My apologies. This will be the last for tonight >.<

BUT...

I thought fun facts would be...fun...if they're not, they'd just be facts...and regular non fun facts aren't fun.

Fun fact:
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Pirate James · Postby **Pirate James** » 29 Jul 2006, 08:20

there are 6,469,952 black dots in the movie 101 Dalmations.

aimes · Postby **aimes** » 29 Jul 2006, 19:10

humans eat an average of eight spiders per year. usually in their sleep

(that wiggled and jiggled and tickled in sid'er-she swallowed the spider to catch the fly, i dont know why she swallowed a fly-perhaps she'll die...)

Morgan · Postby **Morgan** » 29 Jul 2006, 21:01

i eat an average of 8 spiders a day, usually while awake.

Izzy2120 · Postby **Izzy2120** » 29 Jul 2006, 21:44

In the lifetime of a cow, it will usually give 100,000 glasses of milk

basscomm · Postby **basscomm** » 29 Jul 2006, 22:04

aimes wrote:humans eat an average of eight spiders per year. usually in their sleep

(that wiggled and jiggled and tickled in sid'er-she swallowed the spider to catch the fly, i dont know why she swallowed a fly-perhaps she'll die...)

Sorry, that one's false.

JesterJ. · Postby **JesterJ.** » 29 Jul 2006, 22:11

No way! Really? My parents even beleived that one...They told me it

HMNSHLD · Postby **HMNSHLD** » 29 Jul 2006, 22:26

Channels Paul: What have we learned here today kids....dont trust your parents.

mode_seven · Postby **mode_seven** » 30 Jul 2006, 09:33

Errm... about 12 people kill themselves in the UK each year by testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.

Just a friend was told by a friend who told me one, so probably wrong. Incidentally 85% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Unimatsuriku · Postby **Unimatsuriku** » 30 Jul 2006, 14:34

I await this forum to sink into chuck norris facts...

HMNSHLD · Postby **HMNSHLD** » 30 Jul 2006, 14:38

chuck norris may kick ass...but he is no Batman. and I'm Batman.

dark_realm · Postby **dark_realm** » 30 Jul 2006, 23:39

i once made up a statistic...

Cassul · Postby **Cassul** » 31 Jul 2006, 00:12

Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.

Brinson · Postby **Brinson** » 31 Jul 2006, 15:15

basscomm wrote:
aimes wrote:humans eat an average of eight spiders per year. usually in their sleep

(that wiggled and jiggled and tickled in sid'er-she swallowed the spider to catch the fly, i dont know why she swallowed a fly-perhaps she'll die...)

Sorry, that one's false.

Kind of funny they blame the internet for this spreading, and they're refuting it on the internet themselves. Who to believe?

Simmemann · Postby **Simmemann** » 31 Jul 2006, 15:26

Cassul wrote:Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.

whales jump?

Matt · Postby **Matt** » 31 Jul 2006, 16:06

well, they breach, but yes.

-m

Captain_Anarchy · Postby **Captain_Anarchy** » 31 Jul 2006, 16:08

I don't buy it. I say you need legs to jump. No legs, no jumping.

Cassul · Postby **Cassul** » 31 Jul 2006, 20:26

Captain_Anarchy wrote:I don't buy it. I say you need legs to jump. No legs, no jumping.

I disagree. Whales and dolphins can jump. When they shoot out of the water, one would say "GOLLY! THAT <INSERT ANIMAL PREFERABLY DOLPHIN OR WHALE CAUSE THAT'S THE EXAMPLE WE'RE USING> JUST JUMPED OUT OF THE WATER!!!!

And that's the end of that chapter.

Discomonkey · Postby **Discomonkey** » 31 Jul 2006, 23:17

Cassul wrote:I disagree. Whales and dolphins can jump. When they shoot out of the water, one would say "GOLLY! THAT <INSERT ANIMAL PREFERABLY DOLPHIN OR WHALE CAUSE THAT'S THE EXAMPLE WE'RE USING> JUST JUMPED OUT OF THE WATER!!!!

Hardly, while a normal person may say that, whales and dolphins launch themselves through the air using momentum and inertia rather than force from muscles. While similar to a jump, it's not the same.

Matt · Postby **Matt** » 31 Jul 2006, 23:25

Discomonkey wrote:
Cassul wrote:I disagree. Whales and dolphins can jump. When they shoot out of the water, one would say "GOLLY! THAT <INSERT ANIMAL PREFERABLY DOLPHIN OR WHALE CAUSE THAT'S THE EXAMPLE WE'RE USING> JUST JUMPED OUT OF THE WATER!!!!

Hardly, while a normal person may say that, whales and dolphins launch themselves through the air using momentum and inertia rather than force from muscles. While similar to a jump, it's not the same.

I'm pretty sure whales and dolphins gain that momentum and inetria by exerting force with their muscles.

-m

YamaroV2 · Postby **YamaroV2** » 31 Jul 2006, 23:26

For sea mammals to gain momentum, hit the "C" button on your genesis controller to utilize BLAST PROCESSING?!?!

Discomonkey · Postby **Discomonkey** » 01 Aug 2006, 00:18

Matt wrote:
I'm pretty sure whales and dolphins gain that momentum and inetria by exerting force with their muscles.

-m

Whales and Dolphins swim using energy from their muscles, but when they leap from the water it's their momentum which carries them, when a human jumps it's from pushing off from the ground.

Matt · Postby **Matt** » 01 Aug 2006, 00:25

Discomonkey wrote:
Matt wrote:
I'm pretty sure whales and dolphins gain that momentum and inetria by exerting force with their muscles.

-m

Whales and Dolphins swim using energy from their muscles, but when they leap from the water it's their momentum which carries them, when a human jumps it's from pushing off from the ground.

the moment we leave the ground during a jump, we proceed to be carried by momentum. prior to that we are exerting force against the ground. the moment a dolphin leaves the water, it proceeds to be carried by momentum, prior to that, it is exerting force against the water.

-m

Captain_Anarchy · Postby **Captain_Anarchy** » 01 Aug 2006, 01:26

If I may refer to the "Canadian Oxford Dictionary".

"Jump - V. 1 intr. move off the ground or other surface by sudden muscular effort in the legs."

Like I said before, no legs, no jump.

miakosummin · Postby **miakosummin** » 01 Aug 2006, 17:45

Rewrite: Elephants are the only mammals with legs that cannot jump.

Also, why do elephants wear red nail polish? To hide in cherry trees. You say it isn't true, well have you ever seen an elephant in a cherry tree?

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