The useless, but interesting facts thread

thindarkduke13 · 01.30.2010, 08:06 PM

Share weird bits of knowledge

Cats purr at a frequency of 27-44 Hz. This is approximately that of a diesel engine

The common house fly buzzes in the key of F.

You can disable the region chip on an NES without hurting the console itself.
This will not only allow you to play PAL NES games, but it gets rid of the flashing screen problem as well.

Count Mecha · 01.30.2010, 08:14 PM

Squirrels have perfect vision. They see everything in perfect focus.

Alaska is both the western most state in the United States as well as the eastern most.

There are no clocks in las vegas casinos.

pbradley · 01.31.2010, 04:34 AM

Turkey, the American bird, acquired that name from being incorrectly identified by Europeans as a type of bird that was imported from Turkey and, thus, called Turkey fowl.

Lesson: Don't let Europeans homography your country with an ugly but delicious animal.

phoenix · 01.31.2010, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Count Mecha

Squirrels have perfect vision. They see everything in perfect focus.

all.... squirrels?

Count Mecha · 01.31.2010, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by phoenix

all.... squirrels?

It appears so.

SYRFox · 01.31.2010, 06:54 AM

In 1937 in Detroit, a baby fell from the 4th floor, on someone called Joseph Figlock. Both of them survived. One year later, the same baby from the same 4th floor, fell on the same person once more, and both were saved again.

e_s_d · 01.31.2010, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by thindarkduke13

You can disable the region chip on an NES without hurting the console itself.
This will not only allow you to play PAL NES games, but it gets rid of the flashing screen problem as well.

This is not a useless fact...

Count Mecha · 01.31.2010, 09:04 AM

One second of time is defined as:

the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom.

Glass cracks generally at around 3000 miles per hour.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

TheFoxBen · 01.31.2010, 10:38 AM

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Pookie · 01.31.2010, 05:04 PM

Genesis P-Orridge was the first person to ask a question on the first episode of BBC's Question Time in 1975. He obviously used his real name Neil Megson.

EVOLghost · 01.31.2010, 05:31 PM

I have to poo now.

Derek · 01.31.2010, 05:36 PM

Pokemon eat riceballs, preferably with soy sauce.

atsonicpark · 01.31.2010, 05:42 PM

Money proves the point I'm stuck between summer holiday and punk routine.

dale_gribble · 02.01.2010, 01:06 AM

jawas smell like shit.

Genteel Death · 02.01.2010, 03:06 AM

Madonna explained to talk show host David Letterman that she urinates on her own feet to help
cure her athlete's foot problem.

floatingslowly · 02.01.2010, 11:16 AM

sailors can drink fresh water 100 miles out to sea from the mouth of the Amazon.

shabbray2.0 · 02.01.2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Money proves the point I'm stuck between summer holiday and punk routine.

refused?

atari 2600 · 02.01.2010, 02:51 PM

a fun site
http://cargocollective.com/learnsomethingeveryday

Lurker · 02.01.2010, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by phoenix

all.... squirrels?

Yep...those squirrels you thought were short sighted saw everything.

Lurker · 02.01.2010, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

sailors can drink fresh water 100 miles out to sea from the mouth of the Amazon.

What if you're not a sailor?

01.30.2010, 08:06 PM	#1
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Turkey, the American bird, acquired that name from being incorrectly identified by Europeans as a type of bird that was imported from Turkey and, thus, called Turkey fowl. Lesson: Don't let Europeans homography your country with an ugly but delicious animal.
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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	In 1937 in Detroit, a baby fell from the 4th floor, on someone called Joseph Figlock. Both of them survived. One year later, the same baby from the same 4th floor, fell on the same person once more, and both were saved again.
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Count Mecha 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ky Posts: 749	One second of time is defined as: the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom. Glass cracks generally at around 3000 miles per hour. Pearls melt in vinegar. __________________
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TheFoxBen expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The land of fries and mussels Posts: 1,366	111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 __________________
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Genesis P-Orridge was the first person to ask a question on the first episode of BBC's Question Time in 1975. He obviously used his real name Neil Megson.
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Pokemon eat riceballs, preferably with soy sauce.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Money proves the point I'm stuck between summer holiday and punk routine. __________________
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dale_gribble 100% Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: the space between dreams and reality Posts: 666	jawas smell like shit. __________________
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Madonna explained to talk show host David Letterman that she urinates on her own feet to help cure her athlete's foot problem.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	sailors can drink fresh water 100 miles out to sea from the mouth of the Amazon.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	a fun site http://cargocollective.com/learnsomethingeveryday
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