Random Facts That You Know!!!

[Washougal_Otaku]

Daddy long legs are actually the moist poisnious but they cant bite you causue their bitter thinges are to small xD I forgot the name, im tired.

That's not true, they actually proved in Mythbusters that they can bite you, but their venom isn't as powerful as it was once thought.

Mythbusters is not always correct, but I can believe that statement up above me.

[manekineko]

Final Fantasy was given it's name because it was meant to be Squaresoft's final game. They we're going out of business but FF pulled in enough revenue to keep the company going.

[GotHentai]

Final Fantasy was given it's name because it was meant to be Squaresoft's final game. They we're going out of business but FF pulled in enough revenue to keep the company going.

Best fact ever!!

To stay with the thread:

Pigs are carnivorous, so when posed the question "Why would you eat that poor defenseless animal?!" Remember that they would do the same to you.

[Kimiski]

From your wrist to your elbow is how long ur foot is HAHA big foot

[superjaz]

from finger to finger is how tall you are

[Antares]

A tree's root system is about the same size as its branches, only underground.

[shadow_shrine]

The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime
(i think mine is double that.... )

[Keenon Williams]

Rumiko Takahashi's characters have poofy hair. =3

[shadow_shrine]

no word in the english dictionary rhymes with month, purple, or orange

[jaybug]

or silver

there are only 4 words in the English language that end in "ous" I'll let you work on that a bit.

[Pie Row Maniac]

Clint Mansell, the score composer for the film's Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Smoking Aces, The Fountain, also created the music for, of all things, the Doom movie.

[EveofAbyss]

or silver

there are only 4 words in the English language that end in "ous" I'll let you work on that a bit.

There's more than that, unless you are talking about original roots in the old english language or something. So far, I've come up with: Dangerous, Venemous, Devious, Scandelous and Humongous.

[Washougal_Otaku]

Pigs are carnivorous, so when posed the question "Why would you eat that poor defenseless animal?!" Remember that they would do the same to you.

- Actually, pigs are omnivorous, since they eat both meat & plants.
- They are also not kosher.
- Bacon is yummy.

[shadow_shrine]

"Tsiology" is anything written about tea

[Kimiski]

porky pines arent porky or piney

[Mei Long]

or silver

there are only 4 words in the English language that end in "ous" I'll let you work on that a bit.

There's more than that, unless you are talking about original roots in the old english language or something. So far, I've come up with: Dangerous, Venemous, Devious, Scandelous and Humongous.

Delicious ^_^ And, ummmm... *tries to think of more*

[EveofAbyss]

or silver

there are only 4 words in the English language that end in "ous" I'll let you work on that a bit.

There's more than that, unless you are talking about original roots in the old english language or something. So far, I've come up with: Dangerous, Venemous, Devious, Scandelous and Humongous.

Delicious ^_^ And, ummmm... *tries to think of more*

Carnivorous, Omnivorous, Voracious, Pretentious, Ostentatious...*could go on and on*

[Kimiski]

this forum use to be spam, not rum

[Kimiski]

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

[Pie Row Maniac]

A message being heard in a song thats played backwards can be categorized as one of two things in regards to its creation: Backmasking, in which the message was intentionally placed, or phonetic reversal, as being unintentional.

[jaybug]

Must have been uos, not ous. That has 4 words. Try that!

And you wonder why I got it wrong at trivia night?

[EveofAbyss]

Must have been uos, not ous. That has 4 words. Try that!

And you wonder why I got it wrong at trivia night?

Yah, that makes more sense.

[Washougal_Otaku]

- The TV show "House" takes place in New Jersey.
- When Tomb Raider was first being created, there was a debate on whether or not Lara should have been a guy; it almost led to the game not being produced at all.
- Lara was originally going to be named Lara Cruz.
- The rumor that "orange" rhymes with no other word is incorrect. Orange rhymes with Blorenge (a mountain in Wales) and sporange (a sac where spores are made). "Silver" has the same rumor going for it, but it actually rhymes with Wilver (a nickname) and chilver (a ewe lamb).
- "Set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language, with 464 different definitions.
- "Cwm" and "crwth" are the only two words in the English language that have no "vowels;" the "w" makes an "oo" sound, as in "doom."

[kurosakiichigo666]

- The rumor that "orange" rhymes with no other word is incorrect. Orange rhymes with Blorenge (a mountain in Wales) and sporange (a sac where spores are made). "Silver" has the same rumor going for it, but it actually rhymes with Wilver (a nickname) and chilver (a ewe lamb).
- "Cwm" and "crwth" are the only two words in the English language that have no "vowels;" the "w" makes an "oo" sound, as in "doom."

I believe they said no word in the English dictionary. And I think Cxm and Crwth are Galic, not english. Sorry if I come off as rude, I don't mean to.

[superjaz]

i am watching kindom hospital

[TheInsanePuck]

a pistol shrimp when closing its claw makes a bubble and when the bubble colapses on itself it reaches a temperature about the same as you would find on the surface of the sun

[Killer_Tofu]

or silver

there are only 4 words in the English language that end in "ous" I'll let you work on that a bit.

There's more than that, unless you are talking about original roots in the old english language or something. So far, I've come up with: Dangerous, Venemous, Devious, Scandelous and Humongous.

Delicious ^_^ And, ummmm... *tries to think of more*

Carnivorous, Omnivorous, Voracious, Pretentious, Ostentatious...*could go on and on*

don't forget my fave.:  "Herbivorous" (like me)

[EveofAbyss]

Jack Davenport (Commodore Norrington of Pirates) was actually in a 3-season sitcom on the BBC before said movies were made, called Coupling. (Hilarious, very much so.)

[Washougal_Otaku]

I believe they said no word in the English dictionary. And I think Cxm and Crwth are Galic, not english. Sorry if I come off as rude, I don't mean to.

Sporange is an English word, & as for the mountain in Wales, a name is a name, (plus Wales is a part of the U. K., so it works).

As for the Gaelic, that may be where the roots are from, but they are recognized as English words, too.  It's not the first time languages have taken words from each other.

- South paw is a term for left handed people.
- South Park is a real city in Colorado.
- South America has 12 independent nations on it.

[jaybug]

Whan that Aprille
wythe a shoures a soute
bathed everye veyne
wythe swytche liqueure
perced to the route

That's middle English, more or less, you can't expect me to get the spelling right. Especially as it was written before dictionaries, and thus no spelling mistakes possible!

Lighters were invented before matches.

[Kimiski]

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

[jaybug]

The Greek god Bacchus is a cousin of the Hindu god Krishna. Literally cousins.

[TheInsanePuck]

The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

[EveofAbyss]

Oxygen is highly flammable. The percent of oxygen in the air is only about 3%.

[kurosakiichigo666]

The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

 :shock:  She's all used up

if you throw a baby that is a couple weeks old into a pool it will be able to swim on its own.

[superjaz]

anne rice author of interview with a vampires, her first name is howard and she once sent me a e-mail

[Kimiski]

Rapper Ice Cube’s real name is O’Shea Jackson.

[Washougal_Otaku]

anne rice ... once sent me a e-mail

That's awesome!

Sumo wrestlers throw salt onto the ring before matches to ward off evil spirits.

[Zetsu4200]

In Oregon or Washinton (can't remember) a man's car got struck by lightning and his insurance wouldn't cover it because it was an act of God.  The man tried to sue God.

[jaybug]

Kapok the fluffy stuff inside older life preservers, still used by the US Navy, is cottonwood cotton.

[shadow_shrine]

Strawberries contain more Vitamin C then oranges..... i love strawberries~

[Washougal_Otaku]

^ I can believe that.

- The Hungarian capital of Budapest use to be two seperate cities, Buda & Pest; the border was the Danube River.
- Burrito means little donkey.
- Gordita means fat little girl.
- My neck hurts, probably because of my back pack.

[EveofAbyss]

The process of a cow "chewing its cud" is called ruminating, the digesting, then chewing, then digesting, again and again.

[superjaz]

anne rice ... once sent me a e-mail

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she was really nice i had e-mailed her saying i was glad to see her writing after her husband died (thery were married like 40 years or so)

hans christan anderson (wrote little mermaid) was from denmark

[EveofAbyss]

The bagpipe was originally of Hebrew descent.

[Kimiski]

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

[Geirr]

Stainless steel needs to contain at least 11% chromium by weight, in order to resist oxidation enough to be called 'stainless.' Which is also why it's also called 'expensive.'

[kurosakiichigo666]

Stainless Steel makes bad swords. (Only if you like to use them that is :wink: )

[shadow_shrine]

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon.

[Kimiski]

The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald’s.