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#1



SeraRelm

The weird facts thread! The stranger, the better!

A hurricane releases more energy in 10 minutes, than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Ducks emit a type of quack that doesn't echo.


#2

bhamv3

bhamv3

They say, of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is...


#3

Terrik

Terrik

If you press Z or R twice, you can do a barrel roll.


Ahem.


The only part of the human anatomy that has no blood supply is the cornea​
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#4

doomdragon6

doomdragon6

SeraRelm said:
Ducks emit a type of quack that doesn't echo.
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Mythbusters found otherwise. *nod*


#5

bhamv3

bhamv3

doomdragon6 said:
Mythbusters found otherwise. *nod*
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Did they test all types of duck quacks? Because I used to see "duck quacks don't echo" and then it was debunked, and now it shows up as "ducks emit a type of quack that doesn't echo."

Somehow, sometime, ducks will see fit to unleash their special quack. The type that you hear once... and then never again. Not even an echo.


#6



SeraRelm

doomdragon6 said:
Mythbusters found otherwise. *nod*
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As bhamv3 said, it's not every quack, but one type of quack they emit which resonates/anti-resonates to cancel any echo.


#7

Terrik

Terrik

bhamv3 said:
Did they test all types of duck quacks? Because I used to see "duck quacks don't echo" and then it was debunked, and now it shows up as "ducks emit a type of quack that doesn't echo."

Somehow, sometime, ducks will see fit to unleash their special quack. The type that you hear once... and then never again. Not even an echo.
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Is it because you're dead?​

It takes 42 muscles in your face to frown. It only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and smack someone upside the head.​


#8

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.


#9

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

WasabiPoptart said:
No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
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Mythbusters busted that, too. Granted, it took a warehouse-sized piece of paper, a forklift and a steamroller... :)


#10

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Is there nothing Mythbusters can't do? Fucking Adam and Jamie.


#11

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

WasabiPoptart said:
Is there nothing Mythbusters can't do? Fucking Adam and Jamie.
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Not shoot cannonballs through people's private homes? :trolol:


#12

David

David

That if you get the longest glide by pressing X at the very top of your jump, and can use Triangle to drop down in mid-flight?


#13

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

A Cran is 37.5 gallons or 750 herrings.


#14

Gusto

Gusto

...that when it snows, my eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?


#15

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Friday spelled backwards is Yadirf.


#16

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Gusto said:
...that when it snows, my eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
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Dammit, can't I go one day without a Seal song stuck in my head?


#17

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Seal songs get stuck in your head like a kiss from above.


#18

BananaHands

BananaHands

Billy Joel does every vocal in "For The Longest Time"

He harmonizes with himself quite well.



#19

Bowielee

Bowielee

SeraRelm said:
As bhamv3 said, it's not every quack, but one type of quack they emit which resonates/anti-resonates to cancel any echo.
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http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_info/duck/?content=index


#20

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

In Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada (If I recall correctly, that's where Rogue meets Wolverine in the first X-Men movie), you can order a drink with a pickled human toe in it?
It is called the sour toe cocktail.
http://www.sourtoecocktailclub.com/


#21

Jay

Jay

The idea that eating carrots helps you see in the dark was a lie invented by the British Airforce in WW2, in order to explain how British air raids were so successful in the dark without tipping the Germans off on the existence of radar.


#22

Bowielee

Bowielee

Dreamt is the only english word that ends in MT. (you can argue that there are 5, but they are all modified versions of dreamt, like undreamt).

Also, I find it hilarious that the spell check on Firefox doesn't recognize dreamt as a word, but does recognize undreamt.


#23

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

During the Second World War, the British employed the services of stage magician Jasper Maskelyne in covert operations in North America, most famously in efforts to redirect German forces into less advantageous positions and obfuscating them with optical illusions. One of the more famous tricks of Maskelyne's involved fooling the German bombers into bombing a fake port.

Most of Maskelyne's war efforts are still classified, and will remain so until 2046.


#24

GasBandit

GasBandit

The average person passes enough flatus in one day to inflate a balloon.


#25

Jay

Jay

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.


#26

strawman

strawman

For each person on this planet, google has about one million transisters in CPUs scattered around the world. By the time you finish reading this sentence google has processed enough calculations to figure PI to the 200,000th digit 7 billion times over - once for each person on the planet.


#27

Hylian

Hylian

Ohio is the only state that shares no letters of its name with the word mackerel.


#28



makare

Bowielee said:
Dreamt is the only english word that ends in MT. (you can argue that there are 5, but they are all modified versions of dreamt, like undreamt).

Also, I find it hilarious that the spell check on Firefox doesn't recognize dreamt as a word, but does recognize undreamt.
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Firefox doesn't know the word quesadilla. Firefox is dumb


In fact did you guys know that Firefox is dumb and it doesn't know the word quesadilla.


#29

Jay

Jay

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.


#30

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Jay said:
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
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That's actually only a myth. Apparently it was a tradition, but so many sculptors were completely unaware of it, or just chose to ignore it, that it's rarely accurate anymore.


#31

GasBandit

GasBandit

The average person produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime - enough to fill at least one swimming pool.


#32

Null

Null

There is a type of catfish in the Amazon River that will swim up a human urethra, implant barbs so it cannot be easily removed, and drink the blood. The urea is also a waste product from gills of other fish, which is were it usually feeds.


#33

GasBandit

GasBandit

Null said:
There is a type of catfish in the Amazon River that will swim up a human urethra, implant barbs so it cannot be easily removed, and drink the blood. The urea is also a waste product from gills of other fish, which is were it usually feeds.
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The Candiru!




#34

Bubble181

Bubble181

Unfortunately, this kind of threads tend to go quickly towards always-the-same-"facts", half of which have been debunked, half of which are so general that they can't properly be called "facts", and half of which seem to be complete fantasy.

That aside, did you know the bearded vulture is the biggest bird in Europe, and, while being a vulture and occasional hunter, doesn't eat meat? He actually lets other carrion eaters eat the meat, and he eats the bones himself.


#35

GasBandit

GasBandit

Brad Beyers, the Human Toolbox, can
  • Hammer a nail through his face and hang a wooden board from it
  • Push an ice pick up his nostril
  • Drill into his head with an electric drill: "I know when I'm going too far because ... I hear a crunching noise," he said as he demonstrated his sickening skills on the Guinness World Records TV show.


#36

Null

Null

Bob Munden can draw and fire a single-action revolver in about 1/10th of a second and hit his target (admittedly, at 5-10 feet most of the time). His hand endures more than 10G of acceleration when doing so. Normal human reaction time is close to 1/4 of a second.

Edit: I would love to see that on Mythbusters.


#37

General Specific

General Specific

sesquipedaliaphobia is the fear of long words


#38



SeraRelm

English was created by assholes. Stutter has three "T"s in it and lisp has an "S" in it.

Also, what General Specific posted.


#39



SeraRelm

Also, if you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.


#40

strawman

strawman

The standard telephone network converts voice to 8 bit per sample, 8,000 sample per second digital audio for ease of switching and multiplexing. When moving digital data the last bit of each byte is used as a clock, toggling back and forth every sample to avoid long strings of all zero data - which is not allowed by the standard.

7 bits per sample at 8,000 samples per second is 56,000 bits per second - this is why the fastest analog modems were only rated up to 56k. Rarely did you get that level of performance, but it was the upper limit due to the way the system converted analog to digital and back, losing that last bit for clock recovery.

24 conversations at 8 bits per sample at 8,000 samples per second is 1.5 megabits per second - the speed of a T1 line. These were introduced in the 1950's as a way to carry up to 24 conversations on one copper wire.


#41

Bowielee

Bowielee

Keeping on the theme of sound being carried mechanically, Alexander Graham Bell began speech recognition research way back in 1874. He is the first to prove that sound waves can be mechanically converted into information.

He is also one of the most demonized figures in the deaf community. He established schools that punished students for using sign language, and only allowed for the use of lip reading. These schools developed the techniques still used to teach deaf people to speak.


#42

General Specific

General Specific

This thread is begging for QI clips









#43

Bubble181

Bubble181

A white swan has about 25.000 feathers; 20.000 of them are situated on and around its neck. That's the most plumage of any European bird.


#44



SeraRelm

Only 25 feathers? How odd.


#45

Null

Null

German numeration uses a , where we would use a . and vice versa. Hence, pi would approximate to 3,14 and one's power level would be over 9.000


Might be the same in other European nations, but that's one of the few things I remember auf Deutsche.


#46

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

I seem to recall that French is the same.


#47

Bubble181

Bubble181

Stricly speaking, we use spaces. I'd normally say 25 000. I threw in a dot 'cause I forgot you 'mericans are so weird you manage to screw up even normal numbers. Weirdos!

Anyway, 25,000 feathers it is. 25's after you've cooked them and put the tail feathers back in for prestentation.


#48



SeraRelm

That's as many as two thousand, five hundred tens! And that's terrible!


#49

MindDetective

MindDetective

"Did you guys know..."



"...I have a crush on Leela?"


#50

Bubble181

Bubble181

MindDetective said:
"Did you guys know..."



"...I have a crush on Leela?"
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Whoa! Dude! SPOILERS!


#51

TommiR

TommiR

In the movie Casablanca, the german soldiers in the cafe were originally supposed to sing the Horst Wessel Lied, until the producers realised it was still under german copyright. That would have been no problem amongst the Allies who were at war with Germany, but might have posed complications and hurt sales in neutral countries, which still respected german copyrights. So the song was substituted with Die Wacht am Rhein.


#52

Null

Null

TommiR said:
In the movie Casablanca, the german soldiers in the cafe were originally supposed to sing the Horst Wessel Lied, until the producers realised it was still under german copyright. That would have been no problem amongst the Allies who were at war with Germany, but might have posed complications and hurt sales in neutral countries, which still respected german copyrights. So the song was substituted with Die Wacht am Rhein.
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The reason so many of the extras teared up while singing La Marseillaise is that many of them were from nations being occupied by Germany. Casablanca was being filmed in 1941, before the United States had entered the war, and there was a legitimate question of if their homeland would ever be freed from the Nazis. In a scene where they united to overpower the symbol of German authority, even just in song, these refugees really weren't acting.


#53

TommiR

TommiR

Null said:
The reason so many of the extras teared up while singing La Marseillaise is that many of them were from nations being occupied by Germany. Casablanca was being filmed in 1941, before the United States had entered the war, and there was a legitimate question of if their homeland would ever be freed from the Nazis. In a scene where they united to overpower the symbol of German authority, even just in song, these refugees really weren't acting.
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Are you quite sure about your dates? Germany declared war on the United States in December 1941, whereas the wikipedia page for Casablanca indicates the studio bought rights to the film in January 1942, and the filming took place between May and August. The film premiered in November, to coincide with the allied invasion of North Africa.


#54

Null

Null

TommiR said:
Are you quite sure about your dates? Germany declared war on the United States in December 1941, whereas the wikipedia page for Casablanca indicates the studio bought rights to the film in January 1942, and the filming took place between May and August. The film premiered in November, to coincide with the allied invasion of North Africa.
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Oh, you're right. I thought it was filmed the year previous. Still, since the US / Allied forces hadn't landed in Europe yet, it was still a fairly undecided issue. Does undercut my bit of know-it-alling though.


#55

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

TommiR said:
Are you quite sure about your dates? Germany declared war on the United States in December 1941, whereas the wikipedia page for Casablanca indicates the studio bought rights to the film in January 1942, and the filming took place between May and August. The film premiered in November, to coincide with the allied invasion of North Africa.
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Still, if memory serves, the director actually insisted on having actors of as many European nationalities as possible in the scenes involving Rick's Café Americain - to the point where Cracked.com joked that the next step would have been getting actual Nazis to play the villains. So I can certainly believe Null 's story of actors tearing up.

Just look at 'em.



#56

KCWM

KCWM

The human eye is the only body part that doesn't naturally grow from birth to death.


#57

strawman

strawman

Mouse milk is 83% butter fat.


#58

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Every body has a unique tongue print.


#59

fade

fade

WasabiPoptart said:
Is there nothing Mythbusters can't do? Fucking Adam and Jamie.
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Actual science?


#60

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Halforums is your number one source for Minotaur Penis related needs on the internet!


#61

Bubble181

Bubble181

KCWM said:
The human eye is the only body part that doesn't naturally grow from birth to death.
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Wait a second. Our brains don't grow either, do they? We get new connections between neurons, but no new neurons... No?


#62

KCWM

KCWM

Bubble181 said:
Wait a second. Our brains don't grow either, do they? We get new connections between neurons, but no new neurons... No?
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I don't know. That's a random bit of trivia that I don't know.


#63

fade

fade

"The Swiss Family Robinson" does not mean the family is named Robinson (which is not a Swiss name). Their family name is never given in the book. The title is meant to imply that the Swiss family is living like Robinson Crusoe.


#64

GasBandit

GasBandit

fade said:
"The Swiss Family Robinson" does not mean the family is named Robinson (which is not a Swiss name). Their family name is never given in the book. The title is meant to imply that the Swiss family is living like Robinson Crusoe.
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... shouldn't it be the Swiss Family Crusoe then?


#65

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Bubble181 said:
Wait a second. Our brains don't grow either, do they? We get new connections between neurons, but no new neurons... No?
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Yes, your brain does grow though by the time you're 2 years old it is 80% of adult size already.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/dev.html


#66

Bubble181

Bubble181

Well now. Live and learn :)


#67

GasBandit

GasBandit



#68

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

What can we learn from this? When the nights get longer and colder and damper, people will rather stay inside and bump some uglies ;)


#69

Null

Null

Despite being an army scout during the western migrations, a bare-knuckle boxer, a lawman on several occasions, and being involved in at least 3 fatal gunfights, Wyatt Earp was never seriously injured and died of natural causes at 80 years old. I know 3 gunfights doesn't sound like that many, but shootings were actually fairly rare. Many boom towns had ordinances against carrying firearms in town, because basically a bunch of drunken cowhands (or prospectors) + alcohol + prostitutes + firearms = a powder keg of violence. Earp supposedly carried a "Buntline Special" revolver; a Colt Single Action Army with a 12-inch barrel. While no connection with Ned Buntline has been proven, Wyatt's second wife Josie mentioned that Wyatt favored a long-barreled revolver with a detachable stock for use in pistol-whipping and as a revolver carbine. Colt's factory in Harford, CT, did have revolvers with up to 16 inch barrels available, for an additional dollar per inch over the standard 7.5 inch barrel.


#70

filmfanatic

filmfanatic

I'm just going to post this episode of QI here.



#71

fade

fade

"Peruse" means exactly the opposite of what most people think it means.


#72



SeraRelm

To closely examine or read through?


#73

fade

fade

Most people use it to mean "to give a cursory glance".


#74

jwhouk

jwhouk

October 5th is the most common birthday in the United States.


#75



SeraRelm

Huh... I'm surprised, though I suppose I shouldn't be. Most of the people I deal with wouldn't even know of the word, much less bungle it's meaning.


#76

General Specific

General Specific



#77

strawman

strawman

fade said:
"Peruse" means exactly the opposite of what most people think it means.
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There are many, many words I'm sure I use incorrectly due to learning them from context rather than looking them up when I was younger.


#78

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

General Specific said:
*QI XL video*
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I heart Dr. Brian Cox!! SQUEE!!!


#79

Bowielee

Bowielee

stienman said:
There are many, many words I'm sure I use incorrectly due to learning them from context rather than looking them up when I was younger.
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The one that annoys me the most is atypical.

If it meant typical, why would there be a modifier on there?

Also, all the QI being posted is like porn to me. I want to marry Stephen Fry.


#80

bhamv3

bhamv3

stienman said:
There are many, many words I'm sure I use incorrectly due to learning them from context rather than looking them up when I was younger.
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I only found out a few years ago that "moot," as in "moot point," does not mean "irrelevant."


#81



SeraRelm

Impractical, yes, but a moot discussion is of the hypothetical or theoretical. I suppose for some people that would also mean irrelevant.


#82

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

That the zamboni is not, as is most often thought, Canadian? It was invented by an Italian- American, living in California, no less.


#83



SeraRelm

The name implied Italian heritage, but an interesting fact nonetheless!

In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.


#84

jwhouk

jwhouk

Also, the Zamboni is a trademark. Machines made by someone other than Zamboni are simply "ice resurfacers."


#85

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

This is true. The Canadian brand is called Olympia, and is made by a company called ResurfIce. While the Zamboni is the official ice resurfacer of the NHL, several teams use Olympias anyway.


#86

Bowielee

Bowielee

jwhouk said:
Also, the Zamboni is a trademark. Machines made by someone other than Zamboni are simply "ice resurfacers."
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It's one of those situations where the brand becomes synonymous with all brands of that product.
Such as: Band Aid, Qtip, Vaseline, etc...


#87

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

jwhouk said:
Also, the Zamboni is a trademark. Machines made by someone other than Zamboni are simply "ice resurfacers."
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Zamboni has likely hit the Kleenex threshold, where the brand name represents the whole market.


#88

Bowielee

Bowielee

Jinx.


#89

fade

fade

Bowielee said:
... Band Aid, Qtip, Vaseline, etc...
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sixpackshaker said:
... hit the Kleenex threshold, .
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#nickspromnight


#90

Null

Null

There's a word for when a specific name becomes so synonymous with general objects of the type that it is applied to all objects of that type: eponymous. Band-Aid, Q-tip, Vaseline, Scotch tape, Kleenex, Aspirin, Laundromat, Thermos, Yo-yo, and Zipper are all eponymous brand names or trademarks.


#91



SeraRelm

Scotch tape? Weird.

Actually, Kleenex as well.:Leyla:


#92

Null

Null

SeraRelm said:
Scotch tape? Weird.

Actually, Kleenex as well.:Leyla:
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Yup. Scotch brand is a 3M trademark, but it's used for any transparent adhesive tape. Which shows why we all just call it Scotch tape - because saying "Can you pass me the transparent adhesive tape?" is cumbersome.


#93



SeraRelm

I usually say clear tape or matte tape. (whichever we have)


#94

GasBandit

GasBandit

SeraRelm said:
I usually say clear tape or matte tape. (whichever we have)
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SeraRelm

GasBandit said:
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#96



makare

That's basically the death of a trademark. When that happens and people equate that product with a generic a company can lose their trademark.
Or it is called genercide if you want to be douchey about it.


#97

GasBandit

GasBandit

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SeraRelm

GasBandit said:
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#99

GasBandit

GasBandit

SeraRelm said:
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(You know, Mormons and magnets and whatnot)


#100

Null

Null

GasBandit said:
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#101

GasBandit

GasBandit

Excuse me, Null , we're trying to have a conversation here? Sheesh.


#102



SeraRelm

GasBandit said:
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(You know, Mormons and magnets and whatnot)
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#103

Null

Null

GasBandit said:
Excuse me, Null , we're trying to have a conversation here? Sheesh.
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#104

GasBandit

GasBandit

SeraRelm said:
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GasBandit

GasBandit

Null said:
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SeraRelm

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#107

GasBandit

GasBandit

You broke it. Yours are supposed to point to the right. Mine point to the left.



#108



makare

so many genitalia jokes that could be made right now....


#109

Bowielee

Bowielee

Null said:
There's a word for when a specific name becomes so synonymous with general objects of the type that it is applied to all objects of that type: eponymous. Band-Aid, Q-tip, Vaseline, Scotch tape, Kleenex, Aspirin, Laundromat, Thermos, Yo-yo, and Zipper are all eponymous brand names or trademarks.
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Actually, eponymous just means anything being named after it's own subject matter. For example, when a band's album is named after the band, or a book is named after the main character, the title is eponymous. So Q-tip brand Q-tips are eponymous, Walmart brand cotton swabs are not.


#110



SeraRelm

Tonight, we dine on...

GasBandit.


#111

Null

Null

Bowielee said:
Actually, eponymous just means anything being named after it's own subject matter. For example, when a band's album is named after the band, or a book is named after the main character, the title is eponymous. So Q-tip brand Q-tips are eponymous, Walmart brand cotton swabs are not.
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Okay, technically it's a genericized trademark, which has eponym as a synonym, and eponymous is a more fluid term that has a close-enough meaning.


#112

GasBandit

GasBandit

SeraRelm said:
Tonight, we dine on...

GasBandit.
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Bon appetit, ladies.



#113

Bowielee

Bowielee

GasBandit said:
Bon appetit, ladies.

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Why did you photoshop Barney Frank's head on your body?


#114

GasBandit

GasBandit

Bowielee said:
Why did you photoshop Barney Frank's head on your body?
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I didn't... but on a related note, I don't recommend googling "fat hairy bear" with safesearch off.


#115

Null

Null

GasBandit said:
I didn't... but on a related note, I don't recommend googling "fat hairy bear" with safesearch off.
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.... GRANDPA NO!


#116



SeraRelm

SeraRelm said:
GasBandit said:
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Just for you. Whiney little bi-


#117

Bowielee

Bowielee

GasBandit said:
I didn't... but on a related note, I don't recommend googling "fat hairy bear" with safesearch off.
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1) you missed the joke.

2) I'm a member of the gay "bear" community, so one man's trash and all that.


#118



SeraRelm

Bowielee said:
1) you missed the joke.

2) I'm a member of the gay "bear" community, so one man's trash and all that.
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Is another man's meal?


#119



makare

Well, now I know a whole lot of things I didn't even want to know. Thanks Did you guys know thread


#120

Null

Null



#121

GasBandit

GasBandit

SeraRelm said:
Just for you. Whiney little bi-
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Hey, you stick to the vague, never explicitly mentioned rules of nebulously formed patterns, or you DON'T GET TO PLAY.



#122

GasBandit

GasBandit

Bowielee said:
2) I'm a member of the gay "bear" community, so one man's trash and all that.
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Well, in that case, you're welcome, I guess. Don't say I never inadvertently and slightly deameaningly did anything for ya.


#123



makare

at first that o on his face made me think someone had put a binky in his mouth...

(Binky ®)


#124



SeraRelm

GasBandit said:
Hey, you stick to the vague, never explicitly mentioned rules of nebulously formed patterns, or you DON'T GET TO PLAY.

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(You have no idea how difficult it was to find one pointing to the right)


#125

GasBandit

GasBandit

SeraRelm said:

(You have no idea how difficult it was to find one pointing to the right)
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SeraRelm

GasBandit said:
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GasBandit

GasBandit

SeraRelm said:
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SeraRelm

GasBandit said:
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#129

GasBandit

GasBandit

SeraRelm said:
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#130

jwhouk

jwhouk

Did you guys know that pointing is considered impolite in society?


#131

GasBandit

GasBandit

jwhouk said:
Did you guys know that pointing is considered impolite in society?
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Breaking out a golden oldie for this one...



#132

jwhouk

jwhouk

Did you know Arnold Schwarzenegger is ineligible to run for President or Vice-President of the United States, since he was born in Austria?


#133

GasBandit

GasBandit

jwhouk said:
Did you know Arnold Schwarzenegger is ineligible to run for President or Vice-President of the United States, since he was born in Austria?
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You obviously haven't watched Demolition Man.


#134

Null

Null

Found out today that a former colleague is currently serving 8 years for molesting a nine-year-old girl, and unrelated to that, may be involved in a homicide.


#135



SeraRelm

GasBandit said:
Breaking out a golden oldie for this one...

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#136

bhamv3

bhamv3

Null said:
Found out today that a former colleague is currently serving 8 years for molesting a nine-year-old girl, and unrelated to that, may be involved in a homicide.
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I was gonna say enough with the pointing pictures and let's get back to the stuff I didn't previously know, but... uh...

More pointing pictures!


#137

fade

fade

Who doesn't call scotch tape scotch tape?



Oh, right.


#138

Bubble181

Bubble181

fade said:
Who doesn't call scotch tape scotch tape?
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Scotsmen. I guess. Apparently, God is Scottish.


#139



SeraRelm

Agreed, now git off meh golf course.


#140

strawman

strawman

In your computer there's a sheet of fiberglass laminated together in layers with copper that carries the electrical signals between all the chips and parts that make up the brains of your computer.

The signals are going so fast that they travel like waves on the wiring. A given wire, for instance, between the memory chips and the CPU is never in a single state, hi or low, or on or off, there's a steam of potential voltages moving along the wire like a series of waves moving down a river.

Because of this, when there are many wires between two devices, many of the wires all have to be the same length. If you look carefully, you'll see the wires wriggling and sometimes doubling back while others go straight. This is so the wires are all the same length when necessary for the signals that were sent at the same time to reach the receiving device at the same time.

In the time light leaves your monitor and reaches your eyes your CPU has processed between four and thirty instructions. The memory chips will have read or written about 128 bytes of data.


#141

strawman

strawman

"Virgin firewood" is wood cut for firewood which has never been used for any other purpose. In most states its illegal to burn building materials and recycled wood, though it's rarely prosecuted except in large scale or particularly egregious cases. Permits can be used to allow one to burn refuse material, for example for bonfires.

"And then there were none" is Agatha Christie's best selling mystery/murder novel with over 100 millions sales to date, which is equivalent to 3,770 sales per day since its first printing in 1939. In it ten murderers are stranded on an island, and killed one by one by an unknown assailant. It has undergone two name changes (with minor associated revisions to the text) since its initial release due to concerns of racism, from "ten little niggers" to "ten little indians" to "and then there were none"


#142

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

stienman said:
"Virgin firewood" is wood cut for firewood which has never been used for any other purpose. In most states its illegal to burn building materials and recycled wood, though it's rarely prosecuted except in large scale or particularly egregious cases. Permits can be used to allow one to burn refuse material, for example for bonfires.
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The reason is that in processing and treating wood for building supplies, some chemicals are used which are released when you burn it. I'm thinking it's likely some kind of pesticide to ward off termites, but I don't actually know too much about it, all I know my dad was adament that we not burn the old couch, so we had to wait until my dad went to work to burn the old couch.


#143

strawman

strawman

Any wood which is imported has to be heat treated or chemically treated for bugs to prevent an invasive species, such as the emerald ash borer, from hitching a rid and destroying the US forests. Due to the invasion of the emerald ash borer regulations have become more strict, covering the movement and sale of any wood even within the US to slow its spread.

Almost all upholstered furniture these days is made from laminated wood laminated with epoxy and cheap thin cut wood. The lamination provides strength to even cheap, weak woods, while still being lighter and cheaper than metals or plastics.


#144

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart



#145



SeraRelm

WasabiPoptart said:
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#146

TommiR

TommiR

As with many humans, when sharks are depressed they might go on an eating binge.

It's all our fault.


#147

General Specific

General Specific











#148

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

checkeredhat said:
The reason is that in processing and treating wood for building supplies, some chemicals are used which are released when you burn it. I'm thinking it's likely some kind of pesticide to ward off termites, but I don't actually know too much about it, all I know my dad was adament that we not burn the old couch, so we had to wait until my dad went to work to burn the old couch.
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Maybe he didn't want you to blow up the county when all those farts stuck in the cushions suddenly ignite in a roaring inferno of all-consuming flames?


#149

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

North_Ranger said:
Maybe he didn't want you to blow up the county when all those farts stuck in the cushions suddenly ignite in a roaring inferno of all-consuming flames?
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We weren't burning the cushions. God no. I'm sure that burning that foam is a terrible idea. It was an OOOOOOOOOOOLD couch that we had rebuilt a dozen times. The whole thing was wood, with no upholstery.


#150

General Specific

General Specific



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