Stupid Facts

[punch]

Ok, to combat the drudgery of Monday's.. everyone post a stupid or interesting fact that they can find.

I'll start.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

At least 2 people die every year from vending machines falling on them.

[DNeinstadt]

Re: Stupid Facts

Originally posted by punch
Ok, to combat the drudgery of Monday's.. everyone post a stupid or interesting fact that they can find.

I'll start.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

At least 2 people die every year from vending machines falling on them.

Polychronopolous?

The longest word with 3 pairs of same letters in a row is bookkeeper.

[fuzzy moonunit]

i got one

62% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

[Shooter]

Longer wod that you can type on a single row from a qwerty keyboard is typewriter.

[Obscene1]

Did you know that George washington WAS NOT the first president of the united states..........

He was just the first president under the constatuion.




FACT #2 eveybody has herd of the 5 seond rule for things falling on the ground............myth or fact?????? FACT the 5 seond rule is actually real, based on the fcat that it takes GERMS and bactria 6-9 seconds to attach them selves to new objects..the only exception to this rule is ecoli wich ataches it's self right away.

[punch]

Originally posted by Shooter
Longer wod that you can type on a single row from a qwerty keyboard is typewriter.

Ooo I like that one.

[Grifter]

the longest word you can type with your left hand on a qwerty keyboard is secretary

[MetallicPony]

random facts generated by my buddy profile:

more people are alive today, than have ever died

The mother of Mike Nesmith, a member of "the monkees", invented liquid paper.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

India has 50 million monkeys

Every year, the moon moves 1/2 an inch further from Earth.

[Glass Joe]

I am pretty sure the platapus (sp) is the only poisonious mammal. It has poison in its claws, that I am certain of.

[Zinc]

Originally posted by SteedaStang
I am pretty sure the platapus (sp) is the only poisonious mammal. It has poison in its claws, that I am certain of.

ITs also the only one to lay eggs.

Ryan

[Steelgrave]

Today was Tomorrow Yesterday.

The longest car ever built is a 30.5-m long (100-ft), 26-wheeled limousine, designed by Jay Ohrberg of Burbank, California, USA. Used mainly in films and exhibitions, its features include a swimming pool with diving board and a king-sized waterbed. The car is designed to drive as a rigid vehicle, or it can be changed to bend in the middle.

The most powerful standard production car ever made is the McLaren F1, which develops 627 b.h.p. (Yes this still stands as a guiness record)

Highest Valuation Of A Computer Company: On April 11, 2000, Cisco Systems Inc., of San Jose, California, USA, had a market capitalization of $503.4 billion, eclipsing the Microsoft Corporation.

[Stanger4Life]

One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

There is a 55-foot high statue of the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth, MN.

"Pennsylvania" is missing an "n" and thus misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

[Sweet35th]

The opposite of "inside-out" is NOT "outside-in"

100% of studies on studies indicate that there is a greater need for more studies due to the inacuracy of the studies.

The oldest building in the unitedstates would still be considered new by many standards in eastern Europe.

[Sweet35th]

The first news paper was made for advertizing, and not to bring news informations to its readers. And that is the #1 purpose of media to date.

The final cama used befor "and" when making groups in a sentance (ie. I took wheel cleaner, car polish, and tire shine to the show.) Was eliminated by mass media companies to save both space and ink for advertizing. To this day many teachers teach the incorrect use of the coma by eliminating it from such sentances and leaving it as (I took wheel cleaner, car polish and tire shine to the show.)

-that one usualy raises large amounts of discussion-

[Grifter]

how about "flammable" and "inflammable", they mean the same thing..