Interesting Facts thread

[Gojira]

book of useless information?

[Ad Bot]

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I hate when people do what Trogtor is doing.

[Trogtor]

I don't think that is enough facts, maybe I should post more.

I hate when people do what Trogtor is doing.

Sorry

I snipped a stuff load of it, it's all here

http://www.tealdragon.net/humor/facts/facts.htm

[Counter98]

Did you know that this thread is growing faster than I can keep up with?

[Counter98]

Did you know that every 2 seconds a person dies.
And every 5 seconds a person is born.

That's not new.

[Boston Terrier]

Probably about dogs.

2 were about dogs.

[Counter98]

M&M's originated in the Spanish-American war. Candy-Covered chocolate was used because it didn't melt in the intense heat.
The Blockland wiki (www.blockland.wikia.com) has around 150 articles.

[Jetlok]

The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.
There are more chickens than people in the world.

um wat

[mp7964]

A whale's snake is called a dork.

[Counter98]

Did you know...
-That most of these facts are straight from my head?
-That the term fission, as in nuclear fission, was borrowed from biology?
-That the first nuclear reactor was built in a school squash court?
-That Alot of modern packaged food has antifreeze in it, which is allegedly edible?
-That Windows comes installed with computers because it is hard to install manually?
-That Bill Gates is the richest man in the world, all because of a defect in his products?
-That the European Union did a study on whether or not water helps dehydration, and they concluded it did not help?
-That the European Union banned advertisers from claiming water helps with dehydration?

[Tingalz]

And the 2 degree Kelvin temperature would instantly cool your boiled blood and cause it to crystalize, effectively shredding every bit of tissue in your being.

False. Since there is no matter in space, the heat from your body would have nothing to transfer to, therefore you would not lose all your body heat or freeze instantly. However, you would have to worry more about burning to death/radiation if you are in direct line of the sun.

[xxjpxx]

The Blockland wiki (www.blockland.wikia.com) has around 150 articles.

Thats only because some guy started a thread about and like three people added the articles to it.

Why we even have a wiki is beyond me. I suppose there is some useful information.

[dorkdotdan]

A whale's snake is called a dork.

Ummmmm.......

[Stocking]

False. Since there is no matter in space, the heat from your body would have nothing to transfer to, therefore you would not lose all your body heat or freeze instantly. However, you would have to worry more about burning to death/radiation if you are in direct line of the sun.

Thermal radiation is energy emitted by matter as electromagnetic waves due to the pool of thermal energy that all matter possesses that has a temperature above absolute zero. Thermal radiation propagates without the presence of matter through the vacuum of space.

Thermal radiation is a direct result of the random movements of atoms and molecules in matter. Since these atoms and molecules are composed of charged particles (protons and electrons), their movement results in the emission of electromagnetic radiation, which carries energy away from the surface.

Unlike conductive and convective forms of heat transfer, thermal radiation can be concentrated in a small spot by using reflecting mirrors, which is exploited in concentrating solar power generation. For example, the sunlight reflected from mirrors heats the PS10 solar power tower and during the day it can heat water to 285 °C (545 °F).

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_transfer#Radiation

[Stick Man]

This is what the topic reminded me of. Just saying.