Topics List Inbox Friends Search Admin Information  
 You are not logged in.   
Username: Password: Register

Random Facts Thread
 This Topic was created by [Before The Rage] Messages per page: 20 50 [100]
Message display order: [Newest first] Oldest first 
Go to Parent Topic
 


Tell us what you know!






You do not have enough Respect Points to post in this topic.


[devils_child] Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:47:20 AM 
Well that explains the friggin heat down here!!!!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:03:03 AM)
[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:03:03 AM 
The Earth is at its closest to the sun when its winter in the northern hemisphere.
[Before The Rage] Monday, March 30, 2009 1:34:46 AM 
The Sun is 93 million miles away from Earth.
[Vaillant 3.0] Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:01:18 PM 
The Old English word for a group of cows was kine.
[spapad] Friday, February 20, 2009 6:28:38 PM 
I'll walk five miles but no way am I running five miles,  I would have excersized induced asthma in no time flat!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Friday, February 20, 2009 6:05:38 PM)
[Head banger] Friday, February 20, 2009 6:05:38 PM 
I think in my present physical condition I would do equaly well being drug behind a car for 10 miles or running 5. 
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Friday, February 20, 2009 6:03:53 PM)
[spapad] Friday, February 20, 2009 6:03:53 PM 
Come on HB, we could be drug at least ten miles by the bumper of a car in the same amount of time, it's the surviving part that wories me.
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Friday, February 20, 2009 5:51:47 PM)
[Head banger] Friday, February 20, 2009 5:51:47 PM 
not I
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:41:49 PM)
[Head banger] Friday, February 20, 2009 5:51:29 PM 
you can fit 56 dozen cans of coke in the back of a late model ford explorer
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:41:49 PM 
A person can run about 5 miles to the entire disc of Raw Steel - Faithful Defenders (including Steeler).
[cabochon1] Friday, February 06, 2009 2:15:33 PM 
Nutmeg can act like a drug or poison.  4 to 8 teaspoons can cause mild hallucinations.  However it can also cause nausea, paranoia, difficulty urinating and a horrific hangover.  One website compared the high to a "hellish case of the flu."  Yikes.
[Soylentgreen4u] Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:14:42 PM 
YES,VERY TRUE...I WANT TO COME BACK AS A FROLICKING DOLPHIN! ...BUT I'LL HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM FIRST!...
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by kiamat from Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:40:43 PM)
[Head banger] Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:49:19 PM 
elephants do.  they are also one of the few mamals known to have homosexual relationships.
\
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by kiamat from Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:40:43 PM)
[kiamat] Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:40:43 PM 
Dolphins are the only mammals beside humans to have sex for fun
[devils_child] Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:13:12 PM 
Blype is the name given to skin that peels off after sunburn..
[Vaillant 3.0] Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:10:14 AM 
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
[kiamat] Monday, January 05, 2009 7:12:23 AM 
Chocolate cake and brandy butter do not go together. But hey, anything is worth a try.
[adrianaec_88] Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:53:12 PM 
I second that
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by hellrider 31038 from Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:07:15 PM)
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:26:14 PM 
Running 8 miles (with a .60 mile walking warm-up and cool-down) takes you to the first chords of "Metal Gods" on disc 2 of Halford's "Live Insurrection."

Pacer, who needs a pacer...I time myself by the Metal God!
Edited at: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:27:04 PM
[hellrider 31038] Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:07:15 PM 
the mighty painkiller album is the definition of heavy metal in every way
[ron h] Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:20:29 PM 
That's too funny !!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Starbreaker287 from Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:11:46 PM)
[Vaillant 3.0] Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:44:57 AM 
Random fact:

A jellyfish is 95% water.
[Vaillant 3.0] Monday, September 22, 2008 12:11:01 AM 
Random fact:

The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant.
[156555464] Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:31:06 PM 
That's funny that you said that,  my husband doesn't like football!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Starbreaker287 from Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:11:46 PM)
[Starbreaker287] Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:11:46 PM 
Have you ever noticed that guys that don't like football are weird people.  They are aren't weird because they don't like football but they are weird already. 
[hellrider 31038] Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:47:58 PM 

THE METAL GOD CAN STILL RIP YOUR FACE OFF WITH THE MIGHTY PAINKILLER.(and rattle your brain) INTEANSE TOTAL RUSH OF POWER

[guidogodoy] Sunday, August 17, 2008 12:17:10 AM 
A person can run 6 miles to the first disk of Halford - Live Insurrection. Electric eye with the GREAT crowd on disc two makes it hard to cool down.
[Head banger] Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:39:20 AM 

no, official releases only.  but it does include live, and the box set.

 


  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:27:51 AM)
[guidogodoy] Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:27:51 AM 
That including the bootlegs?
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:57:51 AM)
[scorpion01] Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:09:44 AM 
the holes in swiss cheese are made from farts produced by the bacteria that gives the cheese its flavor
[Head banger] Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:57:51 AM 
I could run 5 and a half miles to the whole priest discography.
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:59:21 PM)
[crypticangle] Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:08:33 AM 
You can live up to 2 weeks without food but only 5 -7 days without water.
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:59:21 PM 
One can run appx. 5 1/2 miles to disc 1 of Nostra.
[guitardude] Sunday, July 13, 2008 8:01:57 PM 

  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by mgdman from Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:29:05 PM)
[mgdman] Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:29:05 PM 
A fart is just a turd..  honkin' to get out 
[Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:20:12 PM 
A sneeze travels out of your nose at 100 mph.
[Bazookajoe_666] Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:58:43 PM 

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute. 

Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months. 

The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million. 

The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class. 

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

The pancreas produces Insulin. 

A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away. 

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. 

Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave. 

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV. 

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. 

In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose. 

A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift. 

Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired" 

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. 

"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you." 

The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

[156555464] Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:56:20 AM 
The word "Kat" in polish means executioner.
[Vaillant 3.0] Monday, June 23, 2008 8:14:43 PM 
Me miss you too, Mrs. Downing!!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by MEDALGODDESS from Monday, June 23, 2008 8:13:01 PM)
[~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Monday, June 23, 2008 8:13:01 PM 

alligators= not so genius..lol

Ill see you girls later!!  Iam still organizing stuff.. OMG!!!!  I hate this.. last minute crap>> I miss you guys..:) 

 


  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Monday, June 23, 2008 8:11:00 PM)
[Vaillant 3.0] Monday, June 23, 2008 8:11:00 PM 
Turtles=geniuses!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by jstevens0n from Monday, June 23, 2008 8:09:30 PM)
[jstevens0n] Monday, June 23, 2008 8:09:30 PM 
Turtles often bury their eggs in alligator nests. The mother alligator guards her nest so well it ensures the safety of the turtles as well.
[jstevens0n] Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:15:09 PM 
Only one U.S. coin — the zinc-coated steel penny produced during World War II — can be picked up by a magnet.
[jstevens0n] Saturday, June 14, 2008 1:15:13 PM 
During a 1992 state dinner, President George H. W. Bush, ill with the flu, lost his lunch in the lap of the Japanese prime minister. Oddly enough, Bush’s faux pas coined a slang word, bushusuru, which translates as “to do the Bush thing,” meaning “to vomit.”
[jstevens0n] Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:24:21 PM 
The Barcolo Manufacturing Company of Buffalo, New York, started the American tradition of the office “coffee break.” In 1902 they offered free coffee to their employees in order to boost morale, as well as a few free minutes in which to enjoy it.
[Head banger] Thursday, June 05, 2008 7:18:54 AM 
I bet thats a day the former carpenter never forgets!!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by jstevens0n from Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:55:39 PM)
[kiamat] Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:27:33 AM 
Without his glasses John Lennon was legally blind
[jstevens0n] Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:55:39 PM 
At age 35, Harrison Ford was fitting a door for Francis Ford Coppola when a studio executive asked the handyman to take a break and read lines with actresses who were testing for a new film. The film was Star War
[jstevens0n] Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:50:14 PM 
Limelight, a 1952 Charlie Chaplin film, won an Oscar for Best Dramatic Score 21 years later. Since the movie had never been shown in Los Angeles, it was still eligible to enter the competition as a “new” picture in 1973.
[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:46:47 PM 

The average person laughs about 15 times a day.

<< Previous Message 1801 to 1850
Messages per page: 20 50 [100]
Message display order: [Newest first] Oldest first 
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 [19]
Next >>