[QUOTE=Zareox7;39278240]I think it's less about being piss easy and more about the fact that science is universal and the metric system is like the universal language when it comes to science. I remember in science class doing imperial/metric conversions. So I think we use both.[/QUOTE]
Well the thing is; when you judge the size or length of something it's actually been proven easier with the imperial system. Turns out, it's piss difficult to estimate how many Centimeters, meters, or Kilo something is. Pounds and inches and stuff is a lot more easy, I guess that's why they started using the measurements in the first place.
The sun has an orbit.
[QUOTE=don818;39285286]The sun has an orbit.[/QUOTE]
Wait, as in, the Sun is orbiting something? What?
[QUOTE=xeo xeo;39285297]Wait, as in, the Sun is orbiting something? What?[/QUOTE]
Your mother is so fat...
[QUOTE=xeo xeo;39285297]Wait, as in, the Sun is orbiting something? What?[/QUOTE]
The center of the milky way.
[QUOTE=xeo xeo;39285297]Wait, as in, the Sun is orbiting something? What?[/QUOTE]
Our galaxy, to be exact, takes 1 Cosmic Year, or 225 Million years, to complete a full orbit
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late
and they lived happily ever after.
Every time you sneeze, you have a mini orgasm.
Also
14 pounds of pressure applied to your sphincter muscle will cause you to shit.
most firearms have the ability to fire projectiles through your skull
[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;39285503]Every time you sneeze, you have a mini orgasm.
Also
14 pounds of pressure applied to your sphincter muscle will cause you to shit.[/QUOTE]
sneeze mini-orgasm was proved bullshit in lamo pics, I just can't find the post that stated it
I'm not Rude
[QUOTE=Uglehs;39262828]In the year 3535, Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, or tell no lies
Everything you think, do, and say will be in the pill you take each day.[/QUOTE]
We'll see about that.
I was [I]made[/I] for this thread.
(some of these are more interesting than mind blowing, but still)
President Calvin Coolidge was known as Silent Cal because he talked infrequently. So infrequently in fact, that during a party when he was vice president, a woman he was sitting next to said "Mr. Coolidge, I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you." His response? "You lose." The same person upon learning that Coolidge had died, reportedly remarked, "How can they tell?"
You know, the nursery rhyme never said anything about Humpty Dumpty being an egg.
The Doomsday Clock is a metaphorical clock showing how many "minutes" we are to a nuclear Armageddon (12 midnight). Since it's establishment in 1947, the farthest we've gotten away from midnight is 17 minutes (1991). The closest was 2 minutes (1953). Right now we're 5 minutes to midnight.
The Apollo’s Saturn rockets were packed with enough fuel to throw 100-pound shrapnel three miles if it exploded. VIPs were seated 3.5 miles away because of this.
When Apollo 11 touched down on the moon, there was less than 30 seconds of fuel left.
67% of British children aged 5-13 can work a DVD player, but only 45% can tie their shoelaces.
John Adams, 2nd President of the USA, took up smoking at the age of 8.
One of the abort modes (What to do if things went wrong) for the Space Shuttle was to flip around and thrust backwards to kill horizontal velocity and return to the launch site (Hence the name RTLS). It was so difficult to execute that all simulated attempts failed. Thankfully, it was never used.
Video showing what would happen as well as audio from one of those simulations:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6fSUaZlsWw[/media]
In order to save the Rollstone Boulder in Massachusetts from being demolished, it was blown up.
When a spacecraft enters the atmosphere, friction doesn't heat it up. The air in front of the craft can't get out the way, so it heats up
[url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/In_Event_of_Moon_Disaster]Nixon had a speech in the event that Apollo 11 didn't return from the Moon. Thankfully they didn't use it[/url]
[url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/30448/time-they-found-those-bodies-ben-franklins-basement]Ben Franklin was once accused of being a serial killer. As in, they flat-out found bodies in his house.[/url]
Only 1 in 4 people die from lightning strikes. One dude even survived 7 times (But killed himself because he was depressed.) Side effects of being struck by lightning: Depression, cool scars, and most oddly, an increased chance to be struck again
Those cheap singing birthday cards from Hallmark have more computing power than the entire world in 1950.
In 1930, the Mickey Mouse comic series took a weird turn, in which Mickey tried -- and failed [humorously] -- three times to commit suicide.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/6ya2C.jpg[/t]
Christmas classic "Do You Hear What I Hear?" was written in 1962 as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
I don't know how I've remembered all of these over the course of the years, but holy shit they're awesome and their useless.
and more at
[url]http://did-you-kno.tumblr.com/[/url]
Also, Abe Lincoln was clinically depressed and couldn't be around sharp objects for fear he would spontaneously kill himself
[QUOTE=Gekkosan;39285774]We'll see about that.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic[/media]
I'm gay.
using a pistol to blow your mind is fatal.
[QUOTE=GhostlyGob;39286439]using a pistol to blow your mind is fatal.[/QUOTE]
Also, causing a pistol's mind to blow by blowing it is fatal too.
[QUOTE=K1ngo64;39263891]Because America harbours outdated measurement systems and too lazy to convert to Metric and fit in with the rest of the world.[/QUOTE]
Because our entire industrial system is based around metric and you can't just convert a drill or lathe to metric without completely rebuilding the machine.
[QUOTE=kaine123;39286627]Because our entire industrial system is based around metric and you can't just convert a drill or lathe to metric without completely rebuilding the machine.[/QUOTE]
Everyone else did.
[QUOTE=Dacheet;39285909]
In 1930, the Mickey Mouse comic series took a weird turn, in which Mickey tried -- and failed [humorously] -- three times to commit suicide.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/6ya2C.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
I don't understand the second part.
The cuckoo clock cuckooed and he threw the gun out while talking about someone being right?
[QUOTE=Bernie Buddy;39286715]I don't understand the second part.
The cuckoo clock cuckooed and he threw the gun out while talking about someone being right?[/QUOTE]
I guess its like the clock was saying that he went cuckoo, or in other terms, crazy. not sure though
Your fart travels 13 miles per hour.
Burning pure Magnesium will create a powerful glow for a few seconds, then becomes Magnesium oxide.
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2013 is the first year in the new millenium to not have multiple digits containing the same value (ex: 2012, 2002, 2001).
[QUOTE=Swog;39286985]
Burning pure Magnesium will create a powerful glow for a few seconds, then becomes Magnesium oxide.[/QUOTE]
I think that's one of the principles that flares or flashbangs work on
not too clear which one
Sharks can't get cancer
Sylvester Stallone started his career with a porn film
You can't win an argument just by being nice.
[QUOTE=SHIFTYgeorge;39288810]Sylvester Stallone started his career with a porn film[/QUOTE]
Jackie Chan started his career as a mook that Bruce Lee effortlessly takes out.
80085 on a calculator looks like "boobs"
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