• Did You Know? Thread. Post random facts.
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Did you know that Corn Flakes and Graham crackers were originally invented to help people stop masturbating?
Did you know you are on [url]http://www.facepunch.com/[/url] right now?
did you know this thread is awesome?
Did you know that a good deal of statistics are not true? Did you know that America has one of the lowest income taxes, yet the largest percent of population that complain about it?
[QUOTE=Jake951716;25607490]what you're from minnesota? I am :D[/QUOTE] Yup, Burnsville.
The "glass" used in movie stunts is often made out of CANDY (sugar melted into a clear pane of clear SUGAR), so that it will not cut the actors. Yup.
[QUOTE=Rad McCool;25607172]Did you know that's not true at all?[/QUOTE] did you know that a lot of people die from dolphin rapes?
A Half-Life is the time it takes for the number of radioactive nuclei originally present in a sample to decrease to one half of their original number. Thus, if a sample has a half-life in one year, it will be reduced to half its size in one year, and a quarter in two. Hence the video-game Half-Life in which the human population is cut in half over the period of seven days. Or something like that...
That the Apple PowerMac G5 Dual Core was the first mass produced computer that came with liquid cooling? And that it was really fucking loud, defeating the point of liquid cooling?
Did you know you're viewing this thread? [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?1017921-Did-You-Know-Thread.-Post-random-facts.&p=25605188#post25605188[/url] [editline]23rd October 2010[/editline] I can't believe in 4 hours no one had posted that...
Did you know that Ford stole someone's idea for time-delayed windshield wipers and it took the guy like thirty years to get his due?
Did you know that dolphins only sleep with one hemisphere of their brain at a time otherwise they would drown?
Did you know, bats are not actually blind. Its a common misconception.
Did you know that; Dolphins are the only other animals who have sex for recreation. Phytoplankton produces 80+% of the planet's oxygen. The reason why the Kangaroo and the Emu are on the Australian coat of arms is because they are the only 2 animals that cannot physically take a backward step. A group of cats is called a clowder. A group of owls is called a parliament. And that there are three golf balls on the moon. :3:
did you know that... you actually love the cock right now?
[QUOTE='[LOA] SonofBrim;25608599']A Half-Life is the time it takes for the number of radioactive nuclei originally present in a sample to decrease to one half of their original number. Thus, if a sample has a half-life in one year, it will be reduced to half its size in one year, and a quarter in two. Hence the video-game Half-Life in which the human population is cut in half over the period of seven days. Or something like that...[/QUOTE] there was a half-life before half-life 2. they just picked the name because they thought it was cool, plus "hey, the headcrab zombies are sort of wandering around in a sort of 'half-life'". cool!
Did you know that it takes 11-13 hours to take a flight to America from Norway?
Did you know that if you know that you don't know something, then you know more than other know.
[QUOTE=Johan123;25618235]Did you know that it takes 11-13 hours to take a flight to America from Norway?[/QUOTE] I'm guessing that depends on what part of Norway you leave from and what part of America you are going to, then with headwind/tailwind.
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