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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #45 on: December 26, 2017, 10:46:00 pm »
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Quote from: Marvin K. Mooney on December 26, 2017, 10:10:23 pm
And the & key is called an ampersand ;P
But I knew that one. :P
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #46 on: December 27, 2017, 07:55:31 am »
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Quote from: RuiAce on December 26, 2017, 10:46:00 pm
But I knew that one. :P
But I didn't ;P
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #47 on: December 27, 2017, 08:24:53 am »
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On a standard golfball, there are 336 dimples. :)
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #48 on: December 27, 2017, 10:02:28 am »
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The kilogram is the only SI base unit still defined by means of an artifact.
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #49 on: December 29, 2017, 12:34:28 pm »
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If you are ever stuck in quicksand, keep still.
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #50 on: December 31, 2017, 11:50:17 am »
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- One in every five adults believe that aliens are hiding in our planet disguised as humans
- Coconut water can be used as blood plasma.
- Donald duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
- A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #51 on: January 12, 2018, 12:47:07 am »
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A huntsman spider will literally hunt (and maybe forage). It doesn't make webs like most spiders.
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #52 on: January 12, 2018, 10:23:32 am »
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A huntsman spider will literally hunt (and maybe forage). It doesn't make webs like most spiders.
And if one a large as your outstretched hand lands on your pillow (they love crawling around ceilings) when you are trying to get to sleep, it scares the shit out of you. And you don't go to sleep for a very very long time.
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #53 on: January 12, 2018, 10:41:32 am »
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And if one a large as your outstretched hand lands on your pillow (they love crawling around ceilings) when you are trying to get to sleep, it scares the shit out of you. And you don't go to sleep for a very very long time.

OMG. I have had one appear right next to my head while grabbing a jacket from my wardrobe. Severely unpleasant  :(
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #54 on: January 12, 2018, 11:55:14 am »
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In metropolitan Melbourne, the train aircons are set to 22 degrees Celsius :)
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #55 on: January 21, 2018, 05:20:32 pm »
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In tic tac toe, you actually have a greater chance of winning if you put your X in the corner first.
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #56 on: January 21, 2018, 05:35:38 pm »
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A rooster's comb provides increased blood flow to its head and brain, and also helps with temperature regulation.
(I used to think it was just a decoration.) ;D
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #57 on: January 21, 2018, 05:46:26 pm »
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Quote from: ksinfield on January 21, 2018, 05:35:38 pm
A rooster's comb provides increased blood flow to its head and brain, and also helps with temperature regulation.
(I used to think it was just a decoration.) ;D
Actually a lot of animals use their ears for temperature regulation. Pretty sure (but unconfirmed) two key examples of this include lop-eared rabbits and fennec foxes.
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #58 on: January 22, 2018, 11:27:21 am »
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Since it's tennis time(which I am loving and binge-watching), I'll share a tennis fact!

Serena Williams has won 23 grand slams second to Margaret Court who has won 24 grand slams, the most women't singles Grand Slam titles.
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #59 on: January 22, 2018, 01:16:36 pm »
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