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Random Facts thread!
Random Facts thread!
Hmmm..who here loves random facts? I decided to make a thread solely about random facts because why not?
My top five favourite random facts:
5. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond
4. Horses cant vomit
3. There are over 50 different breeds of kangaroos
2. In an average human life time, we walk as far as five times around the equator
1. The scent of a skunk can be detected by a human up to one mile away!
Please add your own!
submitted by LilyPad
(April 17, 2017 - 11:22 pm)
(April 17, 2017 - 11:22 pm)
Another reason people say "bless you" when you sneeze is because in olden times, people believed that the demons would enter your spirit when you sneezed, so they would say "God bless you". Nowadays, the "God" part has faded away, but we naturally say "bless you" whenever someone sneezes as more of a courtesy. :)
Also, another random fact for ya! Cows can walk up stairs, but not down them.
~Poetic Panda
(April 18, 2017 - 11:40 am)
Cool, Poetic Panda! (I will still never get over how much I love your name!)
That cow one is cool. How did anyone ever manage to find that out?
(April 18, 2017 - 6:13 pm)
(April 18, 2017 - 6:27 pm)
Cherophobia is the fear of fun!
(April 18, 2017 - 8:03 pm)
Sheep can walk up stairs too! And some can walk down.
(April 18, 2017 - 8:33 pm)
The word disaster literally means 'bad star' because people used to think that everything was affected by the stars, and if something particularly terrible happened, it was because of a inauspicious star arrangement.
(April 18, 2017 - 8:41 pm)
1. The farthest away you can be from a McDonalds in the U.S.A. is 107 miles.
2. Uranus was almost called George, after King George III who was the king at the time it was discovered.
3. There's a star cluster in the constellation Taurus called "The Pleiades" or "The Seven Sisters". Subaru is the Japanese word for unite, and a term for this cluster, and it's why the Subaru car company logo is seven stars.
Also, Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky and a star in the constellation Canus Major (Greater dog), is the reason why SiriusXM Radio's logo is a dog with a star in his eye. Also, it is Sirius Black's namesake, because his patronus is a black dog.
4. Every year, the moon moves away from the earth by about 3.8 centimeters.
Ok, I'm done with astronomy facts! For now...
5. The phrase "rule of thumb" comes from an old law about beating your wife- husbands could beat their wives with a stick as long as it wasn't wider than the man's thumb.
6. A Japanese man who lived in Nagasaki was in Hiroshima on business when the U.S.A. bombed it in WWII. He survived, went back to Nagasaki, continued work, and survived the second bombing on Nagasaki. His name is Tsutomu Yamaguchi.
7. In a room of 23 people there's a 50-50 chance that one of them shares a birthday with you.
8. The song jingle bells was originally written for Thanksgiving.
9. Mt. Everest in the highest mountain on earth, but Mt. Chimborazo is the closest to the moon. (It's something about relation to the equator, it's complicated and I don't really get it. But you can look it up if you want)
10. Anatidaphobia is the fear that a duck is watching you.
Cool thread, Lilypad!
(April 18, 2017 - 9:21 pm)
Wow, those are really cool.
Number 1 was very interesting, and sort of sad...
Number three was my favourite, really interesting!
And number 10 made me laugh. I know its not a luaghing matter for some people, I'm sorry. I couldnt help it!
(April 18, 2017 - 10:20 pm)
About the birthday thing: my little cousin, this girl I babysit, my best friend in first grade, and apearently Shoshannah's father all share my birthday! July 17!
(April 18, 2017 - 10:48 pm)
Yeah, I share a birthday with another person in my school, and we only have 150 student total! I wonder how that works, it's weird.
(April 19, 2017 - 7:00 am)
If a mosquito is biting you, and you flex that muscle, the mosquito will EXPLODE!!!
That sounds AWESOME!!! I would definitely try that, but how can you catch a mosquito biting you in time? I don't even notice when mosquitoes bite me in the summer.
(April 19, 2017 - 4:05 pm)
Here are some cool ones:
1. Bananas are curved cuz they grow towards the sun. Interesting
2. You cannot snore and dream at the same time.
3. In Uganda, 50% of the population is under 15.
4. A lions roar can be heard from 5 miles away. Seriously loud!
5. Pirates wore earring because they believed it improved their eyesight.
(April 19, 2017 - 6:33 pm)
I only have one for now.
Dis you know Aragorn broke his foot when he fell on his knees and yelled. That was when he found out that Marry and Pippin (supposedly) died.
(April 19, 2017 - 9:10 pm)
Well, it was Viggo who broke two of his toes. But yeah. He also chipped one of his teeth, and Peter said hat he should go to a dentist, but he glued it on and finished the shot.
(April 20, 2017 - 8:19 am)
Genuphobia is the fear of knees!!!
It would take a sloth one month to walk one mile without stopping.
(April 19, 2017 - 9:35 pm)