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Originally Posted by PrimoGen,May 15 2008, 01:56 AM
maybe in a lifetime but not at one go.
Do you know what 100,000 gallons looks like???
I call BS on that one....
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My science teacher told me once that if everyone went and urinated into the ocean at one time, there would be no effect on the overall amount of water... I don't know why I ever remember that...
Oh...and the other was that we go thru shoes because we are constantly "sliding" on the soles causing them to wear down. I remember telling my dad that and he called
on it saying, "do we slide on our tires?"
Well, yeah...some of us do.
Come to think of it...that's all I remember from science class.
Oh...and the other was that we go thru shoes because we are constantly "sliding" on the soles causing them to wear down. I remember telling my dad that and he called
on it saying, "do we slide on our tires?"Well, yeah...some of us do.
Come to think of it...that's all I remember from science class.
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disney's 'the little mermaid' was disney's last hand painted cartoon. all subsequent cartoons were 'painted' digitally.
robert downey jr and musician 'moby' are childhood friends
pineapples are not indigenous to hawaii. they were brought in from south america
the light from a movie theater projecter is powerful enough to light a cigarrette (ive done it!)
the space shuttle's surface temerature reaches 3000 degree F during reentry.
heffenwiezen is cloudy because they dont filter out the yeast
the chinese invented gunpower while trying to invent an elixure of immortality
the mirror surface of the hubble space telescope is so smoothe, that if were enlarged to the size of the united states, is greatest imperfections would be no more than a few inches high or low.
conan o'brien is gonna take over for Jay leno on the tonight show.
'amen' is the most common global word
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modem comes from modulate-demodulate
a crocodile's mouth is not watertight because it has not lips
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john wilkes booth shot lincoln in a theater, and fled to a warehouse
an adult mayfly has a lifespan of 30 minutes
people generally stopped carrying personal knives when the fork was invented
all car sheetmetal and chassis are 'ecoated' from the factory to prevent rust, but OE replacement parts are not.
the little cylinder that sticks out of the stock s2000 exhuast is called a 'helmholtz resonator'
'tempering' steel happens when you heat steel enough to expand the molecular structure, allowing more carbon atoms to fill in the space, then letting it cool, to trap them inside, making the steel stronger
glass is not a liquid or a solid, rather an 'amorphous solid'
engleberg humperdink is not his real name.
captain america always looks 'scaly' cuz he wears chain mail under his costume
TIE fighter in starwars stands for Twin Ion Engine
Luke skywalker was originally supposed to be Luke 'starkiller,' but they changed it to be more freindly
Michael Stipe from REM speaks with a really really low voice, but sings like a girl
lane staley from Alice in Chains died from a 'speedball (heroine and cocaine)' overdose
most of the souveniers in hawaii are made in mexico or china
robert downey jr and musician 'moby' are childhood friends
pineapples are not indigenous to hawaii. they were brought in from south america
the light from a movie theater projecter is powerful enough to light a cigarrette (ive done it!)
the space shuttle's surface temerature reaches 3000 degree F during reentry.
heffenwiezen is cloudy because they dont filter out the yeast
the chinese invented gunpower while trying to invent an elixure of immortality
the mirror surface of the hubble space telescope is so smoothe, that if were enlarged to the size of the united states, is greatest imperfections would be no more than a few inches high or low.
conan o'brien is gonna take over for Jay leno on the tonight show.
'amen' is the most common global word
sitcom comes from situational comedy
modem comes from modulate-demodulate
a crocodile's mouth is not watertight because it has not lips
lee harvey oswald shot kennedy from a warehouse, and fled to a theater
john wilkes booth shot lincoln in a theater, and fled to a warehouse
an adult mayfly has a lifespan of 30 minutes
people generally stopped carrying personal knives when the fork was invented
all car sheetmetal and chassis are 'ecoated' from the factory to prevent rust, but OE replacement parts are not.
the little cylinder that sticks out of the stock s2000 exhuast is called a 'helmholtz resonator'
'tempering' steel happens when you heat steel enough to expand the molecular structure, allowing more carbon atoms to fill in the space, then letting it cool, to trap them inside, making the steel stronger
glass is not a liquid or a solid, rather an 'amorphous solid'
engleberg humperdink is not his real name.
captain america always looks 'scaly' cuz he wears chain mail under his costume
TIE fighter in starwars stands for Twin Ion Engine
Luke skywalker was originally supposed to be Luke 'starkiller,' but they changed it to be more freindly
Michael Stipe from REM speaks with a really really low voice, but sings like a girl
lane staley from Alice in Chains died from a 'speedball (heroine and cocaine)' overdose
most of the souveniers in hawaii are made in mexico or china
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Originally Posted by r_duff,May 15 2008, 04:00 PM
heffenwiezen . . . .
Originally Posted by r_duff,May 15 2008, 04:00 PM
glass is not a liquid or a solid, rather an 'amorphous solid'
Wax is an amorphous solid; glass is a supercooled liquid.
Originally Posted by r_duff,May 15 2008, 04:00 PM
engleberg humperdink is not his real name.
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Originally Posted by rouin,May 14 2008, 12:55 PM
Some people get tonsilloliths - they are off-white growths that you sometimes cough up, and they are usually the size of a grain of rice and smell bad. They are small pieces of food caught in the dimples of your tonsils, and your white blood cells attack the piece of food and die. So essentially it is just a group of white blood cell corpses. They are completely normal.
Wow WTF I've always wondered about this!! Thanks you lol... I thought I was weird.
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Hippos cause more human deaths in Africa per year than any other animal.
I've had well over 50 stitches in my face/head from 5 different accidents, all occuring before the age of 10.
GTA IV sold more than $500 million USD [approx. 250 mil/USD in first day sales] in it's first week on sale, crushing any other entertainment debut records [including movies, music and books].
A capybara is the world's largest rodent.
My s2000 just rolled over the 20000KM mark. Dammit.
I've had well over 50 stitches in my face/head from 5 different accidents, all occuring before the age of 10.
GTA IV sold more than $500 million USD [approx. 250 mil/USD in first day sales] in it's first week on sale, crushing any other entertainment debut records [including movies, music and books].
A capybara is the world's largest rodent.
My s2000 just rolled over the 20000KM mark. Dammit.