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Laddy
06-24-2012, 05:57 AM
Teddy Roosevelt once had to dig a grave for all the people that fucked with him. For some reason, they called it the Panama Canal.

Let's discuss cool facts.

Sylvie
06-24-2012, 06:08 AM
Did you know that people eat semen all of the time?

Shorty
06-24-2012, 07:07 AM
I've heard that some people rub it on their face.

But this is actually a solid fact: Bears eat beets.

Freya
06-24-2012, 08:13 AM
Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica.

There are many minerals on the earth that could have only been created by the collapse of supernovae. Not once but several times. So we all have a bit of stardust in us ^_^ And that's just cute to think of it that way :D

krissy
06-25-2012, 05:08 AM
frogs jump at 45 degrees to maximize jump distance

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m603fkZNQt1qzeggzo1_500.jpg

Sephex
06-25-2012, 06:03 AM
Roller Coasters are still awesome and make me have a very good day.

Bubba
06-25-2012, 10:37 AM
There is less than one calorie in a teaspoon of sperm.

ReloadPsi
06-25-2012, 01:11 PM
The word "thesaurus" means "treasury."

I love random virtually useless facts. They are indeed cool :)

Tigmafuzz
06-25-2012, 03:19 PM
The spaces between the bits on a comb are referred to as "umpernators"

Sephex
06-25-2012, 04:50 PM
Use your phone camera and point your TV remote at it. Start hitting buttons. Your phone camera will be able to pick up the light the remote emits that is normally invisible!

ReloadPsi
06-25-2012, 04:55 PM
Use your phone camera and point your TV remote at it. Start hitting buttons. Your phone camera will be able to pick up the light the remote emits that is normally invisible!

**instantly runs off to try this**

Oh my god that is so cool.

Raistlin
06-25-2012, 05:05 PM
There are many minerals on the earth that could have only been created by the collapse of supernovae. Not once but several times. So we all have a bit of stardust in us ^_^ And that's just cute to think of it that way :D

This is true, including for all carbon. We're sun-based lifeforms.

One of my favorite random historical facts is that the "midnight ride of Paul Revere" that warned the colonial army of the British invasion during the American Revolution (and memorialized in poem form) was not actually ridden by Paul Revere, but a man named Samuel Prescott. The poet wrote about Revere instead solely because his name rhymed easier.

Madame Adequate
06-25-2012, 05:40 PM
I've heard that some people rub it on their face.

But that would be too wasteful for you, wouldn't it darling? :3

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