The 'I didnt know that' Thread
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Been a while, have been meaning to post more facts but I kept on forgetting.....but not today!
The movie 'Gravity' was more expensive than India's mission to Mars.
Just one cigarette contains about 4,000 chemicals.
There is a secret swimming pool in the Mojave Desert that anyone can use.
Four is the only number that has the same amount of letters as its actual value.
Every time you buy a Red Stripe you support the Jamaican bobsled team.
The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer. A collector of broken laser pointer bought it for $14.83.
Video games have been proved proven to be a more effective method of overcoming depression in teens than counselling.
The movie 'Gravity' was more expensive than India's mission to Mars.
Just one cigarette contains about 4,000 chemicals.
There is a secret swimming pool in the Mojave Desert that anyone can use.
Four is the only number that has the same amount of letters as its actual value.
Every time you buy a Red Stripe you support the Jamaican bobsled team.
The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer. A collector of broken laser pointer bought it for $14.83.
Video games have been proved proven to be a more effective method of overcoming depression in teens than counselling.
Bring the beer!
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What the numbers mean in minesweeper and how to play it basically...thought it was just click all the random squares...
- Uncover a mine, and the game ends.
- Uncover an empty square, and you keep playing.
- Uncover a number, and it tells you how many mines lay hidden in the eight surrounding squares—information you use to deduce which nearby squares are safe to click.
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Thread bump time!
The Earth has at least seven moons, besides the one we can see, there are six other 'Near Earth' Asteroids that follow the Earth around.
About 68% of people experience 'Phantom Vibration Syndrome', where you mistakenly think your phone is buzzing in your pocket.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the highest grossing actor never to appear in a sequel.
Professor Stephen Hawking can only say a word a minute.
The Population of Iceland is so small that an Icelandic company has created an anti-incest app to prevent islanders from dating their relatives.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say that Satan rules Hell.
In 2014, Beyonce made $3.65 every second.
People kill 1,776 animals for food every second of every day.
The Earth has at least seven moons, besides the one we can see, there are six other 'Near Earth' Asteroids that follow the Earth around.
About 68% of people experience 'Phantom Vibration Syndrome', where you mistakenly think your phone is buzzing in your pocket.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the highest grossing actor never to appear in a sequel.
Professor Stephen Hawking can only say a word a minute.
The Population of Iceland is so small that an Icelandic company has created an anti-incest app to prevent islanders from dating their relatives.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say that Satan rules Hell.
In 2014, Beyonce made $3.65 every second.
People kill 1,776 animals for food every second of every day.
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I do, too! Not frequently, though.
Scientists at a radio telescope spent almost 20 years trying to find out what was interfering with their signal...only to discover that it was their staff room microwave.
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When a chiropractor cracks your neck, they risk rupturing your primary vertebral artery, which can cause a stroke, coma, or even death.
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Google hires camels to get the Street View images for deserts.
When your inner voice speaks, it's joined by subtle muscle movements your larnyx.
Scientists at a radio telescope spent almost 20 years trying to find out what was interfering with their signal...only to discover that it was their staff room microwave.
Source
When a chiropractor cracks your neck, they risk rupturing your primary vertebral artery, which can cause a stroke, coma, or even death.
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Google hires camels to get the Street View images for deserts.
When your inner voice speaks, it's joined by subtle muscle movements your larnyx.
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You do not need to be convicted of anything to be placed on the sex offenders register. If the judge has sufficient concern then you can be placed on it without a charge being put forward.
Same with the order that you have to inform the police in advance of having sex with anyone. Forget the name of that though.
Same with the order that you have to inform the police in advance of having sex with anyone. Forget the name of that though.
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I was blown away last night when I found out that the composer of some very famous movie songs from Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, ET, Jurassic Park, and many, many more songs were all written by one man: John Williams. Pure musical genius, I can't even fathom the amount of talent to be able to compose so many memorable, iconic songs.
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If it wasn't John Wiilams it was the other bloke.
Other than that there are few people that have made quality soundtracks for major movies.
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Uh... no. I could go on and on. Thomas Newman (Shawshank, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Finding Nemo), Danny Elfman (every Tim Burton movie), Hans Zimmer (Lion King, Inception, Interstellar, Dark Knight, Gladiator, Batman Begins, The Thin Red Line, Pirates of the Caribbean), James Horner (Braveheart, Glory, Apollo 13)
...and of course we could go back a ways with Ennio Morricone, Vangelis, and Mancini
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The voice of Ash Ketchum is a woman. Get out!
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Lots of young males in anime dubs and cartoons are voiced by women.
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At the time of about 1580 Japan became the world leader in gun making. They also developed a way for guns to fire reliably in the rain, something that didn't get sorted till the full metal case here.
Also they unintentionally created the world's first camo suit. The mino was a waterproof coat but as it was made of straw it served well as camo.
Also they unintentionally created the world's first camo suit. The mino was a waterproof coat but as it was made of straw it served well as camo.
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While we're at this gun-related trivia.
The world's smallest center-fire cartridge and smallest center-fire pistol is the 2.7mm Kolibri. It was made in 1914 by a watchmaker. He had intended to sell it as a concealed carry pistol for women. Small? Yes. Useful? Absolutely not.
First problem: The pistol had no rifling due to how crude the technology was at the time, so accuracy was a moot point.
Second problem: Ergonomically speaking, it wasn't very good.
Third problem: The performance of the bullet was questionable. It only got 10-40 mm of penetration on a pine board...And that was dependent on range. It got less penetration than the actual length of the gun (1.75 inches vs the 1.57 inches of penetration (40mm))
It may be the only pistol in history that would be more lethal if choked on.
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Jeremy England has written a mathematical proof which states that life may only exist because atoms restructure themselves to dissipate energy.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140122-a-new-physics-theory-of-life/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140122-a-new-physics-theory-of-life/
