Post a random fact you would like everyone to know.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

It can be about ANYTHING.
Duckie

[MonkeyFunk]

1. The Earth is round

and to make things easier, it is divided into 24 time zones, thus avoiding the problem of having noon fall in the middle of the night for some folk.

So for example, when it's 9:00pm in say, New York, it is 8:00pm in Chicago, 7:00pm in Denver, and 6:00pm in Seattle.

Television schedules are adjusted accordingly.

[KamaAina]

71. It is not round so stop saying that!

No, it isn't flat, either: it is an oblate spheroid, that is, slightly flattened at the poles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth#Shape

[Chan790]

2. White socks and underwear are healthier for you.

Reasons I cannot get into....beyond the obvious fact that chemical dyes are bad for you. True however.

I was told this by my general physician.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. The worst thing to come out of the whole no more dyes or perfumes...

Is that the scented Charmin went away. That stuff smelled GREAT. Do you remember that?
Duckie

[HEyHEY]

15. Before or after?

[Blue-Jay]

18. .

[YellowRubberDuckie]

42. Before, silly.

[wildhorses]

4. white cotton --

right?

[Chan790]

8. That and bleach kills dead everything...

and dead bacteria means less infections.

[coffeenap]

31. removed, wrong place

[wildhorses]

5. ambien is kinda trippy if you stay up ---

there is a reason the doc says take it after you are already in bed.

[cobalt1999]

6. You have a blind spot in each of your eyes...

Every eye has a blind spot .The blind spot is the hole in the retinal wall where the nerve ganglia pass though. This area of the retina contains no photoreceptors and therefore creates a black spot in every person's vision. The gap created by the blind spot is approximately 6 degrees of the total visual field, which is a large area, relatively speaking. We do not see this area in our normal functioning because our brain has a mechanism for "filling in" the missing information. The information that would normally be received by the blind spot is projected onto the other eye and the brain essentially "averages" the image.

Now what is weird is if you close one eye, your brain fills in the missing spot...you're seeing something that really isn't there.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

70. I just spent ten minutes looking around seeing if I could notice anything, lol.

[otherlander]

7. The acoustics in the hall of a government building

are vastly inferior to the acoustics in the forest surrounding a camp site.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. The blood of the horseshoe crab is blue, being based on copper instead of iron.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. The difference between a translator and an interpreter:

A translator converts written texts from one language to another.

An interpreter converts speech from one language to another.

The people who write the Spanish-language versions of drivers' manuals and shampoo bottles are translators.

The people who create foreign-language versions of tourist pamphlets are translators.

The people who make novels such as Siddhartha and The Master and Margarita and Confessions of a Mask intelligible to English-speaking readers are translators.

The people who convey the attorney's questions to a Latino or Vietnamese defendant are interpreters.

The people who help medical personnel communicate with a Somali or Romanian patient are interpreters.

The people who wear headphones and sit in booths at the UN keeping no more than three or four words behind the original speaker as they convert a speech from one language to another are interpreters, and the "royalty" of the interpeting profession, the simultaneous interpreters.

The people who write the subtitles for movies are translators, because they're working from a script.

I am a translator. I translate business letters, concert programs, conference presentations, employee handbooks, industrial videos, art exhibit catalogues, instructions for various products, and I forget what else.

I don't go to court. I don't participate in business negotiations. And I sure don't work for the UN.

See, you've learned something that most people don't know.

[KitchenWitch]

11. Asthma attacks that happen at night tend to be more severe.

This is because the act of relaxing to go to sleep stimulates the bronchial smooth muscles, causing them to spasm and contract. This is counteracted by inhaled "stimulants" which cause the smooth muscle to relax.

[SPKrazy]

12. According to the gay poll

I'm 70% gay

so what does that mean?

:shrug:

oh, a fact that is "random"

I love yellow rubber duckies

:hug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

21. HeHe...

Aren't you sweet!?
I'll never be convinced that you're an asshole!

[SPKrazy]

69. Well, just ask...

never mind


:rofl:

[av8rdave]

13. WD-40 was originally developed for the space program

NASA needed a water dispersant, and the product we know and love was one of the failed attempts at making a good one. The brand name actually stands for "Water Dispersant, formula # 40.

[DuaneBidoux]

14. At the speed of light time ceases to exist.

To me this is one of the most fascinating things in the universe.

I pride myself on being completely rational (at best agnostic) but then I always remember where "God says" "I am the light" and "I am eternal" and a little part of me has a little hope for finding more in this rational universe than meets the eye.

Edited to turn God says into "God says."

[Forkboy]

16. Butterflies can taste with their feet.

[Ptah]

17. Nitrogen is liquid at -320.44 F

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXELsXxs8QU

[taterguy]

19. Many trips are easier to do on a bike than in a car

[terrya]

20. James Garfield was the last President born in a log cabin.

I learned that on "Jeopardy". :-)

[slj0101]

37. Gee, who was the contestant that week?

:D

[terrya]

43. One of my all time favorite contestants!

:-)

[ZombieNixon]

22. The term "Jungle telegraph" for African drumming used for communication is a misnomer

because sound does not carry well in the jungle and thus only tribes who lived on the plains and it open spaces used drums to communicate.

[JackBeck]

23. Hepatitis A is transmitted through fecal-oral contact.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

25. Oh No...

That's BAD...EWWW.
DUckie

[JackBeck]

34. Why do you think restaurant bathrooms have

"Employees must was hands" signs? Other means of transmission are through water and raw shellfish. And of course, rimming. But the mere presence of feces doesn't mean you'll get Hep A. Viruses are the smallest of all germs and cannot be seen with the naked eye. Also, the virus must be an active virus.

It's actually a common virus. And can live in water for up to 100 days. In fact, may of us have had Hep A and don't even know it. We pass it off as a stomach flu.

The most important thing to know is that everyone who gets Hep A will recover, since the immune system kicks in and gets rid of the virus. It's extremely rare for anyone to die from Hep A. The immune system also produces antibodies, which are protective for the rest of your life. So you will never get Hep A again.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. crap!

now i have to stop doing that.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

29. Oh, Double EWWW

LOL

[ThomCat]

48. don't you wish that more people washed their damned hands?

x(

[JackBeck]

62. Yes, I do.

I actually had Hep A and have no idea how I got it. I can remember a few times that I thought I had a stomach flu, so maybe that's when I had it. Weird.

[aljones]

24. Before WWI "French Toast" was known as "German Toast"

So much for Freedom Toast....

[swag]

27. There is no "rick" in "asterisk."

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. westerners frequently commit the fundamental attribution error.

seeing a persons actions and atrributing qualities to them instead of considering the situation.

[LaraMN]

30. SophieMN is a shell crab.

Or so I'm told.

[coffeenap]

32. Abe Sklar invented the copula.

[Red State Rebel]

33. In Order To Cool Themselves, Turkey Buzzards Urinate On their Feet

Also...their vomit is strong enough to peel paint of of a car. it is very acidic in order for them to be able to digest the disgusting dead things they eat.

[Quakerfriend]

35. Gatorade has an osmolality of ~700 & is one of he WORST

things for you, if you are dehydrated and/or are suffering from diarrhea. And, it has virtually no electrolytes in it- just VERY small amounts of sodium and potassium.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. thats what i have always suspected. plus that blue stuff creeps me out~

[Liberalynn]

38. Julian Mcmahon

is the son of a former Prime Minister of Australia.

[slj0101]

40. Shane McMahon

is heir to a sports entertainment empire.

[slj0101]

39. Water bears have 100+ year lifespans.

They can also endure extreme heat, cold and radiation.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

41. I wonder if they have those in the Ukraine then?

You know where the Chernobyl disaster happened...That's very interesting.
Duckie

[bluethruandthru]

44. It's SherBET...not SherBERT!

That's all. :)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

65. That's one of my pet peeves.

Mispronunciation

[mainegreen]

88. Wrong: Sherbert, Drarwrer, Idear, Garwrarge. Every word needs MORE RRRRS!

:7

[Guava Jelly]

45. Shaving on a trampoline is just stupid

:silly:

[youthere]

52. NOW you tell me.

[taterguy]

46. Madness invented ska

[mark414]

72. no, that would be this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Buster

[taterguy]

82. The OP requested facts and here's a fact, Jack:

Madness invented ska.

Wikipedia is a notoriuously unreliable source. Your knowledge of music history is severely lacking.

You should read a book sometime.

[mark414]

86. a bland, white ska band from 1980's England invented ska....

....okay - desmond dekker, the King of Ska, might take issue with that claim

no need to get all smart about it

[taterguy]

91. Facts are facts man

Desmond Deckhand can do whatever the hell he wants.

It won't change the fact that Madness invented ska.

[reyd reid reed]

47. Kids are weird.

:shrug:

[DixieBlue]

51. amen.

[CBHagman]

49. Bush administration wants to eliminate employee health care

What's not often discussed in the media is the fact that various members of the administration have been targeting employer-provided health insurance plans (i.e, where you pay premiums and then co-payments) as unfair, too generous, and unfair from a tax standpoint. Several members of the administration have asserted that if you're in a health care plan like this, you regard your health care as "free." :eyes: One of them even asserted it was the equivalent of giving away free groceries and letting people load up on free lobster and steak.

From what I understand, the plan is to remove the tax incentives for such programs, count employer-provided coverage as taxable income, and push people towards comparison shopping for health care and also use of health savings accounts. I suspect this will mean the loss of insurance coverage for millions more Americans and also more bankruptcies, untreated conditions, and probably deaths.

So much for compassionate conservatism.

[youthere]

50. All that glitters really ISN"T gold.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

53. many a man his life hath sold, but my outside to behold.

i always think of that like after i hear all that glitters is not gold.

[NewWaveChick1981]

54. Contrary to popular belief, college and university financial aid administrators do NOT

get the summers off. :cry: I've had many students wish me a great summer and asked what I was going to do with my time off. I just smiled each time and said, "I'm gonna make sure your financial aid is awarded." Summer is the busiest damn time of year here. :cry:

[cwydro]

55. Gatorade

is called such because it was originally formulated for the Florida Gators sports teams.

Prolly everyone already knows that.

[Joe Fields]

56. I prefer tightie whities. Boxers bunch!

[Joe Fields]

57. Don't drink the water in Dinosaur, Colorado. It's orange.

Due to the high sulphur content.

[cwydro]

58. There is a miniature species of deer living in the Florida Keys.

They are called Key Deer. A full grown buck comes up to just above my waist (I am 5'3")

[Oeditpus Rex]

59. There were 47 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus

Forty-five that aired on the BBC and two made specially for German teevee. The latter were partially in German, while other bits were in English with German subtitles.

Also, the first episode recorded, "Sex and Violence" (it featured the bit "A Man With Three Buttocks"), was the second one aired. It was recorded on 30 August 1969 and aired 12 October 1969, while the debut episode, "Whither Canada?" (which featured the classic "The Funniest Joke in the World"), was recorded on 7 September 1969 and aired 5 October 1969 — which should be a world-wide holiday.

[Evoman]

60. Don't put salt in your eyes.

DON'T put salt in your eyes.

Don't Put....put...put....put salt in your eyes.

Put salt in your eyes.

[LynneSin]

89. Don't eat hot wings and then touch your eyes

:cry:

[Yog Sothoth]

61. Staring at a solar eclipse is really not a good idea

[Book Lover]

63. 72 points does NOT equal one inch

Damn you Adobe! 72 points = .996264 inches and that's the way I like it!

[bertha katzenengel]

64. June Lockhart visited me when I was recovering from surgery

as a baby. :bounce:

Dig the darts in her spacesuit. :rofl:

[Duncan Grant]

66. Antonello da Messina is widely credited with bringing oil painting techniques* to Italy (c. 1455).

*more specifically, oil glazing

How's that for random? :)

Antonello da Messina

[GenDem]

67. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were

Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

68. It was made of rock, so I guess it was ok...

[KamaAina]

73. Pensacola, FL is farther west than Washington Island, WI.

Pensacola: 87 degrees 12' 33" W

Washington Island: 86 degrees 55' 53" W

So there!

[YankeyMCC]

74. If everyone on the planet lived like most middle class Americans

we'd need at least 3 more planets.

[hellbound-liberal]

75. This guy says it would take six planets!

"The Ecological Footprint is a very simple tool to tell us how much nature we have and how much we use. If we divide the planet's ecological capacity by the world’s population what we get is around two hectares per person. We can then compare that surface area with the area necessary for us to produce food, fibers, to absorb CO2 and to host our infrastructure.
When we add it up for the United States, for example, it comes to roughly 9 to 10 hectares of ecological capacity to provide for an average American. That means that if everyone lived like an American, it would take about six planets. Worldwide we already use 20% more than that which nature can regenerate every year. This means that every year, we use what nature takes one year and about two and a bit more months to regenerate.

http://www.pnyv.org/index.php?id=34&tx_ttnews=286&tx_ttnews=182&cHash=f7538287d1

[mykpart]

76. Chili peppers are a good source of Vitamin C.

Vitamin D is produced by sunlight on skin.

[ThingsGottaChange]

77. I got scolded today

by SKINNER! :cry:

[crim son]

78. Did you deserve it?

I bet you did, but that's just because Skinner is infallible. :hug:

[ThingsGottaChange]

80. I used the F-word, caps and exclamation points

in the subject of a post. I'm so ashamed.

[crim son]

81. Wow.

I've probably deserved it a couple of times too, then. Don't be ashamed. It happens to all of us, a couple of times :)

[crim son]

79. I don't use toenail polish.

My local grocery now has fresh guacamole.

Maine still doesn't have leaves. And that's a fact.

[krispos42]

83. It's "it-alian", not "I-talian"

My familiy was from "It-aly", not "I-taly"...

There are 7000 grains in a pound.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

85. When my mom says I-talian...

I usually say, are those people from the country of I-TALY? And she usually smacks me.
Duckie

[bluecrush]

84. British soldiers coordinated movement during the Revolutionary War

using a system of 150 drum signals.

[LynneSin]

87. 75% of the time random facts are just made up shit

Seriously!

[Deep13]

95. Yes, but the remaining 50% of the time, they are true.

Well that's what I heard anyway.

[mvd]

90. Mine

Pennsylvania was the 2nd state to enter the union.

[skygazer]

92. Ben-Gay should never be used on your upper thighs

:scared:

[KamaAina]

93. Cats cannot actually see in the dark

noot in total darkness, anyway. Even a little bit of light will do, but there has to be some light for a cat to see.

[Deep13]

94. The British won the War of 1812.

The terms they offered the USA were less generous than those being offered before the war. Also, impressment of US nationals stopped before the war started.