tell me something random

[Duke87 1,070]

The technical term for a nosebleed is "epistaxis".

The technical term for bleeding to death is "exsanguination".

The technical term for losing several limbs is that it's "only a flesh wound".

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

my laptop is red...

[LivingInThePast 364]

The F.W. Woolworth Company operates under the name "Foot Locker Inc." nowadays.

[Chptrk 86]

[removed...even with a "mature language" warning, anything that is not PG-13 can not be posted on the site. Thanks! -cheese91]  When birds are in mating season, they like to peck at peoples heads. Running fast and hiding in cars keeps you safe!

[CLR95 11]

Pumpkins are orange.......

[astronelson 339]

Floccinaucinihinipilification is the act of valuing something as worthless.

[diva613 0]

Pizza Hut uses real monkey's in their Pizza Sauces

[Trainmaster423 0]

These are supposed to be REAL random things.

So, it's possible to have multiple patches for the same game and play them all.

I.E.  You could have v1, v1.3 and v1.47382 of the same game and you could play any one you wanted.

[Chptrk 86]

^ Thanks Trainmaster, good reminder!

A murder is a flock of crows...or an incident when a human kills someone else.

[Duke87 1,070]

The pokemon Dialga has a move called "roar of time"...

[astronelson 339]

After the Labor Party won the 2007 federal election, the highest office held by a member of the Liberal Party was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.

[JakeMD 107]

The second to last day at Circuit City before it closed down. They were selling a TV with a sign that says "does not turn on" on it.

[Chptrk 86]

Not exactly random and mainly appling to Americans, but seeing as 99% of Americans don't know this, I'll share. Impeachment is not removing a polititian from office, it's accusing them of braking the law.

[Duke of York 23]

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

-Duke of York-

[astronelson 339]

There is a Fahrenheit equivalent of the Kelvin scale called the Rankine scale.

[Chptrk 86]

The original line in the Rolling Stones song Sympathy for the Devil went "I shouted out,

Who killed John Kennedy?" Shortly after, Robert Kennedy was killed, and the line was switched to "I shouted out, Who killed the Kennedy's?"

[Duke of York 23]

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

[Meg 368]

An increasing number of bats (the kind that fly) in the DC area are rabid.  [link]

[astronelson 339]

Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, is built under a hill.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Duke of York

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

-Duke of York-

quote>

This is an urban myth. There is no such requirement codified into law, code, or regulation anywhere.

During WWII, Germany did sometimes use straight sections of the Autobahnen to land planes on, but that was never an intended purpose for them nor was it ever an intended purpose for the Interstates.

[pagenotfound 53]

i love bacon

[astronelson 339]

The Queensland State Parliament is Unicameral.

[Duke of York 23]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: Duke of York

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

-Duke of York-

quote>

This is an urban myth. There is no such requirement codified into law, code, or regulation anywhere.

During WWII, Germany did sometimes use straight sections of the Autobahnen to land planes on, but that was never an intended purpose for them nor was it ever an intended purpose for the Interstates.

quote>

As one of the components of the National Highway System, Interstate Highways improve the mobility of military troops to and from airports, seaports, rail terminals, and other military bases. Interstate Highways also connect to other roads that are a part of the Strategic Highway Network, a system of roads identified as critical to the U.S. Department of Defense...

  They do play a important role in National Defense. However you are correct that is a myth not a

fact.

Now on to my random fact.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.

-Duke of York-

[Trainmaster423 0]

Posted by Duke of York: "Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump."
Apparantly, whales can jump.

And my random fact is...

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the biggest, heaviest, and most expensive fighter aircraft to be powered by a single piston engine.  Check out it's wikipedia page.

[astronelson 339]

A Harshard Number is a number that is divisible by the sum of its digits in the same base.

[Chptrk 86]

There is no name for the spot in the back of the human knee. Other then that of coarse.

[Duke of York 23]

Originally posted by: Trainmaster423

Posted by Duke of York: "Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump."

Apparantly, whales can jump.

And my random fact is...

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the biggest, heaviest, and most expensive fighter aircraft to be powered by a single piston engine.  Check out it's wikipedia page.quote>

Yep Whales jump ...

Now on to my random fact.

 J. H. Apjohn was the inventor of the first windshield wiper in 1903.

 

[astronelson 339]

The asteroid Apophis will pass between Earth and the geostationary satellites on the 13th of April, 2029. It will pass again on the 13th of April 2036. It also was the first asteroid to have a Torino rating above 1, when it was upgraded to 4, as uncertainty in observations gave it a slight chance of hitting Earth.

Note: It probably won't. More data has reduced this possibility to a 1 in 45,000 chance of impact in 2036.

[Barbarossa 51]

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  Edited September 8, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[Chptrk 86]

Contrary to popular belief, dog years do not go by seven's. They actually go by a complicated system, that seems slightly different where ever I see it listed. In one case, it had the dog years to human years go as follows.

1- 10.5

2- 21

3- 25

4- 29

5- 33

6- 37

7- 41...

They continue at intervales of 4.