The odd facts thread?
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Originally Posted by Aroddalobster
Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
-A snail can sleep for 3 years
Originally Posted by socalscion
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Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
-A snail can sleep for 3 years
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Originally Posted by jovan_gonzales
Well, just because you mentioned time, that is a totally human concept and as such, it definitely varies from person to person, similar to how a minute on a roller coaster would "seem" much shorter than a minute spent in solitary confinement though they are technically the same amount of time. I would also assume the same thing about motion and the speed of light. So, if at 99% of the speed of light, the light is still the speed of light faster, then I guess if it is all perception, then yes, it can be the speed of light faster at both 50% and 99%..
So what is light?
Light is the outer limit of what is possible. It is not a physical thing; it is a boundary.
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Fleas can jump up to 30 cm, twenty times their own body length.
Elephants spend 23 hours a day eating.
Snakes can see through their eyelids.
The giant squid has the largest eyes of any animal. They can be 39 cm across, which is 16 times wider than a human eye.
A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above.
Venice is a city on stilts. Built on 117 small islands in the middle of a lagoon that flows into the Adriatic Sea, Venice is sinking about half an inch per century.
Elephants spend 23 hours a day eating.
Snakes can see through their eyelids.
The giant squid has the largest eyes of any animal. They can be 39 cm across, which is 16 times wider than a human eye.
A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above.
Venice is a city on stilts. Built on 117 small islands in the middle of a lagoon that flows into the Adriatic Sea, Venice is sinking about half an inch per century.
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PIN NUMBER REVERSAL (GOOD TO KNOW)
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you. This information was recently broadcasted on FOX TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists.
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you. This information was recently broadcasted on FOX TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists.
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Re: The odd facts thread?
Originally Posted by iBask
Alright, we all know a good handful of weird facts. So, post em up!!
A killer whale is actually a dolphin (YES shamoo is a dolphin) and is called a killer whale because, well, they eat whales.
A killer whale is actually a dolphin (YES shamoo is a dolphin) and is called a killer whale because, well, they eat whales.
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