Random fact of the day thread

Just post random facts that you know.

Elephants can purr

The sun is hot

The moon is not made of cheese.

Blue Jays are one of the few bird species where the male and female are the same color.

Elephants can purr

Brawler-Dude

The gravitational pull of a black hole is no greater than it was when it was still a star.

i.e., no, our planet is never going to be sucked into a black hole.

honey never goes bad.

The gravitational pull of a black hole is no greater than it was when it was still a star.

i.e., no, our planet is never going to be sucked into a black hole.

Enid_Green

This thread is locked. (Times like these I wish I was mod :()Maniacc1

[QUOTE="Maniacc1"]This thread is locked. (Times like these I wish I was mod :()SgtSchfiftyFive

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[QUOTE="Maniacc1"]This thread is locked. (Times like these I wish I was mod :()Maniacc1

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Elephants can purr

BranKetra

A fully grown elephant weights less than the tongue of a blue whale.

Random fact of the day, the two countries who claims they're at war with terrorism, voted against the resolution condemning terrorism.

Courtesy of QI...

Since Germany was only reunified in 1990, the Second World War only officially ended that year.

Finland is the coldest place in the universeOverlord93

[QUOTE="Overlord93"] Finland is the coldest place in the universeJPOBS

A frozen body of water is weakest near the edges and the sound of it breaking is actually a good thing: it means the ice is adjusting to your weight. If you hear nothing, the ice is probably paper thin.

I like turtles

[QUOTE="JPOBS"][QUOTE="Overlord93"] Finland is the coldest place in the universeBranKetra

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="JPOBS"]Misleading sentence is misleading. Finland isn't the coldest place in the universe. Scientists in a lab have produced atoms which are the coldest in the universe. huge difference. JPOBS

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[QUOTE="BranKetra"] There is no place in the universe which can be absolute zero. Since we're talking about cold.BranKetra

[QUOTE="Overlord93"] Finland is the coldest place in the universeJPOBS

In 1943 the SAS trained five mice in the art of killing,and dropped them into the area ofBerchtesgaden to assasinate Hitler....the plan failed.

Today is Friday, but you will not be gettin' down on Friday or lookin' forward to the weekendbecause Rebecca Black's video has been removed from YouTube.

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Elephants can purr

KamuiFei

A fully grown elephant weights less than the tongue of a blue whale.

The blue whale has the largest penis in the world.

Stirrup is the smalles bone in human body.

Kissing for 15 minutes burns approximately 30 calories.

A picture of Gandalf the Grey (from The Lord of the Rings) can be seen in the collection of great wizards in Professor Dumbledore's study in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Obama is black.

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[QUOTE="BranKetra"]Elephants never forget.TehFuneral

A fully grown elephant weights less than the tongue of a blue whale.

The blue whale has the largest penis in the world.

Not anymore ;)

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes

I like cake rubbing.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.Rattlesnake_8

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

More people are killed each year by bee's then sharks.

Ducks have waterproof feathers.

Despite being home to some of the most venomous spiders in the world, there have been no recorded deaths from a spider bite in Australia since 1981.

Fact: Chuck Norris jokes are getting old.

Fact: Chuck Norris jokes are getting old.

Shadow4020

The power the Earth receives from the Sun is comparable to attacking the planet with one respectable nuclear bomb per second.

huskies and eskimo dogs are the fastest land animals on the planet in terms of the amount of distance they can travel in the least amount of time. they can approximately travel 1000 miles in 7-8 days