Interesting.... but useless facts... - Page 5

ThreeDee · 04-04-2008, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Photek


	Don't stop now Arctic... your on a roll you could say... an Arctic Roll

Or this type of roll...

tlarkin · 04-05-2008, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ThreeDee


	Or this type of roll...

Man oh man, I know all too well what that is. I frequent fark.com.

kel101 · 04-05-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Photek


	if there are any F1 fans out there at the mo.... I understand that the rumors about Max Mosley was leaked by Ron Dennis to get back at him for the points deduction last year...

hahahaha, thats the funny photek

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Originally Posted by ThreeDee


	Or this type of roll...

OMG that song got stuck in my head april 1st, still hate it though..

Photek · 04-05-2008, 08:24 PM

Michael Stipe from REM is the godfather of Kurt Cobain's kid... apparently...

that interesting but useless fact was for Anti... the proud new owner of 2 REM albums.

Felix_MC · 04-06-2008, 11:04 AM

Did ya guys know that the human body contains about 20 times more bacteria cells then human cells? It's kinda scary if you think about it..

ThreeDee · 04-06-2008, 05:37 PM

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	Did ya guys know that the human body contains about 20 times more bacteria cells then human cells? It's kinda scary if you think about it..

Where did you hear that? I could believe most of the other facts here, but not that one...

fazstp · 04-06-2008, 06:04 PM

Approximately 8% of human DNA is of viral origin.

Endogenous Retrovirus
Infectious Agent
Why viral stowaways are a babys best friend

fazstp · 04-06-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ThreeDee


	Where did you hear that? I could believe most of the other facts here, but not that one...

Ok maybe not 20 times

Insider trading

ThreeDee · 04-06-2008, 08:14 PM

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	THE HUMAN body contains 100 000 000 000 000 cells, a tenth of which belong to the body proper. The remaining 90 per cent are the 90 trillion or so bacteria that live on or in us.

That is pretty interesting. I knew we had bacteria inside us, but not that much...

Felix_MC · 04-06-2008, 10:47 PM

They've actually taught us that in school (I know, how dare they!

), but I when I looked it up to make sure I post accurate info on the forums (not that teachers ever lie or anything

), I've also found it here

nikopolidis · 04-07-2008, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tjj


	Point taken Then Djibouti, Republic of

Don't you think it sounds like America, the United States of

I think you should stop and agree that there are only 2 of them, starts with "D"...

Another interesting (for someone who don't know) but useless fact: Russia is the largest country in the whole World!

EatsWithFingers · 04-07-2008, 10:55 AM

Carrots were originally purple.

tlarkin · 04-07-2008, 11:12 AM

I just read an interesting fact. In like 1986 or 87 the USA lost over 7 million children. This was due to the fact that the IRS, started to require a child's social security number on your tax return. People across the USA had a bunch of fake tax children and once they required that, over 7 million children just disappeared on paper.

Photek · 04-07-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by EatsWithFingers


	Carrots were originally purple.

I buy purple carrots from my local market.... very tasty

Am I right in thinking that Tomato Ketchup was originally green?.... Heinz launched Green 'TommyK' in the UK and it was an almighty flop....

fazstp · 04-23-2008, 04:34 PM

A living Swedish tree has been carbon dated as being 9,555 years old.

The World's oldest organism

PETA is offering a $1,000,000 prize to anyone who can grow commercial quantities of chicken meat in a dish.

In vitro meat contest

ArcticStones · 04-24-2008, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by fazstp


	A living Swedish tree has been carbon dated as being 9,555 years old.

Thanks! That fact, which was news to me, will actually prove very useful as trivia in an article I’m writing on paper production from pulp derived from sustainable forests.

fazstp · 05-21-2008, 01:21 AM

A species of trapdoor spider has been named after Neil Young

Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi

acme.mail.order · 05-21-2008, 02:55 AM

Somewhat more appropriately, a species of lice has been named after Gary Larson

Strigiphilus Garylarsoni

What did Neil Young ever do for biology??

Sparky9292 · 05-21-2008, 03:00 AM

Unlike Microsoft Vista, OSX has never required serial numbers nor activation once installed.

Steve Jobs trusts Apple users!

fazstp · 05-21-2008, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by acme.mail.order


	Somewhat more appropriately, a species of lice has been named after Gary Larson Strigiphilus Garylarsoni

Apparently a beetle and a butterfly were also named after him.

Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

I wonder what the most offensive dedication ever would be. Maybe to have some sort of parasitic worm named after you.

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Felix_MC All Star Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 891	They've actually taught us that in school (I know, how dare they!), but I when I looked it up to make sure I post accurate info on the forums (not that teachers ever lie or anything ), I've also found it here __________________ FelixMC.com MileaLabs Twitter Forrst

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04-23-2008, 04:34 PM	#95
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	A living Swedish tree has been carbon dated as being 9,555 years old. The World's oldest organism PETA is offering a $1,000,000 prize to anyone who can grow commercial quantities of chicken meat in a dish. In vitro meat contest __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

04-05-2008, 08:24 PM	#84
Photek Hall of Famer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Warwick, UK Posts: 4,835	Michael Stipe from REM is the godfather of Kurt Cobain's kid... apparently... that interesting but useless fact was for Anti... the proud new owner of 2 REM albums.

04-07-2008, 11:12 AM	#93
tlarkin League Commissioner Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 11,352	I just read an interesting fact. In like 1986 or 87 the USA lost over 7 million children. This was due to the fact that the IRS, started to require a child's social security number on your tax return. People across the USA had a bunch of fake tax children and once they required that, over 7 million children just disappeared on paper.

05-21-2008, 01:21 AM	#97
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	A species of trapdoor spider has been named after Neil Young Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

05-21-2008, 02:55 AM	#98
acme.mail.order League Commissioner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tokyo Posts: 6,334	Somewhat more appropriately, a species of lice has been named after Gary Larson Strigiphilus Garylarsoni What did Neil Young ever do for biology??

05-21-2008, 03:00 AM	#99
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