Random Facts

[moreluck]

Originally Posted by bubsdad

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

37% of people who sneeze with their eyes closed, see Obama !!

[bubsdad]

Originally Posted by moreluck

37% of people who sneeze with their eyes closed, see Obama !!

Upon hearing the name Obama, 37% of people hear harp music and see doves being released.

[over9five]

Originally Posted by bubsdad

Upon hearing the name Obama, 37% of people hear harp music and see doves being released.

Wayyyy more than 37%..........................

[moreluck]

NOT ANYMORE !!!

[stevetheupsguy]

STUG feels like the proverbial fly on the wall, in a college lecture hall, when he reads the posts from, Who reads? Name some of the best and latest books you have read.

[moreluck]

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches

[pickup]

Originally Posted by moreluck

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever
won a Superbowl.

Didn't the colts win a few years back and don't they play home in a dome?

[pickup]

Originally Posted by DS

Larry King's real name is Lawrence Zeiger

So that's the guy who wrote me those bad checks

[moreluck]

pickup,
Maybe it's an old list I got that from.

[pickup]

Originally Posted by over9five

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.


(This is more like a rumor. I've watched a LOT of Seinfeld, and never noticed this. Anyone else?)

I wasn't aware of this until I bought a collection of "bizarro" stories in a graphic novel and the foreword was written by Larry Davis, co-creator of Seinfeld and the statue of superman on Jerry's bookcase was mentioned. I've seen that in a lot of episodes in the background. Also, Jerry had a superman magnet on the refrigerator (mentioned in foreword) so I looked and when the camera gets close enough to fridge I can see it. We also had a two part episode where Elaine makes friends with the "bizarro" counterparts of George, Jerry, Kramer, and Neuman. The counterparts of these guys is that Bizarro jerry actually cares about people, bizarro kramer has a responsible job, bizarro george isn't neurotic, and bizarro neuman is a fed ex employee. and bizarro neuman and bizarro jerry are best of friends. I believe in the apartment of bizarro jerry is a statue of a bizarro superman on the book shelf.

Then we have the episode where jerry is dating a girl named Lois , where he is going to rerun a race with a high school classmate he beat years before. He was acting like superman in that episode. "Don't worry Lois..." he said heroically.

anyway, apparently the statue and the magnet didn't appear until a few seasons in . Anyway here is a link that explains every superman connection to the Seinfeld show. Everything you wanted to know about superman and more

http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/t...icles/seinfeld

[moreluck]

It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.


One human hair can support 3 kg (6.6 lb).

The average man's penis is three times the length of his thumb.

Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

Women blink twice as often as men.

The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.

Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.

If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.

Women reading this will be finished now.


Men are still busy checking their thumbs

[over9five]

The Blarney Stone is the worlds germiest attraction

[DS]

Party tricks!
The Leidenfrost effect is a cool phenomenon that will allow you to comfortably dip your hand into molten lead (400+ degrees Celsius - 700+ degrees Fahrenheit).

This stunt involves no trickery. All you need to do is wet your hand first. As soon as the performer's flesh touches the hot liquid metal, the water on his/her hand is vapourized, coating the fingers with a vapour layer. If the dip was only brief (a few seconds), then the flesh can not be heated significantly because the vapour layer is not very conductive of heat.
This is called film boiling. It can also be used to pour liquid nitrogen into one's mouth without being hurt by its extreme cold. From the heat of your mouth, the liquid immediately undergoes film boiling on its bottom surface and does not directly touch the tounge. This stunt is especially cool because if you breathe out of your mouth, the moisture in your breath condenses and you create a terrific, 5-foot-long plume - like on a very cold morning.
This Leidenfrost effect may also play a role in firewalking. It's just physics, folks. Editor's note. Do not swallow liquid nitrogen. Do not try any of these tricks at home.

[stevetheupsguy]

Originally Posted by DS

Party tricks!
The Leidenfrost effect is a cool phenomenon that will allow you to comfortably dip your hand into molten lead (400+ degrees Celsius - 700+ degrees Fahrenheit).

This stunt involves no trickery. All you need to do is wet your hand first. As soon as the performer's flesh touches the hot liquid metal, the water on his/her hand is vapourized, coating the fingers with a vapour layer. If the dip was only brief (a few seconds), then the flesh can not be heated significantly because the vapour layer is not very conductive of heat.
This is called film boiling. It can also be used to pour liquid nitrogen into one's mouth without being hurt by its extreme cold. From the heat of your mouth, the liquid immediately undergoes film boiling on its bottom surface and does not directly touch the tounge. This stunt is especially cool because if you breathe out of your mouth, the moisture in your breath condenses and you create a terrific, 5-foot-long plume - like on a very cold morning.
This Leidenfrost effect may also play a role in firewalking. It's just physics, folks. Editor's note. Do not swallow liquid nitrogen. Do not try any of these tricks at home.

Prove it, DS.

[over9five]

Originally Posted by stevetheupsguy

Prove it, DS.

Agreed. Please post a video.

[DS]

YouTube - How to dip your fingers into molten lead and avoid burns.

YouTube - How to dip your fingers into molten lead and avoid burns.

leidenfrost...ja

[stevetheupsguy]

When I fist saw this thread I thought we would each give facts that we know as opposed to stuff we got off of the internet. I was thinking that you guys were really smart. As a side note.......37% of the people that read this will think I'm calling them stupid.

[DS]

Originally Posted by stevetheupsguy

When I fist saw this thread I thought we would each give facts that we know as opposed to stuff we got off of the internet. I was thinking that you guys were really smart. As a side note.......37% of the people that read this will think I'm calling them stupid.

When you first saw this thread,the percentages of people that would think whatever they thought as opposed to what you may have thought to think,could be preportionately higher depending on what they thought.

irregardless of whether we learned something whilst climbing on top of subway trains or reading it on the internet,do we not still know it?

As a side note...are smart people smarter if they learn something from experience as opposed to reading it online?

random fact...drinking liquid nitrogen can freeze your mouth but it looks really cool...

[over9five]

Random fact

I dreamed of Moreluck and DS this week.

Too much time on BC????

[moreluck]

Am I possibly 37% of your dreams ??? OOOOO that would be spooky !!

[moreluck]

In Oklahoma, dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate on private property in groups of three or more.

[stevetheupsguy]

Originally Posted by moreluck

In Oklahoma, dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate on private property in groups of three or more.

37% of those dogs will have to poop as soon as their feet hit grass, while the other 37% will be so caught up sniffing butts, that they'll look like circled Conastoga wagons.

[mungrin]

nothing rhymes with orange

[over9five]

Originally Posted by mungrin

nothing rhymes with orange

No it doesn't.

[Dizzee]

Originally Posted by mungrin

nothing rhymes with orange

or silver