Little known facts.
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posted06/15/2004 09:04 PM (UTC)by
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cartmansp
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03/18/2004 02:15 AM (UTC)
This is the thread where people can post some useless facts

-The only continent without a desert is Europe.

-The Sumerians had a goddess of beer. Her name was Ninkasi.

-Among other things, ninjas were trained to tell what time it was by looking into a cat's eye.

-In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

-A female ninja is called a "kunoichi."

-In the early days of motion pictures, "movies" were the people who worked on films.

-In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.

-Thomas Jefferson died of chronic diarrhea.

-In Texas, it is illegal to curse in front of a corpse.

-"Hockey" is archaic slang for "semen."

-"Allodoxaphobia" is the fear of opinions

-The English language has about 1,000 recognized euphemisms for "vagina."

-It's estimated that armed citizens kill three times more criminals than police officers do


...I'll post some more later.
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06/15/2004 04:17 AM (UTC)
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nice...

-the only chicken to ever live with its head cut off died while choking on a corn niblet.

thats it, heh, i'll see what else i can dig up...
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cartmansp
06/15/2004 04:21 AM (UTC)
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-Twinkies are 68 percent air

-"Siderodromophilia" is sexual arousal derived from riding in trains.

-Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

-By 2015, 27 of the world's 33 largest cities will be Asian

-Rice has five times more DNA than human beings

-One billion seconds is about 32 years

-It has been medically proven that laughter is an effective painkiller.

-"Chrematistophilia" is arousal from being charged for sex or robbed.

-Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.

-The largest known kidney stone weighed three pounds.

-The word "ejaculation" comes from the Latin word meaning "throwing out."

-According to U.S. law, a beer commercial can never actually show a person drinking beer

-The two highest IQs ever recorded on a standard test both belong to women

-In Knoxville, Tennessee, it's against the law to lasso a fish.

-Twenty million Americans watch pornography annually

-At any one time, one in four people are daydreaming about sex.

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06/15/2004 04:39 AM (UTC)
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hehehehe.....good one cartmansp!!!!!

Here are some:

roosters can have orgasms that can last for two days.

The deepest part of the sea it's located in the Mariannes Pit, the depth is 11,540 mts or about 35000 feet.

the chameleon (no pun intended) is the only animal that's got a 360° view span.

Mexico is the country with the most Soft Drink Consumption in the world with more than 245 lts per capita, per year.

no bling bling pic cartmansp?
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cartmansp
06/15/2004 04:46 AM (UTC)
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Mk_FrEaK Wrote:
Mexico is the country with the most Soft Drink Consumption in the world with more than 245 lts per capita, per year.


Ahhhh yeah...


-Ralph Macchio played a troubled 14-year-old boy in Karate Kid. He was 22 at the time

-In Africa, a Danakil warrior proves his valor by giving his prospective bride a trophy—a pair of testicles taken from another man, dead or alive

-Pumpkins are fruits, not vegetables

-According to superstition, you will see your future spouse over your left shoulder in the mirror at midnight on Halloween

-The pupils of goats are rectangular

-Michael J. Fox's middle name is Andrew

-A diamond can only be cut by another diamond

-All babies are colorblind when they are born.

-Bill Gates is a Harvard University dropout.

-Human adults breathe about 23,000 times a day.

-At one time in Cambodia, it was illegal to insult a rice plant.

-At certain times of the year, it is possible to hear corn grow.

-The world's longest street is in Canada. Toronto's Yonge Street runs 1,190 miles.

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06/15/2004 05:13 AM (UTC)
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-"Symphorophilia" is sexual arousal derived from arranging a disaster, crash or explosion

-Elevators and escalators kill about 30 people, and injure about 17,000, each year in the United States.

-Studies have shown that the larger a man's testicles, the more likely it is he'll cheat on his mate.

-Sharks will continue to attack even when disemboweled.

-The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

-The first VCR, made in 1956, was the size of a piano.

-Seventy-five percent of Japanese women own vibrators. The global average is 47 percent. ()

-Women who read romance novels have sex twice as often as those who don't

-There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people.

-Eighty percent of American women say they would like to have sex more often.

-In Elizabethan slang, the term "to die" meant to have an orgasm.

-The odds of getting a hole-in-one in golf are estimated at about 18,000-to-1

-The holes in Swiss cheese are called "eyes."

-Mr. T's real name is Lawrence Tureaud.

-Black women are 50 percent more likely than white women to have an orgasm during sex
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UReiko
06/15/2004 05:21 AM (UTC)
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Fish can see the infrared beam emmitted from remote controls.
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06/15/2004 05:42 AM (UTC)
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-There are 1,943 names listed in the closing credits of The Matrix Reloaded.

-The longest earthworm ever found was 22 feet long.

-In 1221, Genghis Khan killed 1,748,000 people at Nishapur in one hour.

-There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.

-Coconuts kill more people worldwide than sharks do. About 150 people are killed each year by coconuts

-The word "laser" stands for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation."

-About 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets every year.


...I don't have anymore "little known facts".
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06/15/2004 05:50 AM (UTC)
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8======D
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UReiko
06/15/2004 05:51 AM (UTC)
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Don't be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, is the longest title for a movie.
Addition: Everytime you sneeze, your "spray" flies eight feet.
Addition: The world's largest water fight is held in Thailand.
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06/15/2004 06:20 AM (UTC)
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-The philosopher Socrates was required to drink Hemlock to end his life after being found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens.

-Princess Diana's last words: "My God. What's happened?"
Also, 60 x 60 x 24 x 365= 31,536,000= the real amount of seconds in a year. I don't mean to be rude though...
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06/15/2004 06:47 AM (UTC)
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Your eyes never grow throughout your life.

Your ears never stop growing.

It is physically impossible to lick your elbow.

You probably tried to lick your elbow after reading that last one.
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cartmansp
06/15/2004 07:34 AM (UTC)
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- Condoms are for weenies.
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06/15/2004 07:40 AM (UTC)
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xcarnagex Wrote:
It is physically impossible to lick your elbow.

You probably tried to lick your elbow after reading that last one.


Its possible to lick your elbow, seen it first hand. Yes I just tried to lick my elbow and failed.
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Terranova
06/15/2004 03:18 PM (UTC)
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here are some little known facts

In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length.

Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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Hyuga
06/15/2004 03:43 PM (UTC)
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I've also seen somebody lick their elbow.

Axeman, there aren't 365 days in the year. There are 365 and a quarter days. That's why we have leap year.
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06/15/2004 04:14 PM (UTC)
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Actually a laser can also cut through diamond...

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug99/934177259.Eg.r.html


cartmansp Wrote:
Mk_FrEaK Wrote:

-A diamond can only be cut by another diamond


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Why care about people if they're not bloody and on your carpet right now?

06/15/2004 04:29 PM (UTC)
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Axeman, there aren't 365 days in the year. There are 365 and a quarter days. That's why we have leap year.


Okay then, the original guy was right then: 3600 x 24 x 365.25= 31,557,600

Sorry about the first time.
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06/15/2004 04:37 PM (UTC)
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cartmansp Wrote:
- Condoms are for weenies.
LOL
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06/15/2004 07:05 PM (UTC)
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Hyuga Wrote:
I've also seen somebody lick their elbow.

Hmm...well, I don't know how accurate the source of that was...my mom read it to me from an email she got; it was also followed by the fact I stated afterwards, so that fact may have just been a joke.
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cartmansp
06/15/2004 07:27 PM (UTC)
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]0MBAT Wrote:
Actually a laser can also cut through diamond...

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug99/934177259.Eg.r.html


cartmansp Wrote:
Mk_FrEaK Wrote:

-A diamond can only be cut by another diamond



I guess my source was wrong.
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Savior
06/15/2004 07:52 PM (UTC)
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LOL thats some funny shit you all posted
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jamheads41
06/15/2004 08:06 PM (UTC)
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-My ding-dong got caught in the toilet seat.

-I was born with a loophole in my nutsack.
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DrCube
06/15/2004 08:16 PM (UTC)
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Superman was created in 1938. His creators sold the character to DC comics for only $130.

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Hyuga
06/15/2004 08:35 PM (UTC)
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Jokes are supposed to be funny, not make you want to kill the person that told it.
jamheads41 Wrote:
-My ding-dong got caught in the toilet seat.

-I was born with a loophole in my nutsack.

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