random facts thread

[dfiant]

Did you know that lightning strikes the earth 6000 times a minute, and the most struck city in the world is Darwin in Australia

[zeon]

Did you know that Leap years only came around from Cesus in roman times.. Technically in today's society we should be living in 2014 not 2012 which also leads onto the fact that the mayans got the calender wrong thus expiring as this should be 2010 not 2012 therefore there is no accurate information on this....

One girl said to me in tesco tonight that it is to do with the moon and i told her tis actually cesus who created it.... The moon orbits same speed as normal every day of the year and loads of people giggled in tesco. She told me i should be a teacher and I said your joking.... Im allergic to embryos lol... Once they hit adult hood i can cope lol

[gayboy]

You know a roach can lived without it's head for 7 days until it dies of thirst or starvation.:eek:

[jaxc]

did you know that your chances of surviving a gunshot wound( if you get medical insistence and if the bullet doesn't hit any thing vital) are about 95%

[Rainbowmum]

I would like to know ,what idiot decided that a goldfish has a 10 second memory span?

[East]

The year was 1954 and the song was written by George Cory and Douglass Cross who were gay lovers...I Left My Heart In San Francisco which has become one of the most famous songs ever written.

I love that they were lovers and I love the song...and I love that piece of triviamile:

[Deryn]

[quote=zeon]Did you know that Leap years only came around from Cesus in roman times.. Technically in today's society we should be living in 2014 not 2012 which also leads onto the fact that the mayans got the calender wrong thus expiring as this should be 2010 not 2012 therefore there is no accurate information on this....
[QUOTE]

Actually the Mayan calendar is based on passage of days, not counting of years. They said so-and-so thousands of days from now the world would end, not that the world would end in 2012. So when we found out about the calendar and its doomsday proclamation, we found the date, accounting for leap years.

As I understand it at least. -not an expert- mile:

Also, toe and fingernails continue to grow after we die as they are made of dead cells to begin with.

[jaxc]

did you know that in order to protect their young from territorial/competitive males, mares will mate with every male in the vicinity so the males won't know for sure who the father of the young horse is and not try to kill it( also if they aren't able to protect their unborn young, they are able to naturally abort the baby/fetus).

[Spades]

Also, toe and fingernails continue to grow after we die as they are made of dead cells to begin with.

Not true, after death the skin dehydrates and tightens, making the nails (and hair) only appear to grow. Also, nails are made from keratin, a protein made by your body, I think being alive is needed for that

[Deryn]

Darn. Foiled by my non-expertness again. I guess the only option left is to learn everything in the universe now.

Alright. I looked this one up a little more extensively: Toilet paper was invented in China in the 14th century, only the emperor was allowed to use it.