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arginite
20-11-2006, 5:11 pm
Hey... I just thought this could be fun... a Random Facts Thread
The idea is to just post something totally random.. it can be a fact about yourself, someone else, or just something general and quirky. Afterall, you learn something new everyday!!!!
This way, its really easy to learn some random totally worthless piece of information.
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Today's Katie fact is:
DId you know that...
if you had one of each denomination of the Euro coins, and one of each denomination of Euro note, you would have ?3.88 in coins and ?885 in notes = ?888.88
http://www.lioncoins.com/jpegs/Euroreverses.jpg
uh-may-zing eh
Guinness
20-11-2006, 5:14 pm
Hah, now all you need to do is get me drunk and record everything i say!
TRUTH!
Que claire...
Fintan
20-11-2006, 5:28 pm
OMG! Katie why did you start this, Conor is THE person to go to if you want to know anything random. I don't know where he gets half the crap from! honestly... I have a random fact though!
Did you know that 5 people worldwide have died when a vending machine has fallen onto of them when they have tried to get something out of it!
arginite
20-11-2006, 5:53 pm
See... this is why I started it... thats hilarious.. and sad obviously but :)
Also cos I live with the King of random facts... the euro coins fact was what my Dad woke me up with on sunday morning when he brought me tea.... i got 'morning... *hands over cup of tea*.. whats so special about 3.88??' - he didnt even mention the word euro... and i was supposed to guess that at 10am sunday morning having not slept at all lol!!
Guinness
20-11-2006, 5:59 pm
Ok ok, ill start off slow.
This is only because your talking about euro money and not sterling and I don't condone this or know that it still works... (sinecura et admin please EDIT or DELETE as nessesary)
Back in the school days, we used to be able to use a 20cent piece as a pound coin in most vending machines... and the funny thing is, it even gave you change out after you got your drink/food!
I'm leaving.....
Guinness
20-11-2006, 7:52 pm
Did you know that the Eiffel Tower was accully designed and build after a international competition of designers was picked to comemorate the French Revolution.
And its main purpose in life after that was to be used as a telegraphy and radio/TV antenna for the remainder of its life and was possibly the enevitable reason why it wasn't torn down in 1909.
very_special
20-11-2006, 7:58 pm
Did you know that the Eiffel Tower was accully designed and build after a international competition of designers was picked to comemorate the French Revolution.
And its main purpose in life after that was to be used as a telegraphy and radio/TV antenna for the remainder of its life and was possibly the enevitable reason why it wasn't torn down in 1909.
Yes I learned that recently from an IBM ad :wink:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feDSGLF41mw
Enjoy Paris Conor?
Guinness
20-11-2006, 8:27 pm
I did indeed sir...
VERY FAST living, and way too much for me to handle in 3 days. I need time to chill out and not have people about 2cm away from me in the metro.
However she is a beautiful city!
This is fun!
As keeper of the keys to the mine of useless information......
Did you know that blue-eyed white cats are almost always deaf but if a white cat has one blue eye and one yellow eye it is only deaf on the blue-eyed side?
xx
matthew
20-11-2006, 10:34 pm
Back in the school days, we used to be able to use a 20cent piece as a pound coin in most vending machines... and the funny thing is, it even gave you change out after you got your drink/food!
haha still works conor! only its better if u stick together two pennys :)
ok my random fact is ...
the most expensive (uncustomised) mini to insure is in fact the Mayfair... as a result of its luxurious trim!
which... unfortunately happens to be my car!grr pfft and bother![/img]
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very_special
20-11-2006, 10:57 pm
I did indeed sir...
VERY FAST living, and way too much for me to handle in 3 days. I need time to chill out and not have people about 2cm away from me in the metro.
However she is a beautiful city!
Indeed, 3 days is way too short to take it all in, I'm sure the camera is bulging with lots of photos though :wink:
Is the Paris metro as bad as the Moscow metro?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVRUBIyRAYk
Guinness
20-11-2006, 11:20 pm
Are you joking!
That looks absolutely NUTS!
Lazarus
21-11-2006, 11:33 am
dogs cant look up
matthew
21-11-2006, 5:43 pm
the names of all the continents end with the same letter that they begin!!
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Lazarus
22-11-2006, 10:37 am
neither can a rat, hence why rat poison kills them.
Fintan
22-11-2006, 11:35 am
The human thigh bone is stronger than concrete
arginite
22-11-2006, 11:44 am
'Temple' is the only name to be shared by a station of the Paris M?tro and a station of the London Underground.
http://solo2.abac.com/themole/1997mapdetailsmall3.JPG
Yeah yeah im a bit of a metrophile :D
Guinness
22-11-2006, 3:50 pm
I think you just type in "random facts" into google to find those katie!
I duno how anyone could know that! LOL
arginite
22-11-2006, 3:57 pm
I think you just type in "random facts" into google to find those katie!
I duno how anyone could know that! LOL
Im a metrophile, seriously... I know millions of random facts about the Tube... mostly stolen from Dad :D
matthew
22-11-2006, 4:07 pm
the most amount of taxis ANYWHERE in the world is in Mexico City :)
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This website is now showing the mugshot of the most prolific people killer in Africa's animal kingdom - The Hippo
Did you notice the way his eyes follow you, even if you move around!!!!!!! Yikes
Spooky isn't it?
A dog sweats through its tongue but cats sweat through the soles of their feet.
If a cat is panting it is in extreme distress.
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Sunny
25-11-2006, 11:16 am
Ok ok, ill start off slow.
This is only because your talking about euro money and not sterling and I don't condone this or know that it still works... (sinecura et admin please EDIT or DELETE as nessesary)
Back in the school days, we used to be able to use a 20cent piece as a pound coin in most vending machines... and the funny thing is, it even gave you change out after you got your drink/food!
I'm leaving.....
well before we changed to euro's we used to spray paint the old 2p coins and use them on the bus as 20p coins. man those were the days
The dishonesty of it all is shocking!!!!!!!!
Have you people no scruples?
On the other hand though, I went inter-railing before the euro currency came in and spent some time in Germany. The old Irish 5p coin fooled the vending machines into thinking it was a deutschmark which in turn saved me from certain starvation.
Question, was the Sterling Pound coin designed specifically for throwing at football referees?
Starvation reared its ugly head recently too! On a trip to Southampton last year I discovered that Northern Irish Sterling is not an acceptable form of payment to the proprietors of shops and (ahem) certain drinking establishments.
It's funny what you learn along the way.
Actually funny is the wrong word there, for I don't remember laughing much at the time.
Oh well, onwards and upwards
So why is it that Scottish money is viable in England but Ulster currency is not? The Irish Sea is only about 30 miles across.
I often have to accept Scottish fivers at Farmers' markets just south of the border in Cumbria......mind you, I usually get rid of them in change for the next person who gives me a twenty for a ?1 bag of biscuits!
xx
Fintan
26-11-2006, 7:48 pm
I like the sound of this farmer's market..I'm all markety as I spent the weekend working in the Craft Fair!
Even though it's probably completely different....but you get my drift!
No!?
It's good fun. I help out a friend who's a farmer's wife (well I used to be but not now) and makes lovely cakes, biscuits and stuff. This is only a couple of days a month but it makes a change from being bum up in someone's flower borders! I meet some very nice people and some awkward b.........s! But mostly nice. Folks treat you as you treat them usually.
xx
thesneakybandit
27-11-2006, 9:49 am
northern irish currency is legal tender just like any other form of currency. unfortunately a lot of people on the mainland are pretty ignorant and assume that "bank of ireland" "northern bank" etc. deal in different currencies to them. they are legally bound to accept your money though.
silvertiger
27-11-2006, 2:27 pm
And a lot of fun can be had with plastic fivers!!
Can't see any reason why that should not be the case Scott, after all the EU manages with a single currency so it makes sense that the UK should do the same.
Channel Island currency is still not legal in UK tho'.
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matthew
11-02-2007, 12:24 am
There are more chickens in the world than people
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Diva Lady
11-02-2007, 5:57 pm
Women blink nearly twice as much as men
Guinness
11-02-2007, 6:27 pm
Women blink nearly twice as much as men
Must be just you my man! :P
If my memory is correct, I remember watching a TV show that explained that there are in fact 12 dimensions on our earth. I think though once you get past 6 its all theoretical...
matthew
11-02-2007, 11:20 pm
More people in China speak English than in the USA!
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Diva Lady
12-02-2007, 12:23 am
About 25% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light
matthew
12-02-2007, 9:59 am
About 25% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light
I do that!
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Diva Lady
12-02-2007, 4:57 pm
Blueberry Jelly Beans were originally created solely for Ronald Reagan!
Did you know That:
57 bic biros are sold every second.
arginite
13-02-2007, 5:14 pm
More people in China speak English than in the USA!
~More people in Ireland speak Russian than Irish! and Polish now I would imagine
Diva Lady
13-02-2007, 8:56 pm
Did you know That:
57 bic biros are sold every second.
niice!
the earth is 0.02 degrees hotter when there is a full moon. 8)
rusty66
13-02-2007, 9:41 pm
Rathcoole is the second biggest housing estate in Europe.
Yahoo was originally called Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web.
Diva Lady
13-02-2007, 11:52 pm
this one's just weird...
If you unfolded your brain, it would cover an ironing board.
Guinness
14-02-2007, 1:37 am
If you unfold your lungs you can cover a tennis pitch!
:wink:
very_special
14-02-2007, 1:50 am
A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it eventually starves to death.
Cockroach kick ass!
Cockroachs are resistant to radiation.
So if we all got nuked in the moring, cockroachs would take over the planet.
very_special
14-02-2007, 3:58 pm
Indeedly!
Radiologists have found that humans can safely withstand a one-time exposure of 5 rems (A REM is the dosage of radiation that will cause a specific, measured amount of injury to human tissue). A lethal dose is 800 rems or more (people are exposed to about 16 rems during their lifetime).
Insect researchers have found that cockroaches can tolerate a much higher dose. The lethal dose for the American cockroach is 67,500 rems and for the German cockroach it is between 90,000 and 105,000 rems. In truth the amount of radiation that cockroaches can withstand is equivalent to that of a thermonuclear explosion.
So, show a little respect the next time your chasing one through the kitchen with a spray can in your hand!
:roll:
matthew
14-02-2007, 4:31 pm
45% of american dollars have been in a strippers G-String!
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helloiamgary
14-02-2007, 5:39 pm
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
he's scary
Sunny
14-02-2007, 10:34 pm
45% of american dollars have been in a strippers G-String!
oh my goodness that never even crossed my mind eugh i feel sick the amount of dollars i touched this summer :smt078
Diva Lady
14-02-2007, 11:38 pm
A woman's elbows are hinged differently to a mans.
Women have hips, so the humerous in joined at a slight angle so that your arms don't bump!
arginite
14-02-2007, 11:59 pm
A woman's elbows are hinged differently to a mans.
Women have hips, so the humerous in joined at a slight angle so that your arms don't bump!
i have one metal elbow :P
The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.
I watched fight club one to many times :)
matthew
16-02-2007, 6:35 pm
45% of american dollars have been in a strippers G-String!
oh my goodness that never even crossed my mind eugh i feel sick the amount of dollars i touched this summer :smt078
sorry :)
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Diamonds can be made from peanut butter :)
Diva Lady
18-02-2007, 9:42 pm
Diamonds can be made from peanut butter :)
weeird man. :smt017
Did you know that..
There are no hog lips or snouts in SPAM.
or
Time Magazine's "Man Of The Year" was Adolf Hitler in 1938
Diva Lady
18-02-2007, 9:44 pm
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxegen starvation.
Guinness
19-02-2007, 4:26 pm
According to Mrs Guinness "Buzz Lightyear" was the second man to put his foot on the moon!
:oops:
Time Magazine's "Man Of The Year" was Adolf Hitler in 1938
Sounds like something katiec would know :D
and on that note another Katiec-esc fact
The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
matthew
19-02-2007, 8:34 pm
The first couple to be shown in bed together on Prime Time TV were...
Fred and Wilma Flintstone!
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matthew
19-02-2007, 8:40 pm
ok sorry double post but
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
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Billy goats pee on their own heads to smell more attractive to nanny goats :D
Diva Lady
20-02-2007, 8:16 pm
Billy goats pee on their own heads to smell more attractive to nanny goats :D
mmm....sexy. lol
The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are 1 in 2million.
Fintan
21-02-2007, 2:52 pm
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Right handed people live longer then lefties :)
Guinness
22-02-2007, 12:03 pm
Right handed people live longer then lefties :)
Awk, come on... That cannot be true!?!
After a little googling
Here (http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf058/sf058b07.htm)
:D
rusty66
22-02-2007, 1:30 pm
And I read it in "Why don't penguins feet freeze?".
Eg: when you go to walk around a ladder a rightie will walk one way but a leftie will walk another and they are more prone to accidents.
We all have one leg slightly longer than the other and when we are drunk we stagger to the right.
thesneakybandit
22-02-2007, 1:31 pm
most breeds of mountain animals have two legs shorter than the other two due to the raising altitude of steep slopes. therefore they will usually face only one way on the hillside.
rusty66
22-02-2007, 1:51 pm
Funnily enough that was your exact answer when I told you that walking home one night. lol we need to get new facts!
Two for the price of one today:
Chuck Norris is the only known human that can perform photosynthesis. However, he refuses to do so because, "Converting light energy into nutrients for pussies." :D
and
McDonalds salads have more fat then their burgers.
matthew
26-02-2007, 12:17 pm
the french word for attorney is the same as the french word for avocado
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thesneakybandit
26-02-2007, 3:09 pm
The Ulster Hall is notable for being the first place in which Led Zeppelin played their iconic song "Stairway to Heaven", on March 5, 1971.
rusty66
26-02-2007, 3:17 pm
Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard was expelled from my school at 16
Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard was expelled from my school at 16
Now why couldnt I have gone to a school like that, the only people to get expelled from my school were the local red necks for driving their tractors to fast around the school grounds :(
Fact:
Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply :)
Dont ask how I know, but I do!
thesneakybandit
26-02-2007, 4:06 pm
i assume most of the rest of it is digested by men lol
Guinness
26-02-2007, 4:45 pm
You would know alot about that!!!
:wink:
rusty66
26-02-2007, 4:47 pm
LAWL at the double entendre!
i assume most of the rest of it is digested by men lol
I was in need of a chuckle today :D
matthew
01-03-2007, 12:48 pm
your arm span is the same as your height
unless you are me and then you have abnormally long apelike arms! (proven by this productive politics class in which we are now attending :))
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This is one I ran across on the net a wee while ago, but it makes me feel queasy so I think I should post it.
Most tropical fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood.
Zeyneb
03-03-2007, 12:08 pm
There are more chickens in the world than people
:) There are more pigs in Flanders than human beings. Especially if you count the human beings that are pigs.
A total classic because I love the film so much:
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
niamhs
09-11-2007, 5:28 pm
variety is the spice of life.
random one, but i liked learnin stuff offa this thread to astound people with!
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