"Learn something new every day"

Discussion in 'Off-topic Zone' started by Jesus, Jun 1, 2005.

  1. Happy Camper Spaceman

    Message Count:
    322
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    A magical land full of sheep, potatoes, and small
    Pfft! Don't be silly. Iprefer to have women swooning at my amazing charm and wit.
    On to my fact for today:

    A dime has 118 ridges.
  2. Jesus Swabbie
    Banned

    Message Count:
    143
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Jesus is with you always.
    Wow...that's..uh...helpful.

    I found out that almost all video game companies in the USA have their HQs in central California. I live within an hour/half hour of Namco, Ubisoft, EA, Cryptic Studios, and Capcom.
  3. Happy Camper Spaceman

    Message Count:
    322
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    A magical land full of sheep, potatoes, and small
    If you think that's useful then you need to know this:

    If you had the population of china walk past you in single file then it would never end due to the rate of reproduction.
  4. Ridgerunner Spaceman

    Message Count:
    814
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    50
    Location:
    Irving, TX
    Although I haven't fact checked it, I heard that given one square foot each, the entire population of the planet would fit in Jacksonville, Florida.
  5. Maj.Striker Swabbie
    Banned

    Message Count:
    2,067
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Des Moines
    It would be pretty hard for them to keep up that reproduction rate while walking single file in front of you...
  6. psych Destroyer of assclowns

    Message Count:
    1,071
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    In the surf zone
    I've learned that shitbird BUD/S trainees who have articles written about them in their hometown about how they "die before they'll quit" will quit 5 days upon reporting here, before they even start Phase.

    (like how this one clown had every Instructor and West Coast Team guy waiting for him after they read the noted news article)
  7. powell99 Aviation Junkie

    Message Count:
    966
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    21,385
    Location:
    Daly City, San Francisco ya know alot of places.
    I've learned that Russian Trawlers are probably just Intel ships. No trawler needs *that* many antennae.
  8. Cyberion Master of Orion

    Message Count:
    356
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    13,285
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Moscow, Russia
    Today i've learned that there are still good people in the world ;)



    russian spies you say? hmmm interesting idea.
  9. Jacob Commodore

    Message Count:
    249
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    12,485
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Dallas, PA
    Yesterday I learned that the video game New Legends would've looked fantastic on the N64, and I was lucky enough to pay only $5.99 for that piece of crap.
  10. Happy Camper Spaceman

    Message Count:
    322
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    A magical land full of sheep, potatoes, and small
    Today I learned that when body building you should consume 1 gramme of protein for every pound that you weigh daily.
  11. Maj.Striker Swabbie
    Banned

    Message Count:
    2,067
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Des Moines
    Just don't forget to exercise while eating said protein or you'll balloon like Cartman and be a "beefcake..."
  12. Happy Camper Spaceman

    Message Count:
    322
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    A magical land full of sheep, potatoes, and small
    Today I learned that there are more sheep in wales than there are people. There are around 5 million people in wales and around 9 million sheep. There are also more chickens than there are people in the world, and there are more cars (now) than there were people in 1870.
  13. Quarto Unknown Enemy

    Message Count:
    11,129
    Likes Received:
    25
    Trophy Points:
    69,385
    Location:
    Poland
    Pah, 5 to 9 million, that's not even 2 to 1. IIRC, in New Zealand the sheep outnumber the people 7 to 1.
  14. ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector / Administrator

    Message Count:
    11,918
    Likes Received:
    34
    Trophy Points:
    69,485
    Location:
    Seattle, Washington, USA
    We should probably keep urban legends and myths out of this discussion.

    A lot of companies just in general have headquarters in California.
  15. Happy Camper Spaceman

    Message Count:
    322
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    A magical land full of sheep, potatoes, and small
    California is also the place that Death Metal originated. It has now split up into three sub-sub-genres, grindcore (most american stuff e.g. slipknot, obitury, morbid angel), noiscore (everywhere, e.g. Cult of Luna), and Gothenburg (I'll bet you can guess where that came from, best sub-sub-genre of the lot). Bands inlude Dark Traquility, In Flames and Arch Enemy.

    Bet you didn't know that! :D
  16. LeHah 212 Squadron, "The Old Man's Eyes And Ears"

    Message Count:
    7,635
    Likes Received:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    59,385
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Blackmane System
    You forgot "Power Noise". (Those sub-subgenres are all godawful terrible. I'd rather listen to Lou Reed's damned machine music album than those tasteless, talentless loads of crapola.)
  17. Jacob Commodore

    Message Count:
    249
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    12,485
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Dallas, PA
    I learned today that the mayor of Wilkes-Barre is a complete dumbass. He stated earlier today that something big was going to happen in W-B, something so big, that it would change how the world looked at this city in PA. Well guess what this "big" thing is?

    A new marketing thing called "I Believe", because just by believing that W-B will become a better place, IT WILL! Jesus-tapdancing-Christ this man is a genius!
  18. Straggler Spaceman

    Message Count:
    124
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    00000000000000 0000000000000000000000 00000__00000
    Today i learned that practicing before a gig prevents complete humilitation.

    As in my case, we didn't practice for a show...and I managed to look like a asswipe before 200+ people. Not that I'm not an asswipe anyways...
  19. Dyret Super Carrot!

    Message Count:
    2,534
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    26,885
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Norway
    Today i learned that people come to the chat zone to promote adult chat forums.
  20. Maj.Striker Swabbie
    Banned

    Message Count:
    2,067
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Location:
    Des Moines

    Since I truly hate said genre of "music" I really could care less. However I thought it might be worth pointing out that Slipknot is a band from Iowa...not California.
    I've met a couple of the guys...without all the crap and noise they're pretty decent fellows.

Share This Page