I'll start:
Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.
Unlike other metals like iron, aluminium does not change color when heated to melting. So, always be wary around aluminium blocks especially in factories - you never know if they're cool, or just under the melting point.
Men with longer ring fingers are found to be more attractive than men with shorter ring fingers.
loco farang wrote:
Men with longer ring fingers are found to be more attractive than men with shorter ring fingers.
The ratio of ring finger length to index finger length on the right hand is an indicator of pre-natal androgen exposure and has even been found to be a fairly accurate predictor of athletic performance.
A lion's roar can be heard for up to 5 miles.
junglemaster wrote:
A lion's roar can be heard for up to 5 miles.
A tiger, up to 2.
An elephant is the only mammal that cannot jump and has 4 knees.
string theory is the theory of everything.
Everyone knows the chewbacca defense, but how about the small penis defense/small penis rule used in the court of law.
sugar doesn't have a specific melting point
Michigan is the US state with the longest coastline.
Umpteen wrote:
Michigan is the US state with the longest coastline.
Not so fast Skippy.
http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/longestcoastlines.htmlMichigan apparently has the longest FRESHWATER shoreline and second longest shoreline other than Alaska. But apparently there is a difference in shoreline and coastline also.
6 is a perfect number
Simple bleach can help unclog a drain (it's a lot cheaper than drain cleander).
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
Cool thread. I'm going to enjoy reading the posts.
I'm a snow lover, and this one always excited me:
The greatest 24-hour snowfall ever recorded in the U.S. was 75.8 inches in Silver Lake, CO.
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
The earth is wider around the equator than around any other line of latitude or longitude.
Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, in relation to sea level. But, because the Earth isn't perfectly round, Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador is actually closer to outer space/the moon than Mt. Everest.
When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.