Discussion Fun Facts Thread

[Dionysus]

Post some fun facts about anything

1. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.
2. The moon is moving away from the Earth at a tiny, although measurable, rate every year. 85 million years ago it was orbiting the Earth about 35 feet from the planet's surface.
3. Women blink nearly twice as often as men.
4. If you sneeze too hard you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force they can pop out.
5. Bulls, along with all other cattle, are color-blind to red.
6. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
7. Babies are born without kneecaps. They appear between the ages of 2 and 6.
8. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
9. The jellyfish is 95% water.
10. Almonds are members of the peach family.
11. Mailmen in Russia carry revolvers after a decision by the government.
12. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
13. In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
14. A flock of crows is known as a murder.
15. Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females. Based tbh
    
    

 

[Insomniac]

it was orbiting the Earth about 35 feet from the planet's surface.

The moon is an orbiting cuck

 

[jackwolfskin999]

the term homophobia was coined by jewish psychologist George Weinberg in the 60s

 

[TheSecondComing]

My dick is flaccid at the moment

 

[fOreVER]

Bush did 9/11

 

[Dionysus]

My dick is flaccid at the moment

this fact was not fun

 

[TheSecondComing]

this fact was not fun

Unfortunate but I'm not really in the mood to fap

 

[Admiral_Arkantos]

-When you see something like "ye olde shoppe" written in pseudo Old English, the "ye" is actually supposed to represent the word "the" written with as "Þe". The thorn (Þ) wasn't available on the printing press so the letter "y" was used instead.

-Shakespeare did not speak Old English, he spoke Early Modern English. Old English was the form of English spoken before 1066, the year of the Norman Invasion.

-Caesar would be pronounced as Kaisor. In Latin, the "c" makes a "k" sound.

-A group of boar is called a sounder, a group of butterflies a kaleidoscope

-0.5% of the world (16 million people) are descended from Genghis Khan (alphathugmaxxed)

-Cashews are fruits

-The forbidden fruit in Genesis was not necessarily an apple. It was simply stated as a fruit from a tree.

 

[78980n]

a group of butterflies a kaleidoscope

I like this.

 

[Speedloader]

16. Foids are trash

 

[Garbage Life]

We never found Hitler's body
In Ancient Rome small dicks were more attractive than big ones which is why statues always have small packages.

 

[zangano1]

If you try to suppress a sneeze you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die

Gonna try that one out

 

[Deleted member 5653]

>85 million years ago it was orbiting the Earth about 35 feet from the planet's surface.
Really?

 

[Dionysus]

Speed dating was invented by a rabbi. In 1998 Rabbi Yaacov Deyo brought single men and women to Peet's Coffee and Tea in Beverly Hills CA

 

[78980n]

Women blink nearly twice as often as men.

Another reason to hate women,

 

[Deleted member 19079]

>85 million years ago it was orbiting the Earth about 35 feet from the planet's surface.
Really?
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i like ur animu reactions high effort tbh

 

[ihaveno1]

fun fact: ER's housemates in 2013 chris and jon knew he had a gun, ER would sperg out at night sometime and shoot the gun empty and in the other room the housemates heard and saw the shadow of the gun, they did not tell anyone about this until interviewed

 

[Dionysus]

fun fact: ER's housemates in 2013 chris and jon knew he had a gun, ER would sperg out at night sometime and shoot the gun empty and in the other room the housemates heard and saw the shadow of the gun, they did not tell anyone about this until interviewed

thats insane i never heard that before

 

[Deleted member 5653]

i like ur animu reactions high effort tbh

Thanks, posting cute anime girls on forums for losers is one of my few copes.

 

[Dionysus]

Yawning cools the brain.Research conducted at the University of Vienna suggests that yawning may play an essential role in cooling our brains. But yawning to cool the brain is “not functional” when the outside temperature is as hot as the body, explained the study’s lead author Jorg Massen. And if you’re wondering: Yes, sleep deprivation does increase brain temperature, which could be a factor in why we yawn more when we’re tired.

Penguins used to be 6 feet tall chads. According to a 2017 report published in Nature Communications, there’s evidence that extinct Kumimanu biceae penguins once stood close to 6 feet tall and weighed more than 200 pounds.

A brewery in Canada makes beer using water from 20 000 year old icebergs.