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Stagmar posted...

Do people still fall for this one?

It's true.

Stagmar posted...

Do people still fall for this one?

BBC says toughened skin has fewer nerves.

Competitive art used to be an Olympic sport. Between 1912 and 1948, the international sporting events awarded medals for music, painting, sculpture and architecture.

Cocytus posted...

It's true.

Guess I'm an abnormality then. Pinching my elbow hurts.

It's mostly true. There's obviously some nerve endings there or you wouldn't be able to feel anything at all on your elbow. And I think most people can agree you definitely feel it if you place your elbow on a cold/hot tabletop. But it's very dulled to the point most wouldn't describe a pinch as "pain" so much as "pressure."

Interesting. Pinching the skin on my elbow feels the same as anywhere else on my arm. I assumed the whole "you can't feel pain there" thing was one of those gullibility things to get people to try.

I can't get my elbow to feel pain by pinching with my fingers alone, but it's pretty easy when I include my fingernails.

Less effort >>>>
https://youtube.com/shorts/bluwl4WL-i8

farts tend to be 10 ft/s

for comparison, the fastest commercially available firearm round is the .220 Swift, at about 4,666 ft/s.

a .50bmg clocks around 4,000 ft/s

so a fart is .0025% the speed of an anti-material rifle round.

BlueKat posted...

The average horse is capable of 746 watts of power.
This is approximately 1 horsepower. This term was developed during the 18th century when the steam engine was being marketed.

Foppe posted...

A horse normally has more than one horsepower.
A study in 1993 showed that the maximum power a horse can produce is 18,000W, around 24 horsepower.

Only one of these can be accurate

The Titanic included dogs as their passengers. There were twelve confirmed dogs as passengers on the Titanic, only three of which survived.

Chickens and hares were divine in ancient Britain:

https://news-archive.exeter.ac.uk/featurednews/title_787590_en.html
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New radiocarbon dates for bones found on sites in Hampshire (Houghton Down, Weston Down, Winnal Down and Winklebury Camp) and Hertfordshire (Blackhorse Road) suggests brown hares and chickens were introduced to Britain even earlier, arriving simultaneously in the Iron Age, between the fifth and the third century BC.
The discovery of buried skeletons fits historical evidence that neither animal was eaten until the Roman period, which began hundreds of years later.
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In X-Men First Class, Hugh Jackman agreed to do a cameo on the condition that he was the only person who could swear in the movie. Also the line was supposed to be "Fuck off", but after about 8 takes, he asked the director to do one more, which is the one they settled on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hbSHsITNpw

Wolves in Chernobyl appear to have mutated for cancer resistance.

https://nypost.com/2024/02/08/news/mutant-wolves-in-chernobyl-developed-cancer-resilient-abilities-study/

All stars heat the earth by a certain degree

not very noticeable but its being heated

ROBANN_88 posted...

BlueKat posted...
The average horse is capable of 746 watts of power.
This is approximately 1 horsepower. This term was developed during the 18th century when the steam engine was being marketed.

Foppe posted...
A horse normally has more than one horsepower.
A study in 1993 showed that the maximum power a horse can produce is 18,000W, around 24 horsepower.

Only one of these can be accurate

@Foppe @BlueKat
Fight about it

Old bad measure methods and better bred horses nowadays.

For US citizens, the FTC hosts a free National Do-Not-Call Registry. Any phone number listed there should not be called by telemarketers (though you may still receive calls from other types of organizations, such as charities, political groups, debt collectors and surveys). If your phone number receives telemarketer calls even though it has been on the list for a month or longer, you can report those callers to the FTC.

Blue_Thunder posted...

For US citizens, the FTC hosts a free National Do-Not-Call Registry. Any phone number listed there should not be called by telemarketers (though you may still receive calls from other types of organizations, such as charities, political groups, debt collectors and surveys). If your phone number receives telemarketer calls even though it has been on the list for a month or longer, you can report those callers to the FTC.

Man I did that and they cant do squat <_<

Porcupine quills pierce the skin more easily than a hypodermic needle. But then porcupines, with their asshole design, have the quills fan out to make it hard to remove. But luckily, the grease on the quills act as a natural disinfectant so its unlikely to get infected

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/99ca9774.jpg

Oh wow, this is a neat thing (although possibly dangerous given that youre trusting the elderly with hot food). In Japan, there was (I believe its closed) a restaurant called The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders. It was called that because the waiters got the orders wrong 37% of the time. So why would anyone go there? The entire wait staff had dementia. Sometimes they would do stuff like sit with the customers or ask them to take orders for the table. It was a place to raise awareness about dementia and celebrate human imperfection.

Did you know that according to the American Temperament Test Society, Pit Bulls pass their temperament test 87 percent of the time? This means that they rank 4th of 122 breeds tested and are considered one of the most affectionate and least aggressive breeds of dog.

BlueKat posted...

Did you know that according to the American Temperament Test Society, Pit Bulls pass their temperament test 87 percent of the time? This means that they rank 4th of 122 breeds tested and are considered one of the most affectionate and least aggressive breeds of dog.

I don't believe it works like that. The Wiki says:

"Though the ATTS is the only organization which posts pass rates "by breed",[3] the breeds cannot be compared against each other because the grades are based on each breed's own characteristics."

Did you know that the largest battle in the American Revolution did not take place in the Americas but in Gibraltar? The great siege of Gibraltar saw the British successfully repel a combined French and Spanish force.

YugiNoob posted...

I don't believe it works like that. The Wiki says:

"Though the ATTS is the only organization which posts pass rates "by breed",[3] the breeds cannot be compared against each other because the grades are based on each breed's own characteristics."

So basically, all it says is that Pit Bulls are one of the breeds with the least variance? They're the most similar from Pit Bull to Pit Bull?

Aristoph posted...

So basically, all it says is that Pit Bulls are one of the breeds with the least variance? They're the most similar from Pit Bull to Pit Bull?

Possibly. The main thing was the the breeds cannot be compared against each other part.

In 1992 Singapore banned the sale of chewing gum to decrease gum-related litter. The law has been relaxed a bit since then though, like allowing gum chewed for dental health.

The characters in Tekken have some pretty silly fighting styles and moves, but Lidia Sobieska in Tekken 7 uses actual shotokan karate. And her motion capture was done by karate master Tatsuya Naka

In the UK Queen beds are bigger than Kings

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/03f3006e.jpg

YugiNoob posted...

In the UK Queen beds are bigger than Kings

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/03f3006e.jpg

"Some UK retailers may have a 'queen' size which refers to one of the standard sizes, but there is inconsistency around which size specifically, with both the small double (122 191) and super king (183 198) being prevalent."

There is a town in Sudan called Um Dafuq

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Um_Dafuq

Did you know that Tolkien inspiration for orcs came from cruel soldiers he encountered during World War 1.

The brain makes up only 2 percent of our body weight, but it consumes 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe and 20 percent of the energy we consume. This enormous consumption of oxygen and energy fuels many thousands of chemical reactions in the brain every second.

Staying in a negative relationship can lower your immune system. Studies indicate that negative emotions lead to lowered immune responses against diseases. Other studies support this by stating that stress and negative emotions can adversely affect the immune system.

You just farted

Motorcyclists in New York were protesting a mandatory helmet law by not wearing helmets. One of them hit the brakes and was sent over the handlebars of his Harley and landed on his head. He died at the hospital, where the medical expert in charge of the case said there was no doubt he would've survived had he been wearing a helmet

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/51e21cf9.jpg

Old lumber is sturdier and more termite resistant than the lumber we use today. And since modern lumber is grown much faster, it has less heartwood (dead wood that's less susceptible to fungus because it has almost no moisture), and more sapwood (living wood with water which will shrink and crack more easily, while being more prone to fungus).

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d1edbd51.jpg

The insect population of the world is 1 billion times larger than the human population.
There are over 8 billion people on the planet, and it is estimated that there are some 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive Recent figures indicate that there are more than 200 million insects for each human on the planet

BlueKat posted...

Recent figures indicate that there are more than 200 million insects for each human on the planet

We're fucked.

Stonehenge predates the Celts. The popular theory is that druids designed and built the monument. Carbon dating shows that Stonehenge was there 1000 years before druids settled there.

(3 years old)

https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/stonehenge

Kangaroos never stop growing.
From birth, they will continue to grow until they pass away. They are also the largest marsupials on the planet.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/may/marsupials-might-be-the-more-evolved-mammals.html
19 May 2023

Marsupials arguably are more evolved than placental mammals.

'For a long time, people have treated marsupials as 'lesser mammals', which represent the intermediate stage between placental mammals and egg-layers, explains Anjali. 'It turns out that marsupials are the ones that are far more evolved from the ancestral form.'
'As a member of the placental mammals, we often have this bias that ours is the group that evolution is directed towards, but that's not how evolution works.'

Red blood cells circulate your body at an amazing speed.
Within 20 seconds, one RBC would have already completed one lap around your circulatory system. These blood cells help deliver oxygen to all the organs and cells in the body. Red blood cells last about 4 months before your body makes new ones.

Lobsters also never stop growing. In fact, they dont show signs of aging. However the molting process requires a tremendous amount of energy and they may die from exhaustion. The oldest lobster on record was about 140-years-old, and was named George :3

From 1959-1969, the Boston Celtics won 10 out of 11 of the NBA championships. 7 out of 11 of those times they beat the Lakers lol

The flashes of light when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

Phosphenes are flashes of colorful light that are produced from inside the eye rather than from an outside light source. Some people report that phosphenes look like rapidly moving stars, or shapes of color that wander slowly across your vision.

Undergoing phosphenes is called photopsia. It may occur very quickly and resolve after a few moments, or could be a recurring feature in your vision. One or both eyes may be affected.

A common practice that usually triggers phosphenes is eye rubbing. This action stimulates photoreceptors inside the retina and causes the light and colors to appear. Many times, the phosphenes will continue to visibly float across the visual field a few moments after pressure on the eyes is released. While the response is a pretty cool phenomenon, rubbing your eyes can cause harm to the skin and muscles around the eye, as well as the eye itself.

BlueKat posted...

The flashes of light when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

Phosphenes are flashes of colorful light that are produced from inside the eye rather than from an outside light source. Some people report that phosphenes look like rapidly moving stars, or shapes of color that wander slowly across your vision.

Undergoing phosphenes is called photopsia. It may occur very quickly and resolve after a few moments, or could be a recurring feature in your vision. One or both eyes may be affected.

A common practice that usually triggers phosphenes is eye rubbing. This action stimulates photoreceptors inside the retina and causes the light and colors to appear. Many times, the phosphenes will continue to visibly float across the visual field a few moments after pressure on the eyes is released. While the response is a pretty cool phenomenon, rubbing your eyes can cause harm to the skin and muscles around the eye, as well as the eye itself.

I used to love doing that while high

Bubonic plague is still around. Mutations against it have been identified in London and Denmark --- I presume from remains.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/14/1231215446/so-you-think-you-know-all-about-the-plague
When a flea itself is infected, the plague bacteria live inside the insect's gut. There, the bacteria create a gooey, sticky material, called a biofilm. This film forms a little plug in the flea's throat, making it hard for the insect to swallow. So when the flea bites an animal, instead of swallowing the animal's blood, the flea essentially vomits the biofilm along with the plague bacteria into the animal's blood."
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The Gian Malaysian Katydid is a carnivorous insect with the largest testes of any known animal. Its nuts make up roughly 14% of its body weight lol. Theyre also loud as fuck :<

when you clean a vacuum cleaner, you become the vacuum cleaner.

when you get a larger bed, you have more bed room but less bedroom.

The fastest train in the world is Japans MLX01 Maglev, which can travel a mile in about 10 seconds