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The longest death scene in movie history belongs to 1924's Kean, in which Ivan Mozzhukhin spends 16-20 minutes dying (depending on projection speed).

Keeping with my "this is a thing" gimmick... I give you, a hotdog flavored frozen popsicle.
https://www.chewboom.com/2022/08/25/oscar-mayer-debuts-new-cold-dog-as-the-first-ever-hot-dog-flavored-frozen-pop/

If a man falls (down a ladder, stairs, etc.) and gets an erection, he has a spinal injury.

or is possibly a masochist. But spinal injuries can cause boners.

YugiNoob posted...

or is possibly a masochist. But spinal injuries can cause boners.

or he really really liked the ladder.

Questionmarktarius posted...

or he really really liked the ladder.

Wouldnt that give him the erection that made him fall in the first place?

This bathroom has blue lights so people cant find a vein :o

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There are sticks on the backs of these cats so they cant walk out the gate lol

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/1/3/AAPV5JAADmyh.jpg

YugiNoob posted...

There are sticks on the backs of these cats so they cant walk out the gate lol

That's clever.

Len Dawson is the only football player to be called for a penalty posthumously.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34460795/kansas-city-chiefs-players-honor-late-hall-fame-qb-len-dawson-special-huddle-game

The Chiefs took a delay of game penalty, which was announced over the Arrowhead Stadium public address system as on No. 16, the uniform Dawson wore for the Chiefs.

There are many dead media formats out there, but did you know that it exist VHS tapes that supported 1080i/720p?
DVHS (Digital VHS) was a nextgen VHS format that stored data digitally. You needed a more expensive DVHS player and more expensive DVHS tapes, but they had the same size as normal VHS tapes.
DVHS VCRs can record at multiple speeds. "HS" is "High Speed", "STD" is "Standard" and "LS" is "Low Speed"; where LS3 and LS5 represent 3 and 5 times the standard length of tape, respectively. High-definition content such as 1920x1080 or 1280x720 is typically stored at 28.2 Mbit/s (HS speed). Standard-definition content such as 720x576 (720x480) can be stored at bit rates from 14.1 Mbit/s down to 2.8 Mbit/s (STD, LS3, LS5 speeds).
The quality of STD speed is actually superior to the average DVD, since this speed has a much higher bitrate (approximately 14 versus 5 Mbit/s average) and suffers few compression artifacts. The LS3 speed is roughly equal to an amateur DVD with some visible artifacts in high-action scenes (4.7 Mbit/s), and LS5 appears similar to a medium-quality video download (2.8 Mbit/s).
They also released pre-recorded movies called D-Theater. You had to own a D-Theater-compatible DVHS-player in order to watch them.
The movies had 3 regions (1 USA, 2 Japan, 3 South Korea). No movies were released in region 2 or 3, but at least region 2 had D-Theater-compatible players.
91 movies were released, with I Robot being the last one. Each movie also had chapters, just like DVDs.
Support was dropped like two years before Bluray was released.

Parrots have weird tongues D:

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Quantum mechanics suggests that no element can exist past 137, because the S1 electrons would need to orbit beyond the speed of light.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_periodic_table#Elements_above_the_atomic_number_137

Questionmarktarius posted...

Quantum mechanics suggests that no element can exist past 137, because the S1 electrons would need to orbit beyond the speed of light.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_periodic_table#Elements_above_the_atomic_number_137

This argument presumes that the atomic nucleus is pointlike. A more accurate calculation must take into account the small, but nonzero, size of the nucleus, which is predicted to push the limit further to 173.
And then it exist theories that more Island of stability exist above both 137 and 173.

The 58th episodes of both The Twilight Zone (60's) and Supernatural have plots that feature people being contacted by deceased relatives through phone calls.

Rutger Hauer's screen debut was the lead role in the Dutch mini-series Floris, which was also the first major project by the series' director, Paul Verhoeven. They worked together several times over the next decade plus, but they are both remembered primarily for projects they made apart.

Bulma shot Goku with a gun D:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/2/8/AAZgIXAADnCY.jpg KFC's secret 11 herbs and spices.

*Colonel Sanders aims sniper rifle*

Foppe posted...

There are many dead media formats out there, but did you know that it exist VHS tapes that supported 1080i/720p?
DVHS (Digital VHS) was a nextgen VHS format that stored data digitally. You needed a more expensive DVHS player and more expensive DVHS tapes, but they had the same size as normal VHS tapes.
DVHS VCRs can record at multiple speeds. "HS" is "High Speed", "STD" is "Standard" and "LS" is "Low Speed"; where LS3 and LS5 represent 3 and 5 times the standard length of tape, respectively. High-definition content such as 1920x1080 or 1280x720 is typically stored at 28.2 Mbit/s (HS speed). Standard-definition content such as 720x576 (720x480) can be stored at bit rates from 14.1 Mbit/s down to 2.8 Mbit/s (STD, LS3, LS5 speeds).
The quality of STD speed is actually superior to the average DVD, since this speed has a much higher bitrate (approximately 14 versus 5 Mbit/s average) and suffers few compression artifacts. The LS3 speed is roughly equal to an amateur DVD with some visible artifacts in high-action scenes (4.7 Mbit/s), and LS5 appears similar to a medium-quality video download (2.8 Mbit/s).
They also released pre-recorded movies called D-Theater. You had to own a D-Theater-compatible DVHS-player in order to watch them.
The movies had 3 regions (1 USA, 2 Japan, 3 South Korea). No movies were released in region 2 or 3, but at least region 2 had D-Theater-compatible players.
91 movies were released, with I Robot being the last one. Each movie also had chapters, just like DVDs.
Support was dropped like two years before Bluray was released.

ugh....regional restrictions...ugh...VHS still had more versatility, as you could store 6-8 hours on one tape. CDs they were like....lets make them biased on region.

NTSC=National Television System Committee
PAL=Phase Alternation Line

Used in gaming, NTSC plays at 30 FPS, while PAL plays at 25

The British Interplanetary Society was created in 1933 with the intention to put a man on the moon.
Sadly they couldnt do any rocket experiments because of the Explosives Act of 1875.
They did however designed a spacesuit in the 40s.
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MI4_REAL posted...

NTSC=National Television System Committee
PAL=Phase Alternation Line

Used in gaming, NTSC plays at 30 FPS, while PAL plays at 25

Thats not fully correct...
NTSC updates the screen 60 times per second while PAL updates 50 times per second. Used in gaming, you want to get 60/50 or 30/25 FPS to get a lagfree experience. Most games were running at 60/50 FPS before they went 3D.
There are also games that doesnt run at 60/30/50/25 FPS which made them lag/desync.
Then there is PAL-M, popular in Brazil, that was basically NTSC with PAL color encoding.
There is also PAL-60 that alows PAL to run in 60 Hz.
The French used SECAM, which is basically PAL that handles the color different.

MI4_REAL posted...

NTSC=National Television System Committee
PAL=Phase Alternation Line

I've heard a humorus take on these two acronyms.
NTSC = Never The Same Color.
PAL = Perfection At Last.

Thompson posted...

I've heard a humorus take on these two acronyms.
NTSC = Never The Same Color.
PAL = Perfection At Last.

They also say Never Twice Same Color.

There are only 2 known surviving examples of pre WWII "high definition" television from British television. One is the coronation of King George VI. It survives because someone filmed his television while watching it.

The other is about 4 minutes that were filmed in America when strange weather patterns allowed British television to be seen in America one day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kk0ytK_nqA

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Foppe posted...

Thats not fully correct...
NTSC updates the screen 60 times per second while PAL updates 50 times per second. Used in gaming, you want to get 60/50 or 30/25 FPS to get a lagfree experience. Most games were running at 60/50 FPS before they went 3D.
There are also games that doesnt run at 60/30/50/25 FPS which made them lag/desync.
Then there is PAL-M, popular in Brazil, that was basically NTSC with PAL color encoding.
There is also PAL-60 that alows PAL to run in 60 Hz.
The French used SECAM, which is basically PAL that handles the color different.

Ah, nice! I think I also crossed my wires a bit. Thanks for the extra info!

After Jane Mansfield's fatal car accident from rear ending a semi, trucks have been required to put a guard on the back to help prevent cars from ending up underneath from a rear end car crash. Used to be called (and still is sometimes) a Mansfield Bar.

Cocytus is the frozen river in the Lowest level of Hell.

I was also drunk when I posted that. It's from "A Divine Comedy"

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Tornados used to be called "twirlblasts" and "twirlwinds" in the 18th century.

Imit8m3 posted...

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looks like a penis

josifrees posted...

looks like a penis

You should see the cloud of smoke it makes without the silencer. It is also vaguely phallic.

Eating your offspring may be a sign of good parenting in some species:

The thought of any creature devouring its babies may be horrific to us, but for some animals, such as certain fish, reptiles, and amphibians, that's not the case, according to 2019 research published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Among these creatures, sacrificing some of their young via cannibalism may be a way to help their other offspring survive when overcrowding becomes a problem.

Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake entirely within the United States

Kansas City is a city that resides in both the states of Kansas and Missouri. As far as I know, it is the only city to do such, and the why is beyond me, besides to confuse travelers.

MI4_REAL posted...

Kansas City is a city that resides in both the states of Kansas and Missouri. As far as I know, it is the only city to do such, and the why is beyond me, besides to confuse travelers.

East Chicago is in Indiana, and is pretty much just an extension of Chicago. I read an article a couple of years back how this was problematic for several residents...

MI4_REAL posted...

Kansas City is a city that resides in both the states of Kansas and Missouri. As far as I know, it is the only city to do such, and the why is beyond me, besides to confuse travelers.

Looking beyond the US, there is Lloydminster which is in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. Bit different since its one city whereas google tells me Kansas City is two separate cities.

Alaska is the northernmost, easternmost, and westernmost state in America

Ive uploaded over 300 playthroughs on Youtube.

Super Mario 64 was in development for 622 days.

There was almost a ban on automobiles, but the term "jaywalking" was cooked up by the Big Three Automakers to demonize pedestrians and shift the blame, as many pedestrians were being hit by cars.

Look up "Evolution of Traffic" for more info....(Trust me, there were no road rules back then)

In 1899 ninety percent of New York Citys taxi cabs were electric vehicles.

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