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The first iPhone wasn't made by Apple:

The first mobile device to be called an "iPhone" was made by Cisco, not Apple. It allowed the user to use the voice functions of Skype without a computer. Apple announced its own product just 22 days later, and Cisco sued for trademark infringement. The lawsuit was ultimately settled out of court and both companies were allowed to keep using the name. However, you've probably never heard of the Cisco iPhone.

Yellow bananas are man-made. Theyre often used in an argument that a yellow banana is an atheists worst nightmare because how perfectly crafted they are which is hilarious.

For 100 years, maps have shown an island that doesn't exist:

Almost nothing is known about Sandy Island, a land mass about the size of Manhattan in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia. Supposedly, explorer James Cook discovered it in 1774, and it began appearing on nautical maps in 1908. It wasn't until 2012, when a team of Australian scientists set out to survey the island, that they discovered there was no island there at all. The scientists guessed that Cook may have in fact spotted a "pumice raft" of floating volcanic stone and gas. The Sydney Morning Herald even published an obituary for Sandy Island.

indica posted...

For 100 years, maps have shown an island that doesn't exist:

Almost nothing is known about Sandy Island, a land mass about the size of Manhattan in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia. Supposedly, explorer James Cook discovered it in 1774, and it began appearing on nautical maps in 1908. It wasn't until 2012, when a team of Australian scientists set out to survey the island, that they discovered there was no island there at all. The scientists guessed that Cook may have in fact spotted a "pumice raft" of floating volcanic stone and gas. The Sydney Morning Herald even published an obituary for Sandy Island.

*lost theme*

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Babies are physical anomalies:

Babies, particularly newborns, are surprisingly different from the children they'll grow up to be. When they're born, their heads account for a quarter of their full body weight, and the size of their brains will double in the first year of life. Babies have 300 bones and around 10,000 tastebuds all over their mouth. Some of the bones will fuse as they age (into 206, as an adult), but the tastebuds not on the tongue will eventually vanish.

A tick bite can make you allergic to red meat:

Plenty of people have food allergies, but few are the result of an insect bite. In a strange and growing trend, some people who get bitten by the Lone Star tick can develop a sudden allergy to red meat. Beef, lamb, and pork (which are technically classified as red meat) can make people with this allergy experience headaches, sneezing, a runny nose, and nausea. In severe cases, it can cause the person to be unable to breathe. For some sufferers, the allergy fades over time, but for others, it's permanent.

Beverly Hills Cop 2, which was rated R for lots of people getting shot, constant profanity, and even some nakedness, won 2 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice awards.

bigtiggie23 posted...

Beverly Hills Cop 2, which was rated R for lots of people getting shot, constant profanity, and even some nakedness, won 2 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice awards.

I remember that and being mad I wasnt allowed to watch it. I think Running Man also won stuff

Harriet Tubman was even more heroic than you thought:

You probably know that Harriet Tubman was a former slave who became a political activist for the abolition movement. But in addition to smuggling escaped slaves through the Underground Railroad, during the Civil War she was the first woman to lead an armed assault. She planned and executed a number of raids and was known to carry a revolver for personal protection. During one famous raid, she freed over 700 slaves from a plantation in Florida, nearly ten times the number she saved through the entirety of the Underground Railroad

Tornadoes can cause "fish rain"

Tornadoes can develop over water just as well as they can over land. When they do, they're called "waterspouts," and they suck up large amounts of lake or sea wateras well as whatever's swimming in that water. If the waterspout travels on to the land and the winds decrease, there's nowhere for those fish to go but down. As far as we know, there's no tornado powerful enough to pick up sharks, but a fish-nado is entirely possible.

The last White Rhino recently died and became extinct after 55 million years.

They survived 4 extinctionist events. They did not survive humans.

indica posted...

Tornadoes can cause "fish rain"

Tornadoes can develop over water just as well as they can over land. When they do, they're called "waterspouts," and they suck up large amounts of lake or sea wateras well as whatever's swimming in that water. If the waterspout travels on to the land and the winds decrease, there's nowhere for those fish to go but down. As far as we know, there's no tornado powerful enough to pick up sharks, but a fish-nado is entirely possible.

But can they cause a SHARKNA-

...awww :(

MI4 REAL posted...

The last White Rhino recently died and became extinct after 55 million years.

They survived 4 extinctionist events. They did not survive humans.

to be clear, this is in reference to northern white rhinos

southern white rhinos are still around and i believe are even the most populous of living rhinos today

MI4 REAL posted...

The last White Rhino recently died and became extinct after 55 million years.

They survived 4 extinctionist events. They did not survive humans.

Stuff like that I find to be the only plausible evidence we came from aliens. We don't cohabitate with the ecosystem well at all.

MI4 REAL posted...

The last White Rhino recently died and became extinct after 55 million years.

They survived 4 extinctionist events. They did not survive humans.

Where did you find this? The most recent I can find from a month ago is that the last two females are still alive. The last male died in 2018. Yes, that means the subspecies is doomed without a male but thats different than saying the last one has died.

Stagmar posted...

Where did you find this? The most recent I can find from a month ago is that the last two females are still alive. The last male died in 2018. Yes, that means the subspecies is doomed without a male but thats different than saying the last one has died.

Some youtube video. But yeah I know there can be errors, in whole or in part.

Napoleon was once attacked by thousands of rabbits:

Napoleon Bonaparte was once one of the most powerful men in Europe, but he suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands (or paws) of rabbits. After a military victory, Napoleon's chief of staff organized a rabbit hunt to celebrate. Thousands of rabbits were brought in to be set loose, but instead of hopping away when the cages were opened, they turned to attack, swarming the partygoers. After trying and failing to shoo them away, the great Emperor Napoleon ran for the safety of his carriage.

lmao get rekt short stuff

indica posted...

Napoleon was once attacked by thousands of rabbits:

Napoleon Bonaparte was once one of the most powerful men in Europe, but he suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands (or paws) of rabbits. After a military victory, Napoleon's chief of staff organized a rabbit hunt to celebrate. Thousands of rabbits were brought in to be set loose, but instead of hopping away when the cages were opened, they turned to attack, swarming the partygoers. After trying and failing to shoo them away, the great Emperor Napoleon ran for the safety of his carriage.

Oh man that's almost as bad as the war of the emu. I can't recall all the details so I'll give a simple version. War vets from I wanna say Australia settled down somewhere and started up some farmland. Emus where helping themselves to their crop. So they ask for assistance and where granted a galling gun and 20k rounds of ammo. Everytime they'd start shooting the emu would scatter and they'd only kill a few. They ran out of ammo only having killed a tiny fraction of the emu.

So while the emu didn't rack up a body count they won the war of attrition.

mooreandrew58 posted...

Oh man that's almost as bad as the war of the emu. I can't recall all the details so I'll give a simple version. War vets from I wanna say Australia settled down somewhere and started up some farmland. Emus where helping themselves to their crop. So they ask for assistance and where granted a galling gun and 20k rounds of ammo. Everytime they'd start shooting the emu would scatter and they'd only kill a few. They ran out of ammo only having killed a tiny fraction of the emu.

So while the emu didn't rack up a body count they won the war of attrition.

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

indica posted...

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

Thanks. I've had a long day and couldn't be bothered with looking it up. Had just woke up after being up 27 hours when I posted

The cartoon character Johnny Bravo was named after his creator Giovanni "Van" Bravo Partible. Giovanni is the Italian equivalent of John :3

Also Van Partible is Philipino

Nothing about apple pie is American:

Apples originally come from Asia. The first pies were baked in Medieval Europe. Even the concept of putting apples in pie traces back to a recipe from England in 1381. Nevertheless, the phrase "as American as apple pie" turned up by 1924 and became a common saying during the years of the Second World War.

Venus is the hottest planet, despite being the 2nd from the Sun, due to greenhouse gases. It is twice as hot as Mercury, the closest to the Sun, and Venus is 980F.

A mercurian year is 88 days.

A venusian year is about 242 days.

A plutonian year is 247 earth years.

The Moon is 1/6 earths gravity

Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise, so the sun rises in the west and sets in the east :D

YugiNoob posted...

Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise, so the sun rises in the west and sets in the east :D

Ha! good timing mate. 9 seconds off.

Planet facts :D

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Mars is known as Aries or Ares.

MI4 REAL posted...

Mars is known as Aries or Ares.

Areth

King Rial posted...

Areth

Weebs just dont want to accept the truth

Alteres posted...

Weebs just dont want to accept the truth

Not a weeb.

This exists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TP-ZzKbXJk

Pigs are constitutionally protected in Florida:

First written in 1838, the Constitution of the state of Florida guarantees the right to privacy, the freedom of speech, and the right of pregnant pigs to be free from cages. Unlike many crazy or outdated laws, this amendment is recent (passed in 2002) and comes from a well-meaning place: the prevention of cruelty to animals. During pregnancy, a pig must not be caged or even tethered such that it can't turn around freely.

People are literally trolling Russia by broadcasting troll faces on their radio waves

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The 1985 movie Clue had 3 different endings, and each screening would randomly show a different one. The home video release had all 3 endings :3

MI4 REAL posted...

A venusian year is about 242 days.

And a day on venus is 243 earth days

Sweat doesn't actually stink:

You might notice that any sweat you produce right after a shower doesn't smell so bad. That's because your sweat itself isn't stinky; it's the bacteria on your skin that breaks the sweat down that causes the odor. Additionally, you'll find that the sweat on your arms and legs doesn't smell as much as your armpits. That's because sweat glands in your armpits secrete more protein into a dark, damp environmentthe perfect place and food for bacteria.

indica posted...

The first iPhone wasn't made by Apple:

The first mobile device to be called an "iPhone" was made by Cisco, not Apple. It allowed the user to use the voice functions of Skype without a computer. Apple announced its own product just 22 days later, and Cisco sued for trademark infringement. The lawsuit was ultimately settled out of court and both companies were allowed to keep using the name. However, you've probably never heard of the Cisco iPhone.

Cisco also made "ios" which is the name of the shell for their networking hardware. Like the DOS Prompt or BASH.

Metallica has performed on all seven continents in a calendar year

Koalas are so stupid, that theyre literally smooth brained

YugiNoob posted...

Koalas are so stupid, that theyre literally smooth brained

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Water vapor is Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas. It's responsible for about half of Earth's greenhouse effect the process that occurs when gases in Earth's atmosphere trap the Sun's heat.

you can see the moon from the great wall of china

In 1967, Alfa Romeo introduced a new model of sports car in a car expo in Montreal, Canada. This car would subsequently earn the name Alfa Rome Montreal and was produced from 1970 to 1977.
It was never sold in Canada, let alone North America.

Lamborghini created his car out of spite after he tried to work for Ferrari, who laughed in his face when he tried.

http://isciencemag.co.uk/features/fact-of-the-day-1/

Drinking absolutely pure water can kill you. All the water we normally drink from taps, from bottles, from the garden hose contains impurities which affect a property of water called tonicity. This is the ability of a solution to draw or repel water from ajacent solutions when separated by a membrane. Solutions that are hypertonic gain water, while hypotonic solutions lose water. Drinking water, which we usually think of as pure, really contains a whole mess of salts and sugars which make it slightly hypertonic. They also give water its taste.

The cytoplasm in the cells of your body also have a tonicity. So, when they are exposed to hypertonic solutions, the cells themselves lose water and shrivel up. When they are in hypotonic solutions, they gain water, swelling up and bursting like a balloon. Absolutely pure water -with no impurities at all is the most hypotonic solution. So, if you drink enough of it, your cells will start absorbing water. This disturbs the balance of electrolytes (electrically conductive ions) in your body. This is most seriously a problem in the brain, where water poisoning can lead to brain damage, coma and even death.

Cashews look fucking weird

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Blue_Thunder posted...

http://isciencemag.co.uk/features/fact-of-the-day-1/

Drinking absolutely pure water can kill you. All the water we normally drink from taps, from bottles, from the garden hose contains impurities which affect a property of water called tonicity. This is the ability of a solution to draw or repel water from ajacent solutions when separated by a membrane. Solutions that are hypertonic gain water, while hypotonic solutions lose water. Drinking water, which we usually think of as pure, really contains a whole mess of salts and sugars which make it slightly hypertonic. They also give water its taste.

The cytoplasm in the cells of your body also have a tonicity. So, when they are exposed to hypertonic solutions, the cells themselves lose water and shrivel up. When they are in hypotonic solutions, they gain water, swelling up and bursting like a balloon. Absolutely pure water -with no impurities at all is the most hypotonic solution. So, if you drink enough of it, your cells will start absorbing water. This disturbs the balance of electrolytes (electrically conductive ions) in your body. This is most seriously a problem in the brain, where water poisoning can lead to brain damage, coma and even death.

So I shouldn't chug a gallon of type 2 deionized water?