Random fact thread

[Baykush 328]

As a linguistics enthusiast I love this fact: The word "turkey" (the animal) is "hindi" in Turkish, in Hindi it is "peru", and in Quechua (Peru's most important indigenous language) it's called "turkiya". The circle completes 

[CheeryFox 23,821]

The largest cake sculpture measured over 16 metres long in Milan, Italy. 

[TBD 17,254]

 

 

Super Mario was formerly known as Jumpman.

Pac-Man was originally "Puck-Man."

Mega Man is "Rockman" (Rokkuman) in Japan.

Belmont (Castlevania) is "Belmondo" (Berumondo) in Japan.

 

 

 

Power ranger is originally from japan under Super Sentai !

[Luigi 7,869]

The Wright Bros first successful flight was only 175 feet long. That's not enough distance required to hit a home run in a baseball game.

[Lil Pip 775]

Fluid intelligence is more important than crystal intelligence for cognitive health.

Power ranger is originally from japan under Super Sentai !

That explains some things lol

[Artimis Whooves 1,576]

Heat will cause magnets to loose charge.

[TBD 17,254]

 

That explains some things lol

Lots of things. and also the american version kept some the battle scene from the Super Sentai xp.  that's way if you pay attention their body size doesn't match up.

[Earthenhoof 47]

On average there are about 4 times more cigarettes being smoked than google searches being ran, amounting to several billion every day.  According to Google and the World Health Organization.

[Member Berry 1,217]

French fries came from Belgium, not France.

[idunnomaybe 344]

post facts people may or may not know for example 

"Bae" actually means "Before Anyone Else" 

Moot means a matter is still subject for debate 

Modern Soldiers actually normally carry more than what Medieval knights did (including plate Armor which was more for jousting than combat) 

Wifi is actually an Australian invention 

so is the CD Key and DRM (Australia worse than Hitler confirmed) 


Edit thanks for what ever admin did that 

Edited December 1, 2016 by idunnomaybe

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

It is impossible to keep one's eyes open when sneezing. 

[Everfree Whisky 10]

Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers 

[Lucky Bolt 35,063]

The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has 707 horsepower and 650 ib torque, and a top speed of 199 miles per hour, making it the most powerful and fastest production muscle car ever. The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat can go even faster, with a top speed of 206 miles per hour.

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,440]

"Bae" is also a dutch word for a bowel movement.

 

The Sun is actually named Sol, as in Solar. The Earth has the real name of Terra, as in Terrestrial. The Moon has the name Luna, as in Lunar.

 

Also, nobody is really sure who first started calling Earth "Earth" anyway.

[EmeraldStar04 250]

Hillary's leaked emails reveal she was corrupt all along!

...jet fuel can't melt steel beams...

It doesn't need to melt them, heat weakens steal and makes it squishy enough for something big and heavy crashing into it to destroy it.

[Catpone Cerberus 23,599]

Finnish word for shop has about 2253 possible conjugations, and although all are not used that much, they all mean something and are grammatically right.

[IcyHaze 594]

Hillary's leaked emails reveal she was corrupt all along!

It doesn't need to melt them, heat weakens steal and makes it squishy enough for something big and heavy crashing into it to destroy it.

Is a joek

 

D'ya know like

 

Not being serious

[Kaneki 1,073]

In Indiana, hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.

 

source: dumblaws.com

[Luminance 2,186]

Florida has the lowest highest elevation in the US.

 

The city of Key West, FL is the only city in the continental U.S. to never experience a freeze.

 

Ft. lauderdale, FL is the only place in continental U.S. to be classified as a rainforest climate.

 

Bananas trees aren't exactly trees per say but actually they're perennial herbs.

 

The first Honda to ever bear the "Vtec" engine wasn't the NSX but instead was the Honda Integra XSi.

 

The Mazda 787b racecar in the 24 hours of LeMans is the only Japanese automaker to ever win LeMans.

 

It snows in Hawaii but constituting only to the highest volcanic peaks during the winter.

[AaronMk 280]

The industrial workforce in the US has downsized by roughly 10x its number if not more, but has managed to maintain industrial output or even expanded in several areas.

[Artimis Whooves 1,576]

Humans can't lick their own elbows.

[Zyrael 1,471]

light from the sun takes 5 hours to reach pluto

 

the milky way is roughly 100,000 light years across, meaning it would take 100,000 years to travel across it end to end at the speed of light.

Edited December 2, 2016 by Zyrael

[ImperatorAetheris 4]

Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov) was actually entitled to be considered a minor noble in the Russian Empire... Why?

 

Well, his father (Ilya Ulianov) was a public servant in the region of Simbirsk (today it's called "Ulyanovsk"), who for his years of service earned the Order of St. Vladimir on the 3rd Degree... prior to 1900, all degrees of said order bestowed hereditary nobility, while after 1900, it was only from the 3rd...

[idunnomaybe 344]

In Victoria Australia its technically against the law to change a light bulb instead its supposed to be changed by a qualified technician 

[AaronMk 280]

The factory originally was not a house of manufacture (a manufactories in this case) but were houses of combined merchants or factors on foreign soil (in the case of European merchants operating over seas); the head of which were called the Chief Factor. The factory of old thus served not just as a glorified trading post but most often in the colonial sense were the seats of civil administration, warehousing, civil defense, maritime navigation coordination, market, and other similar functions.