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01-05-2011 , 05:50 PM

#926

LVGambler

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n1^

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01-05-2011 , 07:16 PM

#927

NoahSD

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Originally Posted by NHFunkii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...misconceptions

http://xkcd.com/843/

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01-05-2011 , 07:39 PM

#928

Udummy

adept

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 909

Great one Funkii

This made me laugh so hard: "Thomas Crapper did not invent the flush toilet"

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01-05-2011 , 07:44 PM

#929

NoahSD

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I was like 90% sure that "John Crapper" invented the toilet

. Pretty sure I told someone that like a month ago. (File that under awesome topics of conversation.)

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01-05-2011 , 11:50 PM

#930

Dark Force

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"Crapper, however, did much to increase its popularity and came up with some related inventions....He was not the origin of the word crap, but his name may have helped popularize it."

Baffling.

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01-06-2011 , 07:25 PM

#931

Doc_Holiday322

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Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 6

Just watched the movie again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang.

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01-06-2011 , 07:53 PM

#932

Penologified

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Korean's are afraid of fans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

Lawyer's also can be fun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_penis_rule

The Whizzinator (false penis included)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Original_Whizzinator

Coma patients like to troll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_accent_syndrome

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01-06-2011 , 08:13 PM

#933

thethethe

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Awesome find NHFunkii. Only problem is I'm going to turn into 'that guy' who bores everyone by correcting them when they proudly come up what they think is an interesting fact.

"Let me just stop there..."
"Well actually..."
etc

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01-06-2011 , 10:44 PM

#934

garcia1000

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Most human's abuse apostrophes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostro...ct_English_use

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01-07-2011 , 12:58 AM

#935

loK2thabrain

Tiger > Jack

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 23,203

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Originally Posted by NoahSD

I was like 90% sure that "John Crapper" invented the toilet

. Pretty sure I told someone that like a month ago. (File that under awesome topics of conversation.)

I did a report in elementary school and I remember the class laughing when I told them John Crapper invented the toilet. I'm almost positive I got that out of the encyclopedia set we had at home.

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01-07-2011 , 01:02 AM

#936

LondonBroil

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Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,937

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Originally Posted by nflods

Oak Island Money Pit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island_Money_Pit

Franklin Roosevelt, Pirates, booby traps, cipher stones, Knights Templar and the Holy Grail

Came here to post this one. More information w/ maps and diagrams can be found here: http://www.unmuseum.org/oakisl.htm

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01-07-2011 , 01:15 AM

#937

Udummy

adept

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 909

Quote:

Originally Posted by LondonBroil

Came here to post this one. More information w/ maps and diagrams can be found here: http://www.unmuseum.org/oakisl.htm

I honestly wish someone like the Google guys would take the money pit on. Its hard for me to accept that ill never know whats down there.

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01-07-2011 , 02:09 AM

#938

tvent37

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Radioactivity of bananas used as a standard measure to make comparisons to nuclear events.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose

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01-07-2011 , 04:44 PM

#939

vetiver

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Originally Posted by tvent37

Radioactivity of bananas used as a standard measure to make comparisons to nuclear events.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose

interesting.

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Another way to consider the concept is by comparing the risk from radiation-induced cancer to that from cancer from other sources. For instance, a radiation exposure of 10 mrems (10,000,000,000 picorems) increases your risk of death by about one in one million—the same risk as eating 40 tablespoons of peanut butter, or of smoking 1.4 cigarettes.[5]

trying to figure out what the bolded means. they have a study [5] attached but i don't feel like reading it. does it just mean "risk of getting deadly cancer at some point in your life"?

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01-07-2011 , 04:48 PM

#940

NoahSD

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That statement doesn't make any sense as written. It could be chance of dying in the next year or in the next hour or in the next minute or due to cancer in your lifetime (in which case it would've had to start out with an assumption about how old you are and whether or not you smoke etc etc etc) or god knows what. It was probably taken from a source who either neglected to mention what exactly he'd calculated or where it was clear in context that the wiki editor missed. You could try going to the source if you feel like it, but I think the jist is clear that whatever the hell 10 mrems is completely insignificant.

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01-07-2011 , 07:17 PM

#941

Paul McSwizzle

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bump, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_proportion

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01-08-2011 , 02:32 AM

#942

Pelican86

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_...tional_history

Two guys spent two months in an airplane, doing all the refueling and picking up food from a car. Granted, the stall speed of that plane is probably 50-60 mph, but that's still pretty insane.

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01-09-2011 , 03:35 AM

#943

Ponder

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_transplant

monkey head transplant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdJGl...layer_embedded

living severed dog head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSrIk...eature=related

vids might be disturbing

Last edited by Ponder; 01-09-2011 at 03:50 AM. Reason: fixed

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01-09-2011 , 03:45 AM

#944

blind squirrel

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That's the same vid twice....

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01-09-2011 , 03:00 PM

#945

sportsjefe

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Quote:

Originally Posted by good_gamble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions

From the Biology section

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Lemmings do not engage in mass suicidal dives off cliffs when migrating. They will, however, occasionally, and unintentionally fall off cliffs when venturing into unknown territory, with no knowledge of the boundaries of the environment. The misconception is due largely to the Disney film White Wilderness, which shot many of the migration scenes (also staged by using multiple shots of different groups of lemmings) on a large, snow-covered turntable in a studio. Photographers later pushed the lemmings off a cliff. The misconception itself is much older, dating back to at least the late nineteenth century.

wow.

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01-09-2011 , 03:10 PM

#946

cardiolite

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nflods

Oak Island Money Pit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island_Money_Pit

Franklin Roosevelt, Pirates, booby traps, cipher stones, Knights Templar and the Holy Grail

I live right across the street from the Oak Island Inn about 2 kilometers from Oak Island. If you look on that map in the wiki article the Inn is located in Western Shore. As you might imagine it is a big deal here with lots of locals having been treasure hunters on the island. Most of the land of the island is currently privately owned including the area where the money pit is located. Every once in a while you hear a story about the NS and Canadian governments trying to buy the land from the private owners and open it up as a tourist destination.

Last edited by cardiolite; 01-09-2011 at 03:16 PM.