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Strange Facts that go against the grain completely

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  • #242
    ash23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭ash23


    44leto wrote: »
    Holy sh*t, that is kind of scary. But some would be crawling towards the end.

    Or you'd be dead.


  • #243
    skregs
    Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭skregs


    44leto wrote: »
    I remember reading it was safer for pedestrians for countries that deive on the right, it has something to do periphery vision, its sharper on the right. I couldn't find a link earlier.

    Typically right handed people have stronger vision in their right eye. So if you drive on the right, your stronger eye will monitor the side of the road and pathways.
    BUT, if you drive on the left, you're supposedly less likely to drive into another car because your dominant eye will be viewing oncoming traffic.


    Also weird: in countries that drive on the left, supermarkets usually run in a left to right fashion, but in countries that drive on the right, its right to left, because shoppers will be so used to travelling in that direction


  • #244
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    Your post was a big pile of rubbish.

    http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1076/is-it-aerodynamically-impossible-for-bumblebees-to-fly

    They shouldn't though ;). If you actually read my post, they should not be able to fly, until it was observed that they flip their wings over on the upstroke. That is why they can fly.

    There was no mention of whatever it was that you linked to. ;)

    Until recently we did not know how they flew. ;). Until it was observed. ;) As was detailed in my post.


  • #245
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    Sindri wrote: »
    They shouldn't though ;). If you actually read my post, they should not be able to fly, until it was observed that they flip their wings over on the upstroke. That is why they can fly.

    There was no mention of whatever it was that you linked to. ;)

    Until recently we did not know how they flew. ;). Until it was observed. ;) As was detailed in my post.

    "They should not be able to fly" is kind of a dumb statement, though. Not attacking you, I just hear this one all the time and it drives me up the wall. They can clearly fly, so it's not that they shouldn't be able to, it's that we didn't know how they managed it.


  • #246
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Bipolar Joe wrote: »
    "They should not be able to fly" is kind of a dumb statement, though. Not attacking you, I just hear this one all the time and it drives me up the wall. They can clearly fly, so it's not that they shouldn't be able to, it's that we didn't know how they managed it.

    Yes but if they just flapped their wings up and down then they actually wouldn't be able to fly as it would not create enough lift. That is why they should not be able to fly, or so it was thought.


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  • #247
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    Sindri wrote: »
    Yes but if they just flapped their wings up and down then they actually wouldn't be able to fly as it would not create enough lift. That is why they should not be able to fly, or so it was thought.

    The wings on a plane don't flap up and down. How do they fly?






    Magnets, I guess.


  • #248
    al28283
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭al28283


    Bipolar Joe wrote: »
    The wings on a plane don't flap up and down. How do they fly?






    Magnets, I guess.



  • #249
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    ash23 wrote: »
    The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

    What about North America and South America?

    [/pedantic]


  • #250
    ash23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭ash23


    quickbeam wrote: »
    [/pedantic]

    Very.


    ;)


  • #251
    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    quickbeam wrote: »
    What about North America and South America?

    [/pedantic]
    Yeah, but those are just descriptions for parts of America.


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  • #252
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    kylith wrote: »
    Yeah, but those are just descriptions for parts of America.

    North and south America are 2 different continents.


  • #253
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    44leto wrote: »
    North and south America are 2 different continents.

    Not always.


  • #254
    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    I only found out two months ago I didn't have to type www every time I enter a website address

    Was using the internet for years and years before I read that here

    Thanks boards

    you ain't seen nothing yet

    enjoy

    http://imgur.com/a/im9hn

    and you're all welcome


  • #255
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Sindri wrote: »
    Not always.

    They where since they drifted away from pangea they are seperate plate.


  • #256
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    44leto wrote: »
    They where since they drifted away from pangea they are seperate plate.

    Continents.
    A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents—they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Continental_models-Australia.gif


  • #257
    Felipe Wonderful Restaurant
    Posts: 0 ✭ Felipe Wonderful Restaurant


    Conall Cernach wrote: »
    That's because you tell yourself that the placebo effect works and this sugar pill is a placebo so therefore this pill will work.
    It only works for people who don't understand what the word means.


  • #258
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    danniemcq wrote: »
    mikemac1 wrote: »
    I only found out two months ago I didn't have to type www every time I enter a website address

    Was using the internet for years and years before I read that here

    Thanks boards

    you ain't seen nothing yet

    enjoy

    http://imgur.com/a/im9hn

    and you're all welcome

    +9x10^999999999999999999


  • #259
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,012 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You always shut your eyes for a moment when you sneeze.


  • #260
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Bipolar Joe wrote: »
    The wings on a plane don't flap up and down. How do they fly?

    Magnets, I guess.
    Give that man a cigar.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA


  • #261
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    Until 1957 The bbc went dark for an hour at 6 so that parents could get kids ready for bed.


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  • #262
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Temptamperu wrote: »
    Until 1957 The bbc went dark for an hour at 6 so that parents could get kids ready for bed.

    Nice,
    I heard this on QI
    On April 18 1930 at the 6.30 bulletin. A BBC presenter announced "Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news." It had been apparently judged that nothing newsworthy had happened.

    http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=bbc%20no%20news%20day&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewslite.tv%2F2011%2F04%2F18%2Fon-this-day-in-1930-bbc-said-t.html&ei=KDFET7qTLtG4hAe-vrinAg&usg=AFQjCNGqdbOv533FzDUOqe7E4Ym4cAsOAw&sig2=2CBkdTHVc_lnMzeB5ENxrw&cad=rja


  • #263
    ChippingSodbury
    Registered Users Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭ChippingSodbury


    Sindri wrote: »
    They shouldn't though ;). If you actually read my post, they should not be able to fly, until it was observed that they flip their wings over on the upstroke. That is why they can fly.

    There was no mention of whatever it was that you linked to. ;)

    Until recently we did not know how they flew. ;). Until it was observed. ;) As was detailed in my post.

    What do you call a fly with no wings?

    A walk


  • #264
    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    Roman Emperors ordered the death of a gladiator by giving a thumbs up. The thumb represented the sword, so if the thumb was up it was an indication to draw the sword. If the gladiators life was to be spared the thumb was kept inside a clenched fist just like a sheathed sword.


  • #265
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    More people die each year taking prescription drugs than they do taking heroin or cocaine.


  • #266
    castletownman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,977 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    Heard this one on QI today:

    There's more gold in a tonne of old mobile phones than there is in a tonne of ore from a gold mine. :eek:


  • #267
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Strictly speaking a pound of feathers is heavier than a pound of gold.


  • #268
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    44leto wrote: »
    Nice,
    I heard this on QI
    On April 18 1930 at the 6.30 bulletin. A BBC presenter announced "Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news." It had been apparently judged that nothing newsworthy had happened.

    http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=bbc%20no%20news%20day&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewslite.tv%2F2011%2F04%2F18%2Fon-this-day-in-1930-bbc-said-t.html&ei=KDFET7qTLtG4hAe-vrinAg&usg=AFQjCNGqdbOv533FzDUOqe7E4Ym4cAsOAw&sig2=2CBkdTHVc_lnMzeB5ENxrw&cad=rja

    April 18, 1930.

    The Chittagong Rebellion begins in India.

    The Supreme Council for Germany was installed by the Supreme Council of the Netherlands.

    Experts claim this date fell in the midst of the Great Depression and witnessed the death of Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, the first Cardinal to be born in Latin America.
    There was also the birth of Clive Revill, the New Zealand-born actor best known for his Shakespearean performances on the London stage.

    I had to do a googley google search...:p


  • #269
    strobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    danniemcq wrote: »
    you ain't seen nothing yet

    enjoy

    http://imgur.com/a/im9hn

    and you're all welcome

    :eek: What is this unholy witchery!?

    I say burn him!!


  • #270
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    April 18, 1930.

    The Chittagong Rebellion begins in India.

    The Supreme Council for Germany was installed by the Supreme Council of the Netherlands.

    Experts claim this date fell in the midst of the Great Depression and witnessed the death of Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, the first Cardinal to be born in Latin America.
    There was also the birth of Clive Revill, the New Zealand-born actor best known for his Shakespearean performances on the London stage.

    I had to do a googley google search...:p

    LOL

    Its now there is 24 hour new and newspeak whether there is 24 hours of news worthy news or not, most stories are fillers.

    I would love to flick on the 6 one only to hear Sharon say good evening there was no news today, now here is some cartoons to replace this scheduled programme.


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  • #271
    Pdfile
    Registered Users Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭Pdfile


    CiscoStudent wrote: »
    Russia, North Korea, South Korea And Vietnam have a combined military population that is larger then the rest of the worlds combined.

    If Russia, North Korea and China combined forces then we would all be fooked.

    Vietnam has a larger army than the USA.


    america very rarely scraps its old planes and tech, infact most is stored away ready to be used again in future or as cannon fodder in wwIII

    who needs a large stand army of inflantry with t-55 tanks and serise II ak-47's when you can rape them with harriers... :pac:


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