Post something you know most other people don't know [merged]

WhiteWashMan · 09-09-2007 7:22am

well, if you happen to be stuck in the arctic, and unable to eat the liver of a polar bear, to get essential vitamins such as vit c to stop scurvy, eat the stomach contents of local herbavores.
their stomachs can digest the local mosses and flora that grow in these places, while ours cant. the recommendation is to let it freeze in the ice, then boil it and eat with something else. it may keep you alove, but apparently it tastes like crap.

indiana jones creator george lucas thought that it wasnt a good enough script or idea to be a blockbuster movie, and stephen speilberg only worked on it becuase he wasnt doing anything at the time....
20 years and onto the 4th film later, its one of the biggest film series in moviedom.
i also know that harrison ford wasnt supposed to be the lead actor either. cant recall who it was. someone like tom sellick i think.

HammerHeadGym · 09-09-2007 11:02am

The 'mare' bit from nightmare is an old swedish word which refers to a type of demon.

Hagar · 09-09-2007 12:40pm

Deleted User wrote:

The first words spoke from the moon were "the eagle has landed!" not "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"

Close but no cigar.

As per the BBC

BBC wrote:

Armstrong had earlier reported the lunar module's safe landing at 2017 GMT with the words: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." As he put his left foot down first Armstrong declared: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Tragamin2k2 · 09-09-2007 6:45pm

the only place in the world you can dig straight down and end up in china or anywhere near it is south america, if you dig down from ireland you end up just south of new zealand

Sleepy · 09-09-2007 6:52pm

BBC wrote:

Armstrong had earlier reported the lunar module's safe landing at 2017 GMT with the words: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." As he put his left foot down first Armstrong declared: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Neil Young to this day claims that his first words were "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" but that a blip in the audio channel blocked out the word 'a'. Not surprising really because otherwise his sentence doesn't make much sense

Cionnfhaolaidh · 09-09-2007 6:52pm

Human flesh tastes like bacon

pretty-in-pink · 09-09-2007 7:31pm

if a shark gets turned upside down (on its back), it cant breathe and will die.

Most nursery rhymes were written about sex, to teach people about stds and the like.
Jack and Jill is all about popping you cherry- they actually wrapped the male appendage in vinegar and brown paper, in the believe it stopped it hurting etc

Goosey Goosey Gander is about either crabs, or the clap.

Brian Capture · 09-09-2007 7:34pm

BBC doesn't stand for British Broadcasting Corporation - it's actually Birmingham Broadcasting Corporation.

June 21 and December 21 don't have exclusive rights to longest / shortest days of year status.

*Tripper* · 09-09-2007 8:33pm

Contrary to popular belief I do not want to have sex with my mother!

pretty-in-pink · 09-09-2007 8:38pm

*Tripper* wrote:

Contrary to popular belief I do not want to have sex with my mother!

oh the yore ma retort possibility......

KilbarrackBlows · 09-09-2007 8:42pm

pretty-in-pink wrote:

if a shark gets turned upside down (on its back), it cant breathe and will die.

Most nursery rhymes were written about sex, to teach people about stds and the like.
Jack and Jill is all about popping you cherry- they actually wrapped the male appendage in vinegar and brown paper, in the believe it stopped it hurting etc

Goosey Goosey Gander is about either crabs, or the clap.

(o_O) you have sex on the brain

Pherekydes · 09-09-2007 8:53pm

Sleepy wrote:

Neil Young to this day claims that his first words were "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" but that a blip in the audio channel blocked out the word 'a'. Not surprising really because otherwise his sentence doesn't make much sense

Neil Young might have gotten high occasionally, but he never went to the moon.

pretty-in-pink · 09-09-2007 9:05pm

KilbarrackBlows wrote:

(o_O) you have sex on the brain

I'll take the fifth on that one.......

justindublin · 09-09-2007 9:25pm

Diesel is not flammable but rather combustible (self ignites under extreme pressure). Diesel engines therefore don’t have spark plugs to ignite the fuel, but rely on heat to bring about combustion. You can drop lit matches onto a puddle of Diesel all day and the match will just go out.

Unlike petrol.... in which case have an ambulance handy lol

Feral Mutant · 09-09-2007 10:49pm

Tragamin2k2 wrote:

the only place in the world you can dig straight down and end up in china or anywhere near it is south america, if you dig down from ireland you end up just south of new zealand

1400 kilometres south-east of New Zealand to be exact. Found that out a while ago. I was bored and was playing with google earth.

kowloon · 10-09-2007 6:36am

littlejp wrote:

dogs can't look up.

A true classic, you've got red on you

anotherlostie · 10-09-2007 8:27am

The actress who plays Alzheimers' sufferer Ellis Grey in Grey's Anatomy, is the daughter of Richard Burton (but not Liz Taylor).

axer · 10-09-2007 9:35am

Petrol does not explode, the vapours may ignite and burn quickly and violently, but petrol of itself is not an explosive substance.

The Denouncer · 10-09-2007 9:35am

The little girl who gets blown up near the start of The Untouchables is Kirsten Dunst! I know its not on IMDB under her name or the movie but it is her! Its such a tiny role its not credited anywhere, but look its her I'm telling you. Just the right age and same face..that's her before Interview with the Vampire..it is.

Sleepy · 10-09-2007 10:42am

Slow coach wrote:

Neil Young might have gotten high occasionally, but he never went to the moon.

ROFL, oops!

Mahatma coat · 10-09-2007 10:45am

Diesel engines function on compression ignition, almost any organic matter can be combusted this way, corns, grasses, leaves, spices.....

mise_me_fein · 10-09-2007 12:36pm

SDooM wrote:

The only big cat that purs is a cheetah.

You were watching that programme on Sky LOL

Tar.Aldarion · 10-09-2007 12:40pm

jesus is a vampire.

Terry · 10-09-2007 1:20pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

jesus is a vampire.

Really?
Had I known that, I wouldn't have let him build my hot rod.

birdwatcher · 10-09-2007 1:27pm

Michael Keatons (batman, beetlejuice etc..) real name is Michael Douglas.

astrofool · 10-09-2007 2:43pm

justindublin wrote:

Diesel is not flammable but rather combustible (self ignites under extreme pressure). Diesel engines therefore don’t have spark plugs to ignite the fuel, but rely on heat to bring about combustion. You can drop lit matches onto a puddle of Diesel all day and the match will just go out.

Unlike petrol.... in which case have an ambulance handy lol

So the chances of a freak diesel fight accident are quite slim then.

Calibos · 10-09-2007 2:49pm

Paying a bill of €111.12c with a €500 note gets you 1 of every note and coin as change. There is no other amount that does this.

Mahatma coat · 10-09-2007 2:52pm

Calibos wrote:

Paying a bill of €111.12c with a €500 note gets you 1 of every note and coin as change. There is no other amount that does this.

cept the 500;)

Genghiz Cohen · 10-09-2007 2:53pm

Calibos wrote:

Paying a bill of €111.12c with a €500 note gets you 1 of every note and coin as change. There is no other amount that does this.

Sept another €500 note ofc

AWWW SNIPED!!!!

Okie · 10-09-2007 3:20pm

The Bollox wrote:

yes there is. there's a very shítty looking statue of some guy (not sure who) between the spire and the bridge and I don't mean O'Connell himself

[edit] it's Jim Larkin

Terry wrote:

Big sick ugly?

Not the same name, but it made me think of him.

The Bollox wrote:

Terry wrote:

Ahh, someone will get it.

The thing that I know that most other people don't is........

I know who Terry is on about......

Big Sick Ugly Jim Martin

Well, nobody else seemed to know!

Terry · 10-09-2007 3:29pm

Nice.

MOH · 10-09-2007 5:10pm

"My Way" is an English version of a French song, "Comme d'habitude".

When Paul Anka bought the rights to the French version, it prevented a previous English version from being released.

Otherwise instead of Frank Sinatra, it would have been David Bowie singing

Varkov wrote:

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."

Varkov pooped in a secret place.

Should that not be the other way around?

event · 10-09-2007 6:36pm

Coileach dearg wrote:

Pelé got his name from an Irish missionary in Brazil. He used to watch kids playing and used the word as Gaeilge 'Peil' which means football, this was then associated with the great Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

this is false

He did not receive the nickname "Pelé" until his school days, when it is claimed he was given it because of his pronunciation of the name of his favorite player, local Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Bilé, which he misspoke "Pilé". He originally disliked the nickname, being suspended from school for punching the classmate that coined it, but the more he complained the more it stuck. In his autobiography, Pelé stated he had no idea what the name means, nor did his old friends. Apart from the assertion that the name is derived from that of Bilé, the word has no known meaning, although it does resemble the Irish language word 'Peil', meaning football

MooseJam · 10-09-2007 6:46pm

i thought pele was his real name

astrofool · 10-09-2007 7:35pm

All brazilians usually have some crazy long name. http://www.slate.com/id/2143404/

Mental Mickey · 10-09-2007 7:40pm

MooseJam wrote:

i thought pele was his real name

Nope. AFAIK, his real name is(something along these lines): Edson Arantes Di Nascimento.:D

Correct me if I'm wrong

Love2love · 10-09-2007 7:43pm

MooseJam wrote:

i thought pele was his real name

Me too.

Pherekydes · 10-09-2007 10:31pm

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, AKA Pelé.

Zico's real name was Arthur Antunes Coimbra.

Generate your own Brazilian Soccer shirt name:

here

Mine is Coito! (Based on slow coach and not my real name)

Sam Vimes · 10-09-2007 11:32pm

Brewerys use the same yeast for their beer permanently. The batch of yeast in guinness is the same one they've used since 1759 (afaik)

they keep samples of the yeast in yeast vaults in case of accidents that would destroy the batch they're using. Getting new yeast would completely change the taste of the beer

RoyalMarine · 11-09-2007 12:22am

Women blink twice as many times as men do.

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679.

and just to comment on that...

Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits