[44leto]

Originally Posted by ash23

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

Holy sh*t, that is kind of scary. But some would be crawling towards the end.

[ash23]

Originally Posted by 44leto

Holy sh*t, that is kind of scary. But some would be crawling towards the end.

Or you'd be dead.

[skregs]

Originally Posted by 44leto

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

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by --Kaiser--

Your post was a big pile of rubbish.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...blebees-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.

[Bipolar Joe]

Originally Posted by Sindri

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.

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by Bipolar Joe

"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.

[Bipolar Joe]

Originally Posted by Sindri

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.

[al28283]

Originally Posted by Bipolar Joe

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






Magnets, I guess.

[quickbeam]

Originally Posted by ash23

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

What about North America and South America?

[/pedantic]

[ash23]

Originally Posted by quickbeam

[/pedantic]

Very.

[kylith]

Originally Posted by quickbeam

What about North America and South America?

[/pedantic]

Yeah, but those are just descriptions for parts of America.

[44leto]

Originally Posted by kylith

Yeah, but those are just descriptions for parts of America.

North and south America are 2 different continents.

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by 44leto

North and south America are 2 different continents.

Not always.

[danniemcq]

Originally Posted by mikemac1

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

[44leto]

Originally Posted by Sindri

Not always.

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