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Strange Facts that go against the grain completely

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    #362
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    The man with the largest recorded penis (13.5 inches) lives at home with his mom and hasnt been laid in 12 years.


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    #363
    Finneen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭Finneen


    69% of Boards users type loose when they mean lose
    82% type it's when they mean its
    and 76% type their when they mean they're


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    #364
    phill106
    Registered Users Posts: 6,810 ✭✭✭phill106


    Temptamperu wrote: »
    The man with the largest recorded penis (13.5 inches) lives at home with his mom and hasnt been laid in 12 years.

    I'm having a dry spell i tell you!


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    #365
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,726 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    al28283 wrote: »
    Pink%20Paint%20Shades%20B.JPG

    Are you saying that all these shades of pink look the same if you are a man?
    Because I don't think that is true

    http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/
    Thank you so much for all the help on the color survey. Over five million colors were named across 222,500 user sessions.
    If you have ideas and want to analyze these results further, I’ve posted the raw data as an SQLite dump here (84 MB .tar.gz file). It’s been anonymized, with IPs, URLs, and emails removed.


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    #366
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Ghandee wrote: »
    38.4% of all 'facts' are completely made up on the spot.

    The same can be said for statistics.


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    #367
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,726 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Dr Expired wrote: »
    Pretty much everything about the Earths Moon.
    Where did it come from ? Theia
    Its carbon dated to be older than the Earth. The half life of Carbon 14 is 5730 years so only good for dates till about 60,000 years ago. Also moon has no atmosphere, so no nitrogen so no carbon 14

    Why does it have a perfectly circular orbit around the Earth ? The only thing in our solar system that does. If this were true then there would be no lunar component in tides, not neep or spring tides. Also Triton is far more circular.

    Why is it synronised with Earth in such a way as only to show only one side of the moon ? This is so strange that it can not by acident.not it's not by accident, short version. Longer version gravitational interactions have locked one face towards up , it's a momentum thing. Many moons are like this. The planet Mercury is locked to the Sun in a similar way.

    Why is it the perfect distance from the Earth for sun eclipse ? Any nearer or any further and it would'nt be possible.the moon is drifting away from the earth, it's just coincidence that we are around to see it. Any earlier and eclipses would be longer
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    #368
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Mars bars don't melt when you deep-fry them (in boiling fat) :confused:


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    #369
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    LordSutch wrote: »
    Mars bars don't melt when you deep-fry them (in boiling fat) :confused:

    LOL

    Ehhh only if you batter them and the batter even makes them more unhealthy so win win.


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    #370
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    44leto wrote: »
    LordSutch wrote: »
    Mars bars don't melt when you deep-fry them (in boiling fat) :confused:

    LOL

    Ehhh only if you batter them and the batter even makes them more unhealthy so win win.
    Seems disgusting but in a good way :)


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    #371
    [Deleted User]
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    Temptamperu wrote: »
    The man with the largest recorded penis (13.5 inches) lives at home with his mom and hasnt been laid in 12 years.
    And about as useful as trying to park a bus in a car park!


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    #372
    Lanaier
    Registered Users Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Lanaier


    face1990 wrote: »
    In Chinese, blue and green are shades of the same colour.....

    Nope.
    Two completely different words, unless you are talking about some kind of perception thingy in Chinese culture....which would be an even bigger nope.


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    #373
    jay-me
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭jay-me


    Finneen wrote: »
    69% of Boards users type loose when they mean lose
    82% type it's when they mean its
    and 76% type their when they mean they're

    Don't forget about the 42% who say then when they mean than.


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    #374
    tfitzgerald
    Registered Users Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭tfitzgerald


    Finneen wrote: »
    69% of Boards users type loose when they mean lose
    76% type it's when they mean its
    and 82% type their when they mean they're

    The problem with quotes and facts on the Internet is that you can't always be sure of their authenticity" - Abraham Lincoln


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    #375
    thee glitz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭thee glitz


    face1990 wrote: »
    Also, your perception of shades and colours is mostly down to what language you speak. In Chinese, blue and green are shades of the same colour and in Middle English, 'gold' was a shade of red.

    True, well the perception part is anyway. The Himba people only describe 5 colours eg. "serandu" for red, orange or pink and use "zoozu" to mean any dark colour.


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    #376
    Adamas
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 66 ✭✭Adamas


    Ghandee wrote: »
    38.4% of all 'facts' are completely made up on the spot.


    Very interesting. I wonder then if we apply that rule to what you just said, and applied the 38.4% figure to it, then what is the probability that your statement is one of the 38% that is right, or the 62% that is not? Then, if the next person who does the same, and the next, will the original 38% of 38% of 38% etc, finally mean that the only remaining 'fact' remaining is that we are all basicaly talking ***** here....:D. I'm sure someone with OCD will work out a statistical table for us...any takers?


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    #377
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,202 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    KKkitty wrote: »
    Seems disgusting but in a good way :)
    Battered mars bars are glorious, fact.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #378
    Finneen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭Finneen


    jay-me wrote: »
    Don't forget about the 42% who say then when they mean than.
    Also, 77% type gray when they mean grey.


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    #379
    Cú Giobach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Cú Giobach


    jay-me wrote: »
    Don't forget about the 42% who say then when they mean than.

    It is annoying when they say then rather than than then then and than though they to them seem grand, can get confusing.


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    #380
    al28283
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭al28283


    Cú Giobach wrote: »
    It is annoying when they say then rather than than then then and than though they to them seem grand, can get confusing.

    I would have mentioned the people who say "would of"


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    #381
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Medical fact: If a woman drinks two glasses of wine a day it increases the chance of a stroke.

    If you let her finish the bottle she'll probably suck it as well!


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    #382
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    KKkitty wrote: »
    Seems disgusting but in a good way :)
    Battered mars bars are glorious, fact.
    Would they not be full of fat??


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    #383
    derekc1010
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭derekc1010


    A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!


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    #384
    Finneen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭Finneen


    Some plants can live on oxygen when carbon dioxide is unavailable.


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    #385
    ash23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭ash23


    KKkitty wrote: »
    Would they not be full of fat??


    The batter seals in the chocolate so the chocolate just melts. Similar to an ice cream fritter.

    They're full of fat because it's a mars bar, in batter, deep fried so calorific but it's not full of oil....... it's tasty tasty fat.


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    #386
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    ash23 wrote: »
    KKkitty wrote: »
    Would they not be full of fat??


    The batter seals in the chocolate so the chocolate just melts. Similar to an ice cream fritter.

    They're full of fat because it's a mars bar, in batter, deep fried so calorific but it's not full of oil....... it's tasty tasty fat.
    I can't imagine I'd be able to eat much of one but I'd give it a try.


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    #387
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,726 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    If you only eat rabbits then you will starve to death.


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    #388
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    If you only eat rabbits then you will starve to death.

    That's a good one!

    Is that not what they called trackers disease?

    Apparently there is bog all nutritional value in a rabbit and trackers who only ate rabbits just died suddenly...


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    #389
    elefant
    Registered Users Posts: 4,647 ✭✭✭elefant


    Standard Toaster wrote: »
    A Toblerone can only be bought in airport duty frees.

    Not true. They can be bought in one other place on earth, that being 2 for 1 in Ballybrit during the Galway Races!


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    #390
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Three card trick, ah you've seen it at point-to-points and other places

    Everyone knows it's crooked.
    And Johnny who wins is their friend

    But it's a scam even if it was not crooked

    Three cards, three to one
    But if you win you only double your money

    So it's a stupid bet anyway. Even if the bossman was straight up and honest you are still going to lose


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    #391
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Three card trick, ah you've seen it at point-to-points and other places

    Everyone knows it's crooked.
    And Johnny who wins is their friend

    But it's a scam even if it was not crooked

    Three cards, three to one
    But if you win you only double your money

    So it's a stupid bet anyway. Even if the bossman was straight up and honest you are still going to lose

    Well not really. If something is massively obvious then doubling one's money is value.


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