The most boring single fact you can come up with

MassDeb8r · 19-01-2009 04:35PM

There's no place like 127.0.0.1

jobucks · 19-01-2009 04:35PM

If I didn't have the internet I don't think I would come to work... fact

Slow Motion · 19-01-2009 04:39PM

julep wrote: »

I do.
It's not that interesting.

In other news, a parsec is a unit of measurement (The distance between the Earth and the sun).

It's also called an AU (Astronomical unit)

Mr. Frost · 19-01-2009 04:39PM

julep wrote: »

In other news, a parsec is a unit of measurement (The distance between the Earth and the sun).

It's actually a unit of measurement used in space - not necessarily just the earth and the sun.

A Kiloparsec = well over 3,000 light years!

ejmaztec · 19-01-2009 04:41PM

A snowflake that I saw falling from the sky landed on the grass and melted.

monkeyfudge · 19-01-2009 04:43PM

julep wrote: »

I do.
It's not that interesting.

In other news, a parsec is a unit of measurement (The distance between the Earth and the sun).

He was wrong.

He could be boasting about it's navigational abilities. Perhaps the Kessel run is normally 15 parsecs, but due to the maneuverability of the Falcon it was able to take a route that other ships can't and was able to make it in 12 parsecs.

stovelid · 19-01-2009 04:45PM

Andy Reid is big-boned.

Diabhal Beag · 19-01-2009 04:47PM

Tom Dunne has a radio show.

Undefeatable

stovelid · 19-01-2009 04:47PM

monkeyfudge wrote: »

He could be boasting about it's navigational abilities. Perhaps the Kessel run is normally 15 parsecs, but due to the maneuverability of the Falcon it was able to take a route that other ships can't and was able to make it in 12 parsecs.

Less than 12 parsecs was the suitably Corellian boast, i think.

/admits failure at life

ScissorPaperRock · 19-01-2009 04:47PM

OceanRise Ready to Eat Tuna Flakes with sundried tomato and basil may contain peanut traces.

It's true.

DenMan · 19-01-2009 04:49PM

The longest place name still in use is:
Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteat uripukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenua kitanatahu
-- a New Zealand hill

Snowie · 19-01-2009 04:51PM

ive got 28 pairs of socks

Quazzie · 19-01-2009 04:53PM

Years that are evenly divisible by 100 are not leap years, unless they are also evenly divisible by 400, so 1200, 1600, 2000 were leap years, whereas 1800, 1900 weren't

Latchy · 19-01-2009 04:54PM

When I ly in bed I can see a crack in the ceiling.:(

Sure it's the ceiling.

javaboy · 19-01-2009 04:55PM

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

There is never a leap year in the years that are divisible by 400 so 1200, 1600, 2000 were not leap years even though they were due to be.

Incorrect. The rule is year's divisible by 100 are not leap years unless they are divisible by 400.

digitaldeath · 19-01-2009 04:56PM

A nagan of vodka and a can of Red Bull will fill a pint glass perfectly to the very top.

Quazzie · 19-01-2009 04:56PM

javaboy wrote: »

Incorrect. The rule is year's divisible by 100 are not leap years unless they are divisible by 400.

Damn I hoped I edited before anybody noticed

GavRedKing · 19-01-2009 04:56PM

for all those screwing and un-screwing jobs remember,

Righty tighty,
lefty loosey,

DenMan · 19-01-2009 04:57PM

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates mating
by ripping the male's head off.

Quazzie · 19-01-2009 04:58PM

almost all of these facts come from this website which is the first one on a google search for "boring facts" FACT

MementoMori · 19-01-2009 05:00PM

4-3=1

javaboy · 19-01-2009 05:01PM

DenMan wrote: »

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates mating
by ripping the male's head off.

Another one that's not quite true I'm afraid. They can copulate with the head attached but they don't need it as their giggity gland is in their abdomen, not their head. Their thrusting can apparently become even more vigorous once the head's gone.

DenMan · 19-01-2009 05:01PM

Mine's not. Here's another:

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Deadzone · 19-01-2009 05:02PM

The key on my keyboard is broken.

digitaldeath · 19-01-2009 05:02PM

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

almost all of these facts come from this website which is the first one on a google search for "boring facts" FACT

Except my one (vodka & Red Bull), that comes from experience! :P

javaboy · 19-01-2009 05:03PM

gavredking wrote: »

for all those screwing and un-screwing jobs remember,

Righty tighty,
lefty loosey,

Not on the left hand side pedal of a bike. Another myth busted.

Quazzie · 19-01-2009 05:03PM

javaboy wrote: »

Not on the left hand side pedal of a bike. Another myth busted.

Or gas connections

Duiske · 19-01-2009 05:05PM

The oldest known fossil penguin species is Waimanu manneringi, which lived in New Zealand during the early Paleocene, about 62 million years ago.

And even more interestingly, using hexadecimal(base 16) numbers, you can represent the top and bottom 4 bits of an 8 bit number using 2 hexadecimal digits.

Turd Ferguson · 19-01-2009 05:06PM

USING CAPS LOCK IS VERY HARD TO READ AND GETS VERY ANNOYING

SO DOES LEAVING LONG BLANK SPACES

Sam Vimes · 19-01-2009 05:07PM

the paralympics are not called the paralympics because paralysed people are involved. they're called that because they run parallel to the regular olympics

The most boring single fact you can come up with

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