Bizarre but interesting facts

Big Nasty · 23-05-2010 06:32PM

seanbmc wrote: »

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes :eek:

Can Pighead confirm?

El_Dangeroso · 23-05-2010 06:38PM

Gut bacteria in your stomach can alter neuropeptides in your brain to make you desire food that the bacteria prefers. You think you want that cake or do your gut critters want that cake?

I can't find a source on this but I read it in a book so it MUST be true:

Americans consume on average 9lb of fecal matter each year in food. :P

Daemos · 23-05-2010 06:45PM

The guy who did the voice of Bugs Bunny was allergic to carrots

If you multiply 111,111,111 by itself, you get 12,345,678,987,654,321

The word 'Armageddon' comes for the belief that the final battle between good and evil will take place in a place called 'Mar Megiddo'. And even though there has never been a place with that name, there is a mountain called Mount Megiddo, beside which an ancient civilisation used to live.

There are only six confirmed signatures of William Shakespeare in existance

Only 4% of the universe is visible, 96% of it is missing

Indubitable · 23-05-2010 06:46PM

The sky is blue.

robbie_998 · 23-05-2010 06:47PM

its being scientifically proven that men have a much higher sex drive than women....

not really news but :pac:

Amalgam · 23-05-2010 06:47PM

Lord Kitchener was a Kerryman.

omahaid · 23-05-2010 06:54PM

You can get an audience with Prince Edward for only £500,000

Pompey Magnus · 23-05-2010 07:11PM

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Only 4% of the universe, 96% of it is missing

I'd say there's about 10% of that sentence missing also :pac:.

Well known brands of medication (eg headache tablets, antihistamines) are more effective than cheaper, less known names even if both contain exactly the same ingredients. This is due to the same psychological processes that cause the placebo effect, so it does pay to spend a little more.

Biggins · 23-05-2010 07:34PM

omahaid wrote: »

You can get an audience with Prince Edward for only £500,000

I think that sale is finished now. :pac:

Thomas828 · 23-05-2010 08:34PM

A duck's quack does not echo in a tunnel as a human voice does.

oppenheimer1 · 23-05-2010 09:12PM

The drink used in Coke adverts is not actually coke but dyed sprite. (housemate worked on a coke photoshoot)

admiralofthefleet · 23-05-2010 09:22PM

jd007 wrote: »

I think he can count to potato.:P

his favourite colour is ham

Monty - the one and only · 23-05-2010 09:25PM

Ian Beale wrote: »

Boards mods sleep upside down hanging from rafters.

oddly enough that is true;)

CrazyRabbit · 23-05-2010 09:33PM

People are either funnier on boards.ie than in person, or funnier in person than on boards.ie, but never equally as funny.

fillmore jive · 23-05-2010 09:33PM

I'm not wearing any pants.

Richard Noggin · 23-05-2010 09:35PM

The longest ever game of Monopoly was 70 days. That's what I call a great time.

Columbia · 23-05-2010 09:37PM

bently wrote: »

If a Raindrop lands on your hand,its just a Raindrop....but if it lands in the Sea ,then its an Ocean...........

Well, more like a drop in the ocean, to be fair :P

omahaid · 23-05-2010 10:07PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

People are either funnier on boards.ie than in person, or funnier in person than on boards.ie, but never equally as funny.

I disagree, I'm less funny in both situations

--Kaiser-- · 24-05-2010 09:19AM

Thomas828 wrote: »

A duck's quack does not echo in a tunnel as a human voice does.

Wrong
Myth

Rylan · 24-05-2010 09:57AM

seanbmc wrote: »

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes :eek:

The wife has all the luck

massdebater · 24-05-2010 11:47AM

Here's my two cents. Heard all these before so no links. Feel free to disprove any of these, they are just ones I heard before...

There are more Chinese people living in Dublin than Dublin people

The average person eats 8 spiders in their lifetime (in their sleep)

The earth has a second "moon" It's called Cruithne. Although I think it actually orbits the sun but it appears to follow the earth. I really should look it up but, meh...

Polar bears fur is actually transparent - the white appears from the reflection of loads of other colours combining and only "appearing" to be white

If every Chinese person jumped at the same time it would send the world into a new orbit (and probably kill us!)

Hasmunch · 24-05-2010 11:53AM

All polar bears are left handed

Indubitable · 24-05-2010 12:11PM

massdebater wrote: »

Here's my two cents. Heard all these before so no links. Feel free to disprove any of these, they are just ones I heard before...

1. False

2. True

3. Unsure

4. True

5. False

johnny_knoxvile · 24-05-2010 12:13PM

Hasmunch wrote: »

All polar bears are left handed

except when offering Mary Harney a cup cake, they wouldn't risk their best paw.

--Kaiser-- · 24-05-2010 12:44PM

massdebater wrote: »

Here's my two cents. Heard all these before so no links. Feel free to disprove any of these, they are just ones I heard before...
There are more Chinese people living in Dublin than Dublin people

False.
The average person eats 8 spiders in their lifetime (in their sleep)

Absolute nonsense. This 'fact' was created by someone who wanted to prove how easy it was to spread false information on the internet snopes
The earth has a second "moon" It's called Cruithne. Although I think it actually orbits the sun but it appears to follow the earth. I really should look it up but, meh...

Nope, it's an asteriod and it orbits the sun
Polar bears fur is actually transparent - the white appears from the reflection of loads of other colours combining and only "appearing" to be white

True
If every Chinese person jumped at the same time it would send the world into a new orbit (and probably kill us!)

FFS

There

massdebater · 24-05-2010 12:48PM

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

There

Dammit, my 5 "facts" have quickly become one! Cheers for the link on the spider thingy tho, I think I have a few phonecalls to make...

Sykk · 24-05-2010 01:07PM

In Arkansas a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

Bill-e · 24-05-2010 03:06PM

Wow, I've been saying that 8 spiders thing for years!

I've learned something today.

pickarooney · 24-05-2010 03:39PM

Monty - the one and only wrote: »

oddly enough that is true;)

Interesting fact - it's been 9 months to the day since Monty last posted here.
That's quite the gestation period for a post.

ItsAWindUp · 24-05-2010 05:53PM

The world's tallest man ever recorded in the history of mankind - Robert Wadlow, was born in Alton, Illinois, in 1918, and was 6 feet tall by the time he was even eight years old. He suffered from the disorder Gigantism that makes the lower portions of the body extremely large, while the head and torso remain at normal sizes. This is caused by a pituitary gland tumor that excretes large amounts of growth hormone, resulting in the disorder that is technically called as acromegalic gigantism. He reached a final height of 8 feet 11 inches at the age of twenty-one years, and finally died of an inflamed leg.

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