Nephilims Fact of the Day

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Fact #19: Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US and UK Treasury combined

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Fact #20: Shall be redone when the maths can be properly worked out! Edited January 26, 2011 by featured_spectre

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*Edit* Read above Edited January 26, 2011 by featured_spectre

[vikpaw]

sorry to be a mythbuster, i have a physics degree. show your working!!!

i'll give you a fortnight to work it out

Edited January 26, 2011 by vikpaw

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Cheers vik...I shall repost in a fortnight when the maths is fully done!

 

As for today

 

Fact #20: In various Disney Pixar CGI films, characters from other films feature in the background of the main film.

 

Prime examples are

 

Finding Nemo - Buzz lightyear is in the toy box that is at the dentists office.

Finding Nemo - Mike Szwitowski (spelling?) is seen swimming across the cast and credits

Toy Story 3 - Shrek is a toy on top of Andy's cupboard that doesn't move

The Incredibles - The baby has a toy buzz lightyear that is seen for approximately 1 second in the film

Wall-E - A model of one of the "cars" is in the film among his junk

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Fact #21: Chuck Norris was born 6th May 1945, the following day Germany surrendered unconditionally which ended the war in Europe. Coincidence? lol

 

Seriously

 

Fact #21: It takes 1,851 gallons of water to refine one barrel of crude oil.

[Rydra]

Fact #21: It takes 1,851 gallons of water to refine one barrel of crude oil.

 

Didn't expect it to be quite that high, but it makes sense when you break it down:

 

It takes 1851 gallons of water to refine a barrel of crude oil. One barrel of crude oil produces 19 gallons of gasoline and 10 gallons of diesel fuel, in this respect it takes 97 gallons of water to produce a gallon of gasoline. If you combine gasoline and diesel, it takes 63 gallons of water to produce a gallon of "fuel." A total of 42 gallons of petroleum products are produced from a barrel of crude oil, in this respect it takes 44 gallons of water to produce each gallon.

 

Read more: Answers.com - How much water does it take to make 1 gallon of gasoline

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Fact #22: Rabbits are sexually stimulated by the scent of talcum powder.

[dwhyte85]

Fact #22: Rabbits are sexually stimulated by the scent of talcum powder.

 

I don't want to know how or why you know that...

[JJonas]

Fact #21: Chuck Norris was born 6th May 1945, the following day Germany surrendered unconditionally which ended the war in Europe. Coincidence? lol

 

Seriously

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No he was born March 10th 1940

 

Chuck Norris - Biography

[localzuk]

No he was born March 10th 1940

 

Chuck Norris - Biography

 

How's that humour bypass going for you?

[JJonas]

How's that humour bypass going for you?

 

Im still waiting for a date

[Domino]

Im still waiting for a date

 

Here ya go, have 3

 

http://www.ehealthyland.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dates-fruit.jpg

[vikpaw]

Fact #22: Rabbits are sexually stimulated by the scent of talcum powder.

 

Did you get one of your Phd friends to confirm this too???

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Vik that one was from the interwebs, which according to animal rights activists was done when they experimented on animals (eg putting it in their eyes)

 

As for the chuck Norris one, that is a meme which the man himself has said was one of his favourite "chuck Norris jokes"

[Jawloms]

Fact #6: Skepticisms is the longest word in the English language that alternates hands when typing.

 

Stewardesses is the longest word in the English language type only with the left hand - assuming you touch type that is!

 

The company which makes the most tyres in a year is Lego.

[teejay]

Did you get one of your Phd friends to confirm this too???

 

One of the local farmers voluntered to test it I beleive....

[JJonas]

 

As for the chuck Norris one, that is a meme which the man himself has said was one of his favourite "chuck Norris jokes"

 

Its such a good one its a shame its not true.

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missed off for yesterday

 

Fact #23: Nearly 20% of France lies outside Europe. These regions are known as "DOM-TOM", where 2.5 million French citizens live

Fact #24: There are four different writing systems in Japan, romaji, katakana, hiragana, and kanji.

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Fact #25: Australian mines (one of their most important industries, which accounts for 15% of Australia's GDP) cover 0.02% of Australia's land mass. More land is occupied by pubs.

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Fact #26: If you played every youtube video 1 after the other until you went through them all (without any more being added), it would take over 450 years to go through all of them.

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Fact #27: The largest shrimp ever caught was approximately 16inches in length, they are usually around 8inches

Fact #28: The world record for solving a Rubik’s cube is 7.08 seconds, held by 21-year-old Dutchman Erik Akkersdik, who has also got the world record for solving the puzzle with his feet in just 90 seconds

[JJonas]

Bananas Are Naturally Radioactive

[Domino]

Bananas Are Naturally Radioactive

 

That explains Bananaman...

[LosOjos]

Bananas Are Naturally Radioactive

 

They also (supposedly) contain an hallucinogen...

 

That explains Bananaman...

 

...which also explains Bananaman