featured_spectre Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 Ahhhhh fair enough...I stand corrected. Lol
featured_spectre Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 Fact #44: 12% of all males in Asia are related to a common ancestor from around 1,000 years ago and this ancestor is believed to be Genghis Khan.
john Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 I sense a competition brewing. Couldn't you do it at the Microsoft conference? Eeer no as we haven't got a Tiger or you 1
vikpaw Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Isn't it 24 0s? As they always go in multiples of three, i.e. million = 6 0s, billion = 9, trillion = 12, quadrillion = 15, pentillion = 18, hexillion = 21, so septillion = 24 /smartassness Ahhhhh fair enough...I stand corrected. Lol I was thinking maybe something in between Eeer no as we haven't got a Tiger or you I thought Tony was going (both of them in fact.) Edited February 23, 2011 by vikpaw language
sonofsanta Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Fact #44: 12% of all males in Asia are related to a common ancestor from around 1,000 years ago and this ancestor is believed to be Genghis Khan. And all Europeans are supposedly descended from Charlemagne. The Royal We - Magazine - The Atlantic (thanks QI!) 1
timzim Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Isn't it 24 0s? As they always go in multiples of three, i.e. million = 6 0s, billion = 9, trillion = 12, quadrillion = 15, pentillion = 18, hexillion = 21, so septillion = 24 /smartassness Tut tut, getting your Latin numbers mixed up with your Greek. It's not "pentillion" and "hexillion", but "quintillion" and "sextillion". Now, write out 20 times "My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed". Edited February 23, 2011 by vikpaw language
sonofsanta Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Tut tut, getting your Latin numbers mixed up with your Greek. It's not "pentillion" and "hexillion", but "quintillion" and "sextillion". Now, write out 20 times "My arse is not as smart as I previously supposed". My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed My ass is not as smart as I previously supposed Edited February 23, 2011 by vikpaw Language!!
featured_spectre Posted February 22, 2011 Author Posted February 22, 2011 Fact #45: The first man to circumnavigate the globe was Juan Sebastián Elcano (not Magellan, but his second-in-command). Magellan was killed in the Philippines halfway round and most of his crew stayed there to exact revenge, the majority of people who left from the Philippines were naval sailors stationed there. His ship was the first to circumnavigate the world also.
somabc Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Fact #45: The first man to circumnavigate the globe was Juan Sebastián Elcano (not Magellan, but his second-in-command). Magellan was killed in the Philippines halfway round and most of his crew stayed there to exact revenge, the majority of people who left from the Philippines were naval sailors stationed there. His ship was the first to circumnavigate the world also. Hah! Noah was the 1st man to circumnavigate the globe!
featured_spectre Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 Nope...Noah built his arc and sailed around Egypt, assyria, messopotamia and thrace....so ner...however we shall discount anything religious as none of it is definitive.
mac_shinobi Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Not sure about going around the globe but what about dinosaurs , also circumnavigation depends on the type of transportation used Circumnavigation
featured_spectre Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 No proof a single dinosaur walked that far...nor of anyone else doing it prior to the afore mentioned person.
featured_spectre Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 Fact #46: Out of the 4,360 known species of frog, the only frog to go "ribbit" is the Pacific Tree Frog, the species native to Hollywood and thus sampled for use on hundreds of movie soundtracks. 1
featured_spectre Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 Fact #47: The King of Jordan starred in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, but was not given a speaking part as he was not a member of the Actors Guild of America.
featured_spectre Posted February 25, 2011 Author Posted February 25, 2011 Fact #48: You have no muscles in your fingers, just ligaments, bones, blood vessels and skin.
vikpaw Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 So where does my power to crush your throat come from ?
featured_spectre Posted February 25, 2011 Author Posted February 25, 2011 Ligaments have more strength than muscles, and as the bone is barely shielded its like taking large pliers to someone, but with less force.
aerospacemango Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 So where does my power to crush your throat come from ? From the muscles in your forearm
Domino Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 So where does my power to crush your throat come from ? From the reserves of pure rage....DAMN YOU WINDOZE *crush*
timzim Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Fact #48: You have no muscles in your fingers, just ligaments, bones, blood vessels and skin. Nonsense. How else would you be able to flex your fingers? Mind you, if you've no muscles in your fingers maybe research is too difficult - it must take you ages just to cut & paste.
aerospacemango Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Nonsense. How else would you be able to flex your fingers? Mind you, if you've no muscles in your fingers maybe research is too difficult - it must take you ages just to cut & paste. You flex your fingers with the muscles in your hand! "One could say that there are actually thousands of muscles in each finger, if you include the tiny muscles that cause your hairs to stand up, or your blood vessels to contract. " From the QI/quibbles page! Pointing the Finger at QI - The Qibble Blog I was going to de-cry the fact too...until I read further! Nephilims fact is correct!
timzim Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 No, the proximal ends of the flexors insert into the finger phalanges. That makes them as much muscles of the fingers as of the hand. I stand by my post.
aerospacemango Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 No, the proximal ends of the flexors insert into the finger phalanges. That makes them as much muscles of the fingers as of the hand. I stand by my post. Taken from Yahoo answers....and if a med student is wrong, then where does that leave the rest of us? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker well, to be technical, the muscles aren't actually in the fingers. all of the muscles that move your fingers are in your hands and forearms. they have long tendons that extend down into the fingers and attach at different points above and below the joints. so, no, you don't actually have muscles in your fingers. Source(s): m.d. student. i've dissected a human hand.
featured_spectre Posted February 25, 2011 Author Posted February 25, 2011 OK, if you are going to question that, how about this... Fact #48a: The strongest muscle in the human body (pound for pound) is the Uterus. When giving birth, it gives off the equivalent energy of a modern day long bow, the closest muscle there after pound for pound is the heart, then the quadriceps, then the tongue.
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