Nephilims Fact of the Day

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Fact #58: Pistachio nuts are classified as a hazardous material when it comes to shipping as they are prone to spontaneous combustion.

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Fact #59: On July 31, 1994, Simon Sang Sung of Singapore turned a single piece of dough into 8,192 noodles in 59.29 seconds!

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Fact #60: A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night.

[JJonas]

More info on Bananas and their radioactivity.

 

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose

 

I wonder if there is a radioactively fatal dose of bananas?

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Fact #61: The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

Fact #62: 41% of women apply body or hand moisturiser a minimum three times a day.

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Fact #62: 41% of women apply body or hand moisturiser a minimum three times a day.

 

Are we talking apply it themselves, here, or impose-on-others-to-do-it-through-the-judicious-application-of-guilt-trips? If its the former I might have to go on strike at home...

[RabbieBurns]

Fact #62: 41% of women apply body or hand moisturiser a minimum three times a day.

 

you need more information in that statemnet to make ita "fact"

 

As it stands, it implies that 41% of the entire woman population on the world apply body or hand moisturiser a minimum three times a day.

 

It should state how many people and of what demographic the statistic comes from..

 

EG, 41% of brittish/european/english/ blah

 

Im sure all the woman in afghanistan, africa, china, etc all dont use it..

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ahhh good points, I took that statistic from QI if I am honest, I will re do fact 62.

 

Fact #62: American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

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Due to the heavy work load these went on a back burner, he are some (including tomorrows)

 

Fact #63: A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years.

Fact #64: According to the Gemological Institute of America and Europe, up until the 1730's, India was the only source for diamonds in the world.

Fact #65: Astronauts get taller by an average 3 inches when they are in space due to gravity not pulling down on their body.

Fact #66: Despite being over 27 times smaller, Norway's total coastline is longer than the USA's.

Fact #67: Even though the rose does not bear any fruit, the rose hips have more Vitamin C than most vegetables and fruits.

 

That should satisfy some people!

[vikpaw]

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Fact #65: Astronauts get taller by an average 3 inches when they are in space due to gravity not pulling down on their body.

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That should satisfy some people!

 

3 wouldn't satisfy most people i know

[sonofsanta]

Fact #63: A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years.

 

Is that because they die from pollution, poor water flow etc. or because after 8 years a new council is in power and chops the trees down as part of a new initiative of some kind?

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Combination of lack of water and pollution.

 

Oh and for Vikpaw

 

Fact #68: A cubic meter of pure water at four degrees Celsius weighs 1,000 kgs/m3. The temperature of the water is significant because the density of water varies with temperature. It is at its densest at four degrees Celsius. 1 Cubic meter of sea water weighs 1027kgs/m3 because the added salt and polutants add to the density.

[Martin]

What's a "meter"

 

mb

[localzuk]

What's a "meter"

 

mb

 

A legitimate alternative spelling of metre?

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meter / metre, the same thing to me.

[teejay]

In the UK, not USA, metre is a unit of measurement, meter is a measuring device.

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ok, but as discussed elsewhere my spelling is bad and I can get away with it

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Fact #69: Lightning keeps plants alive. The intense heat of lightning forces nitrogen in the air to mix with oxygen, forming nitrogen oxides that are soluble in water and fall to the ground in rain. Plants need nitrates to survive, so without lightning, plants could not live.

 

Fact #70: Pine, spruce, or other evergreen wood should never be used for barbecuing. These woods, when burning or smoking, can add harmful tar and resins to the food. Only hardwoods should be used for smoking and grilling, such as oak, pecan, hickory, maple, cherry, alder, apple, or mesquite, depending on the type of meat being cooked.

[witch]

Fact #70: Pine, spruce, or other evergreen wood should never be used for barbecuing. These woods, when burning or smoking, can add harmful tar and resins to the food. Only hardwoods should be used for smoking and grilling, such as oak, pecan, hickory, maple, cherry, alder, apple, or mesquite, depending on the type of meat being cooked.

I 'guess' you are getting your info from an American site - we don't have mequite, pecan or hickory trees in the UK, do we?

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We do have them in Europe but not natively...

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Fact #71: A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body.

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Fact #72: A common custom in Spain is to eat one grape for each of the last 12 seconds of every year for good luck.

Fact #73:A piece of French toast that was partially eaten by Justin Timberlake sold on eBay for £13'832

Fact #74: The poorer the soil quality, the better the wine that can be produced by the soil being of poor quality. This is because the vines have to "work" harder.

[DAZZD88]

Fact #74: The poorer the soil quality, the better the wine that can be produced by the soil being of poor quality. This is because the vines have to "work" harder.

 

I think this is true for most plants. We had a teacher here who had an allotment and he used to starve his tomato plants every now and again.Apparently if they get too much water, it dilutes the taste and makes them all watery. I wouldn't know however because I hate tomatoes, so never tried any of his.

[mjs_mjs]

Fact #74: The poorer the soil quality, the better the wine that can be produced by the soil being of poor quality. This is because the vines have to "work" harder.

 

surely the fact that they'll do better in what we call poorer quality makes it better quality from the plants view? so actually it's good quality for the vines?

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Fact #75: Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, once pinned an opponent using only a single finger.