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furry games and gaming discussions => word games => Topic started by: WintertheWolf on July 04, 2015, 11:36:40 pm
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A'ight Furs!
I have been recently told that I know WAY too many useless and dumb facts. (Which is absolutely 1000% true) So, This is my chance to shine!
Here are the rules:
1. The fact obviously should be appropriate to the corresponding furtopia rules
2. The fact must be either really pointless, really dumb, really unknown, or really funny (or all of them)
3. You must list only 10 maximum, no more, no less. This has to be fair so you don't hog all of the facts
*Facts can only appear only once, no repeating, or similar facts.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!! *WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!*
Here are mine:
1. Every year, an average of about 3 people die putting their pants on.
2. Trombones are the only instrument with a slide(not including tuning slides)
3. There are more than 5 basic sexual orientations (Not counting intersex) (Ex. Straight, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender are the basic ones) Though, there is one more. Which, is Asexuality, which means the people who are asexual aren't sexually attracted to anyone or anything, and are happy alone. Bonus: Asexuality affects only 1% of the population, and I am an asexual also! Yay me!
4.It is illegal to eat oranges while bathing in California.
5. The buzz from an electric razor in America plays in the key of B flat; Key of G in England.
6. In Japan, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald due to a lack of a clear "r" sound in Japanese.
7. If you have a pizza with radius Z and thickness A, its volume is =
Pi*Z*Z*A
8.There is a Youtube channel that is -entirely centered- around cutting fruits and vegetables in half only using a spoon (check it out (intro video ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcHl3AE25Ds --->
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC__OgYVhZ_7EML1b5RBxADA
Funny example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMhIY2hx3Y
9. The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime.
10. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
And there we have it! Get typing on your lists!
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The long underwear suit, or union suit, was first worn by women and originally called an "emancipation suit". The trap door, or seat flap, for answering the call of nature is also known as a "fireman's flap". Some suits may only possess a criss-cross crotch arrangement. Variations of the classic underwear can still be found today.
Cedar Springs, MI--once known for red flannel underwear, holds a red flannel festival each year. Patrons are advised to wear something red to avoid arrest by the "Keystone Kops".
The very first Playtex "Cross-Your-Heart" bra was actually modelled by a man in the television ad.
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Dolphins sleep with only half of their brains at a time. If they weren't at least partially conscious at all times, they would drown.
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A man sized ant could carry 4 tons over it's head while running 52 mph.
The same ant would quickly die due to it's inability to absorb enough oxygen from the air.
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A man sized ant could carry 4 tons over it's head while running 52 mph.
The same ant would quickly die due to it's inability to absorb enough oxygen from the air.
That's the weight of my Chevy Suburban with a few passengers, running at near highway speeds. :D
Incredible!!
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The typical clown/circus theme is actually a military march called "Entrance of the Gladiators" and was written in 1897
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_of_the_Gladiators (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_of_the_Gladiators)
It's so wacky to think what we now relate nonsense and clowns to a song with such an impressive name. :D
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Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin actually ejected from his space capsule moments before touchdown. Under FAI rules, this constitutes a failure, so the Soviets concealed this feature from the West for almost 50 years.
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There are 37 million Mosin Nagant rifles ever made. During WW2 the U.S manufactured enough ammo to kill the Earth's population 7 times over.
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You can charge and kill an iPhone 5s in a microwave in 3seconds
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Flies are attracted to the color yellow.
Cockroaches do not like walking on artificial materials.
The preying mantis is the only insect that can look over it's shoulders.
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Not one F-15 Eagle jet fighter has been lost in combat.
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It's a $500 fine to detonate a nuclear devise within the city limits of Chico, California.
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Did you know that playing the drums is fantastic exercise, sometimes more than hiking or weight lifting?
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There exists a jellyfish in the world that only lives in one perticular volcanic lake, it also only requires water and sunlight to survive due to algae living in it's skin, and has lost the ability to sting things.
The word 'the' is the most commonly used word in every language.
The color orange was named after the fruit. Before that it was known as red brown.
Toilets cause over 2000 times more injuries than sharks annually on average.
There exists an idea that suggests why we haven't come across intelligent life outside our planet, stating that for it to exist much time must pass in correct environments and increase the likelihood of a catastrophic event, thus destroying it. It's called the Filter theory and we're not sure if we have yet to pass through it.
Scientists have invented a new shade of black that reflects less than 0.05% of light, making it the darkest object created.
If a black hole the same mass of our sun replaced said sun,other than the loss of heat and light, wich would probably kill us, nothing else would change.
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The 7.62x54r is one of the few smokeless powder cartridges that has close to 120 years of service. It is still used today, originating in the late 1800s.(That's pretty amazing despite how old the round is, that it's still in use.)
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Every woman in 1960s television shows was likely wearing a girdle.
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A car is 28 times more likely to kill you than any firearm.
There have been more selfie-related deaths this year than shark-related deaths. The ratio is 12:8.
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Lassie of the classic television series was played by a male collie.
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Mosquitos are more likely to bite you if you're wearing blue.
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The character ALF in the television series was originally a small person in a fursuit, but later was supplanted by a puppet.
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Cats only meow for humans, they purr at a frequency that cannot be heard by humans to communicate to other cats. :)
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The Spanish Astra 400 (1921) pistol in 9 x 23mm Largo, can also fire 9mm Steyr, 9mm Bergman-Bayard, 9mm Browning, .38 ACP, and 9mm Parabellum cartridges.
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The creator of Super Mario Bros (Shigeru Miyamoto) is valued so much by Nintendo that he's not allowed to bike to work.
An elephant will go out of its way to avoid stepping on a mouse.
51% of people think that stormy weather affects cloud computing.
There is no Japanese word for "knife", so they use the English word.
Velociraptors were actually about the size of chickens, not large like they are in movies.
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During the Vietnam War, an A-1H Skyraider actually dropped a "toilet bomb" as part of it's ordinance. :o
http://www.midwaysailor.com/midwayva25bomb/
:D :D
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Microraptor is the only known vertebrate with four wings.
Hummingbirds can fly backward--no other bird can do this. They also have the highest metabolic rate of all birds, and must eat at least twice their body weight each day to survive.
Jurassic Park's dinosaurs were originally created as miniature models, much like the model spaceships used in Star Wars: A New Hope. The Stan Winston dinosaur models replaced these animatics. Later on the dinosaur animation team was put in charge of the CGI for the movie.
The paleontologist Jack Horner was the consulting paleontologist for all the films in the Jurassic Park franchise. His debate with paleontologist Bob Bakker over Tyrannosaurus rex being a scavenger versus a predator led to Bakker's look-alike in the film Jurassic Park: The Lost World.
Bob Bakker wrote and illustrated Raptor Red, a novel about Utahraptor.
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The Finns never forged their own receivers for their military bolt-action rifles. They reworked/repurposed Mosin Nagant rifles captured from the Soviets instead. The serial numbers were overstamped to match the rest of the new rifle.
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The Finns never forged their own receivers for their military bolt-action rifles. They reworked/repurposed Mosin Nagant rifles captured from the Soviets instead. The serial numbers were overstamped to match the rest of the new rifle.
Finnish Mosins are reallly nice
Viet Cong forces used old M1 and M2 Carbines during the beginning of the Vietnam War. The AK-47 became more commom as the NVA got more into the fight.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered o crush things with an M47 tank for charity. He drove such a tank when enlisted in the Austrian Army.
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To keep warm on high-altitude bombing missions during WW2, aircrews wore electric "bunny suits" under their flight suits. The bunny suits were blue and resembled oversize union suit pajamas.
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Early models of the F-104 Starfighter and some B-52s, had downward-firing ejection seats.
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The Supervising Producer for Walker--Texas Ranger was named Rick Husky.
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The Timney adjustable trigger for the Mosin Nagant actually costs more than the rifle.
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3 musketeers was named for a good reason. At one time it had three flavours in one pack. Chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Thus the three musketeers...
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jumping off of a building was once punishable by death.
If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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Magnets are placed Cow stomachs to catch the bits of metal which may be eaten when grazing to prevent "hardware disease".
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The X-26 was a sailplane powered by a Corvette engine driving a propellor via an extension shaft.
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Most people are pretty familiar with James Bond 007 films and the actors who starred in them such as Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. But there are 2-3 other Bond films/actors which aren't well known very much. They are:
"Casino Royale" starring David Niven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_%281967_film%29
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" starring George Lazenby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Her_Majesty's_Secret_Service_%28film%29
"Never Say Never Again" starring Sean Connery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Say_Never_Again
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David Niven? He's not related to Larry Niven is he?
I doubt it. I'm not sure.
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it is illegal in most states to be in possession of a sharpie marker in public if you are under 18
polar bears are all left-handed (or i guess left-pawed)
bees actually have five eyes
bananas are berries and have twice as many chromosomes as humans
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the toaster was patented twelve years before the bread slicer
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in colonial america, people would make popcorn and put them in bowls with milk and eat it like cereal but it was popcorn
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"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" starring George Lazenby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Her_Majesty's_Secret_Service_%28film%29
Another interesting fact: This is the only Bond film that shows James Bond having an office and desk. Also, it is the only Bond film where James Bond gets married. But the marriage doesn't last long as the main villian in the film does a drive-by shooting and Bond's wife gets killed. :(
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A sandwich was smuggled aboard the first manned Gemini mission--Gemini 3--by astronaut John Young.
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There have been findings of prehistoric chewing gum made from bark and sap.
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You know when you have to use a mortar and pestle in Elder Scrolls IV on bones to get bone meal? Well, just so you know, bone dust does not smell good at all. I know this because my skull was drilled into recently.
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The A-10 was designed in part by an exNazi pulot who was known for expertise in attacking ground targets.
An Israeli F-15 once collided with another plane. The other plane was destroyed, but the F-15 flew back to base and landed safely. Everyone was shocked when they realized the whole right wing was gone.
During WWII, the Nazis had sarin and tabun nerve gas. They assumed the Allies had it too, so they never used it. As the Allies were advancing through Germany, they were shocked and horrified with the nerve agents they discovered.
During D-Day, the Allies were not prepared for chemical warfare. If there had been just a light sprinkling of gas, they would have went right back to the water.
At the beginning of WWII, the Axis and Allies agreed to no use of gas. The British were prepared to drench Nazi forces in gas, mainly mustard, if they invaded England. Most of the gas was made in America.
Mustard gas only killed about 3% of affected soldiers.
America still has a massive gas supply, for "disposal".
After WWII, a favorite way to destroy stocks of gas was to put it on ships, then sink the ships. Brilliant.
There are some places where biological weapons were tested that are still deadly and off limits decades later, even after attempts to decontaminate.
If you can't guess, I'm fascinated with Biological and Chemical Warfare (BCW) :)
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Full-scale flying replica Me-262 WW2-era jets have been built, and flown at a number of airshows--powered by GE J85 turbojet engines.
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the rate of autoimmune diseases is decreasing with respect to the total population growth.
asthma is more prevelant in developed countries
schizophrenia is more common among city dwellers
the success rate for schizophrenia treatment is proportioanlly higher in poor countries than in developed countries with more healthcare availability
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Classic Arms just got in a load of M39 Mosin Nagant rifles from Finland. The last ones.
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Comedian Arte Johnson starred in an A-Team Episode as Uncle Buckle-Up--a safety-minded chipmunk hosting a children's program. George Peppard as Hannibal Smith wears a a bear suit.
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Mountain chickens are a type of frog.
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Actor Noble Willingham, who played C.D. Parker in the Walker--Texas Ranger series also played minor characters in episodes of The A Team.
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•In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon. There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass.
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i am 1/4 vampire
explains why i sunburn so easily
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i am 1/4 vampire
explains why i sunburn so easily
You are not. You just made that up. :P
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i am 1/4 vampire
explains why i sunburn so easily
You are not. You just made that up. :P
dont try to tell me my life story >:(
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i am 1/4 vampire
explains why i sunburn so easily
You are not. You just made that up. :P
dont try to tell me my life story >:(
Garlic bread anyone?
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i am 1/4 vampire
explains why i sunburn so easily
You are not. You just made that up. :P
dont try to tell me my life story >:(
Garlic bread anyone?
nuuuuuuuuu!!!!
*dies*
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Weird Al Yankovic's middle name is Mathew.
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It's National French Fry Day today.
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The tseer you always hear in movies as an "eagle" call is actually a red-tail hawk call; eagles sound nothing like that.
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It is illegal to tie your pet giraffe to a pole in New York city.
so...don't do it....
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Wow, useless trivia. Something I excel at!
Buick was the first car manufacturer to introduce seat belts as a standard feature.
James bond's fave drink is actually whiskey. The vodka martini was actually sean connery's favorite.
It is illegal to buy rice from a foreign country in China.
The modern act of kissing originated in ancient Rome, where men would kiss their wives upon returning home to see if the wife had been drinking.
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Buick was the first car manufacturer to introduce seat belts as a standard feature.
Not entirely true, though I'll have to do more research on this. Might want to read this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_48
.......but Tucker took a different track, designing a safety car with innovative features and modern styling. His specifications called for a water-cooled aluminum block flat-6 rear engine, disc brakes, four-wheel independent suspension, fuel injection, the location of all instruments within reach of the steering wheel, seat belts, and a padded dashboard.
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Buick was the first car manufacturer to introduce seat belts as a standard feature.
Not entirely true, though I'll have to do more research on this. Might want to read this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_48
.......but Tucker took a different track, designing a safety car with innovative features and modern styling. His specifications called for a water-cooled aluminum block flat-6 rear engine, disc brakes, four-wheel independent suspension, fuel injection, the location of all instruments within reach of the steering wheel, seat belts, and a padded dashboard.
Ah, I had forgotten about poor ol' Tucker. Okay, Buick was the first major manufacturer to use them.
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There are seven villages in Scandinavia with the name Å. (it means river in scandinavian languages)
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In Texas, there is are towns called London, TX, Paris, Tx, Dublin, TX. There is also Pillow, Frienship, Veribest, and Blanket.
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If a Que ball was the size of Earth, it would be smoother than Earth.
Ketchup used to be a medicine in the US in the late 19th century.
Also, it shouldn't be pronounced [kat-sup], I don't even know what "Katsup" is..... :P
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The phrase "parting shot" originated with the Parthinians, a division of Greek cavalry archers. They were known to charge the enemy full tilt, then break away and retreat. When the enemy attempted to follow the retreating cavalry, the riders would turn in the saddle and fire volleys of arrows into the oncoming charge. This became known as the "Parthinian Shot" tactic, eventually being modernized into "parting shot."
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Dwight Schultz, who was Howlin' Mad Murdock of The A Team, also appeared in episodes of Star Trek--The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Walker--Texas Ranger was also hosting a local radio talk show.
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Mill Ends Park in Portland Oregon is the smallest park in the world at 452 square inches.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Mill_Ends_Park_2007.jpg/1920px-Mill_Ends_Park_2007.jpg)
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The expression "Give it the whole nine yards" originated in WW2. The .50 caliber machine guns mounted on the U.S. P-51 Mustang fighter planes were fed by ammo belts that measured 27 feet long, or 9 yards. Thus, if a pilot was ordered to "give it the whole 9 yards" it meant to empty your qmmo reserve into a particular target.
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Each of the Gerry Anderson "Supermarionation" programs shown in the US--until Thunderbirds--featured a furry character: Supercar--Mitch The Monkey; Fireball XL5--Zoonie The Lazoon; Stingray--Oing (Seal).
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The ford mustang was named after the P-51 Mustang, not simply the horse. It's originql target demographic was middle aged women.
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During WW2, the Japanese referred to the Americans as "rabbits" or usagi. "U-S-A G-I"
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After several battalions of Stuart light tanks were deployed in Germany during WW2, Allied soldiers began calling the outdated tanks "Zippo tanks" because a direct hit from a Panzer would often ignite the ammo cache onboard. Thus, the tanks "Lit the first time, every time", which was Zippo's slogan at the time.
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Mr. T of A-Team fame actually had his own Saturday morning animated series on NBC. It ran from 1983 to 1986.
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Japanese tanks and fighter planes in WW2 still used rivets to secure plating and armor to the vehicle, while German and Allied vehicles were welded together. Japanese tank operators were often killed or injured when bullets would strike the outside of the rivets, causing them to be forced through into the cabin,and ricochet through the vehicle.
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The Russian 7.62 x 25mm Tokarev round is actually a 7.63mm Mauser round, only more potent. Both cartridges are identical dimensions. However--while one may fire a 7.63mm Mauser in a Tokarev pistol, firing a 7.62mm Tokarev in a C96 Mauser pistol will break the gun.
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Japanese Type 14 pistols were notoriously unreliable... and ugly. Due to the use of a "floating" firing pin, the sidearm would often fire accidentally while in the holster, even with the safety engaged. Numerous soldiers and officers sustained foot and leg wounds from these misfires. Now, the Type 14 is considered a collector's item, due to their rarity and lack of visual appeal.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally cast to portray the Predator alien in the first Predator film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1GfUoB0kog
But Van Damme was upset because he was being used as a "stuntman" in the film and wasn't able to showcase his martial arts skills, so he left. The role of the Predator alien then went to iconic actor Keven Peter Hall. :)
The original concept for the Predator was to look something like this:
(http://www.unfinishedman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/original-predator-costume-alien.jpg)
(https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/ckeditor_assets/pictures/2971/content_predator-original-design-van-damme-6.jpg?1395801186)
(http://www.movie-moron.com/wp-content/gallery/images/predator-original-design-van-damme-1.jpg)
(http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4271343/content_predator-original-design-van-damme-5.jpg)
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Most of the original cast for Saturday Night Live came from either National Lampoon Radio or Second City Television.
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Speaking of National Lampoon, Meatloaf was originally a writer for Lampoon. One of his friends mentioned to him one day that they were trying to get producers on board to do a rock opera loosely based on Peter Pan. When the deal for the opera fell short, Meatloaf and his friend decided to cut an album of the songs for the failed project. That album became Bat Out of Hell, and catapulted Meatloaf into the annals of music history, becoming one of the highest grossing American albums of all time.
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Sherlock Holmes Never Said "Elementary, My Dear Watson."
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Some species of aquatic turtles can breath out of their butts for short periods of time. No kidding.
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Mountain Dew was first introduced to the world through an animated cartoon featuring hillbillies. The advertizing slogan was "Yahoo! Mountain Dew!"
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After the introduction of Dr. Pepper, a small outfit in Dublin, TX began producing "Dublin Dr. Pepper", which became a Texas favorite. However, in 2013, the company was sued by the makers of Dr. Pepper. The conditions of the lawsuit demanded that the Dublin outfit either be shut down or absorbed into the main company. Though the Dublin recipe was actually closer to the original Dr. Pepper introduced in the early 1900's, the Dublin group shut down rather than sell out. A six pqck of authentic Dublin Dr. Pepper now sells for upward of $200 online.
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The flavor of root beer comes from sassafras.
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A British airborne sergeant is creditted with firing the shot which saved the D-Day invasion, using a PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank). Sgt. "Wagger" Thorton fired his next-to-last round at a German Mk IV tank, setting it ablaze and blocking the approach to two vital bridges so tank reinforcements could not pass.
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Only 1% of an entire museum collection is on display to the general public at any given time. Most of the archived materials go unstudied and unnoticed for years.
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November 11 is also Independence Day in Poland.
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Professional golfer Arnold Palmer was a major in the Pennylvania Wing Civil Air Patrol.
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Axl Rose and Marilyn Manson are Polish.
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The Japanese Type 14 Nambu pistol was the inspiration behind the successful Ruger Mark I .22 pistol.
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dr. seuss actually pronounced his name 'soice'
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Dr. Seuss (aka Ted Geisel) wrote a number of training films for the US Army during WW2--"Private Snafu". Check out Fighting Tools on YouTube.
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The first phrase ever to appear on US coins was "Mind Your Own Business".
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My Chihuahua was secretly a hellhound :D
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The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor was the first service type aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight.
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"OoRah" Of the USMC originated from Marines making fun of Navy submariners. The noise was used aboard the submarine to signal a dive.
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Nylon is named for New York and London, the two cities where it was discovered at about the same time.
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Of the handful of WW2-era Martin JRM "Mars" flying ships that were made, most still exist and were converted to water bombers for fighting forest fires.
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Prickly Pear Cacti are native to Western Michigan. I encountered some while recovering a model rocket last weekend at NARAM 59.
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A vixen may be helped by a sister in raising the litter. Vixens have also been known to adopt orphan kits.
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Kaiser Wilhelm established a colony of raccoons in Germany before the First World War.
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During WW2, a coyote named Jeep flew five combat missions in a P-47D Thunderbolt in the ETO. He was killed by his namesake and was buried with full military honors.
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Poland's Olympic Gold Medalist in Individual Saber Fencing of the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City--Jerzy Pawlowski--was also a double agent for both the CIA and Polish Intelligence. He survived two assassination attempts by the KGB.
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During WW2, a coyote named Jeep flew five combat missions in a P-47D Thunderbolt in the ETO. He was killed by his namesake and was buried with full military honors.
Seriously?! :o
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During WW2, a coyote named Jeep flew five combat missions in a P-47D Thunderbolt in the ETO. He was killed by his namesake and was buried with full military honors.
Seriously?! :o
Look up Wild Bill Crump on YouTube. There's also a children's story book based on the story, written by Sharon Chickering Moller and published in Traverse City, MI.
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Jellyfish "Turritopsis" is thought to possibly live forever under correct circumstances.
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The locals in Mackinaw City, Michigan refer to the tourists as fudgies.
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Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear presented as a cub to a Polish Scottish Artillery unit during WW2. He learned to drink milk from a vodka bottle and smoke cigarettes. He also drank beer and ate cigarettes. Wojtek loved to wrestle with the men in his unit. He could take commands in Polish and could salute. So he could travel with the unit, Wojtek was given a service record and rank. One day, during the Battle of Monte Cassino, while his handler was scouting for targets, the bear broke loose and helped the men carry crates of artillery shells to the line. As a result, Wojtek was featured on the unit patch--a bear carrying an artillery shell.
Wojtek survived the war and lived into his twenties at the Edinburough Zoo. Today a bronze statue of the soldier bear stands in tribute to his service.
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Neil Armstrong once expressed a desire to pilot a Spitfire. He was only permitted to sit in one however.
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Neil Armstrong actually appears in a company brochure for the Dornier Skyservant STOL transport plane. The photo shows him seated in the pilot's seat of a Do 28.
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A green glass long neck Mountain Dew bottle appears in a swimming pool scene in the movie First Man.
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The Dutch village Spijkernisse now has a "Silly Walk" crossing in honour of the Monty Python's Flying Circus. It is actually not the first "Silly Walk" crossing in the world, the only other known one was located in Norway's Ørje.
(https://www.vkmag.com/images/vk_thumbs/48860/thumb_vk_verkeersbord_werkt_grappig_oversteken_in_de_hand__vk_large.jpg)
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Poland's Olympic Gold Medalist in Individual Saber Fencing of the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City--Jerzy Pawlowski--was also a double agent for both the CIA and Polish Intelligence. He survived two assassination attempts by the KGB.
This historic figure is a shirt-tail relation of mine btw.
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Next year's Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) will have Apollo 11-themed requirements. Among other things, the rocket will be required to carry three "astronaut" eggs in a separate capsule along with a digital altimeter and achieve an altitude of 856 feet (Apollo 11 landed at 0856) on an 80 N-second motor. A cash prize for the rocket most closely resembling a Saturn V.
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Electronic grade silicon must be at least is 99.9999999% pure. Also referred to as nine-nines or 9N, this level of purity means that only one in a billion atoms is allowed to be something other than silicon.
-Elizabeth Pavel, Ph.D.-
Solar cells are 98.5% usually at a max. The cost to go higher in purity is asymptotic.
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In 1936, Russia built a computer that ran on water.
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One isn't supposed to fire 5.56mm NATO ammunition in firearms designed to chamber .223 Remington, though it does occur. Firearms designed to chamber both cartridges are now labelled ".223 Wylde".
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In their lifetime, the average person will swallow 6 spiders while sleeping.
Not sure about the average fur.
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Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded the historic Apollo 8 mission, owned a WW2 warbird--a Bell P-63 King Cobra.
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Flint, Michigan was home to Autoworld--a Six Flags theme park. Costumed characters included Bugs Bunny, Babs & Buster Bunny. The park only had a short run.
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In the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, famed astronomer and Ufologist J. Allen Hynek makes a cameo appearence near the end of the film near the scenes where the aliens are coming out of the mothership and down the ramp. He is wearing a blue suit jacket, wearing glasses, and smoking a pipe. His name was not listed in the cast credits at the end of the film.
Also, all the aliens coming down the ramp of the mothership were played by 6-year old children in costume.
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Astronaut James Lovell has a cameo in the final scene of Apollo 13. He is wearing an admiral's uniform.
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The general officer rendering the first salute to the new president was once a 1Lt stationed at Michigan's K.I. Sawyer AFB where he was a civil engineer. The base was closed in the mid-90s.
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Wiley E Coyote starred as Ralph the Wolf along side Sam the Sheep Dog.
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So, this whole thing was an interesting read for me tonight.
Not wishing to stir up anyone, just wanting to comment on a few:
Trombones are not the only instruments with slides - there are slide guitars and slide whistles.
Technically any bird can fly backwards (relative to the earth) if they are flying into the wind and are traveling slower than the wind speed.
The different musical notes emitted from electric shavers in different countries is most likely due to the frequency of the AC electricity in that country.
"Ketsup" is a common pronunciation of "Ketjap" or "Ketcup" - "Ketcup Manis" is an Indonesian sweet soy sauce.
Now to add one of my own trivial facts:
Lamborghini (the car manufacturer) was started by an Italian Farmer who manufactured tractors. He owned a Ferrari and was frustrated at how unreliable it was. He thought he could do a much better job of making a sports car...so he did!
Keep those trivial facts coming!
DDD
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Goodyear actually built aircraft during WW2, relying on their experience building airships before the war. They designed and built an upgraded F4U Corsair at the end of the war--the F2G--which used a 3000 hp engine. It was the only Corsair to feature a bubble canopy. Only ten were built, as test articles. Some went into private hands to be used as racers.
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Lithium thyinoyl chloride, bobbin style primary batteries can run for over 20 years. Like the TL-4930 from Tadiran. Costs $23 each. I have a singing coffee mug that is 39 years old and still works and probably uses same battery chemistry and construction. It is totally sealed coffee mug and battery can't be accessed. I found this mug today and was shocked it worked when I turned it over.
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Fox love mayonnaise, as do skunks.
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John Banner, who was Sgt Schultz on Hogan's Heroes, emigrated from Austria in the late 1930s. He served in the USAAF during WW2.
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If my dog Eevee lived in the 1920s she'd be a flapper :D
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I am a reincarnated war dog from world war 2.
:P
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Ranch dressing is known as American dressing around the world. It's also the first dressing to be used as a dip.
Another fun fact. You all have sung or heard the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy". Remember the lyrics "Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni". That's actually meant as an insult. At the time of that song's creation there was a short lived high fashion movement in Europe known as 'macaroni'. Because it originated in Italy. So the sentence actually means "Those yankees are so dumb the think sticking a feather in a hat is high fashion".
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It is said if you are ever attacked by a crocodile, stick your thumb in its .... eye!
Supposedly this is best way to get free.
I wonder if a finger would work just as well, or if you need to use the thumb?
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In Italy it's illegal to sell hot bread right out of the oven. It has to cool down first
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Gallium is a metal that melts in your hand.
It is used in special semiconductors as well as low temperature melting metal alloys.
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Ka Chava, that annoying add you get on Youtube, is tapioca. Guess they had to repackage it and make it sound exciting.
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Crested geckos can lick their eyeballs!
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Monty Pythons the life of Brian was banned in many places for decades
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Filling this under little known facts
Apparently World War 2 was fueled on all fronts by amphetamines.
Wow!
I watched a documentary on my local PBS about it.
German, British, American troops all were prescribed pills.
And apparently these items were already available off the shelf in the 1930's in these countries. What!?
These pills remained available in America drug stores to the mid 1950's.
I never knew.
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Gallium is a metal that melts in your hand.
It is used in special semiconductors as well as low temperature melting metal alloys.
You also can't ever take Gallium onto an airplane because when it comes into contact with Aluminium it instantly begins bonding with it into an alloy that is about as fragile as incense ashes. What's worse is just a tiny bit of Gallium can bond to a lot of Aluminium.
If Gallium were to be let loose on airliner it could potentially render areas of the aircraft as sturdy as a saltine.
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Gallium is a metal that melts in your hand.
It is used in special semiconductors as well as low temperature melting metal alloys.
You also can't ever take Gallium onto an airplane because when it comes into contact with Aluminium it instantly begins bonding with it into an alloy that is about as fragile as incense ashes. What's worse is just a tiny bit of Gallium can bond to a lot of Aluminium.
If Gallium were to be let loose on airliner it could potentially render areas of the aircraft as sturdy as a saltine.
Well, the more you know!
Wow I never knew that! Weird metal indeed!
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Go look up Gallium and Aluminium on YouTube. You also can't take Mercury on planes either for the same reasons, search for that on YouTube too. It's quite fascinating.
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Gadolinium (spelling?) seems to repel some sharks when a chunk of this exotic rare earth metal is stuck to some swimmers.
Not sure where this metal comes from or how to get it or why it might work.
Is it actually Kryptonite?
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Gallium is a metal that melts in your hand.
It is used in special semiconductors as well as low temperature melting metal alloys.
And speaking of Gallium.......... :o
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tech/2023/01/28/tiny-robot-shape-shifting-liquid-metal-cprog-orig-jc.cnn
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Vampires are scared by garlic.
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Our brains take shortcuts. We don't actually see everything around us. Every play one of those "Find the differences" games with a simple picture? That's why you cant see all the differences at once.
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The German word for raccoon translates as "wash bear".
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When Yellow Submarine was first shown on CBS, the scenes for Hey Bulldog and Northern Song were omitted.
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In the 1950's you could buy a car with a factory installed record player.
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A few months ago, it was learned that one of the astronauts on the ISS lost a tool bag during an EVA (possibly two bags). If you know when the ISS will pass over your location, the lost tool bag may be seen ten minutes sooner.