Random Facts

[nightcrawler13]

It means that the Earth is smoother than a snooker ball.

[jump]

righhhhht

the entire "if a snooker ball had mountains, and you made it to the size of the earth" thing was baffling me

snooker balls dont have mountains

Edited February 10, 2011 by jump

[Leyser]

cats have barbed penis', the female needs to feel pain to release their egg. So essentially, cats rape each other. Lion King aint so sweet now is it?

[Ed209]

There are in the region of 10^22 stars in the universe. That's more than the number of grains of sand on the earth*.

*estimated to be in the region on 10^20

Edited February 10, 2011 by Ed209

[Leyser]

The chemical amount unit, known as a mole is represented by the number 6.022x10^23. If there was 1 mole of grains of rice on the surface of the earth, the entire world would be covered in 1 meter of rice. In order to consume all this rice, each person on earth would have to eat about 1.8 billion kg.

[worm]

Earth is canny big.

[Ed209]

The chemical amount unit, known as a mole is represented by the number 6.022x10^23. If there was 1 mole of grains of rice on the surface of the earth, the entire world would be covered in 1 meter of rice. In order to consume all this rice, each person on earth would have to eat about 1.8 billion kg.

Edited February 10, 2011 by Ed209

[Ed209]

Nintendo began life making handmade playing cards in 1889

[Ed209]

Donkey Kong was supposed to be called Monkey Kong, but there was a mix up at the printers for the artwork on the coin-op cabinets ... when they realised, it was too costly to redo.

[gratedenini]

The average length of one of my Brown Fish is 11 inches.

All the different flavour of crisps are taken from the same potato.

I am (still) Officially in Poverty

Wearing Addidas Three Stripe (A3S)makes teenage girls pregnant

Pigeon Eyes have split focus as in bi-focal glasses

Moose Antler is the fastest growing animal tissue and is so sensetive they can feel a fly land on em.

aye

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[Ed209]

Erm, what? The chemical amount unit? What?

Edited February 10, 2011 by Ed209

[TalkShow Bob]

There are 5 words ending with 'mt'

daydreamt · dreamt · outdreamt · redreamt · undreamt

[omskus]

Puck Man had his name changed to Pac-Man for Western countries due to fears of vandalism

[minute5072]

Puck Man had his name changed to Pac-Man for Western countries due to fears of vandalism

[gratedenini]

its called avogadro's number. Number of molecules in one mole of substance.

a mole is defined as the amount of a substance that contains the same number of molecules/atoms as there are atoms in 12g of carbon.

[brighteyes]

Chinchillas have the densest fur of any land animal, and the second densest overall, after the sea otter.

[worm]

1/5 of the land that makes up Holland was man made. New York was originally called New Amsterdam.

[grumpyhack]

Puck Man had his name changed to Pac-Man for Western countries due to fears of vandalism

[worm]

Of the animal kingdom, Hippos are the biggest killers of humans (not including diseases passed on by Mosquitos and other carriers).

Shark attacks only took 6 lives in the last decade.

Edited February 11, 2011 by worm

[Ed209]

on average every year 150 people die from a coconut falling on their head

[Greeny_Musicchild]

Donkey Kong was supposed to be called Monkey Kong, but there was a mix up at the printers for the artwork on the coin-op cabinets ... when they realised, it was too costly to redo.

[Ed209]

My new washing machine is made by a major eastern european manufacturer (the third biggest maker of domestic appliances in Europe) called Arcelik. It's part of the Kok group. For UK consumption they use the name Beko.

[worm]

Cool! I have a Kok

[worm]

Here's one that has always astounded me:

There's more people alive today than have died throughout the entire span of known human history.

[Greeny_Musicchild]

Here's one that has always astounded me:

There's more people alive today than have died throughout the entire span of known human history.