Teach me something new today, or random trivia......

[m73m95]

I believe this to be fabricated nonsense. Where did you hear/read this little piece of info?




By the way, great idea for a thread Buddy.

He is sort of right.

The red car absorbs all colors except red. It reflects red light to our eyes.

The sun (or light source) puts out a spectrum of light waves. Some are absorbed by the object it hits, and some are reflected to our eyes. That is why, in different lights, some colors appear different. It has nothing to do with the color of the object changing. Its because the light source is emitting a different spectrum of light...so different colors are being reflected to your eye.

[slammin.e28]

The sun (or light source) puts out a spectrum of light waves. Some are absorbed by the object it hits, and some are reflected to our eyes. That is why, in different lights, some colors appear different. It has nothing to do with the color of the object changing. Its because the light source is emitting a different spectrum of light...so different colors are being reflected to your eye.

Then why is the sun yellow....? :p

[Texas Toast]

What if all the air in the world... turned into wood?

[Farbin Kaiber]

^ Then the New Yankee Workshop would be turning out quality Quaker furnishings for eternity.

[Conki]

Then why is the sun yellow....? :p

It's white, it contains the whole visible spectrum. The Earth's atmosphere filters it though, that's why it looks yellowish closer to the zenith point, and reddish when it's closer to the horizon (the rays pass through more air to get to you).
The color of the light is determined by its wavelength, so the color of a light emitting object is determined by wavelengths of the rays it is emitting.
Why non light emitting objects have different colors was explained previously.

[slammin.e28]

I learned something new today. Thanks!

[Balleristic31]

There are only two true corporate Ronald Mcdonalds. One for commercials, and one for personal appearances..

[m73m95]

It's white, it contains the whole visible spectrum. The Earth's atmosphere filters it though, that's why it looks yellowish closer to the zenith point, and reddish when it's closer to the horizon (the rays pass rough more air to get to you).
The color of the light is determined by its wavelength, so the color of a light emitting object is determined by wavelengths of the rays it is emitting.
Why non light emitting objects have different colors was explained previously.

Bingo

Here's another one.

Flames, in space, are round. Not teardrop shaped.

[archie]

If laid out in a straight line the average adults circulatory system would be long enought to circle the earth two and a half times

Children born in May are, on average, 200 grams heavier at bith than babies born in any other month.

Plain vanilla makes up 29% of total icecream sales (Archie?) lol

A camel can shut its nostrils during a sand storm

Facial hair is the fastest growing hair on the body (my mother in law is living proof of this)

A new born crocodile is 3 times the size of the egg it hatched from

true. :D

[pawi30]

Aocdrndicg to rscheearch at cmabrigde uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat lteetr be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

[frankenbeemer]

Taht's urnsnblaeoae.

[Conki]

Aocdrndicg to rscheearch at cmabrigde uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat lteetr be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

False.

Some more random trivia:

You cannot end your life by intentionally not breathing.
You cannot sneeze without blinking. (I hate it 'cause I sneeze hard so while I'm driving I can't see for about half a second every time it happens)

[z31maniac]

I have sneezed without blinking.

I told you dingleberries a few pages back, quit posting up chain email quality BS and give us something good!

[LJ851]

Aocdrndicg to rscheearch at cmabrigde uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat lteetr be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

You posted in the wrong thread, bro. I think you meant to post here:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=91471

[frankenbeemer]

The TV horse Mr. Ed was actually a zebra.

http://www.snopes.com/lost/mistered.asp