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

[Mlarsen]

subaru oil filters fit on hondas

[Dozyproductions]

There are a lot of trannies in Thailand.

[george graves]

In GPS technology, the phrasing “COCOM Limits” is also used to refer to a limit placed to GPS tracking devices that should disable tracking when the device realizes itself to be moving faster than 1,000 knots (1,900 km/h; 1,200 mph) at an altitude higher than 60,000 feet (18,000 m). This was intended to avoid the use of GPS in intercontinental ballistic missile-like applications. Some manufacturers apply this limit literally (disable when both limits are reached), other manufacturers disable tracking when a single limit is reached.

[ainadude]

The international distress term "mayday" comes from the French term "m'aidez," which is pronounced the same way and means "help me."

[DTM190]

Australia is almost the same size as USA but has less than 10% of the population



We only have 6 states and 2 territories.

Fanny means vagina here (why I didnt end up with an American grandfather after a US Sailor told my grandmother to "park her fanny here sweetheart" at a movie theatre in the 1930s. She slapped him and walked out lol. True story)

[mrsleeve]

The county I live in is larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined!!! and 94% of that area is Public Use land.

[slammin.e28]

here's a fun fact..women say on average 7000 words a day compared to a little over 2000 for men.

What if you're gay?

Contribution:


The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

[Sailor37]

Along the same lines...in the Navy, you "shut" a valve, you don't "close" it.

Let's say you work at NASA. If you tell someone to put on a spacesuit, you'll say to them to "don their space suit". If you were to tell the to take it off, you'd tell them to "doff their space suit"

[devon.818]

George Washington was NOT technically the first U.S president. A man named John Hanson was the first president. GW was the first president after the constitution.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...-u-s-president

knew this, and proud to know it!
always gets people confused when i tell them. then they google it because they dont believe me lol.

anyways, i spent my day telling "fun facts" at work, excetpt i was making them all up!
- at exactly 1 mile below the waters surface it is 65% colder than the outside air
-when a bird flaps its wings it produces 4x its own weight in downforce
-sea turtles swim in circles to show their dominance
-metafermatine is the only mineral to have calories yet contains 0 vitamin C, it is the main ingredient in orange juice
-according to Dr. hubert goodfellow of the institute of behavioral sciences at cambridge university, people with green eyes are twice as likely to wear polo shirts than those with blue eyes


a few people said, "oh yeah i know all about that", and i'd think to myself," you fuck! i made that shit up".
best was when i heard others spreading the "facts" in the halls. made work fun.

[george graves]

Let's say you work at NASA. If you tell someone to put on a spacesuit, you'll say to them to "don their space suit". If you were to tell the to take it off, you'd tell them to "doff their space suit"

[Sailor37]

Indians are responsible for overfishing in the pnw....that was news to me

[ttrousdell]

here's a fun fact..women say on average 7000 words a day compared to a little over 2000 for men.

[ACHTUNG]

[Farbin Kaiber]

^That article said 8, I've heard and recall it being 13.

http://www.poetpatriot.com/timeline/tmlnpres1.htm

[Mike325]

George Washington was NOT technically the first U.S president. A man named John Hanson was the first president. GW was the first president after the constitution.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1551/was-george-washington-not-the-first-u-s-president