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

[frankenbeemer]

Revolvers where first known as wheel guns

Where?

[_username_]

Men have 4% more brain cells than women, and about 100 grams more brain tissue.
A monkey's brain is around 95 grams.
I can only think of one thing that monkeys are good at....I guess that
pretty well correlates to how we use our extra. Woowho

[_username_]

According to scientists, one of the main ingredients in red wine, resveratrol, has the potential to prevent the negative effects that spaceflight has on astronauts.
The scientists have conducted several experiments with rats in which they have simulated the weightlessness of spaceflight. During these experiments scientists fed one group of rats with resveratrol and they discovered that the group that was fed with resveratrol did not develop insulin resistance or a loss of bone mineral density, as did those rats who were not fed with resveratrol.
These negative health conditions primarily occur as the result of inadequate physical activity, which in the case of astronauts is because their low gravity environment makes physical activity almost impossible.
Resveratrol found in red wine, though not a substitute for physical activity, is still an excellent ally in slowing the deterioration of astronaut's body.
So make sure to drink lots of red wine every time you step back from working on your E30 and are admiring your work 8) (and every other chance you get of course)

[MonkeyMadness]

Revolvers are actually pistols.

Revolvers where first known as wheel guns

[MonkeyMadness]

Why does the school for the blind have lights and window?

Why is "re" used in the word "retarded" when talking about an individual who's only tarded once, and why is "dual" in the word "individual" when only refereeing to one person? And am I really "refereeing" or just "fereeing"....?

[frankenbeemer]

Revolvers are actually pistols.

[CreamE30]

When Starship Troopers was made (1997) the movie had used more ammunition than any previous movie.

[BrewCity11]

Well, my brain is clogged "malted hops and bong resin" so none of these are from memory. Some interesting ones I found today. I'll start with this one: One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930's lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition. It is not as chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.

According to Jay Keasling, a scientist at the Aspen Ideas Festival, E.coli, the bacteria behind food poisoning worldwide, could be turned into a commercially available biofuel within the next five years.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music

Prosopagnosia aka Face Blindness is the inability to recognize the faces of familiar people.

and a funny one for good measure: The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.

[long tall eta]

Why do you park on the driveway, and drive on the parkway?

I don't have a driveway and drive on the parkway 100 miles a day in my eta

[frankenbeemer]

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

[z31maniac]

This is turning lame guys. I want interesting tidbits, not recycled garbage that all of us have heard hundreds of times.

[pawi30]

Why do you park on the driveway, and drive on the parkway?

[slammin.e28]

Why is a siege engine not a siege motor?

Why an apartment and not a togetherment?

[frankenbeemer]

Seemed like a good place to air out my pet peeve :-)
Although you have lots of motors (electric) in your car, you have only one engine (not electric) and that engine should not be referred to as a motor.

That's a valid statement. But then why is racing cars called motorsport and not enginesport? :P

A motor is an object that imparts motion, an engine is a gasoline powered motor where as an electric motor is obviously powered by electricity.

Why is a siege engine not a siege motor?

[Victell]

every time i see the letters "lol" typed like this i dont see LOL i see a little stick person drowning reaching up for help.

Thats me and "<3". No heart, just balls.