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

[Mike325]

^ False

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_a_Hungarian_inventor_named_Qwert_Yuiop_invent_the_keyboard

[b*saint]

The LASER was originally called a LOSER.

[_username_]

I've noticed at work, I have to fight typing "R3V" vs "Rev" on our engineering drawings.

No way!!! I did the same thing. lol

[_username_]

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

Touche, kind sir. As is the case with motorcycles instead of enginecycles.

[devon.818]

an m20 CAN run on two cylinders.

[325ix]

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.

[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.

[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?

[slammin.e28]

Why is a siege engine not a siege motor?

Why an apartment and not a togetherment?

[pawi30]

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

[z31maniac]

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

[frankenbeemer]

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

[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

[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.

[CreamE30]

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