the random fact game

[otispunkmeyer]

rules...

make up a random number

follow it up with a totally random fact. that means no boring car facts like "oh such n such a car has 100bhp" they've gotta be funny, witty, insane or just down right interesting in "wow i never knew that kinda way"

ill go 1st

random fact #1432 : The first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

[wooflepoof]

random fact #the answer to life, the universe and everything

Largest living thing on Earth: An underground mush\room in Oregon, 3.5 miles across

[Lilleput]

Random fact #14½ "The Owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink All other birds raise their lower eyelids"

[wooflepoof]

Random fact 2+2-2/2*2

a cubic yard of air weighs about 2 lbs

[Blind_Io]

Random Fact #237.333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333...

The second oldest invention is the razor - and no one knows why

[The_Finn]

randon fact #3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937 510

Bonobos (pygmy chimps) and Dolphins are the only animals besides humans that have sex for pleasure

[cdbob]

Random fact number 19

The longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched".

[American TG Man]

random fact #3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937 510...

Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie

[cdbob]

Random fact number 38

No president of the United States was an only child.

[essentialatom]

Originally Posted by The_Finn

randon fact #3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937 510

Bonobos (pygmy chimps) and Dolphins are the only animals besides humans that have sex for pleasure

Not quite true - dolphins do, but bonobos have sex as a social activity. If they see something new, if they're angry with each other, if they want to make amends... whatever it is, they pretty much have sex, but it's not recreational.

[Blind_Io]

Random Fact (Sigma):

The most produced pistol design in the world is the Colt 1911 - and it was designed backwards. The .45 ACP bullet was designed before the gun to fire it.

[wooflepoof]

random fact ≥ 0

The Hoover Dam was built to last 2000 years, the concrete won't fully harden for 500 years.

[Jacobfox]

random fact#1940
Enrico fermi and his team of U Chicago scientists created the world's first sustainable nuclear reaction under the old Stagg field on the U Chicago campus in 1940. Now standing on the site is the dorm where I will be living next year; reportedly there is still some background radiation.

[Adunaphel]

random fact #e

Croissants aren't french at all. They were first made at the Austrian court to celebrate a vistory over the Moors.

[The_Finn]

random face #294

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

Originally Posted by essentialatom

Not quite true - dolphins do, but bonobos have sex as a social activity. If they see something new, if they're angry with each other, if they want to make amends... whatever it is, they pretty much have sex, but it's not recreational.

Snopes disagrees

[HondaF1]

Random fact #27

You don't make friends with salad, you don't make friends with salad.

[Alok]

Random fact #22/7

Apparently, a pig's orgasm lasts 30mins.

[YF19pilot]

Fact #4 score and 7

Nervous about flying? Then don't read on.
The thickness of the skin on a Boeing 747 is only about 0.08 inches (2.032 mm).

[essentialatom]

Originally Posted by The_Finn

Snopes disagrees

Actually, Snopes agrees with both of us:

"The above claim is true for a very specific definition of "sex for pleasure," which in this case is copulation between the male and female of a species where such activity is completely separated from the purpose of fertilization."

So for that specific definition, yes, you're right, but I don't think I'm alone in interpreting sex as a social tool (as in the case of bonobos) as neither sex for pleasure nor fertilisation.

i.e. Your first post somewhat assumes that people will immediately associate 'sex for pleasure' with the Snopes definition, and I doubt that. I obviously didn't, and I thought I'd clarify, considering this is supposed to be a 'facts' thread, which implies that the information within is supposed to be accurate.

[/pointlessly long explanation of what I meant]