Did You Know...?

[Hive]

post some shocking facts and/or secrets that we may not know!

LET ME BEGIN:

Did you know.... that Mount Everest is so high that the top actually penetrates into the stratosphere?

 

[NecroJoe]

Did you know that the bird is the word?

Proof:

 

[Hive]

Did you know..... that the ability to control your dreams is a difficult skill that requires special training to achieve?
It's estimated that fewer than 100,000 people in the U.S. have the ability to have lucid dreams.

 

[Austere]

I have lucid dreams i didn't need no training.

 

[Hive]

Did you know..... goats have square pupils?

 

[Lupin_IV]

Losing control of a lucid dream is a recipe for night terror.

 

[Hive]

Did you know.... that the video game "Donkey Kong" ends on the 22nd level?

 

[NecroJoe]

Did you know..... goats have square pupils?

To be fair, it's simply horizontal slits that aren't as sharply-defined as other animals.

 

[Austere]

How come no one but me has realised you're a troll yet?

 

[Hive]

Did you know.... that inflatable whales cannot reproduce?

 

[NecroJoe]

Did you know.... that the video game "Donkey Kong" ends on the 22nd level?

Yeha, you don't actually "beat" Donkey Kong. You just play until it freezes. At least, according to the movie "King of Kong."

 

[NecroJoe]

Did you know.... that inflatable whales cannot reproduce?

 

[Hive]

Yeha, you don't actually "beat" Donkey Kong. You just play until it freezes. At least, according to the movie "King of Kong."

I saw that, too.

But, how can they keep getting higher and higher scores... ?

 

[NecroJoe]

Well, I have a Tetris game that has a 2 minute mode. I keep getting better and better scores in the same amount of time. You just learn how to play it better/get luckier.

 

[Hive]

Did you know.... that the tennis balls used in Men's professional tournaments are heavier than the tennis balls used in Women's professional tournaments?

 

[Lupin_IV]

I saw that, too.

But, how can they keep getting higher and higher scores... ?

Points collected in the level vs. bonus points awarded at the end of the level.

 

[NecroJoe]

Did you know a watermelon is really a cucumber?

 

[Hive]

Did you know.... that Nunavut became a new territory of Canada as of April 1, 1999 ?

 

[NecroJoe]

Did you know there are 92 nuclear bombs lost at sea?

 

[Hive]

Did you know.... that it takes nearly seven and a half million pounds of thrust to get a Space Shuttle off the ground?