Nice Little Facts

[ks3484]

This is not what it is purported to be. Kind of looks like the ship in ID4: Independence Day. But it's not that either.


UFO Mothership? 3,000 Mile Wide Disc Caught By ISS Above Earth

[WildCard]

That's how I remember it as well.

So, I'm searching for swagbucks, er, pennies and this is what I see -

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Holy shit, Onan's back?! Art must be posting.

[WildCard]

"Mike Siegel is the biggest name in radio broadcasting, to date, to air a radio show exclusively on the internet.[citation needed]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Siegel

[ks3484]

This is not what it is purported to be. Kind of looks like the ship in ID4: Independence Day. But it's not that either.


UFO Mothership? 3,000 Mile Wide Disc Caught By ISS Above Earth

I never would have guessed in a thousand years. I think this probably nullifies Occam's Razor...

3000 Mile Wide Disc Caught By ISS? - Solved!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vzPVOChOTA

[b_dubb]

The new razor: sensationalism caused by a paranormal "researcher" intentionally omitting information to drive traffic to their site and money to their pocket.

[MV/Liberace!]

"Mike Siegel is the biggest name in radio broadcasting, to date, to air a radio show exclusively on the internet.[citation needed]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Siegel

heh heh heh

[MV/Liberace!]

Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, lived in Richmond Center, WI until her death in November 2011.

[Yorkshire pud]

The new razor: sensationalism caused by a paranormal "researcher" intentionally omitting information to drive traffic to their site and money to their pocket.

Say it isn't so!!! 'Researchers' who don't research? Really?

Goddam you sir...you spoiled it all. 

[Yorkshire pud]

Over 90% of strawberry flavoured food hasn't been near a strawberry. Raspberry flavouring is made from a gland from a beaver...No, not that beaver. That beaver.

[Yorkshire pud]

People often speak of 'pain thresholds'.. but we're all fairly even at which level we feel pain; what we vary with is pain tolerance.

[MV/Liberace!]

Raspberry flavouring is made from a gland from a beaver...No, not that beaver. That beaver.

Snopes says that's only partly true, but even the "partly" comes across as more of a technicality upon further reading...

http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/castoreum.asp

[jazmunda]

52 Common Myths. (Click to Embiggen)

[SredniVashtar]

I'm not sure how reliable that chart is. After all, a vomitorium is an exit not an entrance. You don't puke in, do you? Well, I wouldn't recommend it anyway. As we are on a Roman theme, I will chuck in the 'interesting' fact, that Caligula, noted pervert and monster, means simply 'little boots', after the caligae they wore on their feet.

[jazmunda]

I'm not sure how reliable that chart is. After all, a vomitorium is an exit not an entrance. You don't puke in, do you? Well, I wouldn't recommend it anyway. As we are on a Roman theme, I will chuck in the 'interesting' fact, that Caligula, noted pervert and monster, means simply 'little boots', after the caligae they wore on their feet.

Exits can be entrances too.


http://youtu.be/6nSKkwzwdW4

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

52 Common Myths. (Click to Embiggen)

Was all that just to disprove the joke Onan made about Aussi toilets swirling the wrong way?

[SredniVashtar]

Good point. Tersely put; gave me a chill down my spine.

[WildCard]

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Hey! I wanted iron maidens to be real. Hells bells, Jaz! Why do you destroy everything?

Ima buy one. Then it'll be real.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Iron-Maiden-Minature-Bronze-Torture-Device-early-20th-Century-German-Torture-/271770550083?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6390

[WildCard]

"Here’s Michaelis writing about the last strip that Schulz drew before he died 15 years ago:
http://jacklimpert.com/2014/12/peanuts-way-attracting-readers/
“The cold of a January day. Peppermint Patty and Marcie, behind the rampart of one snow fort, exchange volleys of snowballs with Charlie Brown and Linus. Snoopy sits behind the lines in Charlie Brown’s camp, pondering a snowball.” The caption: “Suddenly the dog realized that his dad had never taught him how to throw snowballs.”"
Schulz and Peanuts, by David Michaelis


If there's a scan of this, I can't find it.

https://archive.org/details/GoodOlCharlesSchulz
"American Masters Good Ol' Charles Schulz: For 50 years, Charles M. Schulz captivated and comforted millions with PEANUTS-his innovative daily chronicle of cruelty, hope, and heartbreak in the younger set. But unprecedented worldwide success did not quiet his own Charlie-Brown-style doubts. Instead, the outwardly mild-mannered Schulz relentlessly revisited the turbulent realities of his lost childhood in search of elusive answers. Like Citizen Kane (a film Schulz watched up to 40 times), GOOD OL' CHARLES SCHULZ tries to decipher an iconic, enigmatic American success story. Interviews with those who knew him best-including the real-life Linus and Little Red-Haired Girl-propel this 90-minute documentary. With full access to Peanuts strips and specials and to Schulz's personal archives, the film explores his life, his work, and the complex ways the two intersected. Filmed in wide screen, GOOD OL' CHARLES SCHULZ also connects the cartoons to the fading world of his Midwestern youth in visually innovative ways."

[Eddie Coyle]

     Inventor of the ear thermometer, Theodor Benzinger, was part of Project Paperclip.

[b_dubb]

"No Country For Old Men" was based on a true story

[Yorkshire pud]

A solid piece of human bone  is four times stronger than concrete and a piece the size of a matchbox can withstand nine tons of pressure.

[onan]

A solid piece of human bone  is four times stronger than concrete and a piece the size of a matchbox can withstand nine tons of pressure.

And yet my lower back needs to be seduced to bend before 10:00 am.

[b_dubb]

"The Roller Coaster of Love" was located on the west side of Dayton, OH

[Eddie Coyle]

"The Roller Coaster of Love" was located on the west side of Dayton, OH

   Say What?

[Yorkshire pud]

Whales have hip bones; the human adult gives off enough heat in thirteen minutes to boil half a gallon (Imperial gallon) of water; and the Romans outlawed sausages as although they ate bacon, they viewed sausages as Barbarian food.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Whales have hip bones; the human adult gives off enough heat in thirteen minutes to boil half a gallon (Imperial gallon) of water; and the Romans outlawed sausages as although they ate bacon, they viewed sausages as Barbarian food.

Reported.  Buffer overload.  Limit of one fact per post exceeded.

[BobGrau]

... the human adult gives off enough heat in thirteen minutes to boil half a gallon (Imperial gallon) of water;

...or it gets the hose.

[Yorkshire pud]

Reported.  Buffer overload.  Limit of one fact per post exceeded.

Damn! I knew someone Canadian would pick up on that. And not just any Canadian. 

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Damn! I knew someone Canadian would pick up on that. And not just any Canadian. 

I aspire to be any Canadian.

[zeebo]

Mustard comes from the mustard plant.  However there is no such thing as a ketchup plant.