Post random trivia, starting with "Did you know that...?"

[FlyingDutchman]

Post random trivia, starting with "Did you know that...?"

If all goes well, you might actually learn something! Here are mine

Did you know that there is no such thing as 'zero-gravity'?

It is misnomer...gravity gets weaker with distance (in fact, with the square of the distance), but it never falls all the way to zero. In point of fact, gravity goes on essentially forever.

Astronauts look like they are experiencing no gravity because they are orbiting the Earth. What they are really feeling is free-fall, since they are in reality "falling" around the Earth. In effect, they are falling toward the Earth, but moving sideways enough to continuously miss it. The net result is they follow the curvature of the Earth, always falling but never hitting.


Did you know that it is not actually the water that electrocutes you but the foreign particles in the water that contacts with the electricity...

Another one

Did you know that natural gas has no odor? The power company pipes in the smell so that it is detectable when a leak occurs.

[gemchampion]

Did you know that a shrimp's heart is located at its head?

[Karaokequeen]

Originally Posted by FlyingDutchman

Did you know that natural gas has no odor? The power company pipes in the smell so that it is detectable when a leak occurs.

I actually did know that and so does everyone who watched Friends... lol

I can't think of anything from the top of my head but I do like this kind of stuff.
I actually have a little booklet 'Useless Knowledge' so I think I'll grab it and see what I got...

[Cognitive]

...there's evidence to suggest the Welsh discovered America in the 12th century. A Welsh prince named Madog, an avid and experienced sailor, discovered a land across the ocean and returned, taking a number of his people to settle and never returned. When the rest of Europe arrived centuries later, they found an unusually light skinned native American tribe who spoke a dialect incredibly similar to Welsh.

[Human_Torch]

Did you know that...

The long distance record of manned space flight is 853.8 miles from the surface of the Earth (disregarding Apollo). The moon is 238,857 miles away.

[Kimberleigh]

Did you know that.....

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

go move your toothbrush! lol

[FlyingDutchman]

Originally Posted by Cognitive

...there's evidence to suggest the Welsh discovered America in the 12th century. A Welsh prince named Madog, an avid and experienced sailor, discovered a land across the ocean and returned, taking a number of his people to settle and never returned. When the rest of Europe arrived centuries later, they found an unusually light skinned native American tribe who spoke a dialect incredibly similar to Welsh.

There is strong evidence of that.

[Cognitive]

Strong evidence, but not conclusive proof so I phrased it carefully.

Also, bats always turn left after leaving a cave.

[BBWLynzee]

Did you know that in the state of North Carolina it is illegal to have sex in any other position, other than missionary style? And that the shades must be drawn??

[Karaokequeen]

Originally Posted by BBWLynzee

Did you know that in the state of North Carolina it is illegal to have sex in any other position, other than missionary style? And that the shades must be drawn??

No way!!! That means you are breaking the law on a daily basis?

[BBWLynzee]

Originally Posted by Karaokequeen

No way!!! That means you are breaking the law on a daily basis?

Seriously!!!! It makes it kinda naughty!!! And we have see through blinds!!!

[DarriansRock]

Originally Posted by Cognitive

...there's evidence to suggest the Welsh discovered America in the 12th century. A Welsh prince named Madog, an avid and experienced sailor, discovered a land across the ocean and returned, taking a number of his people to settle and never returned. When the rest of Europe arrived centuries later, they found an unusually light skinned native American tribe who spoke a dialect incredibly similar to Welsh.

Yeah I definitely think we were there first

[MissMirandaRae]

Originally Posted by Kimberleigh

Did you know that.....

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

go move your toothbrush! lol

god, my bathroom isnt even 6 feet long lol. Ive got a foot to the shower and 3 to the sink haha.

[FlyingDutchman]

That has got to be a small bathroom. I guess you have to move the toothbrush to the bedroom.

[FlyingDutchman]

Entomology (insects) - It is my field of expertise so that is why these trivia questions.

The Goliath beetle is the largest insect living today. How much does it weigh?
4 oz - Four ounces is equal to one stick of butter. The Goliath beetle is larger than your hand!

The fastest insect is the deer bot fly. What is its fastest speed?
90 mph

Fleas would win a gold medal for jumping at the Insect Olympics. How high can they jump?
200 times their body length - If humans could jump like a flea, we could jump about 1000 feet in the air!

The winner of the “Strong Man” award for insects goes to the Leaf Beetle. How much weight can it pull?
43 times its body weight - If humans had this strength, the average adult could pull about 6500 pounds!

Humans have an estimated 762 distinct muscles. How many muscles can be found in some caterpillars?
4000

The largest moth is the Owlet moth of tropical America. What is its wingspan?
18 inches - This is a little wider than 2 pieces of paper.

The most dangerous insect kills a million people a year. What is it?
mosquito

The caterpillar of the polyphemus moth can eat __________ times its weight at birth in a little less than two months
86,000

[master bates]

Did you know that........ there is such thing as a International Breast Implant Registry

The serial #'s were used to ID the body of bikini model Jasmine Fiore that was recently found murdered.

[jmb478]

did you know that when ordering sushi...... white tuna is not actually tuna at all.
it is black marlin, also known as escolar

[TWiST]

Did you know....

The male blanket octopus is 40,000 times smaller than the female.

The lion that roars in the MGM logo was called Volney.

Cornflakes were originally made to stop masturbation.

XxX

[DarriansRock]

Did you know

The whistle of a blue whale is the loudest noise made by any mammal

And, the thing people say about being able to swim down a blue whales veins is false!

[sexycatie]

Did you know that the scientific name for nail biting is onycophagia?

[BBWLynzee]

Did you know that Cap'n Crunch's real name is.... Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch!

[FlyingDutchman]

Did you know that sixty years ago, six young women programmed the ENIAC, the first all-electronic programmable computer?

And when LIFE magazine published a post-ww2 story about the ENIAC, the women were not mentioned. The article only featured information on the machine, not the engineers who made it work.

[FlyingDutchman]

Did you know that for those people that have an affinity for exploring the catacombs are known as cataphiles?

Did you know that the Queen Mary, now a tourist attraction in Long Beach, California, is allegedly the most haunted ship in the world?

[lettyant]

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.

The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

[Darque]

Did you know....

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin
look-alike contest.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 (Try it in your windows calculator!)

A group of ravens is called a murder.