General Random Facts Topic

[Kdintranet & Scizau]

US Dollar bills are made out of
cotton and linen.

[Reshurott Inferno]

The world's gonna end in 2012. I... feel scared and worried because of a scary Youtube ad about Jesus and his 'Trumpets' (which are comets).

[Shaymin]

The world's gonna end in 2012. I... feel scared and worried because of a scary Youtube ad about Jesus and his 'Trumpets' (which are comets).

you can't be serious. there is no scientific evidence to say the world will end in 2012 just because some stupid calender ends.

Slow worms are actually lizards without legs.

[Gusparce]

The biggest rodent fossils ever found (to date) were found in Venezuela.

[Apprentice]

Bumping this because I found something interesting.

Today is all about having the same D.O.B! Three pairs of celebrities all were born on this day, but in separate years:

• Constance McCashin and Linda Thorson - both born in 1947
• Isabella Rossellini (Italian actress; she starred in Blue Velvet) and Carol Kane - both born in 1952

And, most famously (and oldest):

• Paul McCartney and Roger Ebert - both born in 1942

Happy birthday to each of them!

[ShiraBliss]

The design for the announcer woman of Team Fortress was created by someone on DeviantArt, and not by someone from inside Valve. They found her from a Daily Deviation (which was unrelated) and hired her to be their new character designer.

[Shaymin]

The design for the announcer woman of Team Fortress was created by someone on DeviantArt, and not by someone from inside Valve. They found her from a Daily Deviation (which was unrelated) and hired her to be their new character designer.

you must give me this person's deviantart RIGHT NOW K?!

um... random fact ummmm....

Cheese does not give you nightmares?

[OranBerrySandvich]

Francium submarines are unlikely to be used, as the metal is too weak. Amongst other things.

[Sebastian Moran]

Hilarious references to its high reactivity aside, there's also the small fact that less than 20 atoms of francium are throught to exist on the earth at any one time, due to its extremely short half-life. 
 

[PiPlUp_94]

The west coast of scotland has the 2nd most jaggiest coastline in the world after norway.

[Awkward Squirtle]

Is there a scale for that?

Anyway, fact...space does not exist

[Shaymin]

Is there a scale for that?

Anyway, fact...space does not exist

spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

ahem

The planet Jupiter has no solid surface.

[Kpyna]

its hypothesized we absorb 11 million details from our environment, but are only consciously aware of a maximum of 40.

[ShiraBliss]

spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

I Love you!!!!

Ahem. Did you know that the Hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards?

[Milsap]

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific.When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

10% of all woman registered for computer dating are teachers.

The last name in the Toronto phone book is Zzyzzer.