Factoids

[rdsrds2120]

Time for FACTOIDS!!!

I'm going to post some useless bit of information that could win you countless sums of money if a man in a suitcase were to come up and ask you a random question.

I will then give a CATEGORY for the next tidbit that wastes 3 seconds of our lives to be posted in. It's something that's a rare piece of knowledge, one of those things that makes you go "HMM". So, here we go!

1) A penny has 180 ridged edges on the side of it


Next category: Miscellaneous (whatever you want)!

-rd


Mod Edit (DK): Finally fixed the spelling of the thread title.

[Timminz]

You spelled factions wrong.

[rdsrds2120]

You spelled factions wrong.

I wasn't going for a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics; I was aiming for a brief or trivial item of news or information, now, shhh

2) Scientists have identified only 4,000 different viruses, a fraction of the estimated 400,000 believed to exist on Earth

Next Subject: Math

[Victor Sullivan]

You spelled factoids wrong.

2) Victor Sullivan is a character from the Uncharted series of video games for the PS3.

[Victor Sullivan]

Oh, rds, fastposting me like that... For shame...

3) e^iπ + 1 = 0

Next: Germany

[jonesthecurl]

Bismarck was the first to introduce old-age pensions.

Next topic: shoelaces.

[rdsrds2120]

Bismarck was the first to introduce old-age pensions.

Next topic: shoelaces.

The tip of a shoelace is called an aglet.

Next: Water Statistics

-rd

[Timminz]

You spelled factions wrong.

I wasn't going for a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics; I was aiming for a brief or trivial item of news or information, now, shhh

I'll be quiet, when you fix it.

[rdsrds2120]

You spelled factions wrong.

I wasn't going for a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics; I was aiming for a brief or trivial item of news or information, now, shhh

I'll be quiet, when you fix it.

It's not broken.

In developing countries, 70 percent of industrial wastes are dumped untreated into waters where they pollute the usable water supply.


Next: History

-rd

[Army of GOD]

Indira Gandhi, India's only female Prime Minister, has no relation to Mahatma Gandhi

Next subject: THE NUMBER 7

[rdsrds2120]

Your taste buds, hair color, eye color, and something else I can't remember MAY change on a 7 year cycle.

Next: Apples

[jonesthecurl]

Despite the saying "American as apple pie", ou can't buy Bramleys (which the Uk calls "cooking apples") in the U.S. and thus it's hard to make a good uK-style apple pie.

Next up: concrete

[isaiah40]

Sixty percent of the 47,744 mile U.S. Interstate highway system was built of concrete, especially in urban areas where FHWA anticipated heavy traffic volumes. Concrete was selected because of its superior durability, safety, higher reflection of light at night, and greater traction.

Next: Oil

[rdsrds2120]

Everyone wants it and we're running out.

Next: Orange Soda

-rd

[Victor Sullivan]

Contains no fruit juice.

Next: Waluigi

[Army of GOD]

I love picking him as my pitcher in Mario Baseball for the Wii because he reminds me of those long-armed left-handers that have dastardly curveballs.

Next: Legends of the Hidden Temple

[radiojake]

I love picking him as my pitcher in Mario Baseball for the Wii because he reminds me of those long-armed left-handers that have dastardly curveballs.

Next: Legends of the Hidden Temple

Watched it all the time during the short, 4 week stint when we had cable TV - (It was in 1997 - We had it for four weeks, and then got rid of it again) After returning to normal free-to-air TV, I was unable to watch the crappy knock-off kid's 'Maze-Adventure-Game-Show' type of programmes - They just never compared.


NEXT: The collective claim for Autonomy by the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico

[rdsrds2120]

Zapatista grass-roots communities began to organise their own Autonomous Municipalities in 1996. These locally elected councils were formed to oversee the self-governing of the areas of Chiapas where the people had risen in armed rebellion against the Mexican State on 1st Jan 1994. A total of 32 Autonomous Municipalities were organised, encompassing a support base of several hundred thousand.

next: Water

-rd

[Thorthoth]

It's less dense as a solid than as a liquid.

NEXT: Conquer Club

[Dukasaur]

The first tournament to offer a premium prize was organized by wacicha, who later went on to found the SoC.

Next: agriculture.

[IcePack]

The average US beer uses about .02 pounds of hops in every 31 gallons, according to Businessweek, but craft brewers can use as much as 1.25 pounds and has led to a shortage in the hops supply chain.

Next: Risk

[Thorthoth]

It can be best averted by maintaining a diverse investment portfolio.

NEXT: Sirenidae.

[Dukasaur]

The Sirenidae are true amphibians, have both a functional set of gills and a functional set of lungs.

NEXT: Charities and their founders

[Thorthoth]

Goodwill was founded by the Reverend Edgar J. Helms, yet most people today have never heard of him.

NEXT: David Foster Wallace.