Fact or Crap!

Malte279 · **Reply #140 on:** November 17, 2006, 07:36:23 PM

Correct Petrie. Your turn.

Petrie. · **Reply #141 on:** November 18, 2006, 10:38:35 AM

^ Good because I had no idea.

50/50 chance of getting it right.

Okey dokey.....

Fact or crap: Humans, dolphins, chimpanzees, and elephants have all been reported to be able to recognize oneself in a mirror.

Malte279 · **Reply #142 on:** November 20, 2006, 05:29:23 PM

Chimpanzees, definitely can. I certainly wouldn't put it beyond the intelligence of dolphins or elephants to do the same, but at least I never read about this as a fact. Combined with my doubts about the humans ability to recognize their own unfalsified self in a mirror I go for the 50:50 chance and say it is crap (having never read about elephants and dolphins being able to recognize themselves while I suppose it would not be unlikely for them to identify their reflection as such).

Malte279 · **Reply #143 on:** January 21, 2007, 05:55:16 PM

Fact or Crap Petrie?

Petrie. · **Reply #144 on:** April 18, 2007, 08:41:04 PM

Six months later...the drama builds....

It was actually fact...however the elephant sample was limited to one elephant, so its plausable.

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #145 on:** June 26, 2007, 10:06:51 PM

You know, I've decided that I will continue the game since it's been so long since someone posted a Fact or Crap statement.

So...

Fact or Crap?

There are creautres within the animal kingdom that collect poisonous spiders.

Grievous55 · **Reply #146 on:** June 27, 2007, 12:09:11 PM

Fact. Tarantula Hawk Wasps will attack tarantulas, paralyze them, and place them in nests to be food for the wasp's larva. There are also other species of wasps that do so. Humans also collect poisonous spiders to study and keep as pets.

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #147 on:** June 27, 2007, 12:40:04 PM

Correct, Grievous55. Though I had a feeling that the Trantcula Hawk Wasp was the one most would go after, I was kind of looking for the info on the ones that collect vast amounts of Funnel Web Spiders and Black Widows to feed their already hatched and quickly growing larvae.

But you got it right anyways, so it's your turn, Grievous55.

Grievous55 · **Reply #148 on:** June 28, 2007, 12:35:39 AM

Fact or Crap: A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time. It is 1/100th of a second.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #149 on:** August 07, 2007, 01:06:12 AM

False. While a jiffy is indeed a unit of time, it is not limited to just 1/100th of a second. The most common is usually 1/60th of a second.

action9000 · **Reply #150 on:** August 07, 2007, 01:09:10 AM

Actually it's a trick question

Depending on the context, you're both right.
In the electrical world, a "Jiffy" is the amount of time it takes for one cycle of AC current (1/50 or 1/60 seconds depending on your region).

In the physics world, a Jiffy is the amount of time it takes for light to travel 1 foot in a perfect vacuum.

I'd say Darkhououmon has a more accurate statement than the original question. I'd give it to her if I wrote the question.

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Grievous55 · **Reply #151 on:** August 09, 2007, 06:45:41 PM

Give the lady a prize! For a while there I thought I had killed this topic.

Alright, your turn, DarkHououmon.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #152 on:** August 10, 2007, 11:57:42 PM

Fact or Crap: The gecko secretes a glue-like substance to cling to just about anything.

Tails_155 · **Reply #153 on:** August 11, 2007, 12:04:32 AM

nope, I think it's just suction or some form of surface area thing

(In other words I mean) Crap

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #154 on:** August 11, 2007, 12:29:32 AM

I'm guessing fact.

Grievous55 · **Reply #155 on:** August 11, 2007, 01:08:18 AM

Crap. The gecko has tiny ridges lining the bottoms of its toes. These ridges are comprised of millions of tiny hairs. The hairs are so thin that they interact with the molecular structure of the surface they are on, enabling the gecko to walk on even a smooth surface like glass, upside down.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #156 on:** August 11, 2007, 01:29:26 AM

Quote from: Grievous55,Aug 11 2007 on 01:08 AM

Crap. The gecko has tiny ridges lining the bottoms of its toes. These ridges are comprised of millions of tiny hairs. The hairs are so thin that they interact with the molecular structure of the surface they are on, enabling the gecko to walk on even a smooth surface like glass, upside down.

That is correct.

Grievous55 · **Reply #157 on:** August 14, 2007, 04:08:29 PM

Fact or Crap: Charles Schulz, creator of Charlie Brown, hated the name Peanuts to the end of his days.

Tails_155 · **Reply #158 on:** August 15, 2007, 12:56:24 PM

Crap, (as a guess) he truly loved the name, and even more strangely, just after the last one was printed was when he died o.o; I always thought that was very eery