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Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #20 on:** August 25, 2009, 11:52:33 PM

Quote from: brekclub85,Aug 24 2009 on 04:08 PM

In England, it's illegal to die in Parliament? (I heard on a radio show. What would they do, arrest your corpse? )

Also makes me wonder if they'll issue a citation and, more interesting, what form of payment they'll accept

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Serris · **Reply #21 on:** August 26, 2009, 01:00:35 AM

A Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) can sell for the equivalent over $100,000 in Japan.

Noname · **Reply #22 on:** August 27, 2009, 12:35:57 PM

Boeing's new Dreamliner Jet, the 787, is two years behind schedule.

Alex · **Reply #23 on:** August 31, 2009, 01:04:17 AM

Did you know, that anyone with an MSN account can use Windows SkyDrive to have 25 GB of free file storage?

Noname · **Reply #24 on:** August 31, 2009, 02:01:41 AM

That otters hold hands to prevent each other from drifting away in the water while they are asleep.

Pangaea · **Reply #25 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:02:37 AM

Here's another sea otter fact: did you know that they have the densest fur of any animal? (Over a million hairs per square inch.)

Kor · **Reply #26 on:** August 31, 2009, 04:12:15 AM

Light filaments from a light bulb will work if they are put into liquid nitrogen and lit. But not in open air very well nor for very long.

tempestwheel · **Reply #27 on:** August 31, 2009, 05:51:34 PM

The highest amount of money ever won on the show Cash Cab is over 3,000 dollars.

Noname · **Reply #28 on:** August 31, 2009, 07:40:59 PM

That a peanut is neither a pea nor a nut... it is a legume, which makes it more like a bean.

tempestwheel · **Reply #29 on:** September 07, 2009, 12:20:34 PM

The mask Michael Myers wears in the original Halloween is supposed to be a mask of William Shatner?

(OOC: My 7,00o post!

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Noname · **Reply #30 on:** September 08, 2009, 06:40:42 PM

That Steve Downs (Voice of Master Chief) and Jen Taylor (voice of Cortana) have never met, despite the closeness of their two characters from Halo.

Pangaea · **Reply #31 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:11:59 AM

There is a pachycephalosaur (A.K.A. domehead, or bone-headed dinosaur) called Colepiocephale, whose name literally translates to “knuckle head”.

Supposedly it was called this because of the vaguely triangular shape of its skull (resembling a knuckle joint), but I still can’t help but wonder if the person who named it was a fan of the Three Stooges.

Noname · **Reply #32 on:** September 13, 2009, 03:08:46 PM

That "Sephiroth" is named after the tree of life in Kabbalah Judaism.

Amaranthine · **Reply #33 on:** September 20, 2009, 01:56:36 AM

Did you know that "Bora" (pronounced BOH-RAH) is "excellent" in Swahili yet it's "snow" in Albanian, and "brave" in sanskrit.

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/m...ng_of_Bora.html

action9000 · **Reply #34 on:** September 20, 2009, 01:58:40 AM

Did you know that the largest single piece of software I've ever heard of is 564GB? It's an audio application/plugin that is sold on a hard drive, rather than on discs.

Noname · **Reply #35 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:28:50 AM

That London and Paris were both Roman Cities at one point? Same thing with dozens of other major cities...

Serris · **Reply #36 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:31:40 AM

Did you know that baby powder is flammable?

Yep, I've tested it with a bowl of flaming alcohol and some 17 year old baby powder out on a stone driveway.

Noname · **Reply #37 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:40:12 AM

Speaking of which, did you know that oxygen is highly flammable, and that water vapor is a greenhouse gas?

Serris · **Reply #38 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:43:32 AM

Oxygen is not flammable. It is an oxidizer.

Chlorine Trifluoride is one of the strongest oxidizers known. Ever see concrete burn? ClF3 can make it happen.

Noname · **Reply #39 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:46:50 AM

Technically, oxygen cannot burn by itself, BUT fire requires oxygen to burn... so... it is flammable in that sense.