Post a Random Fact

[Fia]

I just think it's fun & cool to know and learn random little facts.

For example, did you know that avocados contain more potassium than bananas?

Post a fact, let's learn from each other. Please keep it appropriate. Also, please post ACTUAL facts. Thank you

 

[Jake]

o this is random facts in general not facts about u oops

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

lol

-I can flip my eyelids.

 

[Brackets]

If you unravelled all your DNA in your body it would reach to the moon

 

[ACNiko]

One recycled bottle can produce enough energy to play video games for six hours.

 

[Reindeer]

Coal power plants have about 100x more nuclear emissions than nuclear power plants.

 

[xxDianaxx]

We humans eat around 75 bugs in our life time.

 

[Yui Z]

Here are several random facts:

- On average, 100 people choke to death on ball point pens every year
- Women blink nearly twice as often as men
- It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not down
- Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
- Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist (scary D
- By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life
- It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep
- In Italy, men can be arrested for wearing skirts.

 

[ACNiko]

- In Italy, men can be arrested for wearing skirts.

Seriously? What the ...

That reminds me of Uganda where women aren't allowed to wear mini skirts as a part of the country's "anti-pornography law"...

 

[Brackets]

Our species are among the least genetically diverse apes, because we seem to have descended from a small group of humans in East Africa. Also, there was some sort of disaster about 80,000 years ago which reduced our gene pool a lot.

 

[Riiiiptide]

Remember the quadratic formula to solve degree 2 polynomials? There are similar formulas for degree 3 and 4 (cubic, quartic) but no such formula can exist for degree 5 (quintic) or higher!

 

[mayordan]

if you, your pet, or someone you know were to ingest antifreeze the cure is alcohol !!!
... of course followed by a visit to a hospital (or animal hospital) !!​

- - - Post Merge - - -

Remember the quadratic formula to solve degree 2 polynomials? There are similar formulas for degree 3 and 4 (cubic, quartic) but no such formula can exist for degree 5 (quintic) or higher!

but wouldnt
f(x) = ax^5 + bx^4 + cx^3 +dx^2 +ex + f
be quintic
lol
? ? ?​

 

[Riiiiptide]

For a nonzero, it is quintic. No such formula exists to find its roots in terms of radicals!

 

[Sanaki]

Horses can't puke.

 

[Colour Bandit]

Petting and interacting with animals (more specifically dogs) releases serotonin, prolactin and oxytocin in the human brain, combating depression.

 

[Brackets]

Petting and interacting with animals (more specifically dogs) releases serotonin, prolactin and oxytocin in the human brain, combating depression.

Yeah at my uni there are counselling sessions around exam time, where students can pet puppies ^.^

 

[Fia]

Oh, also cockroaches can live for 6 weeks after having their head cut off. (6 weeks or days, I can't remember.... I think weeks). And chickens aren't able to burp.

 

[cannedcommunism]

Recently, Lady Gaga's video for "Do What U Want" was leaked by TMZ. TMZ declared that it was cut because it was deemed "too inappropriate," which struck an enormous reaction from her fans. Rumors began flying everywhere, and nobody knew the true story.

 

[MrPicklez]

I like to fart when I'm in the tub and listen to the rumble.