Thread: Did you know...?

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Along with the five traditional senses of sound, sight, touch, smell and taste, humans have 15 'other senses', including balance, temperature, pain and time as well as internal senses for suffocation and thirst.

54 million people alive right now will be dead within 12 months.

A Blue Whale's heart is the size of a VW Beetle, and large enough to swim through it's arteries.

Candy Floss was invented by a dentist.

Bubble wrap was originally designed to be used as wallpaper.

You are not the same person you were 7 years ago, literally, since every particle in your body has been replaced over that time. Your skeleton regenerates completely every 10 years.

Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.

All of the gold mined in the history of the world could fit into a 20-metre cube.

The longest music piece ever (John Cage's composition for organ ORGAN2/ASLSP) is being performed in the city of Halberstadt, Germany. The performance started in 2001, and is scheduled to finish in 2640!

Not sure if it's being recorded, you know, for posterity.

In 1979, several councils, including some that didn't even have cinemas within their boundaries, banned Life of Brian saying it was blasphemous.

Originally Posted by bobo746

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If i wouldn't have married my first wife,i would have a bigger bank account.

Point taken, though you never know what would have happened if you turned left instead of right.

Originally Posted by jabir

The longest music piece ever (John Cage's composition for organ ORGAN2/ASLSP) is being performed in the city of Halberstadt, Germany. The performance started in 2001, and is scheduled to finish in 2640!

That cannot be correct , when the clock gets to 2400 , it goes back to zero (2359 to be exact)

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ive got a deformed thumb

Originally Posted by jabir

and time

Except when inside a cave, it seems.

Originally Posted by Fluke

That cannot be correct , when the clock gets to 2400 , it goes back to zero (2359 to be exact)

Year. It started in the *year* 2001 and will end in the *year* 2640.

thank fuck for that

Originally Posted by jabir

54 million people alive right now will be dead within 12 months.

The population of people on the planet right now is greater than all the people who've lived previously.

It is possible for it to rain seafood
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8403616.html
I'll be holding a wok out the condo window.

Did you know, people who believe everything they read on the Internet creates job security for many Russians?

^ Just read this.

Great for the many Russians.

I thought that was Rome, but suppose it could be Persia.

Point to ponder