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Post by Poldon on Sept 6, 2011 17:13:38 GMT -5
I learned that 50% of the world's population is 30 years old or younger.
I knew that it had gotten big fast, but try /that/ on for size.
Mom also remembers when it hit 4 billion, so yeah.
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Post by Omni on Sept 8, 2011 22:32:47 GMT -5
Apparently (this time of year) I don't sweat as much from weightlifting and laying out in the sun as I do from playing Just Dance.
EDIT: Many LDS temples have cafeterias in them. The food's good, and the prices are pretty fair (possibly a bargain compared to many restaurants - I haven't compared directly).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2011 5:17:11 GMT -5
I learned that you have to have your back to the sun to see a rainbow. This, to me, seems oddly poetic.
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Post by M is for Morphine on Oct 4, 2011 16:09:55 GMT -5
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Post by Omni on Oct 4, 2011 19:54:54 GMT -5
Harmonicas are designed so they can be played with both inhaling and exhaling. Also, apparently I can do a good Portal Turret voice.
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Post by Gelquie on Oct 16, 2011 21:03:57 GMT -5
I learned that if you have a google account, then you apparently automatically have a youtube account. o_0
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Post by Cow-winkle on Oct 17, 2011 16:01:07 GMT -5
The word "frenemy" has been around longer than I thought.
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Post by Omni on Oct 22, 2011 1:20:56 GMT -5
The speed of a well-thrown knife is upwards of 50 kh/h, or 45.5 feet per second. (So a kh/h is a little over a ft/s.)
The average human reaction time for a very simple task (e.g. clicking when you see a circle on the screen change color) is a little over a 5th of a second. Hitting the breaks if something jumps in front of you is more like 1.5 seconds. This is with stimulus, decision, and actual movement combined. Data also shows that females are generally slightly slower than males (up to about a 20th of a second, probably with the clicking test).
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Post by Cow-winkle on Oct 24, 2011 9:50:53 GMT -5
Canadians: The Scottish guy on the Canadian Tire money is named "Sandy McTire".
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Post by Mel ♪ on Nov 2, 2011 4:39:55 GMT -5
Nail polish remover will revive a dying whiteboard marker.
However, if you pour nail polish remover in an alcohol-based whiteboard marker, it becomes very hard to erase. (hard, but possible, if you use lots and lots of whiteboard marker remover)
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Post by Robyn on Nov 2, 2011 12:14:53 GMT -5
The instrument doctors use to check out your eyes, ears, and throat (the one with the little light) is called an otoscope, or alternatively, an auriscope.
I like both names. :3
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Post by Komori on Nov 22, 2011 23:59:38 GMT -5
I learned what it looks like when deer shed the velvet on their antlers. It's actually kinda' gruesome, all covered in blood and tattered skin. XD;;;; It supposedly doesn't hurt, because the antlers no longer have nerves, but it sure LOOKS like it hurts.
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Post by Rikku on Nov 24, 2011 5:31:51 GMT -5
From one of Patrick Rothfuss's question-and-answer sessions, which always make for fantastic reading, but in this case also informative!~
=D Fricatives. Fricatives. That - well, Googling that just led me to a confusing page full of linguistics terms, but it was a fantastic page full of linguistic terms! All - intriguing! Intriguing and also linguistic!
Today I learned that fricatives.
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Also, he likes the Decemberists.
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Post by Usikustars on Nov 24, 2011 22:35:07 GMT -5
According to a certain theory, this post is being written an infinite amount of times in the past, present and future.
....And almost everyone at the dinner table saw that same exact episode on NOVA. XD
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Post by Omni on Nov 25, 2011 1:37:49 GMT -5
Lots of stuff related to turtles. Yeah.
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