HotDog Fish
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This thread brightens up my day, in the same sense of the Earth hurtling into the Sun would brighten up my day
blablabla did you know thread....
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Aphex_Twin
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Did you know that you can't take off from the surface of a Black hole? The escape velocity would have to be higher than the speed of light. The escape velocity off the surface of the Earth is about 7 miles per second.
Aphex_Twin
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Also from black holes and physics:
Black holes are called black because no light can radiate from it's surface! Not many people know that black holes actually evaporate in time. After some 50-100-200 billion years the black hole will end it's existence. This strange effect is called the Hawking's Radiation after the famous phisician Stephen Hawking.
If the Earth were about 10 centimeters in diameter and with the same mass it would meet the requirements to become a black hole!
The greater tha mass of a black hole the smaller the size of it is. Thus, the size of the gigantic black hole supposed to be in the center of the Milky way, which has a mass more than 200 million times than our sun, is smaller than a spec of dust!
If you were to fall into a black hole your feet would get pulled faster than your head and so you will break up in little pieces. By the time you reach the event horizon of a black hole a human body may consist of no more than a very long string of atoms!
The event horizon of a black hole is the limit up to which an object can return. After you pass this limit, your escape velocity would have to be higher than the speed of light and so you can never return!
An object has to have zero mass in order to reach the speed of light. Any object with mass will require an infinite ammount of energy to reach the speed of light!
Also, if the closer you get to the speed of light, the higher does your relative mass become. At the speed of light your relative mass would have to be infinite. More still, as you near the speed of light, time from your point of view slows down, so at light speed it would stop flowing. Some suggested that if speed were to be greater than the speed of light time would flow backwards. Thus there are some perspectives for time travel.
Now one from astronomy:
If we were to use the same fuel the space shuttle uses and we plan on getting to the nearest star (Alpha centaury - 4,2 light years away) in the "reasonable" time of 900 years, the mass of the fuel required would be higher than the mass of the entire Universe !
Black holes are called black because no light can radiate from it's surface! Not many people know that black holes actually evaporate in time. After some 50-100-200 billion years the black hole will end it's existence. This strange effect is called the Hawking's Radiation after the famous phisician Stephen Hawking.
If the Earth were about 10 centimeters in diameter and with the same mass it would meet the requirements to become a black hole!
The greater tha mass of a black hole the smaller the size of it is. Thus, the size of the gigantic black hole supposed to be in the center of the Milky way, which has a mass more than 200 million times than our sun, is smaller than a spec of dust!
If you were to fall into a black hole your feet would get pulled faster than your head and so you will break up in little pieces. By the time you reach the event horizon of a black hole a human body may consist of no more than a very long string of atoms!
The event horizon of a black hole is the limit up to which an object can return. After you pass this limit, your escape velocity would have to be higher than the speed of light and so you can never return!
An object has to have zero mass in order to reach the speed of light. Any object with mass will require an infinite ammount of energy to reach the speed of light!
Also, if the closer you get to the speed of light, the higher does your relative mass become. At the speed of light your relative mass would have to be infinite. More still, as you near the speed of light, time from your point of view slows down, so at light speed it would stop flowing. Some suggested that if speed were to be greater than the speed of light time would flow backwards. Thus there are some perspectives for time travel.
Now one from astronomy:
If we were to use the same fuel the space shuttle uses and we plan on getting to the nearest star (Alpha centaury - 4,2 light years away) in the "reasonable" time of 900 years, the mass of the fuel required would be higher than the mass of the entire Universe !
Ludovit
ill-minded
Bill Gates (in 1980 or so): "Noone will ever need more than 64kB RAM."
Wouldn't wanna be a shark. Pig is much better. But why to they have such a long orgasm if they don't do sex for fun.
Do they use fridges as sauna as well?How can anyone find out such thing?
Write pi in roman numerals, please.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Or an imaginary number
Kefka
Your local Schizophrenic
Did you know that I already knew that?
ya know I don't know why but my physics class was one of the easiest classes for me to pass.
DID YOU KNOW THAT KEFKA IS DISQUALIFIED FROM THIS THREAD FOR NOT POSTING HIS RESPONSE IN THE FORM OF A "DID YOU KNOW"?
Obssesed Nuker
Resident Nuclear Launcher
GET ME MY REBREATHER TANK AND MY MINING PICK!
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
very funny and very good
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it took me nearly 30 minutes to read, but it was worth it.
Darkness
Shadow creature
There's some pretty good ones in that list....
GenghisK
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After the Did you know, here's the "A FEW OF LIFE'S UNANSWERED QUESTIONS"
** Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?
** Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
** Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
** Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
** Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
** Why is a boxing ring square?
** Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
** Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
** Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
** Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
** Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
** Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
** Why is the third hand on the watch called second hand?
** Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
** Why is the word dictionary in the dictionary?
** Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
** Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
** Why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance that little indestructible black box is?
** Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
** Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?
And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first cause..
** Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?
** Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
** Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
** Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
** Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
** Why is a boxing ring square?
** Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
** Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
** Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
** Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
** Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
** Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
** Why is the third hand on the watch called second hand?
** Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
** Why is the word dictionary in the dictionary?
** Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
** Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
** Why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance that little indestructible black box is?
** Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
** Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?
And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first cause..
Lt. 'Killer' M.
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they are practicing after all - or did you ever get the ffeling they knew what they were doing?
there isn't? in German there is.....
Because too many cat food consumers are human
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Lord_Vetinari
übermensch
A few more unanswered questions:
*Why does the word "lisp" include an S? That's pretty mean, isn't it?
Similar to the above, *why is the word "dyslexia" called just that? Also rather mean methinks.
*What does journalists reporting from famine-stricken areas eat?
*How does the snow plough driver get to work?
*Where do the people who make dictionaries look up the words?
Great thread btw!
*Why does the word "lisp" include an S? That's pretty mean, isn't it?
Similar to the above, *why is the word "dyslexia" called just that? Also rather mean methinks.
*What does journalists reporting from famine-stricken areas eat?
*How does the snow plough driver get to work?
*Where do the people who make dictionaries look up the words?
Great thread btw!
There's a city called Rome on Antarctica?
@Killer: I assume you're joking with that unanswered-question list (some of it was very funny), but just in case you're not here's some answers (except to the questions that are obviously jokes, like the third/second hand one).
Q: Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
A: Because opening their mouth stretches out the area around their eyes, I guess.
Q: Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
A: Because it sticks to your lips (duh!
)Q: Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
A: I've never heard someone say that rain is dropping; instead I hear that rain is falling, just like snow.
Q: Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
A: I don't think lemon flavor cleans stuff very well!
Q: Why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance that little indestructible black box is?
A: I assume that it's because it's too expensive and too heavy.
I probably sound like an idiot answering those questions...
MTheil3508
Prince
Did you know
In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. (Like THAT makes sense.)
In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror. (Do they look different reversed?)
Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times. (A brick??)
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. (Much worse than "going blind!")
There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time...Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry. (Let's just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)
In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
(Ah! Justice!)
Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in
tropical fish stores. (But of course!)
In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act. (Makes one shudder at the thought.)
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time. (I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)
In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."
(Is this a great country or what? Not as great as Guam!)
In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. (Like THAT makes sense.)
In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror. (Do they look different reversed?)
Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times. (A brick??)
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. (Much worse than "going blind!")
There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time...Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry. (Let's just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)
In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
(Ah! Justice!)
Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in
tropical fish stores. (But of course!)
In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act. (Makes one shudder at the thought.)
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time. (I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)
In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."
(Is this a great country or what? Not as great as Guam!)
Wish I saw this sooner. . . just glad I'm not the one reviving this. . . But to respond to your remark, Ludovit, you could write pi in Roman Numerals. III.IIVIV. . . but you can't say '0' as there is no equivalent to it.
But I shudder to think what Pi would look like in Roman Numerals. . . .
GenghisK
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Additional stuffs:
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
1/4 of LA is taken up of automobiles
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
2 out of 5 people live in China or India
Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
The city with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
The most commonly used password on computer systems is "password."
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show?
A. No theme song.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
A. Honey
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
1/4 of LA is taken up of automobiles
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
2 out of 5 people live in China or India
Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
The city with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
The most commonly used password on computer systems is "password."
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show?
A. No theme song.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
A. Honey
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
RegentMan
Deity
Wow... thirty minutes later I'm done. All I have to say is... wow.
