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SexyGreyFox said:
If you've worked that out correctly that is amazing.
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Unfortunately not, I'm way, way off, it would actually be less than 43!

Angilion said:
That warning label isn't necessarily as wrong as it first seems. It usually says "may contain nuts", not "contains nuts". Facilities where peanuts are processed and packaged often also process and package nuts, so there is a possibility that some small amount of nuts might have ended up in a packet of peanuts, maybe.



I would laugh if that happened.

If they wanted to go a bit further, they could give them about 5500 bananas. That would be about a kilometre of bananas. Since they didn't specify a unit of measurement, it could be any one.
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I've seen a few that specifically say "contain nuts", no may about it. That said I understand why it says it... Doesn't mean it's not factually wrong though. Same with the banana issue. :D
 
The British army placed such a high importance on the provision of tea that in 1942 the british government bought the entire worlds crop of tea to make sure they had enough for the troops to keep morale up.

Its little facts like these that make you realise how utterly insane we are as a nation :D
 
Some Korea facts for you tonight.

Meth is offered as casually as a cup of tea in North Korea. There is little stigma attached to meth use - some take t to treat colds or boost their energy; students take it to work late. The drug also helps to curb appetites in a country where food is scarce.

All teacher is North Korea in the 1990s were required to play the accordion and that you needed to pass as accordion test before qualifying as a teacher.

Every North Korean home and business is outfitted with a government controlled radio which cannot be turned off, only down.

Idolatry in North Korea is such that it is 2nd nature for ordinary citizen to rescue portraits of Kim Il Sung before all else in the case of a house fire.

It is not 2016 in North Korea. The year is 105, because North Korea marks years from the birth of Kim Il-sung and not Jesus.

Literacy in North Korea is defined by the ability to write Kim Il-Sung.

North Korea holds elections every year in which the ballots list only one candidate.

In North Korea, the number of internet users is only 605. (0.00%)

In North Korea, you are forced to choose one of 28 government-approved haircuts.

There is a "three generations of punishment" sentence in North Korea. This means a person would be sent to the camp along with that person's entire family and two subsequent generations of family members would be born in prison and live there entire lives there.

A six day working week and another day of enforced "volunteer" work, ensures that the average citizen has virtually no free time.



China has banned monks from re-incarnating.


Camelopard is the original name for a Giraffe

Sackbut is the old name for Saxophone

Brad's Drink is the old name for Pepsi

Gay-Related Immune Deficiency was the first name discussed for AIDS

Buffy was the original name for Yoda

Batmania was one of the original names for Melbourne.

David And Jerry’s Guide To The World Wide Web was the original name for Yahoo

A kid born in Sweden in 1991 was named Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116. His parents said it was pronounced "Albin." Although later it was blocked.

A sock full of cat litter kept under the seat of your car will stop the screen from steaming up in the mornings.

At ANY SECOND of the day there are somewhere around 30 million people watching porn.

Adding zipties to your bike tires will create some great winter tires.

The 80 richest people in the world have more assets than the bottom 3.5 billion.
 
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If the Book I was bought for Christmas is to be believed you can make a jet pack from AK-47s.

Plus the pools that nuclear power stations store spent fuel rods in are surprising safe to go for a swim in, as long as it is deep enough.
 
Fire_fly said:
If the Book I was bought for Christmas is to be believed you can make a jet pack from AK-47s.

Plus the pools that nuclear power stations store spent fuel rods in are surprising safe to go for a swim in, as long as it is deep enough.
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I too have that 'What If' book by Randall Munroe of XKCD fame, brilliant reading :D

http://what-if.xkcd.com/

a lot of them are on there, though the book contains ones that aren't. my favourite is the one explaining what would happen if you lined up the periodic table, using blocks of the actual elements on there.
 
Google Fu threw these at me.

Barack Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit a federal prison.

Famous left-handed people include Napoleon, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Einstein, Newton, Bill Gates, Oprah, Obama and Jimi Hendrix.

The phrase ‘Time Person of the Year' contains the first, second and third most commonly used nouns in English, in order.

Ants can survive in a microwave: they are small enough to dodge the rays.

Despite its reputation as being a rainy city, London receives less precipitation in a year than Rome, Toulouse, Naples and even Sydney in Australia, but those are spread over more days.

I have no affiliation to the above factoids, but it was on the interweb and there was no lol THEY ARE TRUE !

Now cower before me and tremble. :D

This one is to be placed in Pandora's Box :


Queen, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and Tupac never won a Grammy, while Milli Vanilli and Justin Bieber did.
 
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Crpwned said:
I too have that 'What If' book by Randall Munroe of XKCD fame, brilliant reading :D

http://what-if.xkcd.com/

a lot of them are on there, though the book contains ones that aren't. my favourite is the one explaining what would happen if you lined up the periodic table, using blocks of the actual elements on there.
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Cheers, I couldn't remember the title of the book off the top of my head.

My personal favourite is the Neutron star bullet and what you have to do to touch it.
 
Light slows down when it's not in a vacuum and travelling through a medium like air. Surprising how many people think it's a constant. The only constant light in my life is the boiler indicator. When that goes out end times will ensue.
 
Sliver said:
Light slows down when it's not in a vacuum and travelling through a medium like air. Surprising how many people think it's a constant. The only constant light in my life is the boiler indicator. When that goes out end times will ensue.
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I don't count that as slowing light personally but rather slowing wave propagation. Splitting hairs when talking about every day application but mathematically it can make all the difference.

Fun fact:

The natural diet of my local Surrey chavs consist of sweet chilli sensations and subway.

What ever happened to pickled onion monster munch and Maccy Ds?
 
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