Did you know...

[Cobra]

Did you know that the billionth digit of Pi is 9?

[yoda313]

Did you know that the billionth digit of Pi is 9?

Hello,

And how do you know that?????? Where's it written???? I know you can never get the LAST DIGIT of pi. How far along have they calculated it???

Kevin

[Cobra]

Spotted it on a thing of random facts pinned up in the lab prep room.

http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/pi-challenge/
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf103/sf103m16.htm

[Doramius]

Did you know Married men live 10+ years longer than single men. Single Women live 8+ years longer than married women. 1 out of every 4 unfaithful men die while having sex with a woman that's not their wife. A woman is more likely to be unfaithful than a man. (The funny thing is there is a fact that says men are better at hiding a cheating relationship than a woman is, so is it possible that more men than women cheat?) Women astronauts who have been in space have a harder time adjusting back to earth than men do, both by breathing and circulation of the blood due to the smaller lungs and heart. Women secrete a chemical during pregnancy that actually causes their brain to shrink or compress slightly. Women are more suceptible to osteoperosis than men, even if following an identical calcium rich diet to men. Women are more likely to develop arthritis than men. Men are more likely to tear a muscle and develop things like tendonitis than women. A man's most sensitive nerve endings are 10 times more sensitive than a woman's most sensitive nerve endings. When pregnant, a woman's sense of smell can come very close to that of some species of dogs.

[Cobra]

Did you know that the brain makes a chemical called CART that causes a change in behaviour similar to those found in cocaine and methamphetamine users?

[Doramius]

Dopamine! Now that's chemical I can handle.

[Capmaster]

Remember that a "billion" in the UK is 10E12. In the US it's 10E9. Our "billion" is their "thousand million"

[Dr. DOS]

When pregnant, a woman's sense of smell can come very close to that of some species of dogs.

Damn.... my wife must have been a blood hound.... she could tell if I farted upstairs three hours before she even went upstairs.

[SquirrelDip]

I was going to ask "then what's a trillion?" but I Googled my own answer...

http://www.jimloy.com/math/billion.htm

[Doramius]

Did you know in the 70's a term often mentioned called "killian". The term was used for people who had so much money they would burn it for fuel. To be a killianaire just meant you were wealthy way beyond means.

[Capmaster]

Did you know in the 70's a term often mentioned called "killian". The term was used for people who had so much money they would burn it for fuel. To be a killianaire just meant you were wealthy way beyond means.

Never heard that one

[Doramius]

The term "Threshold" comes from early days when people would wet wheat thresh and put it at the base of the front door to keep rodents, snakes, and rabbits from entering a house.

[Jumbo_Holden]

Coca Cola, is Green before it gets dyed

[Cobra]

Coca Cola got the Coca part of the name as it contained cocaine, and was first produced in a chemist store.

[flaninacupboard]

The image of a red suited fatman was created to sell Coca Cola.

[Jumbo_Holden]

The image of a red suited fatman was created to sell Coca Cola.

YES!! i knew that one.

Did you know, goldfish have a memory of about 7 seconds

[Cobra]

How is that proven, though?

Did you know that fish can withdraw the pigmentation in their skin and become very colourless when frightened? The cell organelles containing the pigment can be bunched up in the middle of the cell at very short notice. This also occurs when the fish is asleep.

[Jumbo_Holden]

Did you know goldfish have a memory of about 7 seconds

[Cobra]

You're a closet goldfish?

Did you know that bananas give off ethene gas, which is a hormone in plants that promotes ripening of fruit? This is why fruit will ripen faster when in a bowl or bag with bananas.

[Jumbo_Holden]

Did you know, goldfish have...


Ok ok, i'll stop it now. Did you know the London Underground is the biggest in the world. Yes even bigger than the NY underground

[Doramius]

Did you know that Diesel Locomotives are really electric locomotives. It's easier to control speed and regulate braking. There has never been a Diesel engine that used combustion to provide the driving force of the engine. Only Steam engines used pistons as the driving force for locomotives.

Did you know you are more likely to die in a train crash than in an airplane crash.

A nuclear power plant half the size of a coal plant can provide over 200% more power with a lower cost, fewer workers, and do it safer & cleaner.

[Cobra]

Did you know that there is a special part of the brain that immobilises your muscles when you are dreaming? Wouldn't want to be punching through your bedroom wall, would you?

[Doramius]

Did you know if you wet 1 piece of straw from a hay bale, and throw a 10lb. mass of completely dry hay on top of it, the mass can spontaneously combust in about 3-5 days when sitting at room temperature.

[Cobra]

Did you know that Mars bars retail in the UK for 32p, yet only cost 0.1p to make? Now THAT is a profit margin!

[yoda313]

Did you know that Mars bars retail in the UK for 32p, yet only cost 0.1p to make? Now THAT is a profit margin!

Hello,

Yeah but it's all eaten up in transportation costs - Think about it... How much would it cost to ship from Mars????

Kevin

[Jumbo_Holden]

Did you know, Only Fools & Horses came within hours of being axed after just the 1st 6 episodes...

Its later would become the most popular TV show in the history of UK tv

[Doramius]

Did you know a Nevada law still exists, and hasn't been removed, that requires men to walk in front of the car, flagging down horses and carriages if a woman is behind the wheel of his car when inside any city limits?

[Devanshu]

Did you know that if you pith a frog and poke it's leg, it can still flex.

Did you know that after a frog egg has been fertilized, the top part of the egg dark is and the bottom part is light. [This helps the egg survive from perdators in the sky and the sea]

Did yo uknow that the liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

I'll see if I can dig up any more crap from my brain.

[Doramius]

Did you know Tesla helped with the creation of neon & flourescent lighting. Being able to use less power at low voltages, but be able to create better levels of lighting. Edison's incandescent light was more popular and used because it could be used in both the DC & AC systems, so people didn't have to buy new sockets or worry what power system they had during the early days of electricity.

Though Alexander Graham Bell was the first to put in a patent of a telephone (by one hour), he used notes from Elisha Gray to finish his working prototype about 3 weeks later. Elisha Gray was then man who posted his telephone patent 1 hour later.

Bell's original reason for invention a speaking machine was to help deaf people to vocally speak, and reversly see the sounds on a paper made by someone who is speaking and try to interpret them as words. The first machines looked like a seismograph attached to a funnel. It was also understood, for a short time before hand, that sounds could travel by wire. Bell's strong knowledge in accoustics and minor electricity allowed him to develop the working diaphragm to allow people to hear the sounds clearly.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Did you know that there is a special part of the brain that immobilises your muscles when you are dreaming? Wouldn't want to be punching through your bedroom wall, would you?

Gotta disagree on that one. I kicked the shit out of my wife recently while having a frightening dream & she's done the same to me.