The Random Fact Thread!

[ecnarf]

Don't worry, it doesn't make you less of a man if you drive a DOHC engine. And oh, it's perfectly acceptable to have a small displacement engine put out a high amount of horsepower (rather than the other way around).

[Lauren]

i saw a car several metres away and i said it was a la baron and my friend is like, yeah! that's my parents 89 la baron. i realize la baron is just another car, but the point is i knew what it was from far away.

that was my car story for today.

 

p.s. non-american car companies are making huge headway when it comes to hybrid or electic cars. that gives them many points in my books.

[Guest jsunC]

not too many jap cars actually do handle better than a Z06.

[ecnarf]

i saw a car several metres away and i said it was a la baron and my friend is like, yeah! that's my parents 89 la baron. i realize la baron is just another car, but the point is i knew what it was from far away.

that was my car story for today.

 

p.s. non-american car companies are making huge headway when it comes to hybrid or electic cars. that gives them many points in my books.

Lauren, on any night, I can go outside, watch cars go by, and name about 9/10 from them based solely on the headlight and taillight patterns. Seriously.

[RicardoObviouso]

yeah i'm the same way adam...

 

 

 

when i was little, i used to name the type of car based on the wheels. people were blown away.

 

 

 

 

and also, going back to the import/domestic thing... if you go to italy, germany or spain the most popular car amongst car enthusiasts is the corvette.

[Lauren]

i saw a car several metres away and i said it was a la baron and my friend is like, yeah! that's my parents 89 la baron. i realize la baron is just another car, but the point is i knew what it was from far away.

that was my car story for today.

 

p.s. non-american car companies are making huge headway when it comes to hybrid or electic cars. that gives them many points in my books.

Lauren, on any night, I can go outside, watch cars go by, and name about 9/10 from them based solely on the headlight and taillight patterns. Seriously.

considering i couldn't care less about cars, i am impressed.

[Ryan44]

i drive all daywith work, so i can tell the headlight thing too. weird eh. but keeps me occupied.

[Lauren]

i wish i could drive.

[Shiri]

Why can't you? Just learn.

[silentshadow]

William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day: April 23.

[ecnarf]

That's untrue. People don't know what day Shakespeare was born.

[Guest jsunC]

I didn't think they knew what day he died either.. Or maybe they just don't know where he was buried.

Guess i need to brush up on my Shakespeare knowledge

[ecnarf]

Considering that he's buried in Westminster Abbey, you really should do some brushing up.

[HoboFactory]

The ancient Greeks thought that light was a particle that shot from people's eyes which is how they explained sight.

[ecnarf]

Indeed they did. What morons.

[Ryan44]

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford

English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

The only other word with the same amount of letters is

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

[silentshadow]

What the? What does that word mean?

 

 

Here's another:

 

A male kangaroo is called a Boomer.

[Lauren]

Main Entry: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: supposedly the longest word in a dictionary, an artificial word said to mean a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust

 

Source: Webster's New Millennium

[Ryan44]

thanks for that lauren. i only put it on because i thought it made me look smart. i guess not. i had no clue what it meant.

[Lauren]

dictionary.com is my best friend.

[silentshadow]

Slugs have 4 noses.

[Ryan44]

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is

number 47. Until August 7, 1953, congress forgot to vote on a

resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.

 

oops! we forgot Ohio! Oh well.

[ecnarf]

Democracy inaction.

[Ryan44]

totally. there seems to be a lot of that going on in the world today.

[ecnarf]

I have a whole book about it. It's fantastic.