The Random Fact Thread!

[Guest jsunC]

I actually didn't mean it like that. The thought just popped into my head while i was reading your theory and i thought you all needed to know !

[Ravenous Yam]

Link, good sir?

Yasa's right, it's from an archaeology book/peer reviewed journal thing I own, I don't know if it is on the internet.

 

You can easily find that sea levels were definitely that much lower by searching it though.

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/warnings/waterworld/

 

 

Since civilization almost always takes root on coasts (and river deltas), not inland, a huge part of the historical record has been lost. They've found giant stone cities and temples underwater off the coasts of India, Japan and a few other places. Some of these things appear to date from well over 10,000 years ago. (According to contemporary archaeology, man had just begun making mudbrick a little over 7000 years ago).

 

Fascinating book.

Edited June 29, 2006 by Ravenous Yam

[Lauren]

what is the point in putting a c in fascinating?

[Ruettiger]

Because that's how it is spelled.

[Prometheon]

You know what's always messed me up? Why wood and food sound so different. WTF? same syllabels, both start with a consonant, and yet the 'oo' sound is totally different.

[Ravenous Yam]

Well put, Brandon!

 

Because if I didn't, I would have spelled it wrong. Why did you put a 'c' in fascinating in the same sentence you derided my spelling of the same, Lauren?

Edited June 29, 2006 by Ravenous Yam

[Azalroth]

Random Fact:

 

Christopher Walken played the Headless (Hessian) Horseman in Sleepy Hollow (1999)

 

Proof

[matrix]

I thought that's kind of well known.

[ecnarf]

Since civilization almost always takes root on coasts (and river deltas), not inland, a huge part of the historical record has been lost. They've found giant stone cities and temples underwater off the coasts of India, Japan and a few other places. Some of these things appear to date from well over 10,000 years ago. (According to contemporary archaeology, man had just begun making mudbrick a little over 7000 years ago).

Actually, that was all just Atlantis. Didn't you know?

[Prometheon]

Hahahaha, I was actually going to ask "do they think it's related to Atlantis?" but then didn't for some inexplicable reason.

[ecnarf]

Yeah, the same thing goes with those "steps to Atlantis" down in the Carribean. Everyone's always "It has to be Atlantis because there's no other rational explanation."

[Ravenous Yam]

Hey c'mon, I was being serious.

the Indian site:

http://www.netmar.com/~maat/announce/oldcity.htm

 

P.S.: Eat me.

 

EDIT: Also, here is an article relating to the Japanese site.

 

http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/phikent/japan/japan2.html

 

Edited June 30, 2006 by Ravenous Yam

[Azalroth]

thats one sweet ass discovery, wonder why people are just hearing about it now?

[Ryan44]

did u know that mosquito repelent does not repel them. it makes u invisible to them, they jst bump into you, they have to smell u to get u! crazy!

[dancing_invisible]

Elephants are the only land animals that can't jump.

 

Oh, and snails ca sleep for up to three years.

[Lauren]

lucky snails...

[HoboFactory]

When short people are excessively aggressive it's often called the Napoleon Complex given that Napoleon was said to be short. This is because his height is often misquoted as 5'2" in reality he was 5'6" which is slightly short by today's standards but considered average during his time.

[Lauren]

i'm 5'5". there's a little fact for ya!

[HoboFactory]

Chicks are shorter than dudes on average by 10%

[Lauren]

someone 10% taller than me is 5.95833(repeating) feet tall. or 5'10".

[HoboFactory]

That's about where I'm at.

[Lauren]

i think we are meant to be, pavel.

 

 

 

speaking of meant to be, brenda lost her virginity to dylan on beverly hills, 90210. it was prom night. who loses it on prom night in a hotel room? cool kids do it the day before as to be able to do it a lot the night of prom because their parents were foolish enough to let them both sleep over at a friends, unsupervised.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

When short people are excessively aggressive it's often called the Napoleon Complex given that Napoleon was said to be short. This is because his height is often misquoted as 5'2" in reality he was 5'6" which is slightly short by today's standards but considered average during his time.

i'm 5' 2" in reality.

weird.

[Lauren]

you are a little lady.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

at grad i was wearing these really tall high heels (my sisters) and people still towered over me. it was sad.