Random Facts Topic

[Noob Saibot 38]

Random Facts Topic

 

Feel free to let us know some facts you know. These facts should be based on physical evidence, historical documentation, scientific proof, and/or surveys. Please no random jokes or replies like:

 

'I am your father'

 

 

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Is a Tomato a fruit or vegetable?

 

The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nuts. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example.

 

As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits, such as tomatoes or bean pods, may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savory rather than sweet cooking. The term 'vegetable' is more generally used of other edible parts of plants, such as cabbage leaves, celery stalks, and potato tubers, which are not strictly the fruit of the plant from which they come. Occasionally the term 'fruit' may be used to refer to a part of a plant which is not a fruit, but which is used in sweet cooking: rhubarb, for example.

 

So, the answer to the question is that a tomato is technically the fruit of the tomato plant, but it's used as a vegetable in cooking.

 

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1) House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.

2) Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous line in The Terminator 'I'll be back' was originally scripted as 'I'll come back'.

3) Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

4) The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald's.

5) You share your birthday with about 9 million other people in the world.

6) "Tom Sawyer" was the first novel written on a typewriter.

7) The Empire State Building was built using 10,000,000 bricks.

8} Slugs have four noses.

9) Tigers not only have striped fur but they also have striped skin!

10) Abraham Lincoln predicted his own death a week before he died.

11) The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

12) Only 52% of Americans drink coffee. ( I drink Tea for example)

13) A cockroach can live a week with its head cut off. Without a mouth, it eventually dies from starvation or dehydration.

14) China was the first country to use paper money.

15) cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes and continue to release methane for 18 hours after death.

Edited June 15, 2011 by Noob Saibot

[diagostimo 11]

did you know that if you put a fly in a freezer for a short period of time then release it, it will fly in slo mo :P

[Ecowolfsteen 14]

The giant crab of Japan can be as large as 12 feet across

 

The dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle' 'Tittle' is Latin for something very small

 

Before Prohibition, Shlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else, except the Catholic church

 

Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die

 

When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour

 

Birds prefer their droppings to be on white cars, according to a recent scientific study.(Hehehehehe)

 

On the average, a normal person's eye muscles move about 100,000 to 150,000 times in one day

 

The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964

 

The Apaches referred to horses as 'god dogs'

 

There are 6,500 windows in the Empire State Building

[Broken Messiah 20]

1. It is impossible to lick your elbow
2. Dough used to contain hair for thickness(i think)
3. George Washington owned slaves

[diagostimo 11]

bread in the 1900's used to contain ground bones for supliments, ps i have seen people lick there elbows, but you have to dislicate your arm :P

[FranklinX 37]

Free African Americans owned slaves.

Lebron James has never won a NBA Championship

Edge is an 11 time World Champion

[Broken Messiah 20]

No one has ever overdosed on marijuana

[Noob Saibot 38]

1) Prince William and Kate Middleton got married on the same day as Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun.

2) Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

3) The average person spends two weeks of their life waiting at traffic lights.

4) During the movie, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lector never blinks while talking on screen.

5) A chameleon turns white when it is shocked.

6) A female mantis will decapitate and sometimes, eat the male mantis during the mating process.

7) A squid has three hearts.

8) When you kiss, 200 million germs per second are passed between mouths.

9) Charles Darwin was born on the same day in 1809 as Abraham Lincoln!

10) "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und".

11) A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

12) The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.

13) Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

14) Less than 38% of the US population is eligible to donate blood.

15) RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON and WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON are the only U.S. presidents whose names contain the letters C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L.

16) Animals such as dogs, cats, dolphins, bats, and mice can hear ultrasound.

17) A person's sense of smell is better at night.

18) Only 3% of the Earth's population is immune to the affects of pepper spray.

19) In the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the words around The Mirror of Erised: Erised is Desire spelled backward, or how it would appear in a mirror. Also, the inscription reads "Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi," which read in a mirror reads, "I show not your face but your hearts desire."

20) A woman's sense of smell is stronger than a man's.

 

Bonus

 

21) One suicide victim who committed suicide by jumping from the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, left behind a note saying: "I'm going to walk to the bridge, if one person smiles at me on the way, i won't jump."

Edited June 16, 2011 by Noob Saibot

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An 18th-century German named Matthew Birchinger, aka "the little man of Nuremberg," played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an expert calligrapher, and was the most famous stage magician of his day. He performed tricks with the cup and balls that have never been explained. Yet Birchinger had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall.

 

Larry Lewis ran the 100-yard dash in 17.8 seconds in 1969, thereby setting a new world record for runners in the 100-years-or-older class. He was 101.

 

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

[Broken Messiah 20]

15) RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON and WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON are the only U.S. presidents whose names contain the letters C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L.

 

lol

 

Anything unrelated to elephants is irrelephant!

 

You cannot double jump in real life

 

 

 

 

 

[rgangsta 43]

1) A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana

2) No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

3) The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia

4) The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time

5) China has more English speakers than the United States

6) The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

7) Annually, fires that occur at home kill more Americans than all natural disasters combined

8) Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars

9) Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors

10) A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries

11) The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."

[Polraudio 122]

Every person in the world has their golden birthday before they turn 32 :)

[Noob Saibot 38]

A picture of Gandalf the Grey (from The Lord of the Rings) can be seen in the collection of great wizards in Professor Dumbledore’s study in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

[Noob Saibot 38]

A new week (America starts on Sunday) so some new facts:

 

1) There is 15,140 dollars of Monopoly money in a regular Monopoly game!

2) Every time you create a text message you increase your chances of arthritis.

3) There were real trained squirrels in the movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

4) If a wolverine was the size of a bear, it would be the strongest animal on Earth.

5) Canada eats the most macaroni and cheese per capita out of every other country in the world.

6) You can marry a dead person in France.

7) An Avocado is a fruit not a vegetable.

8} An odd plus an even, will never even! Example: 5+2=7 | 7+2=9 | 9+4=13...Never Even!

9) Dolphins and humans are the only mammals that mate for fun, but dolphins can only get pregnant once out of every 365 days.

10) Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

11) Recycling a 3 foot stack of newspapers can save one whole tree.

12) When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.