30 Facts & Tidbits: Part 2

Feb 15, 2016 5:14 PM

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#18 As a blond man from North Europe with mild nicotine addiction and no depression I can't confirm because data is inadequate.

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As an Oregonian currently living in the south I get asked to slow down my speech on a regular basis.

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Facts shmacts.

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I thought the trex speed was wrong and could have hit 20 mph easily. An adolescent trex could hit much higher speeds.

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My tinder rating must be like -1000.

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To be fair Romania had more men south of Stalingrad than the allies had in all of North Africa.

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TIL I'm part neanderthal.

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We all are, except the people whose ancestors have never left africa.

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How the fuck do they play Yu-Gi-Oh in Thailand?

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Playing cards and trading cards are 2 different things. I'm guessing people must gamble and cheat but good lord what a strange law.

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TIL you breathe bacteria from water.

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Legionella bacteria is one type I know of causes legionaires disease

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I hate when I drink air and breathe water

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Also, toilet water IS tap water

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What kind of water is in that lad's toilet anyway?

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TIL my hobby of building giant houses of cards would land me in jail in Thailand.

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North America shouldn't count since it includes those hockey playing Canadians. Pucks knock out teeth!

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So do elbows, fists, boards, sticks, and the ice. Among other things.

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1500$ to remove a plastic bag from my dogs stomach

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilège_du_blanc

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TIL. Thanks. :)

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Since 2014, at least 49 people who really didn't need to breed were removed from the gene pool.

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Either way its speculation

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Was referencing the "accidents due to selfies" "fact". If they're narcissistic enough that they can't avoid death, we don't need more.

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Actually I was trying to reply to a different comment. Fucking mobile app

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Who exactly IS using a hoverboard in mass?

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There was a priest in the Philippines who rode around singing during a Christmas Eve Mass. It would have been fine like during caroling or

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

another time set aside for Christmas singing or performing; he has a good voice, too. Just not okay to do stuff like that during Mass.

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JOHN CENA

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Nice.

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Horses discriminating happy and mad faces is pretty tame. Pigeons can be trained to discriminate impressionist from cubist paintings.

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Hell, our undergraduate lab produced at least one rat that discriminated classical music from techno

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I'd like to know where they got the numbers for the dog/sock one. My wife is a vet tech and she even said that's ridiculous.

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As a person who worked in a veterinary hospital for 10 years, I know it does not cost $7220 to remove a sock from a dog's stomach.

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they probably means in the uk

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They specified the US amount to $7220. If we were to convert that amount as British pounds to usd (as you suggested) it would be $10422.07.

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Not sure what you're doing, but 5000 GBP converts to about 7220 USD when I do it.

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Right, if you look at the picture, it specifies that the conversion to usd is $7220. I'm only saying the surgery does not cost that much.

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How much does it actually cost? Is it an invasive surgery or do they just anesthetize and go in with an endoscope and fish it out?

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the t-rex bit is bullshit... it could go 30 km/h

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I would figure with just the length of its legs it would go "faster" than 5mph, even if it was slow, wouldn't its size take it farther?

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But how much does it cost to send Matt Damon to earth using Royal Mail?

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the blonde goats were send to afghanistan as prostitutes.

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IED goats perhaps? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5BdrZnhwE

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Got em!

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If by "Ireland's early inhabitants" you mean "Indo-European Peoples", then yes, they probably came from around the Black Sea. Not the ME.

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I live in Oregon we don't talk fast

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Mississippi here! Can..confirm... we..talk...slow.

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Try going to Mississippi. I'll bet it's like having your Pokémon dialogue set on normal speed.

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Maybe you're just used to hearing faster speech so it doesn't seem that quick?

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Minnesota was pretty high on that list too, which surprised me. We do take a lot of verbal shortcuts though so I wonder if that was a factor

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i talk hella fast and i can't help it

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sorry, didn't catch that. could you slow it down please

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are. you. being serious. or. are. you pulling my. leg

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What can I. Do for you. Today.

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found a person from Mississippi :P

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birds can't swallow in space, and you can't tell when you have to pee.

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African or European swallow?

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What if the bird is not a swallow?

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you can't tell when you have to pee? - please elaborate

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Without gravity there is no clear difference in feeling whether the bladder is full or empty.

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I believe the astronauts have to train themselves to pee every two hours.

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..so my wife can take off to Mars right now I guess.

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The pressure you feel when you need to pee is gravity pushing on the water in your bladder. No gravity means no pressure.

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no gravity.

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The girl in #1 is Redskins Cheerleader Christa Aiken https://www.instagra">itchick/">https://www.instagram.com/dcfitchick/ https://twitter.com/dcfitchick delightful woman

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Thanks for posting that. She really seems pretty cool!

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BBsSGc6Iq1O/?taken-by=dcfitchick this woman knows what's up, I appreciate that.

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That 5 mph bit makes the Jeep scene in JP pretty funny to imagine.

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That fact is false T-Rex had a stride length of around 4 m so a T-Rex would have to take 250 steps/h to run a km or or 1250 steps/h for 5

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It was 5 mph though not 5 kmh

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Ian Malcolm just sitting in the back like, can you get this thing out of first gear??

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Why compare an entire continent to one country?

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You're right, it should compare USA to Europe, compare it country to country :^)

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Because that's how you skew information to suit your needs.

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because we always joke about how bad English teeth are. just a mildly amusing perspective on the matter

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REALLY need some further text on some of these @op

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every single source is in the pictures.... the Beatles one I just read the other day on bbc.com and his source matched....

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Sources are listed at the bottom, I tried to keep them short. Open to suggestion for a new design.

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Source links in the description? Retyping is a pain in the tuckus.

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They are also listed in text form on the website mentioned on the watermark.

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I can't copy paste them out of the picture....

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No, the website watermark on the bottom right on each image. It's where these images are from.

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What do the fish do then!? I must know!

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I bet die moistly.

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I bet die, mostly.

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They mostly die at night... Mostly.

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I bet die, mostly

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They swim in water.

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Jaunty musical numbers

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I bet die, mostly.

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They swim in water.

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I bet die, mostly

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Naughty things.

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I bet die, mostly.

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 5

I die mostly, bet.

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What the flying fuck is your username

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

It is not a flying fuck, although it may appear to be. It is actually suspended from a ceiling

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I bet die, mostly.

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They swim in water, not space.

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I bet float around, mostly.

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I bet float around mostly.

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They swim in water, not space.

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I also know they don't fry in the kitchen, if that helps.

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I bet float around mostly.

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I get by, mostly

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I bet die, mostly.

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I bet die, bartly.

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They mostly die in space, mostly.

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I bet die, mostly.

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I bet die, mostly

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I bet die, mostly.

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I bet die moistly.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 3

...float?

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I bet die, mostly.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 5

The cited article says the fish swam normally at first but then tended towards motionlessness as bone density fell.

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Thank you

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They swim in water.

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I debt buy, mostly

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You should create a collections agency

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I bet die moistly.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

The cited article says the fish swam normally at first but then tended towards motionlessness as bone density fell.

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Seriously, wtf??

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I bet die, mostly.

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I bet die, mostly.

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OP is full of lies. The source doesn't talk about swimming at all but a linked article says "In this study, no abnormalities in...

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I bet die, mostly.

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I bet die moistly.

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OP is full of lies! The supposed source has no info on swimming but references the paper which says, "In this study, no abnormalities...

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I die mostly, bet.

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They swim in water.

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They flounder.

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YOU! GO TAKE A LAP!!!

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Heh.

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Holy shit, this comment Is better then the post.

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+1 for you just for being right.

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Sorry but… than. I call you a traitor upon the grammar community.

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...I bring shame to my family.

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I bet die moistly.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 3

I moistly die, bet.

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Jaunty musical numbers

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I'll die in debt, mostly

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The cited article says the fish swam normally at first but then tended towards motionlessness as bone density fell.

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I bet die, mostly.

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You should destroy a collections agency

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I bet die moistly.

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I bet die, mostly.

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The cited article says the fish swam normally at first but then became motionlessness as bone density fell. Also mitochondria abnormalities.

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Die, bet mostly I.

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They mostly die in space, mostly.

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I bet die moistly.

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Jaunty musical numbers

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The blood of their enemies.

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Eye-bet die.

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If I recall correctly, when they are in space they just don't move around a lot and sort of stand still. The reason for this is that (1/?)

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did you die?

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Boss came to my office... Finishing the thought now :)

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the gland they use to determine relative position in the water doesn't behave the same way due to the lack of gravity. So, the fish (2/?)

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*weightlessness, not 'lack of gravity'. But well done! Keep up the science outreach!

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don't know if they are swimming up, down or sideways. This also means they don't know what their body position is relative to their (3/?)

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environment. Meaning that fish that are usually perpendicular or horizontal in relation to the surface of the water, don't know which (4/?)

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direction their body is facing. But of course if they are in the vacuum of space, they could be dead and lifeless. Hope this helped a bit :)

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?noredirect

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Deep subject, careful you don't fall in.

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Well done you glorious bastard you!! :) +1

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I bet die, mostly.

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