Useless Knowledge

'Daniel' · Jan 11, 2006

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

:lol:

take with a pinch of salt.

Kilts don't originate in Scotland but France

Bagpipes don't either but Pesia now Iran

Haggis originated no in Scotland but Greece

Scotland didn't really ever do anything.

hobbes28 · Jan 11, 2006

This is what happens when we get a bunch of nerds together with internet connections.. :lol:

markc · Jan 11, 2006

Yeah, that was pretty crazy. Can you imagine a free-fall starting from where the sky is black and you can see the curve of the earth?

hobbes28 · Jan 11, 2006

It gives me an adrenline rush just seeing it.

'Daniel' · Jan 11, 2006

Is there any footage of this on the internet? Sounds interesting.

Also -

Basketball and Football are very unfair becase :

If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

hobbes28 · Jan 11, 2006

Video

PlasticSpanner · Jan 11, 2006

Buttered toast always lands butter down due to the butter side having less air resistance and so "overtaking" the non buttered side.

(But I think this was disproved under 2 meters! :lol:

)

'Daniel' · Jan 11, 2006

It also depends on the orientation. If its exactly on it's side or the unbuttered face is parrallel wit the ground then it doesn't happen. Also butter is nasty.

Hobbes that was amazing, can' even comprehend what it must have been like.

Edit Forgot this:

The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.

PlasticSpanner · Jan 11, 2006

markc said:
It drops the higher you go.
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/sound.html

Wonder why I had it the other way round?

The internet is one big community of nerds! :lol:

markc · Jan 11, 2006

And we don't have to worry about being beat up!

Heh. Though I don't think you have to worry about that anyway judging from your avatar.

LittleMan · Jan 11, 2006

A lot of my knowledge is top secret... so I can't tell y'all. :lol:

PlasticSpanner · Jan 11, 2006

markc said:
Heh. Though I don't think you have to worry about that anyway judging from your avatar.

Why do people keep saying that? :lol:

I'm a nice guy!

'Daniel' · Jan 11, 2006

The speed of sound decreases when you go higher up? That woul dmake sense if thats whats being said.

A cubic mile of ordinary fog contains less than a gallon of water.

markc · Jan 11, 2006

PlasticSpanner said:
Why do people keep saying that?

I'm a nice guy!

I'm sure you are. Please don't hit me.

No, seriously, it wasn't that. You have a body-builder's neck, so you look pretty tough. But in that pic you also have a *****cat smile, so it balances out.