Random Trivia

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by beyondmeasure, Nov 23, 2013.

  1. Trust the ops Angel. They never lie.

    If you put a owl in a 5*5 foot box thing. It can't get out because it needs a running start of 9? Feet to gain lift off.
     
  2. Kangaroo rats generate an electric charge in their tail due to the speeds they run/hop and wind resistance, which is where the concept of Pikachu came from.
     
  3. ?I refuse to trust.

    Fun fact: If you microwave a hamster, it explodes. Taken from personal experience.
     
  4. Another fact:

    You can eat chicken if you cook it 
     
  5. All true Angel.
     
  6. I can give you loads Angel, why would I make them up? I am educating PIMD
     
  7. The "Natural Vanilla" flavoring in soft drinks such as Rootbeer and certain candies is not actually vanilla at all. It's fluid from a gland found on a beavers backside. Also in the case of "Natural Strawberry".
     
  8. I dunno how to process this info
     
  9. Wtf toast I'm never drinking rootbeer again thanks!
     
  10. Welcome 
     
  11. That's true Toast. A Malaysian company in the 1960's was taken to court after they mixed the flavouring the beavers secrete with lime juice. The chemical reaction from the two caused several people to lose their sight!
     
  12. Toast speaks the truth...
     
  13. And somehow I still love Rootbeer 
     
  14. Clownfish were named by one of the two people who first discovered the species as his companion couldn't stop laughing at the first sight of them. The records of their names have since been lost.
     
  15. Emperor penguins were imported to 15th century China during the Liao dynasty as emperors thought they had mystical powers. This is where their name originates from.