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#1 Stefancos

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 01:03 PM

This thread of for that quite interesting facts that you sometimes learn, or here about, and there are not a big enough deal to make a separate thread for.

Did you know that a picture taken with a digital camera is always unsharp...always! Regarding of the quality of the lens, chip, amount of megapixels or the format it is saved in!

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 01:06 PM

Remember that Stefan made this thread? Quite interesting!

If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!


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Posted 26 May 2012 - 01:07 PM

Guys, can we try to keep this one serious?

You too, Ren!

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 01:45 PM

Titan has got an entirely tropical climate, despite its surface temperature being around 80 K

Also I finally got my driving license.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 02:30 PM

starfish have no brains
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 02:37 PM

Octopi are one of the smartest animals in the world; were it not for their very short lifespans (3 years) they would have long ago already conquered the entire planet.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 02:40 PM

Month's that start with Sunday as the "1st" will always have a Friday the 13th
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 04:41 PM

My summer vacation started yesterday and it's 3 months. Huzzah!

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 04:55 PM

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons is better than regular Dungeons and Dragons.
I suggest a full frontal assault with automated laser monkeys, scalpel mines, and acid.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 04:57 PM

It takes 72 hours to make one gummy bear
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 04:59 PM

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 05:06 PM

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 05:14 PM

Kinky...
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 05:37 PM

St. John's Wood is the only station on the London Underground that does not contain any of the letters that appear in the word 'mackerel'.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 05:49 PM

Cocoa Cola used to be green.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:14 PM

Cocoa Cola is actually called "Coca Cola" in most countries

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:26 PM

Besserwisser!

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:34 PM

Welsh's Grape Juice was original created as a non-alcoholic substitute for church wine.
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:40 PM

Contrary to popular opinion, Indiana Jones 4 was a good movie.
Recently Purchased CDs:
1. Nightwatch/Killer By Night - Johnny Williams and Quincy Jones 2. Diamond Head/Gone with the Wave - Johnny Williams/Lalo Schifrin 3. Mass - Leonard Bernstein 4. Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:51 PM

I'm out of this thread.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 08:01 PM

Sorry did the bonobo do it for you? Because it did it for me...

Sorry Stefan, I wasn't the one who started it

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#22 Stefancos

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 09:46 PM

hmmm...trying to have some nice and clean conversation here!

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 09:50 PM

My summer vacation started yesterday and it's 3 months. Huzzah!


You get 3 months of summer vacation?! Wow :o Seems I should move to Finland!


Human aggression is instinctual. Humans have not evolved any ritualised aggression-inhibiting mechanisms to ensure the survival of the species. For this reason man is considered a very dangerous animal.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 10:22 PM

Maybe he's a teacher.

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 10:33 PM

My mom is a teacher and she doesn't have three months...

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 10:42 PM

Ok ok, it's three days under 3 months. And one week of it is paternity leave...

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 11:41 PM

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1. Nightwatch/Killer By Night - Johnny Williams and Quincy Jones 2. Diamond Head/Gone with the Wave - Johnny Williams/Lalo Schifrin 3. Mass - Leonard Bernstein 4. Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:12 AM

Rose is a bitch.

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 08:45 AM

Rose is a bitch.


Specifically...?

Contrary to popular opinion, Indiana Jones 4 was a good movie.


Even more contrary to popular opinion, the Star Wars prequels trilogy are actually very good movies. Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker is utterly brilliant.

If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!


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Posted 27 May 2012 - 10:41 AM

Oh please no Lucas in this thread!

Camera manufacturers keep increasing the number of megapixels in every camera they put out there, and it's absolutely redundant, both for your screen or when you print your pics.

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 10:43 AM

Fact: you just can't sneeze with your eyes open! :D


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Posted 27 May 2012 - 10:56 AM


Rose is a bitch.


Specifically...?


See post above mine.

Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker is utterly brilliant.


:lol2:

Good one.

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#33 Stefancos

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 11:01 AM

please, this is a serious and educational thread!

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 11:38 AM

please, this is a serious and educational thread!


And then a lot of brain cells died looking at your boobs. Sorry, your avatar's boobs.

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 01:26 PM

William Howard Taft was the last US president to have facial hair
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 02:42 PM

The Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, is so long (over 17km in length), that it was necessary to take the Earth's curvature into account to site the piers correctly, otherwise a deviation of 80 cm (31 in) would be apparent at either end of the bridge

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 02:49 PM

Wow, great bridge.

Golden Gate is 75 years old today.

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 03:06 PM

Thats kool!

Btw, did you know you can't sneeze with your eyes open?

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 03:09 PM

Fact: you just can't sneeze with your eyes open! :D

Thats kool!

Btw, did you know you can't sneeze with your eyes open?


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Posted 27 May 2012 - 05:01 PM

William Howard Taft was the last US president to have facial hair


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Sup dawg?
I suggest a full frontal assault with automated laser monkeys, scalpel mines, and acid.




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