Random facts and trivia

[SlyPokerDog]

If Wayne Gretzky never scored a goal in his entire career, he'd still be the all time points leader in NHL history, just from assists.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If you could fold a piece of paper in half 50 times, its thickness will be 3/4 the distance from the Earth to the Sun (71 million miles).

The math checks out: folding in half operation is just a 2x problem (0 folds = 1 thickness, 1 fold = 2 thicknesses, 2 folds = 4 thicknesses, 3 folds = 8 thicknesses, etc).
250 = 1.12589990684262E+15 thicknesses estimate thickness of paper is 0.09652 mm; you get: 108,671,859,008,450 mm = 108,671,859 km = 67,525,600 mi

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The time difference between when Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus lived is greater than the time difference between Tyrannosaurus and now.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If you properly shuffle a deck of cards, in all likelihood, the resulting deck has never been seen before in the history of the world.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Cleopatra was alive closer to the Moon landing than she was to the construction of the great pyramids.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The largest air force in the world is the US Air Force. The second largest air force in the world is the US Navy.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

A small percentage of static on televisions is actually radioactive resonance from the big bang 13 billion years ago.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The average person has 1 testicle.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Rock actually created the word "smackdown" in 1997.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

There are more dinosaurs alive today than at any other time in the history of the planet.

 

[ABM]

The average person has 1 testicle.

Dude, that's nuts! :MARIS61:

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The phone number to Google search is 1-985-655-2500

 

[SlyPokerDog]

At top speed, a Bugatti Veyron will empty its 26 gallon gas tank in 12 minutes.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

there are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world

 

[THE HCP]

In America, same-sex marriage is only legal in 9 states - But, it is legal to have sex with a horse in 23 states.

 

[TehChad]

Some of these sound awfully similar to the random facts twitter feed that I follow!

Speaking of which: The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

 

[julius]

In America, same-sex marriage is only legal in 9 states - But, it is legal to have sex with a horse in 23 states.

I'm a little concerned that you know this. Not surprised either.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Some of these sound awfully similar to the random facts twitter feed that I follow!

Speaking of which: The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

Some are from twitter.

 

[Denny Crane]

The average person has 1 testicle.

A little more than half the "persons" are women who have none.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/insects-on-earth1.htm

The estimated number of individual insects currently hopping, crawling or flying around our planet at any given moment is about 10 quintillion, or the number "10" followed by 18 zeros, according to entomologist Dr. E.O. Wilson [source: Smithsonian Institute]. That means there are about 2 billion insects for every human being, and assuming that there are 5 million species of insects, that means that each species has about 50 trillion individuals [source: Hogg]. So the next time you feel outnumbered, just remember: Unless you're an insect, so is everyone else.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Air Jordans were banned from the NBA, however Michael Jordan always wore them as Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Advertising, circumstantial, compromise, design, employer, misquote, luggage, worthless and swagger are all words coined by Shakespeare

 

[ABM]

Advertising, circumstantial, compromise, design, employer, misquote, luggage, worthless and swagger are all words coined by Shakespeare

So was pedophile.

 

[MARIS61]

Dude, that's nut! :MARIS61:

Fify.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

After Kurt Cobain’s death, his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington changed their town motto to “Come As You Are.”

 

[ABM]

Fify.

Oh, trying to strongarm, er, armstrong me, eh?

 

[MARIS61]

Flamingos can only eat with their head turned upside down.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Jesus Christ is actually mentioned 5 times more often in the Qur’an than Muhammad.

 

[THE HCP]

@UberFacts: The country of Japan has an average total of two gun-related homicides a year.


Sent from HCPs Baller-Ass iPhone 5.......FAMS!

 

[jlprk]

If you could fold a piece of paper in half 50 times, its thickness will be 3/4 the distance from the Earth to the Sun (71 million miles).

The math checks out: folding in half operation is just a 2x problem (0 folds = 1 thickness, 1 fold = 2 thicknesses, 2 folds = 4 thicknesses, 3 folds = 8 thicknesses, etc).
250 = 1.12589990684262E+15 thicknesses estimate thickness of paper is 0.09652 mm; you get: 108,671,859,008,450 mm = 108,671,859 km = 67,525,600 mi

1 km = 1,000,000 mm, not 100,000. I get 6.75 million miles, 7.2% (1/14) of the distance to the Sun, and 1/4 of the way to Venus.