The "Interesting Facts" thread

[Chubaka]

the average white puffy cloud weights 1.1 million pounds.

Probably contains 1.1 million pounds also!

 

[DavidB1126]

On your birthday you would be a year older than how old you were on your birthday last year.

 

[luke66]

Everywhere you go, there you are.



Proof that it’s very easy to find yourself.

 

[xjtorc]

How about interesting facts about ourselves? I'll kick it off...

I eat cottage cheese so fast it gives me a brain freeze.

 

[RudyF6]

My signature says it all!

 

[Finesavageboy2]

The first series production car was built in 1885 by Karl Benz called the Benz Patent Motorcar.

 

[Warby]

My signature says it all!

Signature​

You can never be lost if you don't care where you're going!

 

[332_RC]

The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built on a bicycle frame.

 

[Doom!]

A snail can sleep for three years.

 

[Warby]

If you could fold a piece of paper 42 time, the thickness would be close to the distance between earth and the moon.

The maths proves it.
After 42 folds, a 0.1 mm thick piece of paper would become approximately 439,804 km thick.

 

[Warby]

Lesson of the day: for @luke66

Tyre vs Tire

"Tire" and "tyre" both refer to the rubber covering on a wheel. The spelling difference is due to the regional variations in English, with "tyre" being the British English spelling and "tire" being the American English spelling. In addition to the noun meaning "rubber wheel covering", "tire" also functions as a verb meaning "to grow weary" or "to become bored".

This is in contrast to American English, where "tire" is used for both the wheel covering and the verb meaning to grow weary.

 

[CertifiedMike]

This is in contrast to American English, where "tire" is used for both the wheel covering and the verb meaning to grow weary.

Which shouldn't be confused with tired. That also means exhausted. And the exhaust is a whole other system.

 

[Jerold]

OK so you gotta see this one.

 

[Finesavageboy2]

OK so you gotta see this one.

OK, well that was interesting!

 

[Doom!]

I've always been interested in word origins. Yep, I'm a geek.

 

[332_RC]

I've always been interested in word origins. Yep, I'm a geek.

Google neologism. Hint/Fact: It's a word about words.

 

[Jerold]

You can't lick your elbow.

 

[332_RC]

Lysol disinfectant spray kills ants.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

You can't lick your elbow.

there are people who can.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Lysol disinfectant spray kills ants.

not the ones in my bathroom every year at the end of summer