O/T The Random Facts Thread

[Barnared]

There's too much arguing on here

No there phukin isn't.

[InversneckieDob]

Chris Rea has no pancreas.

[khawaga]

Due to the Coriolis force, a tortoise placed on its back in a state of rest will begin to rotate clockwise (anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere), although this motion is imperceptible to the human eye unless left to gain momentum for a sufficient period of time.

[ILikeJam]

If you have a group of 70 people, there is a 99.9% probability that two of them will have the same birthday.

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".

Each unit on the Richter Scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times larger than a preceding number and an energy release factor of 31.6. An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale is almost 32 times more powerful than a 5. 2 is the smallest that can be felt unaided. Though the scale goes to 10, 9 is estimated to be the point of total tectonic destruction.

[Mason89]

If you have a group of 70 people, there is a 99.9% probability that two of them will have the same birthday.

I noticed the other day that it was both Frank & Ronald De Boers birthday. The odds of them both having the same birthday, being footballers & playing for the same club must be astronomical

[Pacman1903]

If you have a group of 70 people, there is a 99.9% probability that two of them will have the same birthday.

I noticed the other day that it was both Frank & Ronald De Boers birthday. The odds of them both having the same birthday, being footballers & playing for the same club must be astronomical
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But Holland have had this happen twice. The odds of that must be beyond astronomical.Frank and Ronald obviously. Also when Willy van Kerkhof played there was another guy Rene van Kerkhof who played in the national squad at the same time with the same birthday.

[The_Moog]

All Polar Bears and Kangaroos are left handed

Bikinis and tampons were invented by men - obviously .

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

Willie Collum is a useless c'unt

[Pacman1903]

Willie Collum is a useless c'unt

Looking for random facts facts mate

[Mason89]

If you have a group of 70 people, there is a 99.9% probability that two of them will have the same birthday.

I noticed the other day that it was both Frank & Ronald De Boers birthday. The odds of them both having the same birthday, being footballers & playing for the same club must be astronomical
[/quote]

But Holland have had this happen twice. The odds of that must be beyond astronomical.Frank and Ronald obviously. Also when Willy van Kerkhof played there was another guy Rene van Kerkhof who played in the national squad at the same time with the same birthday.[/quote]

Erwin & Ronald Koemam would have sent this statistical quirk into orbit if they shared the same birthday, but they dont. Fact.

[Pacman1903]

7379

The number of conventionally grown potatoes scientists in america proved you would have to eat PER DAY to feel any adverse effects from pesticides used in the growing process

This rendering organic potatoes as a waste of money.