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calebxy · 2013-03-24 13:25:00

Hyperbola wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Friction isn't what causes the red glow as a spaceship re-enters earth's atmosphere. It's the air in front of the ship being compressed and heated up, turning into plasma.
I knew this because of xkcd

Me too. tongue

NoxSpooth · 2013-03-24 13:25:07

Hyperbola wrote:
Sorry for double post (I'm still a new scratcher even though I have lots of experience) but here:

31 in octal (base 8) = 25 in decimal (base 10)
Or:
31 OCT = 25 DEC
Halloween and Christmas are on the same day!

Yay, let's celebrate Hallowmas.

NeilWest · 2013-03-24 13:37:19

Coca Cola was originally a tonic - and the name is because it used to contain cocaine.

NoxSpooth · 2013-03-24 13:40:00

NeilWest wrote:
Coca Cola was originally a tonic - and the name is because it used to contain cocaine.

Aw, I was going to post that one. tongue

NeilWest · 2013-03-24 13:43:21

Pepsi was also designed as a medicine - but people liked the taste so much that the medicinal stuff was taken out and was advertised as a soft drink.

So you know - great minds think alike.

calebxy · 2013-03-24 13:45:34

The people in the international space station aren't weightless because there's no gravity; it's because they are essentially constantly falling, like in a plane that's diving down. Except they're going forward very quickly as they're falling, so they orbit the earth. In fact, at that altitude, gravity is only about 10% weaker than here on the surface.

soupoftomato · 2013-03-24 13:49:31

NeilWest wrote:
Coca Cola was originally a tonic - and the name is because it used to contain cocaine.

I believe I read that they were the only company legally allowed to import the coca plant anymore because they still use part of the plant.

Animeboy975 · 2013-03-24 20:49:35

The "bell" in Taco Bell comes from the founders name, Glen Bell.

NoxSpooth · 2013-03-24 20:50:23

Animeboy975 wrote:
The "bell" in Taco Bell comes from the founders name, Glen Bell.

... So it isn't just a bell?!

yikes

Animeboy975 · 2013-03-24 20:57:23

NoxSpooth wrote:
Animeboy975 wrote:
The "bell" in Taco Bell comes from the founders name, Glen Bell.
... So it isn't just a bell?!

Yeah.

I looked up Taco Bell because a new one just opened up near me.

haxcharsol · 2013-03-24 20:58:40

NoxSpooth wrote:
Animeboy975 wrote:
The "bell" in Taco Bell comes from the founders name, Glen Bell.
... So it isn't just a bell?!

EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

But something that isn't a lie is that Spongebob was originally going to be named Spongeboy, but was renamed due to copyright issues with a mop.

NoxSpooth · 2013-03-24 21:00:27

haxcharsol wrote:
NoxSpooth wrote:
Animeboy975 wrote:
The "bell" in Taco Bell comes from the founders name, Glen Bell.
... So it isn't just a bell?!

EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

But something that isn't a lie is that Spongebob was originally going to be named Spongeboy, but was renamed due to copyright issues with a mop.

Spongeboy? Wha-...

._.

cartooncreator · 2013-03-25 12:45:22

The string on boxes of animal crackers was originally placed there so the container could be hung from a Christmas tree. ^^

Animeboy975 · 2013-03-25 20:41:53

Coke was originally green.

Combined, every american eats 18 acres of pizza a day.

NeilWest · 2013-03-26 04:12:24

Donkey Kong was originally a Popeye game - but Nintendo changed the characters.

jji7skyline · 2013-03-26 04:28:33

soupoftomato wrote:
NeilWest wrote:
Coca Cola was originally a tonic - and the name is because it used to contain cocaine.
I believe I read that they were the only company legally allowed to import the coca plant anymore because they still use part of the plant.

Actually they stopped putting cocaine into their drinks a few years ago, and even before, the amount was so small it was insignificant.

haxcharsol · 2013-03-26 12:04:07

Animeboy975 wrote:
Coke was originally green.

Interesting.

NeilWest · 2013-03-26 13:07:30

jji7skyline wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
NeilWest wrote:
Coca Cola was originally a tonic - and the name is because it used to contain cocaine.
I believe I read that they were the only company legally allowed to import the coca plant anymore because they still use part of the plant.
Actually they stopped putting cocaine into their drinks a few years ago, and even before, the amount was so small it was insignificant.

No wonder Coke was so addictive to me.

Seriously, I had 3 Diet Coke bottles today.

Did you know that Babe Ruth kept a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep cool.

berberberber · 2013-03-26 13:08:57

A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least twenty minutes to stop.

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veggieman001 · 2013-03-26 13:39:22

Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys became friends with Charles Manson and allowed the Manson Family to live at his house for a time (and the Beach Boys even recorded and released one of Manson's songs).

7734f · 2013-03-26 13:42:57

NoxSpooth wrote:
NeilWest wrote:
Coca Cola was originally a tonic - and the name is because it used to contain cocaine.
Aw, I was going to post that one.

Both of you just stole mine! Let me think of a new one....

7734f · 2013-03-26 14:03:21

...that there is an AI machine in development called Watson undergoing testing for Jeopardy

And that Leonardo Da Vinci's last name Da Vinci was literally translated from Italian , of Vinci, his hometown. His father did not have a last name.

SeptimusHeap · 2013-03-26 14:52:55

7734f wrote:
...that there is an AI machine in development called Watson undergoing testing for Jeopardy

And that Leonardo Da Vinci's last name Da Vinci was literally translated from Italian , of Vinci, his hometown. His father did not have a last name.

He didn't have a last name because he was an illegitimate child as he was born of unmarried parents (his father and a peasant woman). Also, Watson was already on Jeopardy?

Animeboy975 · 2013-03-26 15:54:11

Some people know this, but.....

Shrek was originally a book. Actully, i have read the book, and it's REALLY different from the movie.

Shrek 1 and 2 were great, but the last two weren't very good.

calebxy · 2013-03-26 17:29:54

Noah's ark had a ratio of 1:6, which is the same ratio used by modern ship builders because it's incredibly stable on the water.

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