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Dalamari said:
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times
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I'm sure I folded a piece of toilet paper 8 times once. I'll go try it...
 
Yup, folded it eight times, no problem :)

It was actually half a piece of toilet paper, ie - one ply. Very thin ;)

I remember on this kids show once they were talking about this and one guy said "that can't be true", so he went and got a huge piece of paper and lay it right across the room and proceded to fold it many times, but after a time it began to resist folding like any other size.
 
More people die from coconut related incidents each year than shark attacks.

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Bad^Hat said:
Yup, folded it eight times, no problem :)

It was actually half a piece of toilet paper, ie - one ply. Very thin ;)

I remember on this kids show once they were talking about this and one guy said "that can't be true", so he went and got a huge piece of paper and lay it right across the room and proceded to fold it many times, but after a time it began to resist folding like any other size.
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Was the guy who tried to fold it dressed as a circus strongman? I think I remember something similar...
 
Sharks typically only attack if provoked. A person sitting under/passing a coconut tree could have one fall on their head at any given moment :p

Or thrown :O Don't mess with polynesian women, they have good arms.
 
-You swallow 15 spiders in your lifetime (during sleep), that's only spiders though...

-Biting on your nails is the same as licking the toilet seat clean.
 
Dax said:
-You swallow 15 spiders in your lifetime (during sleep), that's only spiders though...

-Biting on your nails is the same as licking the toilet seat clean.
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I heard biting your nails is like eating spiders. Though I'm not sure how many toilet seats one would consume in a lifetime...

That swallowing spiders one, I heard it awhile ago, has me so paranoid when I'm still just awake :|
 
Also a nice fact:

the tongue of a dog is 100x cleaner than a human tongue.
 
PvtRyan said:
Also a nice fact:

the tongue of a dog is 100x cleaner than a human tongue.
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I heard that too... people dont seem to believe me, for some reason the whole butt licking makes them doubt that fact. But I believe it!!!

*goes and makes out with a dog*
 
You are going to die. Until you understand that, you are a walking sack of meat.
 
I suggest you all read www.snopes.com

It's amazing how many people believe anything and everything that's posted in a list of "strange but true facts" no matter how absurd it is.

For example:

A duck's quack doesn't echo - complete and utter bollocks it's no different to any other sound.
The great wall of china is the only man made structure that can be seen from space with the naked eye - completely wrong. Why would it be it's only a few meters wide?
SOS stands for "save our souls" and was first used when the Titanic started to sink - both wrong, it's an international signal why use an english acronym? It was chosen because it's easy to tap out in morse code and was first used 8 years before the Titanic sailed
The daddy longlegs has the most dealy poison of any creature but has no teeth - false, completely rediculous
Coca-cola created the red santa image as part of an advertising campain - nope, the traditional red suit actually predates coca-cola
The Chevy Nova failed to sell well in Mexico becasue 'no va' means doesn't go in Spanish - there is already a company called Nova in Mexico that sells petrol (gasoline)

Time to excercise a bit of independant thought...
 
Ikerous said:
No, no its not.
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It is impossible to lick your own elbow. Not even double jointed people can do.

If you stretch your thumb out and index finger, the length in between them is the size of your dick. ;)

You can't crush an egg with your bare hands if you hold the top and bottom of it.

The great wall of china is the only man made structure that can be seen from space with the naked eye - completely wrong. Why would it be it's only a few meters wide?
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While that is true its also false because the Millenium Dome in London is the second thing you can see from space with the human eye.

The daddy longlegs has the most dealy poison of any creature but has no teeth - false, completely rediculous
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Also true, they dont have teeth to bite you but if they could you'd be running away from them, not Black Widows.
 
Alig said:
Also true, they dont have teeth to bite you but if they could you'd be running away from them, not Black Widows.
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I'm sorry, but you seem to be contradicting yourself here... :O
 
Pogrom said:
I'm sorry, but you seem to be contradicting yourself here... :O
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How so? Im agreeing that they have the most deadliest poison but im pointing out again that they dont have teeth to pierce your skin to inject the poison into you.
 
Alig said:
How so? Im agreeing that they have the most deadliest poison but im pointing out again that they dont have teeth to pierce your skin to inject the poison into you.
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His original statement was that the conception that the daddy long-legs has the most deadly poison IS FALSE

You stated that you agreed, then you say that if it had teeth we would be scared of it's most deadly poison.

Do you see?
 
the paper folding thing is supposed to be:

no paper can be folded in half more than 7 times by yourself.

It get's too thick.
 
Alig said:
It is impossible to lick your own elbow. Not even double jointed people can do.
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It's probably impossible in general but I'd be willing to bet that there are people who can.

Alig said:
While that is true its also false because the Millenium Dome in London is the second thing you can see from space with the human eye.
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Are you saying the wall of china one is true? The millenium dome in london (although white) is still much much smaller than other man made buildings, eg the pentagon.

Alig said:
Also true, they dont have teeth to bite you but if they could you'd be running away from them, not Black Widows.
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No, I'm afraid it's false. According to experts at the Uiversity of California:

"there are no toxicological studies testing the lethality of pholcid venom on any mammalian system (this is usually done with mice). Therefore, no information is available on the likely toxic effects of their venom in humans, so the part of the myth about their being especially poisonous is just that: a myth. There is no scientific basis for the supposition that they are deadly poisonous and there is no reason to assume that it is true."
 
Hazar Dakiri said:
the paper folding thing is supposed to be:

no paper can be folded in half more than 7 times by yourself.

It get's too thick.
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I know, I'm telling you I folded this half piece of toilet paper in half eight times. I've tried it on countless other pieces of paper and only managed six or seven, but this stuff is really really thin.
 
Hazar Dakiri said:
the paper folding thing is supposed to be:

no paper can be folded in half more than 7 times by yourself.

It get's too thick.
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Yeah, the wording on this one is important, you could probably fold a piece of paper a million times before it eventually fell apart, or you get bored...
 
Pogrom said:
His original statement was that the conception that the daddy long-legs has the most deadly poison IS FALSE

You stated that you agreed, then you say that if it had teeth we would be scared of it's most deadly poison.

Do you see?
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No because if that guy bothered to use quotes he'd of made it a whole lot easier for people to see he was quoting what someone else has already said.

So person A says they have the most deadliest poison and person B (matthias) quotes person A's fact and says he does'nt agree on the end.

So i quote person A's fact with person B's comment on the end and say i agree with it (the deadly poison thing) so i did'nt contradict myself.
 
Deadline said:
I heard that too... people dont seem to believe me, for some reason the whole butt licking makes them doubt that fact. But I believe it!!!

*goes and makes out with a dog*
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If you measure clenliness by the presence of bacteria that may well be true. Many mamals have saliver with an antiseptic agent in it which may well clean the bacteria on a dogs tongue.
 
Alig said:
No because if that guy bothered to use quotes he'd of made it a whole lot easier for people to see he was quoting what someone else has already said.

So person A says they have the most deadliest poison and person B (matthias) quotes person A's fact and says he does'nt agree on the end.

So i quote person A's fact with person B's comment on the end and say i agree with it (the deadly poison thing) so i did'nt contradict myself.
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So you agree that the daddy long-legs is NOT poisonous?
 
I think that a bout the paper is true, I've heard it before.
 
Pogrom, I can't see the cause of your confusion, everything was quotes, it seems perfectly consistent to me.
 
Waterwhirls in the northern hemisphere goes clockwise, while those in the southern hemisphere goes anti-clockwise. Something to do with magnetism.
 
Matthias said:
Pogrom, I can't see the cause of your confusion, everything was quotes, it seems perfectly consistent to me.
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Let me recreate the original post that confused me:

The daddy longlegs has the most dealy poison of any creature but has no teeth - false, completely rediculous

Also true, they dont have teeth to bite you but if they could you'd be running away from them, not Black Widows.
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The original quote said that the statement about daddy long-legs being poisonous, but lacking teeth IS FALSE!

Alig's reply to that statement said he agreed (about the posion or the fact that it was false?) and THEN went on to say that if they did have teeth we would be more scared of them than Black Widows.

Do I really need to spell it out?
 
The_Monkey said:
Waterwhirls in the northern hemisphere goes clockwise, while those in the southern hemisphere goes anti-clockwise. Something to do with magnetism.
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This is false, the Coriolis effect, due to the Earth's rotation (or magnetic field) has no effect on which way water whirls, when you flush a toilet or elsewhere. It only effects very large airmasses, such as hurricaines.

Check this page for more info:

http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadFAQ/BadCoriolisFAQ.html
 
Pogrom said:
Let me recreate the original post that confused me:



The original quote said that the statement about daddy long-legs being poisonous, but lacking teeth IS FALSE!

Alig's reply to that statement said he agreed (about the posion or the fact that it was false?) and THEN went on to say that if they did have teeth we would be more scared of them than Black Widows.

Do I really need to spell it out?
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I get it now, I thought you were talking about a later post. I see what you mean, although it was clear (to me at least) what he meant.

Anyway that argument is rather pointless, if university professors state there is absolutely no evidence to suggest daddy-longlegs are venomous*, (with or without teeth) I'd be inclined to believe them over something someon said internet...

*I know for a fact they are not poisonous as my friend once ate one.
 
The_Monkey said:
Waterwhirls in the northern hemisphere goes clockwise, while those in the southern hemisphere goes anti-clockwise. Something to do with magnetism.
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To do with the big Magnetic field around the earth. I think.. I never paid much mind to anything in sience classes.
 
Daddy Long Legs aren't poisonous to humans. That myth gets bandied about a lot... yeah, they can't bite you anyway (their fangs are too small, but they DO have fangs), but they aren't toxic to humans...
 
Ritz said:
To do with the big Magnetic field around the earth. I think.. I never paid much mind to anything in sience classes.
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Water does not fall under the influence of magnetism. The whole thing about water swirling different directions on either hemisphere is nonsense anyhow.
 
Matthias said:
Water does not fall under the influence of magnetism. The whole thing about water swirling different directions on either hemisphere is nonsense anyhow.
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I was thinking the same?I don't think water can be influenced by magnets.
 
blahblahblah said:
- Frogs never drink.
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really ? :hmph:

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Rubbish. The Aussie water holding frog pops up in the wet season, mates, eats and drinks as much as it can hold, then digs underground and stays there, sometimes for years.
 
the duckbill platypus and the echinda are the only egg laying mammals.

also, the duckbill platypus is the only venemous mammal (poisonous spindles stick out of its hindlegs).

racecar is the same spelled forward and backward (i forget what those things are called).

ill think of some more i know...
 
I could have sworn that shrews were venomous too...

And things that are spelled the same forwards and backwards are called palindromes, BTW.
 
Brian Damage said:
Rubbish. The Aussie water holding frog pops up in the wet season, mates, eats and drinks as much as it can hold, then digs underground and stays there, sometimes for years.
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You live in a bizarre place :frog: :frog: :frog:
 
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