OcUK FACTS Thread

Sic · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:49

Goldfish can't see underwater.

Vonhelmet · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:49

Sic said:
ooh ooh!!

One horse has exactly ONE horse power, but one donkey has a donkey power, which is better.

Oblig bash quote:

<Taz> my FTO could top your mates prelude man no worries
<iPRoTiuS> lol are u sure? its 210hp man
<Taz> really? a prelude can do that?
<iPRoTiuS> err, yea
<Taz> bull**** *** year is it?
<iPRoTiuS> 88
<Taz> 1988?
<iPRoTiuS> no u retard. 1888. it literally has 210 hourses pulling it

Mat · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:50

The average dry weight of a Madagascan Fruit bat is 250g.

Sic · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:50

lol VH

Borris · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:50

The speed of light through Sodium is slower than your average family car.

100% hand blistering FACT.

Scuzi · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:50

A swan can break a mans arm.

Right handed people live on average, nine years longer than lefties.

Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30ft.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

Psyk · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:51

Sic said:
ooh ooh!!

One horse has exactly ONE horse power, but one donkey has a donkey power, which is better.

Actually a horse has a bit less than 1 horse power. But you are correct about the donkey though

semi-pro waster · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:08

A lump of gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened out to the size of a tennis court.

Astronauts visors are made out of pure gold beaten thin enough to see out of.

There should be more but it is late on a friday afternoon and my brain is giving up or as I prefer to call it getting ready for a night out

//edit oh and a location based one, Dundee is apparantly the sunniest city in Scotland.

JollyGreen · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:09

It takes light 8 and a half minutes to reach the earth, so if the sun blew up, we wouldn't know about it for 8 minutes!
Aaah, I value the extra time I'd spend...

Fusion · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:13

Go on, someone mention the duck.

Rich_L · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:14

Fusion said:
Go on, someone mention the duck.

They don't push back?

semi-pro waster · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:15

Fusion said:
Go on, someone mention the duck.

Edd? I thought he'd disappeared off TV years ago? :confused:

~J~ · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:19

One of my faves...

Bob Holness is the saxophone player on Gerry Rafferty's Baker street and was also the FIRST James Bond! (He was on the radio version).

Cybermyk · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:22

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.

Most toilets flush in E flat.

A "sysygy" occurs when all the planets of the our Solar System line up.

Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating. In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria poo.

Mat · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:23

Cybermyk said:
Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating. In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria poo.

mmmmmm bacteria poo...

Sic · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:25

semi-pro waster said:
Edd? I thought he'd disappeared off TV years ago?

Duck Edd?

/gets coat

Borris · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:27

Cybermyk said:
bacteria poo.

Poo is between 30% and 50% dead bacteria by mass.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Sic · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:29

Borris said:
Poo is between 30% and 50% dead bacteria by mass.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Borris, do you have the week off or something? you're posting loads this week

Borris · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:31

Sic said:
Borris, do you have the week off or something? you're posting loads this week

My current contract is slightly less than demanding, to say the very least.

Phantom · 3 Mar 2006 at 16:32

Borris said:
Mat said:

mmmmmm bacteria poo...

Click to expand...

Poo is between 30% and 50% dead bacteria by mass.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

so bacteria literally **** themselves!

You should know the swearing rules by now.

Otacon

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