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 tana ;; gone October 27th, 2017 11:28:47am 13,574 Posts |
I thought it would be fun for everyone to post any random facts they know (or something you Googled or whatever). It can be about anything as long as it's HP-appropriate. One player posts one fact. I'll start: The Icelandic word for computer is tölva. It was coined in the '60s and is a combination of the words tala (to count) and völva (prophetess).    
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 primrose •• truth, dare, spin bottles ♥ November 4th, 2017 5:54:19am 2,687 Posts |
If you constantly fart for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb! |
tana ;; gone November 4th, 2017 7:14:37am 13,574 Posts |
LMAO ARE YOU SERIOUS??? (Tatu thinks this isn't accurate enough somehow, but I'm ignoring him.) Random fact: My eyes are green xD |
  Panthera Onca .:. Strive for perfection, settle for excellence.November 4th, 2017 3:59:38pm 30,410 Posts |
Human saliva has a boiling point three times higher than regular water.  |
tana ;; gone November 10th, 2017 9:22:42am 13,574 Posts |
Australian Shepherds were actually developed in the USA. |
| Panthera Onca .:. Strive for perfection, settle for excellence. November 10th, 2017 4:29:30pm 30,410 Posts |
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why |
tana ;; gone November 14th, 2017 1:14:53pm 13,574 Posts |
Finland has the biggest coffee consumption per capita: 9.6kg per person on average in 2013. |
| Panthera Onca .:. Strive for perfection, settle for excellence. November 14th, 2017 4:54:19pm 30,410 Posts |
1 in every 6 Minnesotans owns a [recreational] boat. |
tana ;; gone November 14th, 2017 7:32:32pm 13,574 Posts |
Finland has 187,888 lakes and 179,888 islands. |
| Panthera Onca .:. Strive for perfection, settle for excellence. November 14th, 2017 8:09:29pm 30,410 Posts |
The first open heart surgery and the first bone marrow transplant in the United States were done at the University of Minnesota. |
tana ;; gone November 15th, 2017 3:30:57pm 13,574 Posts |
There are more saunas than cars in Finland (yes I'm on a Finland-themed streak. Deal with it lol) |
| Panthera Onca .:. Strive for perfection, settle for excellence. November 15th, 2017 5:24:05pm 30,410 Posts |
Well, I've been following suit with Minnesota facts :P Within our state lines we have 201 Mud Lakes, 154 Long Lakes, and 123 Rice Lakes. |
 PHISM || Hiatus || November 16th, 2017 5:04:53am 1,321 Posts |
The voice of Lilo, from Lilo and Stitch, is Daveigh Chase - the same girl who haunts our dreams as Samara Morgan in The Ring.
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 adeina ❧ border collies ❦ November 16th, 2017 7:58:04am 1,808 Posts |
Billy Goats pee on their own heads to make themselves more attractive to females  |
| Panthera Onca .:. Strive for perfection, settle for excellence. November 16th, 2017 5:39:24pm 30,410 Posts |
Hippo milk is pink |
tana ;; gone November 17th, 2017 12:30:19pm 13,574 Posts |
A human's ears and nose never stop growing. |
| Panthera Onca .:. Strive for perfection, settle for excellence. November 17th, 2017 5:40:25pm 30,410 Posts |
In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word... =| XD |
tana ;; gone November 22nd, 2017 10:37:30am 13,574 Posts |
Finns were the first to develop ice skates 5000 years ago, using animal bones. (Yet somehow they don't have the most gold medals in international hockey. GO CANADA!) |
| Panthera Onca .:. Strive for perfection, settle for excellence. November 22nd, 2017 3:29:46pm 30,410 Posts |
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickles the company once had. |
 Sassafras Tango November 22nd, 2017 5:32:10pm 1,233 Posts |
About 1 to 2 percent of the human population has red hair. Red hair usually results from a mutation in a gene called MC1R, which codes for the melanocortin-1 receptor. The pigment found in redhair that makes it red is called pheomelanin. |
tana ;; gone November 23rd, 2017 7:33:44am 13,574 Posts |
Female komodo dragons can reproduce without males. |
