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Interesting facts

December 03 2016

By 2020 in the UK 8 in 10 will be obese.The mosquito has killed more people throughout time and still doeshowever the house fly is the second biggest killer through the years.If a meteor had not wiped out the dinosaur history wouldbe far different as they would have lived another 2 million years.The Germans would have ruled Europe had Hitler not attacked Russia. Has anyone got an interesting fact not known or listed.

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RHP User

9 years ago

In the Middle East dates back to 1095 when Pope Urban asked Western Christians to go to war against Muslims who controlled the Holy Land ie Jerusalem.Until that time Christians had been able to make pilgrimages there. There were nine Crusades from 1095 until 1272. Q

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RHP User

9 years ago

Was invented by the SS in Nazi Germany in 1941. The US had blocked most of the Coca Cola flavours to Germany by that time and they resorted to making an orange version. I know they were pricks and should be shot on sight, but geez you can't argue with Fanta can you? - Posted from rhpmobile

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RHP User

9 years ago

Checked. I was wrong. But at least the SS angle was more entertaining, right? :) - Posted from rhpmobile

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RHP User

9 years ago

And probably uninteresting to anyone, but... I love me a hard cock or four. That is all 😇 - Posted from rhpmobile

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RHP User

9 years ago

Saw the topic heading...... assumed there'd be facts, and that they'd be interesting. Now bowwwwww - Posted from rhpmobile

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RHP User

9 years ago

You know those glorious photographs you see of the Aurora Borealis..the northern lights? The vivid green and purple swirls across a clear starlit sky? They dont look like that to the naked eye. They usually look like a white fog in the sky, that fades in and out of being...too slowly to really notice. The camera captures more light than the eye does.

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Aristippusx2

9 years ago

Quoting 'Twisted_Mister' Checked. I was wrong. But at least the SS angle was more entertaining, right? :) - Posted from rhpmobile First Part :The longer a conversation continues , the probability of mentioning Hitler becomes greater. Second Part : The mention of Hitler then ends the conversation and the utterer is deemed to have lost the debate. Ipso facto anyone?

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RHP User

9 years ago

Quoting 'Aristippusx2' First Part :The longer a conversation continues , the probability of mentioning Hitler becomes greater. Second Part : The mention of Hitler then ends the conversation and the utterer is deemed to have lost the debate. Ipso facto anyone? No, as that fact is not a fact, so it wouldn't really follow from itself :p Interesting fact: The above is not Godwin's Law, nor a situation it applies to. The law doesn't relate to just a mention of Hitler/Nazis, it is that the probability of a _comparison_ approaches 1. Godwin didn't come up with it to rail against ANY mention of Hitler, it was to address OTT comparisons. The Fanta 'fact' from Twisted_Mister might've been incorrect, but it was not a frivolous comparison. There also isn't a second part, the "debate losing" part was just a tradition on some groups, and it has been lumped in with the law. Even Mike Godwin has said that this is nonsense, and that his 'law' states nothing about whether the comparison is valid or reasonable.

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Aristippusx2

9 years ago

Well thought out. Although with the second part all laws are amended/corrupted over time. Time for anti cerebral facts 1. Female Kangaroos have three vaginas 2. Male kangaroos have only a two pronged penis (who's missing out?)

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RHP User

9 years ago

I mean I wouldn't let a cat scratch my pole... Catscratch Fever (virus de la maladie des griffes de chat) This disease (nonbacterial regional lymphadenitis, benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis) is now an established clinical entity of world-wide distribution. The etiological association withh acts is also established, but since the animals involved are usually healthy they are possibly only intermediate hosts of the virus. Infection occurs predominantly in younger persons and may be subclinical. In overt cases the bite or scratch is followed by an incubation period of 3-14 days before appearance of theprimary lesion (papule) and 7-21 days before lymphodenopathy develops. This is the principal feature and is characterised histologically by tuberculoid, necrotic granulomatosis. It is usually regional but occasionally generalized. Nodes are enlarged up to several centimeters in diameter and suppuration is common. There is usually spontaneous regression in 2 weeks to 2months but in obstinate cases surgical removal may be desirable. General symptoms are fever, headache and malaise. The disease is often associated with neurological manifestations 1-5 weeks after onset. Depending on the localization of the inolculation with virus, it may assume a pseudo-venereal, buccopharyngeal (anginal), ocular, mesenteric, thoracic ormeningo-encephalitic form. The protean nature of the disease causes difficulties in diagnosis, and the only reliable diagnostic aid is the skin test with antigen prepared from lymph nodes of patients. It has been suggested this organism belongs to the P-LV group. ( Also listed in the P-LV group: Chlamydia trachomatis Chlamydia oculogenitalis Miyagawanella lymphogranulomatosis Miyagawanella psittaci Miyagawanella ornithosis Miyagawanella pneumoniae Miyagawanella louisianae Miyagawanella illinii ) c/- Documenta Geigy Scientific Tables Sixth Edition, 1962.

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RHP User

9 years ago

"...The etiological association with cats is also established..." (Thus, "that fucking cat's back", with apologies to Kevin Bloody Wilson).

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RHP User

9 years ago

"Unless food is mixed with saliva, you can't taste it." Peachy

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RHP User

9 years ago

I do not have Chlamydia! (Not that anyone has either asked, or accused; I merely happened across the above info whilst flicking through an old reference text). This book (Documenta Geigy Scientific Tables Sixth Edition, 1962) contains all sorts of interesting information. Obviously (given the age of this reference book), some information is now superceded; much of it is not. Amongst many other things, this book contains tables for 'Average Weights of Adults' (by Gender, by Height, by Age Groupings), and 'Desirable Weights of Adults' (by Gender, by Height, by Frame Size (Small frame, Medium Frame, Large frame)). These tables are derived from a Society of Actuaries study from 1959, and from a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Statistical Bulletin (also from 1959) in the US. According to these tables, I am under 'average weight' for my height and age, and at the upper range for a medium frame/lower range for a large frame of 'desirable weight. Considering the "...skinny, average and overweight..." thread, I'm now curious to look up the equivalent contemporary tables.

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RHP User

9 years ago

Professional Boxing Weight Classes (as at 2015) minimum weight, 105 pounds (48 kg) light flyweight, 108 pounds (49 kg) flyweight, 112 pounds (51 kg) super flyweight, 115 pounds (52 kg) bantamweight, 118 pounds (53.5 kg) super bantamweight, 122 pounds (55 kg) featherweight, 126 pounds (57 kg) super featherweight, 130 pounds (59 kg) lightweight, 135 pounds (61 kg) super lightweight, 140 pounds (63.5 kg) welterweight, 147 pounds (67 kg) super welterweight, 154 pounds (70 kg) middleweight, 160 pounds (72.5 kg) super middleweight, 168 pounds (76 kg) light heavyweight, 175 pounds (79 kg) cruiserweight, 200 pounds (91 kg) heavyweight, unlimited Amateur (Men -> Olympic-style) light flyweight, not more than 108 pounds (49 kg) flyweight, 115 pounds (52 kg) bantamweight, 123 pounds (56 kg) lightweight, 132 pounds (60 kg) light welterweight, 141 pounds (64 kg) welterweight, 152 pounds (69 kg) middleweight, 165 pounds (75 kg) light heavyweight, 178 pounds (81 kg) heavyweight, 201 pounds (91 kg) super heavyweight, any weight over 201 pounds (91 kg) Amateur (Women) flyweight, not more than 106 pounds (48 kg) bantamweight, 112 pounds (51 kg) featherweight, 119 pounds (54 kg) lightweight, 126 pounds (57 kg) light welterweight, 132 pounds (60 kg) welterweight, 141 pounds (64 kg) middleweight, 152 pounds (69 kg) light heavyweight, 165 pounds (75 kg) heavyweight, 179 pounds (81 kg) super heavyweight, any weight over 179 pounds (81 kg) Women's (Olympic-Style) flyweight, 106 to 112 pounds (48 to 51 kg) lightweight, 123 to 132 pounds (56 to 60 kg) middleweight, 152 to 165 pounds (69 to 75 kg) Source: Brittanica (web)

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