Did You Know...

[Arby]

Post semi-random obscure facts of interest to you.

 

Did you know...that, according to the US Supreme Court, a tomato is a vegtable for legal purposes? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden

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[Psychotic Ninja]

Did you know that Elephants can't jump.

[alphabetagamma]

Did you know that sine(Θ)=Opposite/Hypotenuse?

[Blue]

The first stage of the Saturn V rocket (which carried men to the Moon) had a pump about the size of a basketball which could pump over 7000 liters of fuel per second.

 

"Vegatable" is not a botanical distinction, the definition (apart from legal reasons) is entirely culinary.

 

Thermite is an aluminum-based industrial burning solution and type of low grade high-heat explosive, and is considered highly stable, even though once ignited it is self-oxidizing and therefore nigh-impossible to extinguish. This is because the initial energy input is extremely high- even an acetylene torch would not be able to make it catch fire.

 

Standard NTSC-compliant countries have their TVs display content at a framerate of exactly 29.97 frames per second. This is due to a "Telecine Dropdown" which results in the loss of 30 frames over the course of every 22 minutes of running time. PAL-compliant countries do not have this added complexity.

 

Most computer monitors have a refresh rate (maximum framerate output) of 60, 70, 75 or 120Hz.

Edited June 5, 2011 by Guest (see edit history)

[Average Internet Guy]

Did you know that Lottie Williams of Tulsa, Oklahoma remains the only person ever recorded to have been hit by debris from a reentering spacecraft?

[alphabetagamma]

Did you know that on September 21, 1997 the USS Yorktown's propulsion systems failed due to a divide by zero error?

[Alyxx Thorne]

Did you know that in the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator?

[ISGC]

Did you know that a polar bear's liver contains lethal amounts of vitamin A?

[Madman]

Did you know that infants can swim by instinct?

[Axeldeath]

Did you know that sine(Θ)=Opposite/Hypotenuse?

 

I most certainly did know that. Did you know Cosine = Adjacent/Hypotenuse and Tangent= Opposite/Adjacent?

[alphabetagamma]

Then you probably know that A²+B²=C². But did you know that all planar maps can be covered with only four colours?

I most certainly did know that. Did you know Cosine = Adjacent/Hypotenuse and Tangent= Opposite/Adjacent?

Actually Cosine(Θ)= Adjacent/Hypotenuse and Tangent(Θ)= Opposite/Adjacent. [/over accuracy trolling]

[Batman]

Did you know that Wyoming has the smallest population of all the states in the US?

[Bjossi]

Did you know that the Dark engine uses a main loop function that uses up 100/n% of CPU time during rendering (Where n equals the number of cores.)?

[J.C.]

Then you probably know that A²+B²=C². But did you know that all planar maps can be covered with only four colours?

I most certainly did know that. Did you know Cosine = Adjacent/Hypotenuse and Tangent= Opposite/Adjacent?

Actually Cosine(Θ)= Adjacent/Hypotenuse and Tangent(Θ)= Opposite/Adjacent. [/over accuracy trolling]

Did you know that e^(i π)= -1 ?

And that is basically the same you guys have been saying?

[Batman]

Did you know the 2nd closest star to the Earth is Proxima Centauri?

 

[alphabetagamma]

Did you know that the country with the longest average life expectancy is Japan at 82.6 years with the shortest being Swaziland at 31.88 years

[Psychotic Ninja]

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

[Doom Shepherd]

In the Declaration of Rights of the Pennsylvania Constitution (which predates and was a model for the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution,) the right to keep and bear arms is very bluntly dealt with in Section 21, as: "The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned."

 

Pennsylvanians don't mince around.

[Axeldeath]

Then you probably know that A²+B²=C². But did you know that all planar maps can be covered with only four colours?

I most certainly did know that. Did you know Cosine = Adjacent/Hypotenuse and Tangent= Opposite/Adjacent?

Actually Cosine(Θ)= Adjacent/Hypotenuse and Tangent(Θ)= Opposite/Adjacent. [/over accuracy trolling]

 

You're just jelly of my inability to use that symbol. Everyone knows that those who are snarky are full of malarky, tsk tsk.

[Epsilon]

Did you know that...