Insane Facts U May Know!

[Leiko]

Hello everybody and welcome to Insane Facts U May Know! I was looking at our dieing threads and I decided we needed something new. So here's what I came up with after watching Animal Planet's Most Extreme on cats and learning new things about them I never new. This is my plan on widening our horizons and strengthening our brains.

Rules:
1) No opinions, only facts!
--------------------I don't want to know what you think is real or cool or stupid or anything else.
2) I promote discussions on the facts and opinions on facts.
3) Have fun! This isn't forced learning and the facts can be on anything, even Bleach and other animes.

I'll start!

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The domestic cat is the only cat species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. All wild cats hold their tails horizontally or tucked between their legs while walking.

[Sir Razgriz]

Interesting. It kinda makes you wonder why they evolved that ability, if no one else did.

Speaking of cats: The domestic house cat is the most dangerous feline hunter in existence, possibly the most dangerous hunter period. They prey upon over 1,000 different species of animals, compared to the second most dangerous feline's selection of around 35. Most of all, though, they are dangerous hunters because they hunt for fun, not necessity, and will therefore drag out a hunt to make its prey feel the fear longer. Cute, huh?

[Leiko]

It kinda makes you wonder why cats do what they do. Well...
A cat will kill it's prey based on movement, but may not necessarily recognize that prey as food. Realizing that prey is food is a learned behavior.
In fact its because cats kill so many species, especially rodents, that people brought them with them on ship. Sailors even thought they could predict weather.

[Aki]

Many peoples have different beliefs on cats.
In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death and entire families would shave their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when the family cat died.Also mummies were made of cats, and embalmed mice were placed with them in their tombs. In one ancient city, over 300,000 cat mummies were found.

[Tahoshi]

You''d think people would just not get a pet cat, to save having to shave your eyebrows off... I know i would.

[Leiko]

Since they had a cat god it would probably be a sign of disrespect if they didn't have at least one them. I mean would you want to risk pissing off a god.

[Tahoshi]

I prefer the old pastime of standing on the top of a mountain, wearing wet copper armour, shouting "ALL GODS ARE BASTARDS!"

[Leiko]

Well now that I'm back I figure we need a insane fact fix!
So here u go ten awesome facts.

Fact One
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand

Fact Two
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

Fact Three
It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Fact Four
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

Fact Five
Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, while dogs have about 10.


Fact Six
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

Fact Seven
Right-handed people live, on an average, live nine years longer than left-handed people.

Fact Eight
Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.

Fact Nine
There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!

And the Tenth and Final Fact!
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

[Tahoshi]

Fact one.

What about one hundred And one?

[Sir Razgriz]

Technically, that "and" is improper mathspeak. It would just be one-hundred one. Now, as for One And One-Tenth...or One Quarter

[Leiko]

It speaking whole numbers.

[Sir Razgriz]

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Well, in the vein of the last one:
Male chimpanzees sometimes can buy sex from females by picking bugs out of their fur, even out of mating season.

[Leiko]

Vampire bats have a similar habit. On a night where a bat doesn't feed he'll go to a resent grooming partner for a regurgitated meal.

[Tahoshi]

Most species of primates... If they find something strange, they will fight over it, to get the chance to play with what they've found. There is one species however, that instead of fighting over something... will actually go and have sex if they find something new.

So if you wanted to see chimps having sex, hide a box near their home, and you'll get to see it soon enough.

[Leiko]

okay then..... not something i'd want to see but if that what ur into. J/K XD

TIME FOR FOOD FACTS

Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life.

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. They all taste sweet.

Back in 1953, it took 27 hours to make one Marshmallow Peep. Now it takes only six minutes.

Better wine can be produced by the soil being of poor quality. This is because the vines have to "work" harder.

By federal law, for a noodle to actually be a noodle it must have 5.5 percent egg solids in it, otherwise it cannot be called a noodle.

Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons.

Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.

Chocolate contains a very small amount of caffeine. A cup of decaffeinated coffee has approximately the same amount of caffeine as in 50 M&M's.

Due to sugar shortages to make candy during World War II, movie theatre owners turned to popcorn, which is now the best selling snack at movie theatres today.

Heavier lemons produce more, and tastier, juice.

In China, pancakes are generally served as side dishes. They are stuffed with meat, bean sprouts, and other vegetables.

Most importantly! Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva.