Amazing fact thread...

[damagecontrol]

There was a time not so long ago that this was a forum for car enthusiasts namely classic/muscle/lekker car enthusiasts. Wonder what comes next. Scrabble, cluedo??

Facts about Scrabble;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... thday.html

Facts about Cluedo;
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Clue-37964.html

...now take one and enrich your general knowledge.

Ters.

More Amazing stuff that I can't google, please!!!

[Mopar 440]

NASA astronomers say they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sc ... andromeda/

[damagecontrol]

NASA astronomers say they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sc ... andromeda/

4 billion years - We are in sh1t man.........

[Dragonkarr]

NASA astronomers say they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sc ... andromeda/

4 billion years - We are in sh1t man.........

Aww hell, I was planning a HUGE birthday party 4billion-and-two years from now! Guess we'll have to reschedule

[ters]

Origin of the Jeep name:

Thousands of words have been written about the origin of the Jeep name. As a pub quiz question, it is a corker.

Because the origins of the Jeep are so entwined with its military heritage, many believe the name Jeep came from a corruption of the US Army acronym GP, for General Purpose, then used for any quarter-ton front-wheel drive reconnaissance car.

Others say the name was lifted from the nickname used during the 1930s for the specialist trucks kitted out with equipment to drill wells in the American oil fields.

Then there is the Popeye strip cartoon alternative. Eugene the Jeep was a small, impish animal that had the power to solve all sorts of problems - just like the 4x4 car of the same name - and which featured in the Popeye cartoon strips created by E.C.Segar from 1936.

The legend of the Jeep, and speculations as to the roots of the Jeep name, grew so quickly even the authoritative and serious-minded Washington Post newspaper took a view. In 1944 the Post dedicated an editorial to the topic: "As to the origin of the monosyllable, Jeep. It first appeared as a generic name of an amiable and exotic creature of indeterminate sex, introduced about the middle of the 1930s in what was then a highly popular comic cartoon strip."

Ters.

[Dragonkarr]

Words & pic courtesy of the Facebook page 'I f@cking love science':
'For the inhabitants of Singapore this bizarre yet spectacular sight took a while to get used to. Architects have designed 18 synthetic 'supertrees' which, for the last few months have been acting as thermal storage systems and providing shade and nutrients - just like natural trees. Their shape allows them to collect rainwater and they're equipped with solar panels to store energy from the sun. A sophisticated system of channels, similar to the roots of a tree, ensures that all 200 plant species cultivated inside the supertrees are regularly watered.'

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If you're on Facebook, this one's well worth a 'like'

[jacodebeer]

The wedding ring goes on the left ring finger, because it's the only finger with a vein that connects to a heart !


People who stay awake till late night are more intelligent than the people who go to bed early & rise early for the day


When you wake up around 2am/3am without any reason, there's an 85% chance that someone is staring at you


When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and he dies

[73Ranchero]

When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and he dies[/quote]


MSP Dan's hy 'n Toaster !

[Dragonkarr]

People who stay awake till late night are more intelligent than the people who go to bed early & rise early for the day


When you wake up around 2am/3am without any reason, there's an 85% chance that someone is staring at you

So, according to this, I'm pretty intelligent... and someone's been stalking me in the wee hours of the mornings

[ters]

•Mary Anderson (1866-1953), an American who was a real estate developer, rancher, viticulturist and also the inventor of the windshield wiper blade. She patented an automatic windshield wiper in 1903. 17 years after Karl Benz invented first gasoline-powered car.
•A century ago, most of the cars were using bicycle tires before the first gasoline-powered car invented by Karl Benz in 1885. Car owners have to replace the car tires more frequent because the tires are easy to worn out.
•The first cars didn’t have steering wheels. Drivers had to steer with a lever! So basically, it was just like a games console…but REAL!
•Sixty-two percent of car owners believe car appearance is essential. However, 53 percent wash their cars less than once a month – and 16 percent never wash their cars at all! To top it off, 61 percent of a surveys respondents admitted to leaving garbage in their cars, and 27 percent say their car stinks.
•The automobile is the most recycled consumer product in the world today!
•The city with the most Rolls Royce’s per capita is Hong Kong.
•On average a human being spends two weeks of their entire lives waiting for traffic lights to change.

Ters.