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Thread of SCIENCE!

bongibongi regular
edited June 2007 in Social Entropy++
This is a very nerdy thread for putting fascinating science facts in. Because frankly the natural universe is far, far more amazing than any dude on a cloud could ever dream.

the average person contains around 1.63x10^27 (1,630,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) molecules of water
that is more molecules of water than there are stars in the observable universe
it's a number so huge that no-one can comprehend its vastness fully

if you travel in a straight line to try and get to the edge of the universe, you actually end up back where you started

share your own, i love useless but mind-boggling facts

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    bongi I don't know... I'm not sure I can trust you not to make this about Doctor Who.

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  • gazamcgazamc Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    dogs cant look up

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I wonder how many there are in THE WORLD

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    THis is more a nature thing than a science thing but, when a Giant Japanese Hornet attacks a bees' nest, the bees respond by piling en masse onto the thing and vibrating their wings really fast, this leads to a raise in temperature in the huddle and the hornet gets cooked.

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    BigDes wrote: »
    THis is more a nature thing than a science thing but, when a Giant Japanese Hornet attacks a bees' nest, the bees respond by piling en masse onto the thing and vibrating their wings really fast, this leads to a raise in temperature in the huddle and the hornet gets cooked.

    Jesus fuck

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    bongi wrote: »
    if you travel in a straight line to try and get to the edge of the universe, you actually end up back where you started
    what?

    why

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  • NickTheNewbieNickTheNewbie Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    IPv6 will allow a unique address for every electronic device on the planet. In fact, IPv6 has enough unique combinations to give an address to every atom in the known universe.

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited June 2007
    gazamc wrote: »
    dogs cant look up

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    scientists estimate that over 99% of all the organisms that have ever existed on this planet are now extinct

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    scarlet st. wrote: »
    BigDes wrote: »
    THis is more a nature thing than a science thing but, when a Giant Japanese Hornet attacks a bees' nest, the bees respond by piling en masse onto the thing and vibrating their wings really fast, this leads to a raise in temperature in the huddle and the hornet gets cooked.

    Jesus fuck

    Don't fuck with bees.

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  • NickTheNewbieNickTheNewbie Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    bongi wrote: »
    gazamc wrote: »
    dogs cant look up

    ingl1071.jpg


    scientists estimate that over 99% of all the organisms that have ever existed on this planet are now extinct

    That's a shop. I can tell by looking at the pixels.

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Skull Man wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »
    if you travel in a straight line to try and get to the edge of the universe, you actually end up back where you started
    what?

    why

    dude, think about it

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited June 2007
    Skull Man wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »
    if you travel in a straight line to try and get to the edge of the universe, you actually end up back where you started
    what?

    why

    because space-time curves in four dimensions, but we're only capable of perceiving three of them

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  • gazamcgazamc Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    bongi wrote: »
    gazamc wrote: »
    dogs cant look up

    ingl1071.jpg


    scientists estimate that over 99% of all the organisms that have ever existed on this planet are now extinct

    cheating! it cant be sitting down!

    polar bears fur isnt really white at all

    its clear

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  • NickTheNewbieNickTheNewbie Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    bongi wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »
    if you travel in a straight line to try and get to the edge of the universe, you actually end up back where you started
    what?

    why

    because space-time curves in four dimensions, but we're only capable of perceiving three of them
    8-cell-simple.gif

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    bongi wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »
    if you travel in a straight line to try and get to the edge of the universe, you actually end up back where you started
    what?

    why

    because space-time curves in four dimensions, but we're only capable of perceiving three of them

    are you fucking KIDDING me

    that is the craziest shit I have ever heard

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    it is science that bongi is sex

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    If you stick mentos in a 2-liter bottle of coke, it shoots up and it's really cool.

    science rules

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  • Frosted ButtsFrosted Butts Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The more people pollute the environment, the richer I get.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Bill Nye can know the exact speed and position of a particle.

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  • Jolly-ollyJolly-olly Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Cold/flu snot is green because of leukocytes (white blood cells) which metabolise ferrous ions (iron) when they kill bacteria in your nose, the metabolisising process turns them green.

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Fuck that, I totally just made my dog look up and she wasn't sitting.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    I exist in four dimensions, just like Dr. Manhattan. Eventually this site gets shut down to make way for an Internet highway.

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The universe is beige.

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  • QorzmQorzm Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    i want to be a zoologist
    help me

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    NickTheNewbie wrote: »
    IPv6 will allow a unique address for every electronic device on the planet. In fact, IPv6 has enough unique combinations to give an address to every atom in the known universe.

    I don't think it's that many.

    I think it's more like an address for every molecule in your body or something.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    First you have to mentally love animals. Then you have to physically love them. Then you get your degree, and get paid to do both.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    5×10^28 addresses for each of the roughly 6.5 billion people alive today

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina

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  • RhinoRhino TheRhinLOL Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The energy and friction produced by masturbation (males) can power a small 120 watt light bulb for 15 minutes.


    Rhinos will stomp out fires ;)

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Qorzm wrote: »
    i want to be a zoologist
    help me

    Giraffes have black tongues.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Apparently chimps are evolving faster than humans.

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  • LockoutLockout I am still searching Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Skull Man wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »
    if you travel in a straight line to try and get to the edge of the universe, you actually end up back where you started
    what?

    why

    Asteroid.

    A long time ago, when the moon was closer to the earth, the gravity of the moon would cause a giant tidal wave to follow it on it's orbit around the earth.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    scarlet st. wrote: »
    Qorzm wrote: »
    i want to be a zoologist
    help me

    Giraffes have black tongues.

    is this a Salute Your Shorts reference

    because if so let's just fuck till the turtle dies

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Elephants are the only other species of mammal with knees.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Apparently chimps are evolving faster than humans.

    They're just rushing to catch up.

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Skull Man wrote: »
    scarlet st. wrote: »
    Qorzm wrote: »
    i want to be a zoologist
    help me

    Giraffes have black tongues.

    is this a Salute Your Shorts reference

    because if so let's just fuck till the turtle dies

    It isn't but you're Ug Lee so...
    (giraffe's tongues are actually black)

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    BigDes wrote: »
    Elephants are the only other species of mammal with knees.

    What

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    BigDes wrote: »
    Elephants are the only other species of mammal with knees.

    Nuh uh

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