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Post what it says above! I found out that the title "mx" is used for those who do not wish to either gender. Here is how I found it online:
"Mx is an English language neologistic honorific that does not indicate gender. It was developed as an alternative to common gendered honorifics, such as Mr and Ms, in the late 1970s. It has been used by non-binary people as well as those who do not wish to imply a gender in their titles."
I also learned that some people didn't know that the Domino on a Dominoes pizza place was a domino!
And that some people are 35 and have never eaten a cherry!
I learned that my CAPTCHA is at a war. And that they just said, {umrug} What rug?
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(November 10, 2021 - 7:50 pm)
(November 10, 2021 - 7:50 pm)
I learned that there is such thing as a velvet ant, which looks like a furry ant, BUT it's actually a flightless wasp.
(November 10, 2021 - 9:14 pm)
That is really weird. Imma go look it up.
(November 11, 2021 - 6:47 am)
Here's some stuff:
-Newborn babies can’t drown because their windpipes close in response to being submerged. However, that reflex disappears at six months.
-The term “OK” probably comes from a misspelling of the phrase “all correct.”
-Under certain conditions, hot water actually freezes faster than cold water
-Cheese is the most shoplifted food in the world.
-The longest hiccupping attack lasted 68 years.
-More people have been to the moon than the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean.
- Octopuses are considered the most intelligent invertebrate; they’ve even been observed using tools.
That's it! Also, I found a website with these. I did not research them one bit.
(November 11, 2021 - 8:24 am)
Oh interesting Pancake! No. 1 especially- I didn't know babies could do that. It's really important because they have no neck support whatsoever.
The cheese one is very funny.
(November 11, 2021 - 12:08 pm)
I learned that "disinterested" actually means "impartial," rather than "uninterested" which was what I thought! I also learned some Japanese speakers find the name Garry funny because the word geri means diarrhea! I learned some people think Goofy is a cow, and I just learned the Mx. thing yesterday.
I also learned that my history teacher spells twilight "twighlight" and my English teacher thinks it should be "Ancient Greece" not "ancient Greece" and "ancestor" means relative, whether that's a descendant or an actaul ancestor. From that I learned I enjoy feeling smug when teachers make mistakes because they're the ones that're supposed to be teaching us.
Furthermore, I learned that a lot of people think "OK" is the actual word for it, not just an abbreviation of "okay." And I learned "chi" can mean earth and it can also mean blood, which is weird.
(November 11, 2021 - 11:46 am)
I think Goofy IS a cow... I mean, Mickey Mouse likes Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck likes Daisy Duck, and Goofy likes that cow lady, so wouldn't that make him a bull? But who knows!
(November 12, 2021 - 4:15 pm)
He's a dog
(November 14, 2021 - 12:37 pm)
the flavor of ranch doesn't exsist in iceland, so cool ranch doritos are called "cool american flavor"
(November 11, 2021 - 2:07 pm)
Here is more stuff! Also, I totally came up with all of this myself...totally...............no, really............................................Fine. I looked every single one of these.
-Flamingos bend their legs at the ankle, not the knee
-Roller coasters were invented to distract Americans from sin
-In the Philippines, McDonald’s serves spaghetti
-3 Musketeers bars got their name because they used to come with three flavors
-The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes
-Michelangelo wrote a poem about how much he hated painting the Sistine Chapel
-Shadows are darker on the Moon
-Strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries aren’t berries
-bananas, kiwis, and watermelon are techinally berries.
-“Fancy riding” on bikes is illegal in Illinois
-The world’s smallest wasp is smaller than an amoeba
-“Albert Einstein” is an anagram for “ten elite brains”
-British military tanks are equipped to make tea
-Researchers once turned a live cat into a telephone (I will not imagine this)
-Scotland has more than 400 words for snow
-The last letter added to the alphabet was actually “J”
- A "butt-load" is an actual unit of measurement.
-The Tostitos logo is two people sharing a chip and salsa.
-The color magenta doesn't have a specific wavelength on the light spectrum.
-You can spot an invisible "8" in the middle of the eight of diamonds.
-The word "swims" looks exactly the same upside-down.
That's all!
(November 12, 2021 - 8:07 am)
Here are some of my thoughts and explanations for some of these facts!
The last letter added to the alphabet was actually “J”
You'd think it would be "Z" right? Well, it isn't! It is actually J!
The Tostitos logo is two people sharing a chip and salsa.
The color magenta doesn't have a specific wavelength on the light spectrum.
Magenta isn't actually a color!
You can spot an invisible "8" in the middle of the eight of diamonds
It's hard to see at first, but once you see it, it seems so easy to see.
The word "swims" looks exactly the same upside-down.
It doesn't look exactly alike, but I see it. By the way, it only works with all capitals.
That's all!
(November 12, 2021 - 9:26 pm)
Even more I totally researched and didn't find on any site known to man...yeah.
-You'll have a brand-new skeleton in 10 years.
-There's a company that turns dead bodies into an ocean reef.
-There is an annual Coffee Break Festival.
-You can buy a flying bicycle.
-Alfred Hitchcock was frightened of eggs.
-Pigs don't sweat.
-There's a LEGO bridge in Germany that you can walk across.
-For 20 years, a cat served as mayor of an Alaskan town.
-Squirrels are behind most power outages in the U.S. (still don't hate them)
-The inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one.
-Sunglasses were originally designed for Chinese judges to hide their facial expressions in court.
-Cotton candy was invented by a dentist.
-A giant tortoise thought to be extinct for 100 years was recently discovered in the Galápagos.
-The Goodyear Blimp is the official bird of Redondo Beach, California.
-It would only take one hour to drive to space.
-A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.
-A meteor exploded over Earth with the force of 10 atomic bombs and everyone missed it.
-Scientists discovered an organism with a disappearing butt.
-Someone tried to sell New Zealand on eBay.
-The tea bag was an accidental invention.
-Grooves in the road on Route 66 play "America the Beautiful."
-Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges.
-There are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms in the entire earth.”
By rough approximation, there are 1049 to 1050 atoms that make up Earth. To figure out how many combinations can be made from 52 cards, you simply have to multiply 52x51x50x49...etc. That means there are on the order of 1067 ways to shuffle a deck of cards!
-In the Hudson Bay area gravity is actually lower than in other parts of the world.”
Gravity is actually slightly variable all over the world, largely due to differences in the amount of crust below any given point. One well-accepted idea is that the Hudson Bay area has less gravity (a VERY slight difference) because the crust below might be thinner — some deep crust of the Earth may have been pushed to the sides by the ice sheet that was there during the last ice age, giving the region less mass.
-“Birds are actually dinosaurs’ closest living relatives, not reptiles!”
-A snail can sleep for three years.
-All polar bears are left handed.
-Hydra – an aquatic creature is the only living creature that never die. It regenerates, replacing its cells with fresh ones.
-Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
-The bulletproof vest was actually invented by a pizza delivery guy from Detroit USA, after he was shot twice on the job. (I feel sorry for him)
-The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
-The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
- If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
-Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
-If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. (Well, I will never do that then.)
-Sitting while talking on the phone for eight hours will burn 914 calories. Driving a car for eight hours will knock off around 1,219 calories. And standing in a casino for eight hours will burn about 1,402 calories. (Well, I guess if I want to burn calories when I'm older, I'll just drive the car for eight hours)
-Pearls melt in vinegar. (now I wanna try this)
-It is possible to lead a cow upstairs… but, not downstairs.
-A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.
-Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
-An average woman consume 6 lbs. of lipstick in her lifetime.
-An average person spent 24 years of his life in sleeping.
That is all... for now. Hey admins, about how many of these did you not know?
Almost all of these were new to me! - Admin
(November 12, 2021 - 3:52 pm)
Some thoughts and expalnations for some of these!
An average person spent 24 years of his life in sleeping.
That's a lot! Better give yourself enjoyable dreams so those 24 years don't go to waste!
An average woman consume 6 lbs. of lipstick in her lifetime.
Luckily, I don't use lipstick! I won't use six pounds in my life!
A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.
I looked it up, and actually it does echo, but not very noticalby.
Sitting while talking on the phone for eight hours will burn 914 calories. Driving a car for eight hours will knock off around 1,219 calories. And standing in a casino for eight hours will burn about 1,402 calories.
I guess, if you want to burn calories for eight hours, stand in a casino!
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
I feel very sorry for those people!
Pearls melt in vinegar.
This is how you tell if you have a real pearl!
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs… but, not downstairs.
It actually depends on how steep the stairs are. Look it up.
All polar bears are left handed.
How exactly did you test this?
That's all!
(November 12, 2021 - 9:34 pm)
I believe the immortal jellyfish (that is not actually a jellyfish technically) also can live forever, though the longer it lives the more likely it is to die. It does this by repeating its life cycle over and over again, going from the equivilant of an adult form to its baby form eternally. And I have heard of the hydra too, they are incredibly tiny, but might creatures!
Oh yeah, and I learned this at a football game. (#When Your Best Friend is a Nerd and You are Too) I learned approximatley zero things about football. I did learn about Gehnsion Impact though! (#When that Nerd Friend also is obsessed with a Video Game He Doesn't Actually Even Play)
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Either he is trying to learn the alphabet in some strange way or are getting into algebra...
(November 14, 2021 - 3:05 pm)
Did you know that bubble gum is only pink because it's the only color dye the man who invented it had?
(November 13, 2021 - 6:24 am)
Really? So if he had blue...
(November 13, 2021 - 10:19 am)