Random Facts Thread

[gravious]

A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
A group of whales is called a pod.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
A group of ravens is called a murder.
A group of bears is called a sleuth.
12 or more cows is called a flink.

Can't believe you missed out the best one:

A group of Baboons is called a flange.


Also, I think any group of crows can be called a murder, not just ravens (/pedant blog)


Hmmm, let me think....

On average, 14 cubic km of water evaporates from Egypt's lake Nasser every year.

In football, Scotland's leading international goal-scorer is a woman (Julie Fleeting).

Wales are not actually mammals. They are amphibians with no legs and warm blood.

Haha, bollocks! They can't breathe underwater, and they birth live offspring.

Although, interestingly, Whales are relatively closely related to Hippopotamuses.

[gravious]

Fanta was invented in izan Germany.

Fanta was actually coca-cola's way of making money in NaziGermany. Shipping restrictions between the U.S. and Germany kept certain ingredients needed for Coca-Cola from being sent to the Coca-Cola plant in Germany. So coke used ingredients that were available to make a new drink to sell to the sizan. BUM bum BUM!! FANTA!!

Also... Germany had numbers and information cards on file for every person held in the concentration camps. IBM was the company that printed the cards.

(I just realized that I watch WAY too many documentaries)

Good infos!

[pdomino]

Coca cola used to contain cocaine.

An egg that is fresh will sink in water, but a stale one wont.

[tempest]

Coca cola used to contain cocaine.

truth???

[3rdeye]

Coca cola used to contain cocaine.

truth???

direct from the font of truth that is wiki :

The beverage was named Coca-Cola because, originally, the stimulant mixed in the beverage was coca leaves from South America, which the drug cocaine is derived from. In addition, the drink was flavored using kola nuts, also acting as the beverage's source of caffeine.

Coca-Cola did once contain an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per glass, but in 1903 it was removed. After 1904, Coca-Cola started using, instead of fresh leaves, "spent" leaves - the leftovers of the cocaine-extraction process with cocaine trace levels left over at a molecular level.

sweet, imagine that in a glass with a double vodka

[pdomino]

Yes, Now just the caffeine gets you hooked.
Code Red Mountain Dew or plain old Mountain Dew has the most in, 54g.

[3rdeye]

Code Red Mountain Dew or plain old Mountain Dew has the most in, 54g.

holy shit, thats a looooot of caffeine, even more than buckfast tonic wine!