The Daily Fact Thread

[Agent Minivann]

Originally Posted by The Disciplined Soldier

Fact: If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/as...rs/970603.html
NASA (and several other sites discussing the topic) disagrees. The biggest factor in surviving space is if you are holding your breath when you are first exposed to vacuum.

[marrowick]

Originally Posted by The Disciplined Soldier

Fact: If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.

Relaxation taken a bit too far.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

The Daily Fact

Vending machines directly kill more people a year than sharks.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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David Bowie's real name is David Jones, but he switched to Bowie as not to be confused with Davy Jones of The Monkees.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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19=1x9+1+9, 29=2x9+2+9, this also works for 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 99, 109, and so on.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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The Aztec word for gold is teocuitlatl, meaning "excrement of the gods".

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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2 and 5 are the only prime numbers that end in 2 or 5.

[Unhinged Manchild]

Originally Posted by Dr.Goomonkey

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Vending machines directly kill more people a year than sharks.

Alright, I might be a few days late on this, but seriously!?! How? Are these people trying to tip these machines to get freebies, only to have it tip over and flatten their brains? (Or lack of?)

[Dysole]

Originally Posted by brandonwiker

Alright, I might be a few days late on this, but seriously!?! How? Are these people trying to tip these machines to get freebies, only to have it tip over and flatten their brains? (Or lack of?)

Something like that. People do stupid crap and vending machines can fall over and the like. To be fair though they get a lot more chances than sharks.

~Dysole, knowing Dr. Doofenschmirtz is pretty sure it's just because they want to take over the world

[SuperflyTNT]

Originally Posted by Dr.Goomonkey

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Vending machines directly kill more people a year than sharks.

More proof that snack foods kill far more often than a swim at the beach.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

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The smallest animal with hooves is a type of Chevrotain, or mouse deer, the lesser Malay chevrotain, which has been recorded as small as 50 cm (1.6 ft) and weighing just 2 kg (4.4 lbs).

[Ninja Status]

Fact:

During World War II, prisoners of war in Canada were treated so nicely that they didn't want to leave Canada when they were released.