The Random Facts Thread

[wibble]

Thanks for the info GoodLittleWench I had a feeling there was more to it than that :lol:

 

[Hollis]

The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter.

Man, when I was a little kid I was fascinated by the giant squid. I have a dozen videos and books on it.

A giant squid's eyeball is the rough size equivalant of a basketball, or your head.

 

[lilbug]

The ability to regrow body parts is regeneration.
Earthworms are segmented worms. They have a closed circulatory system.

 

[Hollis]

^^ Cool, I never knew that. But you learn something everyday.

 

[heartagram69]

worms are blind

 

[GoodLittle Wench]

Thanks for the info GoodLittleWench I had a feeling there was more to it than that :lol:

No problem. I learned it at faire, out of necessity. People are always asking me about the fox tails we wear, so I must explain it ten times a day.

 

[IHeartEric]

There is sooooo much I can say to hundreds of these quotes, but I haven't got the time nor energy nor willpower to.

 

[glam_chic86]

When the Black Death swept across England one theory was that cats caused the plague. Thousands were slaughtered. Ironically, those that kept their cats were less affected, because they kept their houses clear of the real culprits, rats.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

A cow's stomach has four compartments: the rumen, the recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum ( the only compartment with digestive juices).

The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter .

Damn think of all the calamari that you can make with that hehe .

 

[CSI3Snickers]

The ability to regrow body parts is regeneration.

Yup. Starfish regenerate.

 

[lilbug]

There are three types of worms, flatworms, roundworms, and segmented worms.

Dogs are color blind.

My butt itches...

 

[heartagram69]

dongs arent fully colour blind, they can c green n blue.

starfish have babies by dropping off their legs, which in turn grow into new starfish, and they grow their own legs back!!! WEIRD

 

[Guest]

You have no sense of smell when you are sleeping.

 

[DoreenCSI]

Swans are the only birds with penises.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

 

[heartagram69]

WHOA THATS UBER TRIPPY!!!!

 

[Kaylee]

starfish have babies by dropping off their legs, which in turn grow into new starfish, and they grow their own legs back!!! WEIRD

It's called framentation and is a form of asexual reproduction. (I did good in science )