recently i was learning about how speakers work and although I sorta knew already about sound waves, something just dawned on me. The earth is a completely silent place. What you call noise and sounds, only exist in your head after your brain has translated the pulsations of your ear drum.
Hopefully this won't impact activities of anyone here, but don't count on urine being sterile. I believe there are some kidney diseases that will contaminate urine. Also, if there is a bacterial infection downstream, you can count on the urine picking up some nasties.
Not to flaunt my wildside, but as said above, urine is only sometimes sterile. I found this out when i mysteriously passed my kidney infection on to my gf.......
Yup, and it takes the light of our sun a little over 8 minutes to travel the 93 million miles to earth. At the same rate of speed, it would take 4.22 years to reach the next closest star!
In the movie Casablanca Rick never says "Play it again, Sam." He says: "You played it for her, you can play it for me. Play it!"
Comedian/actor Billy Crystal portrayed Jodie Dallas, the first openly gay main character on network television on ABC's Soap, which aired from 1977 to 1981.
Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.
Winston Churchill, one of England's greatest politicians, historians and statesmen, was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Aerosmith's Dude Looks Like a Lady was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.
Charles Manson was a scientologist.
Zsa Zsa Gabor wins the list of most married female celebrities with a record 9 husbands. Elizabeth Taylor and Lana Turner tie for second at 8 husbands.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died.
The first interracial kiss on TV took place November 22, 1968 between Captain James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner and Lt.Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichol on an episode of Star Trek.
Doris Day, the wholesome actress whose movie career was on a down slide by the late Sixties, was approached to play the role of Mrs. Robinson. She turned the part down because she thought the movie was "trashy."
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
Um... there are many of those: fast, overlook, weather, sanction, strike, etc.
Sanction, yes. But the others?
fast (moving) vs. fast (firmly rooted)
overlook (pay attention to/supervise) vs. overlook (escape attention)
weather (withstand) vs. weather (erode)
strike (a miss) vs. strike (to hit)
secretary is the longest word typed entirely with one hand (assuming you are using the correct fingers on the home row keys and not hunt-n-pecking lol)
secretary is the longest word typed entirely with one hand (assuming you are using the correct fingers on the home row keys and not hunt-n-pecking lol)
gullible is not in the english dictionary
Pretty sure when I type secretary I don't reach all the way over with my left hand pointer finger to reach the y... or did I learn incorrectly?
The Fujifilm FinePix S5Pro came out after the S3 because #4 is a bad luck number in Japan, NOT #13...now we have gotten too obscure!
Many multi-storey buildings (particularly apartment blocks) in Japan don't have a fourth floor - elevator buttons will have 1.2.3.5.6., but no 4. (I think the same is true for China).
The reason for this is that one way to say 4 in Japanese is shi (based on the Chinese pronunciation), and this is a homophone for death.
secretary is the longest word typed entirely with one hand (assuming you are using the correct fingers on the home row keys and not hunt-n-pecking lol)
gullible is not in the english dictionary
Pretty sure when I type secretary I don't reach all the way over with my left hand pointer finger to reach the y... or did I learn incorrectly?
Evan
oh no, then what word is it...crap I thought that was the word...my bad
secretary is the longest word typed entirely with one hand (assuming you are using the correct fingers on the home row keys and not hunt-n-pecking lol)
gullible is not in the english dictionary
Pretty sure when I type secretary I don't reach all the way over with my left hand pointer finger to reach the y... or did I learn incorrectly?
Evan
oh no, then what word is it...crap I thought that was the word...my bad
Interesting, I alternate using my left and right hands to type 'Y'
secretary is the longest word typed entirely with one hand (assuming you are using the correct fingers on the home row keys and not hunt-n-pecking lol)
gullible is not in the english dictionary
Pretty sure when I type secretary I don't reach all the way over with my left hand pointer finger to reach the y... or did I learn incorrectly?
Evan
oh no, then what word is it...crap I thought that was the word...my bad
