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The largest living organism is a mushroom. A honey fungus in Oregon, 2.5 miles long, and is a single organism0
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Another piece of useless but fascinating information0 -
15 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.1
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If your a famous smuggler you're doing something wrong.1
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the slang for the skin that covers the outside part of your elbow is 'wenis'0
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You are never caught up on laundry unless you do laundry naked.2
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There has never been a time when I needed Num lock to be off.1
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Google with 20b in income donating 1m to something is equivalent to my 70k donating about $4.1
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The human body has around 7 trillion nerves and some people manage to get on every single *kitten* one.2
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I correct autocorrect more often than autocorrect corrects me correctly.3
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All of the villains in the Star Wars Prequel trilogy perfectly foreshadow the rise of Darth Vader. Maul was manipulated from birth by Palpatine, Dooku was a fallen jedi, and Grievous was a cyborg. Vader is all 3 of those things.2
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The word 'robot' comes from the Czech word 'robota', meaning 'forced labor'.3
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The inventors of the waterbed chose water over gelatin because gelatin had a tendency to decompose.1
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Dogs are an organic doorbell with only 10% accuracy.1
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Dogs are an organic doorbell with only 10% accuracy.
This must be an average for internationally, because my two pocket pooches are only accurate about <5% of the time. They are cute though.
^The above is from the internet. Pretty close to what mine do at least a couple time a day.1 -
Making a comment on the forums about butt stuff and Subway's sweet onion teriyaki sauce is enough to trigger a sidebar ad for Subway containing a photo of a sweet onion chicken teriyaki sub.0
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I HAVE THE BEST ONE OMG:
There are 4 plurals of octopus
1. Octopus
2. Octopi
3. Octopuses
4. OCTOPODI1 -
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Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)0 -
Monkey_Business wrote: »
Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)
While technically octopi is not correct, it has become an accepted form of the plural through usage and has been adopted by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, at least in the United States. I'm not sure If the Oxford English Language Dictionary has also accepted it as an acceptable plural form of the word, but the Yankees like their sea creatures addressed as such.
'Murica.0 -
Monkey_Business wrote: »
Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)
While technically octopi is not correct, it has become an accepted form of the plural through usage and has been adopted by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, at least in the United States. I'm not sure If the Oxford English Language Dictionary has also accepted it as an acceptable plural form of the word, but the Yankees like their sea creatures addressed as such.
'Murica.
I wonder if I'll ever get to use the plural form of octopus? For example: Hey, look at all those octopuses!0 -
Monkey_Business wrote: »
Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)
While technically octopi is not correct, it has become an accepted form of the plural through usage and has been adopted by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, at least in the United States. I'm not sure If the Oxford English Language Dictionary has also accepted it as an acceptable plural form of the word, but the Yankees like their sea creatures addressed as such.
'Murica.
I wonder if I'll ever get to use the plural form of octopus? For example: Hey, look at all those octopuses!
Maybe not but I've definitely modified it to suit my needs... like "look at all these muffinopodi I'm about to eat!"0 -
Will_Run_4_Food wrote: »Monkey_Business wrote: »
Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)
While technically octopi is not correct, it has become an accepted form of the plural through usage and has been adopted by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, at least in the United States. I'm not sure If the Oxford English Language Dictionary has also accepted it as an acceptable plural form of the word, but the Yankees like their sea creatures addressed as such.
'Murica.
I wonder if I'll ever get to use the plural form of octopus? For example: Hey, look at all those octopuses!
I've never seen more than one at any given time.
I have0
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