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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Star Trek was written in very formal language (no slang) so that in years to come it wouldn’t seem to date very much at all.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    It's a common myth that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, but actually Ireland never had snakes.

    Well, that's a metaphor that due to the community guidelines I won't get into.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    No matter how many digits of pi you have memorized, you will always only have a piece of the pi.
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    It's a common myth that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, but actually Ireland never had snakes.

    Well, that's a metaphor that due to the community guidelines I won't get into.

    Yep. I actually considered going into the metaphor when posting that but decided against it for that same reason.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    We all have an infinite knowledge of wrong facts.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The biggest volcano we know of in the whole solar system is Olympus Mons located on Mars. This one volcano is the size of the whole state of Arizona.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    High-fiving is just two people helping each other clap.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    When someone says a hairstyle is growing on them, it can also be taken literally.
  • tjjm1850
    tjjm1850 Posts: 11 Member
    TMacKtwenty4 wrote: »
    It is physically impossible to lick your own elbow

    I wonder how many people are trying to lick their elbow
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited March 2019
    Mayans used to use cocoa (chocolate) beans as money, so at one point money did in fact grow on trees.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    If you want to be remembered after you die, borrow money from everyone you know.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The episode "Best Day Ever" of SpongeBob was season 4, episode 20.
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    The episode "Best Day Ever" of SpongeBob was season 4, episode 20.

    Also a fact: Spongebob is awesome.
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    If you're looking for the safest place to live, statistically, the moon has a 0% mortality rate compared to Earth's 100%.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    If you're scooting on a scooter, you are the scooter.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Willy Wonka believed a sample size of 5 children was a large enough pool to find someone worthy of inheriting his company.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited April 2019
    "Big's Backyard Ultra" is a last man standing marathon, where competitors run around a 4.1667 mile loop until only one remains. Last year's winner ran a record-setting 68 laps (283.3356 miles) in 55 hours, 23 minutes. Everyone but the winner is designated DNF.
  • NotSo_LittleRichard
    NotSo_LittleRichard Posts: 1,004 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    "Big's Backyard Ultra" is a last man standing marathon, where competitors run around a 4.1667 mile loop until only one remains. Last year's winner ran a record-setting 68 laps (283.3356 miles) in 55 hours, 23 minutes. Everyone but the winner is designated DNF.

    I host a twerking competition under the same name
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  • NotSo_LittleRichard
    NotSo_LittleRichard Posts: 1,004 Member
    edited April 2019
    Beauxjack wrote: »
    "BJ's Backyard Ultra" is what I called my summer backyard bash 2 years ago. It was lit! Collective Soul even made a surprise appearance and rocked the house. Here's a pic of them hanging out in my basement later on that night.

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    They look like they are having a great time
  • Glazed_and_Confused
    Glazed_and_Confused Posts: 1,307 Member
    Beauxjack wrote: »
    "BJ's Back Alley Ultra" is what I called my summer backyard bash 2 years ago. It was lit! Collective Soul even made a surprise appearance and rocked the house. Here's a pic of them hanging out in my basement later on that night.

    mv503p5lkdzh.jpg

    Cool. Did they give you their Grammy?
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    It’s normal to say “kitty cat”, “puppy dog” or “bunny rabbit”, but completely weird to say “calf cow”, “duckling duck”, or “kid goat”.
  • Susieq_1994
    Susieq_1994 Posts: 5,361 Member
    edited April 2019
    cee134 wrote: »
    It’s normal to say “kitty cat”, “puppy dog” or “bunny rabbit”, but completely weird to say “calf cow”, “duckling duck”, or “kid goat”.

    I've seen "goat kid" though, so there's that.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Every day, a year has passed.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    If you traveled at a certain speed around the world, you could stay in daylight forever.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    If you multiply together the number of arms every human alive or dead has, the answer is 0.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The picture of the black hole we captured yesterday is basically a 55 million years old Black Hole, We captured a picture of something that occurred when we didn’t even exist.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    83 is just OwO on its side.
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