Very simple: post any random fact about anything. I'll start: 1- vanaduke's model name is "baron". 2- the spiral cullet (and the other versions) are refered as "rearpouch" in the model viewer.
The random-fact thread
Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:11
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 05:34
#2
Space! In! Space!
Did you know the Observable Universe is 14 Gigaparsecs across from end to end? It's totally true, and that's only estimated to be 1/3 of the universe.
Also, the stars that you see in the sky are actually what they looked as they did from anywhere from 10,000 to several million lights years ago. It took their light that long to reach our eyes. Technically if you are staring at the Sun, that's what it looked like 8 minutes ago.(Unless it Nova'd, it can't Supernova, it's not big enough) Just think if they sent a satellite out into space and looked at Earth.
I wonder what they'd see...
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 08:11
#3
My turn
-Frogs have 2 sets of eyelids: one set that's like everyone else's, and a set thats completely transparent. This is so they can see underwater
-Mercury was once known as quicksilver
-I have a mullet
-A sallet-styled helmet usually looks like a bucket that curves towards the back
-There is a mountain in Costa Rica whose name translates to Death Mountain. Contrary to The Legend of Zelda series' Death Mountain, it is actually very cold
-Everything is a weapon. You just have to know how to use it.
-Every time someone calls Gabe Newell fat, a Valve employee goes hungry
Nobody knows more random facts than The Genie Of The Soup. Yes, that's how it's capitalized.
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 10:57
#4
ha!
-Did you know it's illegal to go Whale Fishing in Kansas
-On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10
-When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food!
-Children grow faster in the springtime
-Cat urine glows under a black light
-Stewardesses is the longest word that is formally typed with only the left hand
-The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
That is all for now.
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 12:38
#5
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White chocolate isn't actually chocolate, since "chocolate" by definition has to have the cocoa solids and the liqueur; cocoa liqueur is much like cocoa powder and gives chocolate its color. White chocolate is just the cocoa solids, which are the fats and such.
Or at least that's how I think it goes.
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 18:52
#6
I like
I like FOOTBAAAWWWWWWLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 21:13
#7
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Antigua refers to an actual country, as well as the Spiral Knight hand gun.
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 11:26
#8
chocolate, tea and a dictator.
Dark chocolate is much healthier than milk chocolate or white chocolate, and the withe chocolate is the most unhealthy, the dark chocolate has that color due to the high amounts of cocoa. There is a special tea that is collected by trained mokeys, if you are curious, search: "monkey picked tea", this is not 100% confirmed, but some researches say that hitler had only one testicle.
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 11:57
#9
FALCON PUNCH!
what rawrcake said
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:49
#10
More random facts
-Blueberries are blue
-Crayons are made out of wax
-A trilby and a tyrolean are different kinds of fedoras
-Abraham Lincoln was the first president with a beard
-Abe Lincoln was also the first president to be assassinated
-Abe Lincoln liked fricassee chicken
-Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
-In the TV show Bones, one of the characters is related to John wilkes Booth
-Teeth are bones
-Tooth enamel is known to be the second-strongest material in the world
-Diamonds are the strongest materials in the world
-Diamonds are forever
-Ernst Stavro Blofeld is in the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever
-James Bond is AWESOME. True fact.
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:53
#11
FALCON PUNCH!
guess what!
Tue, 03/06/2012 - 18:22
#12
Moo
Lelouch's Geass possesses the ability of absolute command. It is used to manipulate people against their will.
Alynn's Geass also possesses the ability of absolute command. It is used to manipulate noobs into giving Alynn their materials for a cheap cheap price.
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 09:27
#13
BOOM!
Blue spy in Team Fortress 2 can blow up his head on command! :D No, really! I looked it up.
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 17:02
#14
PANK
Pink isn't a color it's a tint. -Frocus watches as everyone's head explodes-
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 19:51
#15
My name
-My forum/game name means 'backwards' in German.
-Germany is in Europe.
-Austria is also in Europe.
-Erwin Schrödinger is from Austria.
-Schrödinger wrote:
One can even set up quite ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following device (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): in a Geiger counter, there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of the hour, one of the atoms decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges, and through a relay releases a hammer that shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if meanwhile no atom has decayed. The psi-function of the entire system would express this by having in it the living and dead cat (pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts. It is typical of these cases that an indeterminacy originally restricted to the atomic domain becomes transformed into macroscopic indeterminacy, which can then be resolved by direct observation. That prevents us from so naively accepting as valid a "blurred model" for representing reality. In itself, it would not embody anything unclear or contradictory. There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus photograph and a snapshot of clouds and fog banks.
—Erwin Schrödinger, Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik (The present situation in quantum mechanics), Naturwissenschaften
(translated by John D. Trimmer in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society)
(Direkt aus der Wikipedia)
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 23:19
#16
armadillos can walk
armadillos can walk underwater
my tech teacher is my stalker
a gibbon has the largest body proprotional arms of any creature, except my sports teacher
none of you have even heard of me or my guild (so please friend me or check my guild out...)
my guild is X-Stars
Harry Potter is a virgin... that WE know of... mwah ha ha
I have just scarred the minds of any innocent children on this forum
Please post back to me especially as I would like more attention - that is a fact!
Fri, 03/09/2012 - 08:33
#17
Only two kinds of armadillos
Only two kinds of armadillos can roll up into balls, and they aren't very ball shaped.
Bunnies don't eat carrots, they eat the leaves.
Mice would rather eat peanut butter then cheese.
Elephants are NOT afraid of mice.
Fri, 03/09/2012 - 23:21
#18
I can hack
..... joking but my name is kive :9 didnt know that did ya
Sat, 03/10/2012 - 10:24
#19
Here are more:
-I have no guild. Deal with it. I don't need one.
-George Lopez once said that he puts mustard on his tortillas
-Tortillas are a kind of Hispanic pancake
-People die when they are killed (where did I hear that from again?)
-The popular Resident Evil series made by Capcom gets its name from another Capcom survival-horror game called Sweet Home
-In Sweet Home, there is a note that mentions the "house of residing evil"
-Sweet Home was made in the 80s. Resident Evil was made in the 90s
-Capcom stands for "Capsule Computer"
-Mike Haggar has an epic mustache
-So does Mario
-and Wario
-and maybe Waluigi
-but not Luigi
-NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO WEEGEE!!!
Sat, 03/10/2012 - 10:37
#20
You're older than you've ever
You're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older (and now you're even older).
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 09:04
#21
moar facts
- devil may cry was supposed to be a resident evil game.
- there was a n64 legend of zelda prototype that was in first person.
- if you play starfox in the hard difficulty (the SNES one), andross will have horns when you fight agnist him.
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 09:33
#22
-Contrary to what some would
-Contrary to what some would assume, In the lore of WipEout, Pierre Belmondo did NOT own FEISAR. He owned AG-SYSTEMS, and feisar was a knee-jerk reaction after AG-sys moved to Japan.
-WipEout was named in a pub.
-The autogun is modelled after the Nerf Maverick (I can't think of anyone who wouldn't know this)
-Everything about the Snarbolax is a reference to the poem "Jabberwocky". I know of nobody who has picked up on this.
-Spiral knights are actually a Jawa subspecies.
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 12:26
#23
Blargh!
The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime while sleeping.
Flatworms eat and poop through their mouth.
It is common superstition that you crap your pants right before you die.
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 13:29
#24
The gun puppy statue in haven
The gun puppy statue in haven is called momoni.
Vog cubs are exticnt due to hunting for vog cub coats.
Wolvers like cookies, but even if you give a cookie to them, they will attack you.
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 17:50
#25
"Everything about the
"Everything about the Snarbolax is a reference to the poem "Jabberwocky". I know of nobody who has picked up on this."
Really? The only reference I caught was the use of the word "frumious". Now, if you got a Vorpal Blade instead of a Snarble Barb, and if it were called the Snarkbolax...
And to add to Zinco's old-school video game facts, you get the best ending in Super Metroid for the SNES if you beat the game within 3 hours.
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 20:00
#26
Fan Death
It's a common misconception in South Korea that persons left alone in a room with a fan will suffocate because the fan takes up all the oxygen in the room.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 01:06
#27
The description for the
The description for the twisted snarble barb says that it makes a "snicker-snack" sound - Much like the sword in the poem.
The twisted targe's description describes it as "tugley" - A reference to some kind of forest in the poem.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 01:24
#28
Fhuuhuh
The projectiles in "Mushihimesama Futari" actually have smaller hitboxes then their graphics make them appear to be. So does your character/insect/dragon.
It is conjecture that you are staring at a computer screen right now, and could just be a giant daydreaming ladybug in a parrellel dimension ruled by Roffbluxes. Still conjecture, and not proven at all.
Elephants actually are afraid of mice, because, like dark-matter, changes when you look at it in your peripheral vision and so, turn into giant spear wielding walruses with flaming tusks. They change back instantly right before you go to look at them. The elephant can be staring right at it and it change though...
Tue, 03/13/2012 - 18:48
#29
- Bechamel is a man,
- Bechamel is a man, according to the game.
- there is a model of the core's hatch open, never found it tho.
Wed, 03/14/2012 - 17:57
#30
Fact:
You this read wrong.
Fact:
You this read wrong.
Wed, 03/14/2012 - 19:41
#31
random fact
1. i like cake
2. there is a Grimalkin behind you right now Run!!
Wed, 03/14/2012 - 19:42
#32
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It's a common misconception in South Korea that persons left alone in a room with a fan will suffocate because the fan takes up all the oxygen in the room.
Oh Jesus Christ, don't remind me.
Thu, 03/15/2012 - 19:06
#33
moar old school gaming
- in arakinoid you play as a spaceship trying to escape an alternate dimension, to escape it you have to figh DOH, a moai like... thing (image: http://www.retrocpu.com/mame/images/roms/a/arkanoid_-_revenge_of_doh_wor...)
-nintendo altered link's appereance, since some of the fans said that he was ugly. (you can see the differense by comparing the artwork from the oldest LoZ games, with the most recent.)
-there are two secret levels in the snes starfox, the first one its a large space filled with destroyed spaceships, the game says that fox's father died/is somewhere there, you can acces this level more than once, with different methods during the game, the second stage is an alternate dimension called "out of this dimension" you fight origami birds and the boss from this level is a cassino machine, as far as i know, this level is unnwinable, if you enter it, you are struck in there forever.
- megaman was called rockman in the earlier games.
- the orginal main character from half life 1 was nicknamed "ivan the space biker" pic: http://images.wikia.com/valve/es/images/d/d9/Ivan.jpg
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 00:20
#34
LOL
-justin biber is ugly
-poop i know isnt allways brown
-you get more famous when you die
-u in this sentince is spelled wrong
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 05:31
#35
315 entries in Webster's
315 entries in Webster's Dictionary will be misspelled.
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 16:48
#36
GOOD NEWS.
A new ragnarök is being made! its called ragnarök: legend of the second. Also, its the second time they make a ragnarok 2. The first one (gate of the new world) was canecelled because it was really bad compared to ragnarök 1.
Sat, 03/17/2012 - 17:22
#37
RAWR
Umbra is the Latin word for "shadow"
Latin was the language of the eduacated in Romad times
The Roarulus Twins is a reference to teh founders of Rome: Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus fought eachother to the death to be the first king of Rome
Romulus won that fight
Fighting is so over rated, OOO tried to prevent that.
OOO is a game designing company in San Fransisco
I used to live near San Fransisco
San Fransisco is a city in California
The Californian State Flower is the Poppy
Poppy sounds like Popeye
Popeye is a salor who gets really buff when he eats spinach (wth?)
Spinach is disguesting according to many 5-10 year olds
THis is the fourteenth fact.
This is the last fact, becasue I can't stand there being 14 facts
Tue, 03/20/2012 - 15:18
#38
yey
- many characters in the anime "one piece" are based/have references in/about real pepole.
- in the second christmas update, tf2 mentioned the "poopy joe rescue rocket" in a comic, the rocket that has the same name was created back in the "WAR!" update.
- the tf2 sniper's last name is mundy.
- the tf2 heavy weapons guy lives in a mansion in siberian mountain.
- according to the mann. co, the eyelander was used by poopy joe to fight a russian monkey called vladmir bannanas while he was in space.
- sadly, poopy joe's rocket exploded before he reached space, scattering rocket pieces and carbonizated monkey pieces in a large area.
Wed, 03/21/2012 - 14:44
#39
Mass Effect 3 is the only
Mass Effect 3 is the only thing ever to have it's ending changed because it was that bad.
If you manage to jet to the closest backdrop platform in Air Arena in Tribes:Ascend, you will encounter a trollface that says [VGB], as you will go straight through it.
Even if they are lead by a guy with 140 ping, /v/ can STILL dominate the internet.
In teamfortress 2, the number on one of the barns in CP_Mannmanor is the IP of 2fort2furious.
The hardest track in the history of racing games is SilverStream in the original WipEout. It has quick, blind corners, a hairpin, and multiple paths. the left path is hard as heck, but quicker. The other path is easy but slow, and should be avoided at all costs because you wouldn't see another craft for the rest of the race. The main kicker is that SilverStream is not the last track - That's firestar, and is much easier.
Landmass by Future Sound of London was in WipEout 2097, but not featured in the purchasable soundtrack.
Wed, 03/21/2012 - 19:35
#40
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/v/ can STILL dominate the internet.
By no stretch of the imagination.
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 00:42
#41
Refer to the
Refer to the shazbowl.
Basically, /v/ and Reddit went against eachother in a best of 5 match series in Tribes:Ascend.
Reddit trained for hours on end, day after day until the match and were playing on the highest end PCs with blinding internet connection, playing Diamond Sword.
/v/ had cobbled their team together a few hours before the match and were lead by a guy with 140 ping, and were basically playing on toasters, playing Blood Eagle.
After /v/ were down 2-0, they turned around and won the next 3 rounds.
Sandraker status: PUSHED OFF OUR WORLD
[ ] Not told
[ ] Told
[x] TOLDASAURUS REX
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 14:00
#42
The cheeseburgers served in
The cheeseburgers served in school cafeterias and places like McDonald's may contain beef from over 100 different countries.
[EDIT] or "material" from over 100 different countries.
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 15:45
#43
-Mosquitoes have 13
-Mosquitoes have 13 teeth
-The average adult human eats a hot dog in 3 bites
-Mistletoe is a parasite
-A cockroach can survive 9 days without a head
-Spongebob wan originally going to be an adult show like family guy
-"Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis" is an actual English word, meaning "a disease caused by inhaling volcanic ash, dust, or substance."
-A wolf's howl does not echo
-The first animal to orbit the moon was a tortise
-Without artifical coloring, coca-cola is green
-Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
Thats all for now, but I have so many more!
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 17:54
#44
No matter where you go, there
No matter where you go, there you will be.
You will always find something in the place you lost it.
When your hands are covered in grease, your nose will itch or you will have to pee.
The washing machine will always work when you show it to the repairman.
Playing leapfrog with a unicorn is a horrible idea.
There is a special circle of hell for people who open crinkly candy packages in movie theaters. It is also home to the souls of people who talk loudly on cell phones on public transportation, and people who mix Coca-Cola with Pepsi.
Sun, 03/25/2012 - 17:42
#45
@Mouse: And the very
@Mouse: And the very achievement for defeating Snarbolax? "O Frabjous day!"
Dirty Harry isn't the only police character when you think about Callahan. Think of a certain Academy..
Curing rubber with sulphur makes it a whole lotta stronger. Like, car tire stronger. Vulcanization is what it's called when you do it. Now, if there only were a rubbery enemy that dropped a resin-like material that could be combined with brimstone to resist shock..
Sun, 03/25/2012 - 18:14
#46
After a while, I'm back with more!
-Duke Nukem has balls of steel.
-Duke Nukem was originally going to be called Duke Nukum.
-When you find something, it will always be in the last place you look for it, even if it's also the first.
-Freddie Mercury was actually born in India, his real name being Farrokh Bulsara.
-One cat leads to another.
-The Callahan isn't the only gun in Spiral Knights that references Dirty Harry, the Iron Slug and the Mega Magnus do too.
-There was originally going to be a Golden Trojan in Spiral Knights.
-The economy is so low, Arnold Schwarzenegger got a maid just for the cleaning.
-The economy is so low, even Bert and Ernie are getting married for the tax benefits.
Mon, 03/26/2012 - 10:53
#47
nother random
-mewkat maybe cute and cuddly just don't feed after 12am
-claptrap are very weak to electric, fire, acid, meteors, chickens, really they fall over just by coughing on them
Mon, 03/26/2012 - 13:24
#48
-Duke nukem was amolst called
-Duke nukem was amolst called duke nukum due to a villain from capitain planet called duke nukem.
-The "i am here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and i am all outta gum" line was not originated from the duke nukem series, it was acctualy originated from a movie called "they live"
-capitain falcon is a bounty hunter that became a pilot because he was running out of money.
-Quentin tarantino is a huge fan of the half-life series and already considered making a movie based on the game.
-The portal and half life series are connected, and its canon. (the proof is: various references to black mesa)
-there is a possibility that the left 4 dead and the half life series are historically connected. (you can find a picture of a much younguer breen in a newspaper), altought louis says sometimes when he picks up a crowbar that he feels just like gordon freeman.
-in the left 4 dead universe, team fortress 2 and counter strike are very popular games.
-there is a tf2 cereal in left 4 dead 2, and it says "collect all 10 figures!" dun, dun DUNNNNN!
-the cellphones bleed if you shoot them in left 4 dead 2.
Mon, 03/26/2012 - 13:24
#49
-Duke nukem was amolst called
-Duke nukem was amolst called duke nukum due to a villain from capitain planet called duke nukem.
-The "i am here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and i am all outta gum" line was not originated from the duke nukem series, it was acctualy originated from a movie called "they live"
-capitain falcon is a bounty hunter that became a pilot because he was running out of money.
-Quentin tarantino is a huge fan of the half-life series and already considered making a movie based on the game.
-The portal and half life series are connected, and its canon. (the proof is: various references to black mesa)
-there is a possibility that the left 4 dead and the half life series are historically connected. (you can find a picture of a much younguer breen in a newspaper), altought louis says sometimes when he picks up a crowbar that he feels just like gordon freeman.
-in the left 4 dead universe, team fortress 2 and counter strike are very popular games.
-there is a tf2 cereal in left 4 dead 2, and it says "collect all 10 figures!" dun, dun DUNNNNN!
-the cellphones bleed if you shoot them in left 4 dead 2.
Wed, 03/28/2012 - 18:47
#50
Fact: this is a bump
Fact: this is a bump
Ok, heres what i got
1. The stranger hat is not located in the files (Or at least i can't find it)
2. "While you are asleep, 4 spiders will crawl into your mouth during your lifetime" This is entirely untrue. Spiders love Moist and warm environments, so WAY more than 4 crawl into your mouth