Fact O' The Day

[Spartan]

I dream of bisexuality

Interesting fact...

[disco]

I dream of bestiality

Interesting fact...

Truly!

[Peelz]

I dream of bestiality

I live that dream

I wanna be the animals

weirdos....seriosuly, have you no shame?

[disco]

I dream of bestiality

I live that dream

I wanna be the animals

weirdos....seriosuly, have you no shame?

None!  And that's a FACT.   

[Krandall]

"Scars are attractive to women looking for a fling."


Studies at the Universities of Liverpool and Stirling expected to find that facial scarring was generally perceived as unattractive in Western cultures; instead, they found that women find it an admirable trait in short-term relationships -- and even an indicator of masculinity and bravery. A lack of scarring did not, however, deter women in search of a long-term, nurturing relationship. Men found women with and without scars to be equally desirable in both scenarios.

[Krandall]

"The man responsible for blood banks was not permitted to donate to them."


Dr. Charles Drew was the first black man to be appointed as an examiner by the American Board of Surgery, and the first to receive a medical science degree from Columbia University; he worked with enterprising techniques to preserve stored blood when that field was wholly new. Drew was director of the world's first blood drive, World War II's "Blood for Britain", and was thereby in charge of the world's first blood bank, located in New York City. However, black people were not permitted to donate blood to blood banks until years later. Drew resigned his position over the issue in 1942.

[Krandall]

"Manhole covers are round to assure they don't fall through the opening."


Microsoft was one of the first major American corporations to begin asking off-the-wall brainteasers as interview questions, mostly to gauge an interviewee's creativity. "Why are manhole covers round?" was one such Microsoft interview question, and though interviewees could answer any number of ways ("Because manholes are round!"), the most practical answer is that a square manhole cover, placed at an angle, could fall through a circular hole (unlike a circular cover).

[Krandall]

"Tennis grunting actually interferes with opponents' performance."


A study from the University of Hawaii at Manoa found that tennis players' response times were significantly slower when they heard their opponent grunt, and those subjects even recorded the wrong direction for the shot more often than when the sound was absent. The study showed respondents videos of a tennis player serving to the left or to the right in order to measure respondents' reactions; some clips played a brief sound during the shot, while others did not.

[Krandall]

"Yellowish or reddish skin tones are more attractive to women than traditionally masculine features."


Pale skin that lacks the yellowish or reddish hue sometimes called a "healthy glow" is a larger detractor to physical attractiveness than any major facial characteristic, according to a UK study. Vaguely yellow or red skin tones indicate a healthy diet and physical fitness, while pallid skin generally indicates a weakened immune system. The study's female respondents were more swayed by the tint of a man's skin than his features, indicating that perceived health was more important to them than virility or masculinity.

[Krandall]

"There is one pictographic language left in the world."


The Library of Congress's Selections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection features the only pictographic writing system still in use today: ceremonial texts by the Naxi people of Yunnan Province, China. The simplified, illustrative system resembles a series of drawn glyphs similar to Egyptian or Mayan hieroglyphs, with many recognizable figures of animals and objects. Practicing Naxi priests, called "dongbas," use this system to produce manuscripts, which are used for standard ceremonies such as funerals and blessings.

[Krandall]

"Spam emails have declined for the first year on record."


According to Cisco, 2010 was the first year on record that spam email activity declined -- only by 1.6% in the United States, but historic nonetheless. The decline resulted in a mere 11.1 trillion spam emails sent in 2010, down from 11.3 trillion sent in 2009. The decrease is likely due to the shutdown of major spam senders around the globe. As spam activity decreases, however, malware activity is on the rise; Google processed a 111% increase in e-mail virus transmissions in late 2010 compared to the same month in the previous year.

[Krandall]

"Too much sleep is deadlier than not enough."


Sleeping fewer than six hours a night -- and over seven and a half hours a night -- can often be indicative of illnesses or even the cause of health problems. Researchers from British and Italian universities analyzed studies that covered more than one million people and found that those who slept fewer than six hours a night were 12% more likely to die before 65, but those who slept more than nine hours were 30% more likely to die prematurely.

[Peelz]

randy....

re-post

[rappyfreak]

Wow Randy, and the original post is like 4 posts up! 

[Krandall]

the heck are you guys talking aboot?