POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact #1: DID YOU KNOW? Snow is technically classified as a mineral?

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i thought snow was a solidfied liquid(or the other way around O_o).... strangeee :)

Kewl Fact. I think I sort of knew that, but not really. I wanna 'nother fact now. :Pm o_o

Looks like you learn something new every day... or maybe every week :D

I knew that :)

Shweet o.o I didn't know that

Nice. I'm a mineral.

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact #2: DID YOU KNOW? The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth more than 150 times?

http://xs226.******/xs226/08176/highway2393.jpg (http://******)

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woooow i wonder how many times the roads can go around the world if they counted all the paved roads in the world O_o

yea! probally 1500-up

WHOAH O.O.. We're such pavement wasters!

its gravel and tar ice not pavement thats the final product. yes im am technical lol

Where im from, we call it pavement -.- DONT BACK SASS ME MISTER!!

Interesting. I'm sure then many animal habitats were destroyed.

Where im from, we call it pavement -.- DONT BACK SASS ME MISTER!!

@_@ ice is going to hunt me down now lol time to run..

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact #3: DID YOU KNOW? Google recieves more than 200 million search queries a day?

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lol that i can believe google's my homepage lol

Heard it a while back. Still can't believe that people don't use Blackle as much though...

Hmm knew that interesting fact anyways! Thanks for bringing up that fact though!

I use google almost 100 times a day...

haha turtle google is my homepage too!!
awesomeeee

Heard it a while back. Still can't believe that people don't use Blackle as much though...

Heck I've never heard of Blackle. Was it an early search engine??

i like gooogle..

Heck I've never heard of Blackle. Was it an early search engine??

It is newer than google, and is basically the same thing except it supposedly saves your computer energy.

Heh, Kewl. Blackle. Sounds kewl. And yeah, google's the home page on this computer o_o Well some eMachines powered by google or google powered by eMachines thing.

lol i just used google to search Blackle!


EDIT!

Its ran by google. At the bottom it says : Google Custon Search

lol i just used google to search Blackle!


EDIT!

Its ran by google. At the bottom it says : Google Custon Search

You would be correct. I realized this after seeing my Google options being placed in here as well.

ppl started to use the word google as a generic way to say "search on the internet". - Let's google it :)

ppl started to use the word google as a generic way to say "search on the internet". - Let's google it :)

Google was added to the dictionary as a verb because of its usage like that.

Google was added to the dictionary as a verb because of its usage like that.

I looked it up. This is what it said:

A trademark used for an Internet search engine. This trademark often occurs in print as a verb, sometimes in lowercase: "A high school English teacher ... recently Googled a phrase in one student's paper and found it had been taken from a sample essay of an online editing service"

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact #4: DID YOU KNOW? The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano?


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wow lol! :D Thats big

A Grand Piano?

So, now we can accurately say that pianos in 1956 were as big as VCRs? That will certainly confuse some people ;)

Egad.
Was the video the same size as it is today?

lol i bet most of them are from my teacher. she goes on there a lot. LOL:)

I think they were referring to grand pianos.

Egad! That's weird!

Zomg! Thats huge! .-. It makes me think of how old my parents are LOL

that is really big. i wonder how you got the tapes in there? that is cool too but really weird. thx for doing facts of the week i will be checking every week for a new fact:).

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact#5: DID YOU KNOW? Mel Blanc, who was the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots?

http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_04_img1442.jpg

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Oh I knew that too! I heard about that, very weird though but interesting! :)

Ironic too. How about "Fact of the Minute"? That would really give you something to do!

LOL fact of the minute...
"Fact of the second" Oy, that would be really stressful LOL

and ROFL he's the voice of the carrot eater.. but he's allergic to carrots. Weird. LOL

Wow, never knew that. But thats weird its like you play a snake in a movie but your afraid of rats. No... that one doesnt make sense lol

Play a snake in a movie? I'd like to see that...lol. On second hand, nevermind.

Lol woot more facts :D

Yay, i learned something!


Great Idea!

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact#6: DID YOU KNOW? The Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood, because metal was scarce?

http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/images/honorary5.jpg


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Hey! This is pretty cool!! Keep it up!!

Sweet .. wow what cheap Oscars back then ;)

I actually didn't know that. Wow.

Whoah, never knew that. Thats cool. But what happend if you accidently burt yours? LOL

LOl destination

Whoah, never knew that. Thats cool. But what happend if you accidently burt yours? LOL

Lol dest that made me laugh.

Great idea! Keep it up :Tongue:

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-02/walt-disney-oscar-snow-white.jpg Check this pic out. Guess these famous people are with their wooden oscars?

I'm not really sure if the Oscars Disney has are wooden, but the picture of Edgar Bergen (above) is the only picture of an official wooden Oscar I could find. I found no information of anybody else getting a wooden Oscar, which is very strange. Well, if there is other wooden Oscars, I wonder why they always talk about Edgar Bergen's. :confused: They also said that it had a moveable mouth. :D

:eek: woooweee id like a wooden trophy ;)

Quite interesting... Makes good kindling ;)

It's good that they changed them to the way they are now because Im sure it's good for the enviroment and for the people who got splinters ;)

I doubt they had tapes...

ZOMG! The size of a piano?!! How big was the TV? Like the size of your house?!!?

i wonder who madee the trophies... a lumberjack perhaps? ;)

Nope, Mr.Woodchip

I'm not really sure if the Oscars Disney has are wooden, but the picture of Edgar Bergen (above) is the only picture of an official wooden Oscar I could find. I found no information of anybody else getting a wooden Oscar, which is very strange. Well, if there is other wooden Oscars, I wonder why they always talk about Edgar Bergen's. :confused: They also said that it had a moveable mouth. :D

Perhaps only his was since he was famous for having the wooden dummy.

But wouldn't that be creepy?
It would just be staring at you...I'm scared just thinking about it...
~DisneyRoxie~

It's still the same scaryness with the "metal" kinds these days . . . . . lol

I'd burn it. Dummies freak me out. Heh.. get it? "Dummies"... Heh? Uh.. Get it yet?

I wouldn't burn it, because like what if it haunts you? LOL

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact#7: DID YOU KNOW? An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain?

http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/40/ostrich-pictures_646.jpg


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Looks like I'm not the only mammalian that has this problem.... ;)


If anyone catches it...

LOLZ!!! Wow, there dumb! LOL Im Joking! That reminds me of Homer Simpson! ;)

small brain :D does that mean that their egg is like bigger than its brain too?! ostriches lay eggs right? >_<

Hi Mad! and yes they lay HUGE eggs.

I can tell! That's crazy!

LOLZ!!! Wow, there dumb! LOL Im Joking! That reminds me of Homer Simpson! ;)

No, Homer Simpson hates every chimpanzee from chimpan-a to chimpan-z.

Pretty wild!

I just thought this was the perfect picture! I reminds me so much of emus! I love emus!!

Knew this one ;)

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact#8: DID YOU KNOW? If you are struck by lightning, your skin will be heated to 28,000 degrees Centigrade, hotter than the surface of the Sun?

http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/lightningST_600x450.jpg http://1heckofaguy.com/wp-content/photos/258px-Lightning_striking_the_Eiffel_Tower_-_NOAA.jpg

It's True!

Oh my... and people have survived that!

So if you survive a bolt of lightning... that would be painful :xshocked:

Well, I think it happens so fast your body is only 28,000 for a few milliseconds and all it does bruise is and leave burns on the skin. It could do more damage, but a lot of people survive lightning strikes.

This is my favorite fact next to the ostrich one :)

*jaw drops* Wow.

My nana told me about how when I was really little, maybe before I was born, these two teenage boys were standin next to a tree, watching lightning during a storm. They were both struc by the lightning, and both had to be put in the hospital. For some reason they were put in jail...

wow that's amazing. :-O

Heh good thing the chances of that are..uh...like a million something to one. :Tongue:

Well, I'm not really sure if this fact is really true but it seemed realistic to me. But you have watch out for facts like "coco-cola would be green if they did not add colouring" which is actually not true even though it is on about every fact site on the web.

Ouch! Wow, I never knew that

just last night i was making static electricity!! its pretty fun :) ooh what if you got like a tan from the lightning cause of the hotter of the sun and yea. :D

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Theme: Astromony and the Earth
Fact#9: DID YOU KNOW? It would take a modern spaceship 32,000 years to get to the nearest star to earth?

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The relative size of Proxima Centauri (the closest star to our sun) compared to its nearest neighbors. So, it would take 32,000 years to travel to Proxima Centauri in modern spacecraft. Proxima Centauri is on the very right campared to our sun. (Ignore the two in the middle).


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WHOAH so like after we die the rocket will still be out there going towards a star! and after our kids are dead and our grand kids and our great grand kids and so on!!

LOL yup! .....

70,000 years! :O

interesting :xshocked::xmikec:

wow.i now if we could just figure out how to do suspended animation... everything would be good =]

that is so amazing. I love stuff like that.

I'm obsessed with astronomy @_@

LOL! You'll be like ghosts going to the star ;)-

Close. That's more like a round trip time. It would only take half that to reach Proxima Centauri.

The distance to Proxima Centauri is:

(4.22 ly) × (9.46 × 1012 km/ly) = 4.0 × 1013 km

A year is about 32 million seconds, so completing the journey in 32,000 years (or ~1011 seconds) would require a (non-relativistic) velocity of

(4.0 × 1013 km) / (1.0 × 1012 seconds) = 40 km/s

The distance to Proxima Centauri is:

(4.22 ly) × (9.46 × 1012 km/ly) = 4.0 × 1013 km

A year is about 32 million seconds, so completing the journey in 32,000 years (or ~1011 seconds) would require a (non-relativistic) velocity of

(4.0 × 1013 km) / (1.0 × 1012 seconds) = 40 km/swow i didnt understand any of that (even the english part hehehe)

did u no an average girl puts on 6 pounds of lip gloss or lip stick per year??

wow i didnt understand any of that (even the english part hehehe)

Heh. It is a bit advanced. Let me try to sort this out for you (I may make errors. Forgive me.)

The distance to Proxima Centauri is:

4.22 light years

There are (9.46 × 1012 km/ly) {kilometers per light year} which equals aprroximately 4.0 × 1013 kilometers {400,000,000,000,000 kilometers} to Proxima Centauri.

A year is about 32 million seconds, so completing the journey in 32,000 years (or ~1011 seconds) would require a (non-relativistic) velocity of (4.0 × 1013 km {the distance}) / (1.0 × 1012 seconds {the number of seconds in 32,000 years}) = 40 km/s {kilometers per second}

that last post confused me... my head! it burns! :(

Math is good! Math is our friend!

oo i might be a little late but

70k or 32k years....... O_O

( the first one you posted jacques about this thread.. confused me )

ty for clearing it up

Yay astronomy

Hope it helped. I had to figure it out myself in order to clarify it. ;-)

Heh. It is a bit advanced. Let me try to sort this out for you (I may make errors. Forgive me.)

The distance to Proxima Centauri is:

4.22 light years

There are (9.46 × 1012 km/ly) {kilometers per light year} which equals aprroximately 4.0 × 1013 kilometers {400,000,000,000,000 kilometers} to Proxima Centauri.

A year is about 32 million seconds, so completing the journey in 32,000 years (or ~1011 seconds) would require a (non-relativistic) velocity of (4.0 × 1013 km {the distance}) / (1.0 × 1012 seconds {the number of seconds in 32,000 years}) = 40 km/s {kilometers per second}

It's a good thing we have the forums. Imagine trying to explain that in VMK!

I understand it a little more, but I'm in Algebra I, not Physics or Astronomy. lol

It's hard enough explaining it here! ;-)

The equation breaks down to (fastest speed we can go) x (distance we need to travel) = (the time it takes to get there)

Math is good! Math is our friend!


I don't think he likes me all that much ;)

xD

Actually, math was one of my worst subjects. But science was my favorite, so I had to learn one to do the other.

Well, maybe this fact came from an old source. lol I'll change it immediately.

I think what Jacques means is that the distance from Earth to Proxima Centauri is 4.22 light years
4.22 light years = ~24,807,799,074,835 miles
So, a modern spacecraft will take about 32,000 years to travel a total distance of about 24,807,799,074,835 miles :)
I hope I'm right lol

You are correct. :-)

LOL This is the most non-understandable Fact Of The Week yet it is the most viewed Fact Of The Week.

just a question but how long have you been doing this "Fact Of The Week"?

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: Astronomy and the Earth
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#10: DID YOU KNOW? If you dug a well to the centre of the Earth (the inner core), and dropped a brick in it, it would take 45 minutes to get to the bottom – about 4,000 miles down?

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I've been doing these for about 10 weeks

hah cool lets drop a feather and see how long that takes!

Wow, that's really interesting!


hah cool lets drop a feather and see how long that takes!

Lol, Oh my.

Nope never knew anyyyyyy of that =)

I suppose that wouldn't be considering how fast it would melt either ;)

hah cool lets drop a feather and see how long that takes!

Due to the heat and steam rising from the vents under the crust and mantle of the Earth, we might find it easier to try and find how fast the feather can fly up the hole we dug!

Exactly Whipstersh! I'm sure a feather wouldn't reach the bottom or come back to the top. It would be roasted before it even came close to the center.

LOL! Wow, 45 minutes of Free Fall. LOL ;) That's a nice fact! ;)

then we can drop a polo's new xbox 360 down ;)

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!

Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#9: DID YOU KNOW? It would take a modern spaceship 32,000 years to get to the nearest star to earth?

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The relative size of Proxima Centauri (the closest star to our sun) compared to its nearest neighbors. So, it would take 32,000 years to travel to Proxima Centauri in modern spacecraft. Proxima Centauri is on the very right campared to our sun. (Ignore the two in the middle).


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but.....the sun is the closest to star to the earth.... ^_^

What I meant was the closest star to Earth besides the sun

What I meant was the closest star to Earth besides the sin

Besides the sin? Did you mean sun? lol interesting facts!
~Strike

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: Astronomy and the Earth
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#11: DID YOU KNOW? An asteroid wiped out every single dinosaur in the world, but not a single species of toad or salamander was affected. No one knows why, nor why the crocodiles and tortoises survived?

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Illustration of the impact of an asteroid a few kilometers across. Such impacts are expected to occur less often than every 100 million years.

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yea go tortoises!

Yeah, thats really weird..

I wonder why that is.

Well they are the oldest creatures.

That would be the third time that I have heard that. All the kids at my school would talk aboout how and asteroid wiped out all the dinosaurs, and then in like 2nd or 3rd grade, sometime before I moved, I learned that, and again this year.

Yea I wish they would stop telling us that it's driving me crazy.

That would be the third time that I have heard that. All the kids at my school would talk aboout how and asteroid wiped out all the dinosaurs, and then in like 2nd or 3rd grade, sometime before I moved, I learned that, and again this year.

I think I might start doing the Fact Of The Week on Friday rather than Monday. More players would be on..

EDIT: After posting Fact#12 on Monday, all future Fact of the Weeks will be posted on Friday. Fact#13 will be posted 1/11/08.

yayyy!!!!!

Wow nice facts.

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: Astronomy and the Earth
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#12: DID YOU KNOW? If a piece of the sun the size of a pinhead were to be placed on Earth, you could not safely stand within 90 miles of it?

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If my calculations are correct, the surface of the sun is 9,940.73 Farenheit. If they meant a piece of the sun from the core the temperature of that one piece would be 28,259,540.33 Farenheit

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So much for taking a souvenir from the sun. lol.

so if you threw a soda can within the 90 miles then it would melt? and if you threw yourself within the 90 miles you'll get burned?? and if you stick out a pot of water then it would boil?? and if you put an egg in the water it would cook?

Arg your asking too many questions @_@

so if you threw a soda can within the 90 miles then it would melt? and if you threw yourself within the 90 miles you'll get burned?? and if you stick out a pot of water then it would boil?? and if you put an egg in the water it would cook?

today is friday! Yea!!

I suppose that wouldn't be considering how fast it would melt either ;)



Due to the heat and steam rising from the vents under the crust and mantle of the Earth, we might find it easier to try and find how fast the feather can fly up the hole we dug!

But if you want it to fly up you have to get it to the bottom lol.

Hey poloshia, how do you know the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid? Was there an asteroid marked "On this day all dinosaurs were killed."?

Math is good! Math is our friend!

Math Is Not Our Friend!!!!!!! I dont like math lol:Question1:

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: Astronomy and the Earth
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#13: DID YOU KNOW? A teaspoon-full of Neutron star would weigh about 5,000,000,000,000kg (about 112 million tonnes)?

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If you don't know what a neutron star is click on this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star
If you want more accurate information click this link: http://www.astro.umd.edu/~miller/nstar.html


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Imagine how much a bowl of neutron star soup weighs.

how do you know the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid? Was there an asteroid marked "On this day all dinosaurs were killed."?

Something like that, actually. The asteroid in question was rich in iridium, and material not commonly found on earth. Going through fossil records near the crater, there is a layer of iridium near the same layer where most dinosaurs died (which indicates it was around the same time period). The asteroid impact was so great, that it threw a very large amount of dust and debris up into the atmosphere, blocking out the sun (this happens on a small scale during volcanic eruptions and wild fires). The earth's temperature dropped, and most cold-blooded reptiles were not able to withstand the cold. Warm-blooded creatures such as mammals, however, were able to survive, and then thrive in a world without large predators.

You are doing a great job, this is one of my favorite threads, nice work keep it up

Jacques why are you so smart? lol :blah:

Something like that, actually. The asteroid in question was rich in iridium, and material not commonly found on earth. Going through fossil records near the crater, there is a layer of iridium near the same layer where most dinosaurs died (which indicates it was around the same time period). The asteroid impact was so great, that it threw a very large amount of dust and debris up into the atmosphere, blocking out the sun (this happens on a small scale during volcanic eruptions and wild fires). The earth's temperature dropped, and most cold-blooded reptiles were not able to withstand the cold. Warm-blooded creatures such as mammals, however, were able to survive, and then thrive in a world without large predators.

Jacques why are you so smart? lol :blah:

I done been learnded in college. ;)

whoah it would take like 16498365817384792836598263856236..... of me to lift that! considering i'm very weak :P

Whoah... That's a lot o.o It would take over two sumo wrestlers to lift that! .-.

Good job on your facts! I love them! Keep up the good work.

~Ice

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: Astronomy and the Earth
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#14: DID YOU KNOW? Jupiter acts as a huge vacuum cleaner, attracting and absorbing comets and meteors? Some estimates say that without Jupiters gravitational influence the number of massive projectiles hitting Earth would be 10,000 times greater.

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Sorry. I'm a bit late on this one.

Whoo, go Jupiter! *applause*
Without Jupiter, it'd be as if we were getting bombarded by aliens everyday. 0.o

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact#8: DID YOU KNOW? If you are struck by lightning, your skin will be heated to 28,000 degrees Centigrade, hotter than the surface of the Sun?

http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/lightningST_600x450.jpg http://1heckofaguy.com/wp-content/photos/258px-Lightning_striking_the_Eiffel_Tower_-_NOAA.jpg

It's True!

Wow. My friend got struck by lightning! She had a lot of burns, but no broken bones or further harm.

hmm if i took home a piece of jupiter for my room, then it might be a little easier to gather everything into a pile :D

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: Astronomy and the Earth
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact#15: DID YOU KNOW? The tallest mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons. It's located on Mars and is at a height of about 15 miles. That's three times the height of Mount Everest. It covers an area about half the size of Spain.

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Wow! That is so big! It takes me like 11 minutes or so to run a mile, so thats like 165 minutes. LOL.

Whoah! That's really, really big!
COOLNESS! >_<

lets go climb it!!

Good idea!
~Strike

No, I didn't know that.
-ValentineH

More pictures!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Olympus_Mons.jpeg

Actually it looks more like a crater turned inside out.

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: The Human Body
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#16: DID YOU KNOW? It is not possible to tickle yourself? The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation.



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I'll try to find a picture for this but for right now I'll just leave it without one.

Heres something that I find interesting. That they found a spider shaped birthmark on Mercury.

Hahhahha
The fact of the week is funny!
I actually tried it and I wasn't tickled!
AWW : (

interesting facts

~HAMD

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Fact#11: DID YOU KNOW? An asteroid wiped out every single dinosaur in the world, but not a single species of toad or salamander was affected. No one knows why, nor why the crocodiles and tortoises survived?



I don't believe anyone can know that for a fact; I have to disagree with it. I think the dinosaurs died off just because the environment changed after a massive flood, and they weren't able to survive.

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: The Human Body
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#16: DID YOU KNOW? It is not possible to tickle yourself? The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation.



It's True!

Ah! *rubs chin*
You are indeedly (if that's a word) right!

indeedly isn't a word..
firefox just told me [=

that's cool.

hah i tried tickling myself but it didnt work:( so then i got a feather but that didnt work either

I love the 'you can't tickle yourself' fact xD I've known that for a while.. shame, though >.> lol


Did you know it's physically impossible to lick your own elbow?

i tried licking my elbow once!! yea... that didnt work out so well:D

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: The Human Body: Nose
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#17: DID YOU KNOW? Compulsive nose picking is called rhinotillexomania?

http://www.thespoof.com/sitepics/celebs/picknose.jpg

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ahahha nice picture:D the word has rhino in it!! does that mean that rhinos were the first nosepickers?!

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: The Human Body: Eye
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#18: DID YOU KNOW? On average, a blink takes approximately 300 to 400 milliseconds?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/5/5d/20061030101826!Blinking_skull.jpg

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Oh goodness!! Thats fast!! :O

wow, that is quick! great thread Btw. Can i please see a fact about llamas please;)

lol maybe in the future.


wow, that is quick! great thread Btw. Can i please see a fact about llamas please;)

yay!! woot!

this is totally awesome! :) more facts please! LOL

what if i blinked in slow motion.... ;)

That's fast.. but it sounds slow because it says 300/400
^ That doesnt make sense, does it?

OMG!! I thought i just tickled my foot! I kinda chuckled when i did it!

What if we close our eyes in slow-mo?:Tongue:

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: The Human Body: Hair
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#19: DID YOU KNOW? On average, a hair strand's life span is five and a half years?

http://earth.es.huji.ac.il/machon/e-prob/fig-2.gif

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cool and You are late How dare u!

Sorry! I try to get it in on time, but it just doesn't cross my mind sometimes.

dead hair looks cool! its like wavy :)

my cousin has alot of dead hair since she dyed it

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Theme: The Human Body: Lungs
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#20? DID YOU KNOW? The right lung of a human is larger than the left one? This is because of the space and placement of the heart.

http://xs124.******/xs124/08095/lungs114.jpg (http://******)

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Poloshia, you are posting very interesting facts! Keep it up!

I don't believe anyone can know that for a fact; I have to disagree with it. I think the dinosaurs died off just because the environment changed after a massive flood, and they weren't able to survive.

Actually, they do know it for a fact. Geologic and fossil records tell us the dinosars' fates. There is little to no evidence of a massive flood, but there are plenty of signs pointing to a meteorite impact.

did you know that they found a new planet that they are calling a super earth?

Well, that's a bit misleading. They have discovered approximately 300 extra-solar planets. All of them are too far away to see, so we can only infer their statistics from their gravitational effect on their suns.

just search new planet on google

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!

Theme: Astronomy and the Earth
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.


Fact#10: DID YOU KNOW? If you dug a well to the centre of the Earth (the inner core), and dropped a brick in it, it would take 45 minutes to get to the bottom – about 4,000 miles down?


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I've been doing these for about 10 weeks
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i knew about the crust mantle outer core and inner core but not that

just search new planet on google

Right. The planet you are referring to is called Gliese 581 C. Keep in mind, scientists can't see this planet from Earth. But they can determine the distance from its star based upon the star's wobble, and can determine that it is within a temperature range similar to the Earth. This planet/star are over 20 light years away. There is currently no way to see this planet from where we are. We may never know (with current technology) what this planet looks like, or if it harbors water/life.

lol very nice read while i wait in line ;)

Thats kinda strange.. =O

~*IceFire*~

These are interesting.

Right. The planet you are referring to is called Gliese 581 C. Keep in mind, scientists can't see this planet from Earth. But they can determine the distance from its star based upon the star's wobble, and can determine that it is within a temperature range similar to the Earth. This planet/star are over 20 light years away. There is currently no way to see this planet from where we are. We may never know (with current technology) what this planet looks like, or if it harbors water/life.


New 'super-Earth' found in space

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/sci_nat_enl_1177430384/img/laun.jpg (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/sci_nat_enl_1177430384/html/1.stm)
The new planet is not much bigger than the Earth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif
Astronomers have found the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, a world which could have water running on its surface. The planet orbits the faint star Gliese 581, which is 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra.

Yes, I'm aware of the specs of the planet. My point is, that it can not be viewed from Earth. That photo is an artistic representation, and not the actual planet. There is currently no way to tell whether or not the planet has water. It just falls within the temperature range that would allow it.

Sorry about the delay, I've been very busy this weekend!

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Topic: Pirates!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#21: DID YOU KNOW? Pirates often didn't get enough vitamin C while on long voyages which resulted in them getting a disease called "crickets" (or scurvy) that caused them to go blind in one eye? This is why pirates are often depicted wearing eye-patches.

http://www.shippony.com/coolestkid/clipart/pirate-cp-05.jpg

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Whoah =O Kewlio!

~*Icez*~

Good fact! Fits perfect into Pirates Month! =)

i cant believe we can make our vmk ppl look diseased!! so awesome :D

Never knew that.
very interesting mmm.


~Mad

Fact#21: DID YOU KNOW? Pirates often didn't get enough vitamin C while on long voyages which resulted in them getting a disease called "crickets" that caused them to go blind in one eye? This is why pirates are often depicted wearing eye-patches.

Actually, it's "scurvy", which is a much cooler pirate word. :captainhook:

wow... scary. My dad was a pirate once! (If you believe me your a little crazy in the head)

Thats funny haha.
I thought eye patches were like the style back in the day haha ;)

oh that's col i thought they wore eye patches for fun LOL but very interesting facts!

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!
Topic: Pirates!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#22: DID YOU KNOW? In reality, the only pirate known to "bury his treasure" was William Kidd. He was believed to have buried at least some of his wealth on Long Island before sailing into New York.

http://www.usskidd.com/images/WKidd3.jpg
William Kidd (1645 - 1701)
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Surely, you must be "Kidd"ing!!




Seriously, these are great and fun facts. Keep it up!

hehe i like his hair :]

i thought every pirate buried his treasure :[
ergo Buried Treasure Magic
(i dont even know what ergo means or if its spelled right :))

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http://xs125.******/xs125/08121/sig939.png

FACT day! :)
i think

It's true!

http://xs125.******/xs125/08121/sig939.png
Oh... bad boy. Is that the signature that VMK staff changed?

~gorams~

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!

Topic: Pirates!
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#23: DID YOU KNOW? Buccaneer is a term that was used in the 17th century in the Caribbean Islands to refer to pirates who attacked Spanish shipping? The word "buccaneer" comes from the word boucan, meat prepared in a manner similar to modern barbeque. Pirates were in the habit of going to Hispaniola and other islands, hunting semi-wild cattle and boars and cooking the meat over an open flame. They often used the meat to barter with ships seeking provisions.

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"Buccaneer of the Caribbean" from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
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haha this reminded me of that little joke with the 'buck an ear!' :D

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!

Topic: Pirates! - Pirate Diet
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#24: DID YOU KNOW? While at sea, pirates mainly ate rotten meat and dry stale bread called hardtack. Many pirates ate in the dark, so they wouldn't see the bugs with which their food was infested. In a worse case situation, pirates resorted to cooking leather and even documented recipes for doing so.

http://xs225.******/xs225/08136/hardtack204.gif (http://******)Example of Hard Tack
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eww that cracker looks weird. I hope I dont end up eating bugs if I eat Club Crackers in the dark O_o Leather actually sounds sort of good... (note that i said sort of)

Gross. Now I feel bad for pirates though.

I heard this one before, well, they also ate hardtack during the Civil War by the southerners because they could not get food from their fields which was destroyed by war. They ran out of food and ate so much of this, also eating in the dark. :D

Sounds yummy.

I heard this one before, well, they also ate hardtack during the Civil War by the southerners because they could not get food from their fields which was destroyed by war. They ran out of food and ate so much of this, also eating in the dark. :D

Sounds yummy.

thats where i heard that before! i just couldnt remember! ty :D

That sounds... wonderful. *coughs*
Good source of calcium!

I guess survivorman wouldn't have a problem with eating that :D (he eats bugs all the time) ;)

~gorams~

Well, we have passed the last friday of this month which means new topic for next friday!

Whoah! That's very... different. >.<

:tink:AwsomeAdrienne:tink:

I'm really sorry for not posting a fact this week. :( I'll be posting two tomorrow. This news of VMK's closure has overwhelmed me. I've been getting the scoop of things trying to know as much as possible.

I DON'T WANT VMK TO CLOSE.

roar...

*Notice that I will repeat previous topics
POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!

Earth - Tectonic Plates
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#25: DID YOU KNOW? Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10 centimeters a year? This is because they are on different tectonic plates.



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*Notice that I will repeat previous topics
POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!

Earth - Tectonic Plates
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#25: DID YOU KNOW? Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10 centimeters a year? This is because they are on different tectonic plates.



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lol i new that we are learnin more on this in classs right now lol

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!

Earth - Earth's Shape
Just to give me something to do I will be giving a fact every Friday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#26: DID YOU KNOW? The earth isn't perfectly round? It is slightly fattened at the north and south poles.

http://xs226.******/xs226/08156/ilk51i820.jpg (http://******)

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Why only one fact a week? I made it once a week so we could discuss the fact, and post similar facts about the current one posted.

oooh so in like 938402938409238490238492 years, hawaii might be japan!

I don't think Earth will be here anymore in that many years LOL

Earth will probably still exsist in that many years, but there won't be any form of life that can live without the sun. By then, the sun will have gone out, and every form of life will die within 8 minutes of the sun going dead. (Just recently learned about light in science, and this is basically what my teacher said. It takes about 8 minutes for the light to reach the Earth, so It'll take that long for us to notice that the sun went dead.) But, none of us that is living right now will actually be alive. I doub't that anyone could live for another 4 billion? years. That's be pretty insane. And awesome...
Basically, the sun will go out in a little under about 4 billion years, we won't get the light waves that we need to see, we won't get the ultraviolet waves that we need for our skin, and we won't get the infrared waves that we need for natural heat. So, really, if the sun were to die right now, we could all wear all the clack that we possibly could, but we still wouldn't get any heat, because there wouldn't be any infrared waves for the chemicals in the fabric would absorb. But that'll take 8 minutes to happen, and after that 8 minutes, everyone on the earth would die instantly. (I think)*Coninues mumbling on and on and on about light* @@ Did I repeat myself at all? Cause I'm sometimes completly ignorant and don't notice if I repeat myself when explaining something I know a lot about...
(OMG!!! Now I understand my A in science!!! And I feel like I just gave a science lesson.......)

I believe the Earth is going to be destroyed by the sun itself.

Earth will probably still exsist in that many years, but there won't be any form of life that can live without the sun. By then, the sun will have gone out, and every form of life will die within 8 minutes of the sun going dead. (Just recently learned about light in science, and this is basically what my teacher said. It takes about 8 minutes for the light to reach the Earth, so It'll take that long for us to notice that the sun went dead.) But, none of us that is living right now will actually be alive. I doub't that anyone could live for another 4 billion? years. That's be pretty insane. And awesome...
Basically, the sun will go out in a little under about 4 billion years, we won't get the light waves that we need to see, we won't get the ultraviolet waves that we need for our skin, and we won't get the infrared waves that we need for natural heat. So, really, if the sun were to die right now, we could all wear all the clack that we possibly could, but we still wouldn't get any heat, because there wouldn't be any infrared waves for the chemicals in the fabric would absorb. But that'll take 8 minutes to happen, and after that 8 minutes, everyone on the earth would die instantly. (I think)*Coninues mumbling on and on and on about light* @@ Did I repeat myself at all? Cause I'm sometimes completly ignorant and don't notice if I repeat myself when explaining something I know a lot about...
(OMG!!! Now I understand my A in science!!! And I feel like I just gave a science lesson.......)

It would take a bit more than 8 minutes for all life to be snuffed out. That is how long it would take for us to know the sun has gone out, but the Earth has a stored amount of heat in its atmosphere and core. Sure it would get very cold very fast, but not instantaneously. And Poloshia is correct, when the sun dies out, it will expand. And swallow up at least the first three planets, if not Mars as well.

Glad I won't be around to see it. ;)

polo... You have brains:) Mind if i post a fact next week?

It would take a bit more than 8 minutes for all life to be snuffed out. That is how long it would take for us to know the sun has gone out, but the Earth has a stored amount of heat in its atmosphere and core. Sure it would get very cold very fast, but not instantaneously. And Poloshia is correct, when the sun dies out, it will expand. And swallow up at least the first three planets, if not Mars as well.

Glad I won't be around to see it. ;)
Heh... I forgot about that part. I knew there was too much knowledge in my head... Either that or I'm even more tired then I thought I would be by the time eighth period science comes around. Probably too tired to pay attention to those details when my teacher told us about the sun expanding, but she never told us about the Eath haveing heat sored up or whatever... Wait. My History teacher told me about the sun dying out eventually and how it'll expand and whatnot. No wonder why I couldn't remember that part......
Glad I won't be around when this happens, too. Although I fear death, so.... At least there's one good thing about dying, right?
hmmm........ For some reason I want to know what it would be like to be frozen alive... (Don't ask. Please don't ask. lol)

Earth will probably still exsist in that many years, but there won't be any form of life that can live without the sun. By then, the sun will have gone out, and every form of life will die within 8 minutes of the sun going dead. (Just recently learned about light in science, and this is basically what my teacher said. It takes about 8 minutes for the light to reach the Earth, so It'll take that long for us to notice that the sun went dead.) But, none of us that is living right now will actually be alive. I doub't that anyone could live for another 4 billion? years. That's be pretty insane. And awesome...
Basically, the sun will go out in a little under about 4 billion years, we won't get the light waves that we need to see, we won't get the ultraviolet waves that we need for our skin, and we won't get the infrared waves that we need for natural heat. So, really, if the sun were to die right now, we could all wear all the clack that we possibly could, but we still wouldn't get any heat, because there wouldn't be any infrared waves for the chemicals in the fabric would absorb. But that'll take 8 minutes to happen, and after that 8 minutes, everyone on the earth would die instantly. (I think)*Coninues mumbling on and on and on about light* @@ Did I repeat myself at all? Cause I'm sometimes completly ignorant and don't notice if I repeat myself when explaining something I know a lot about...
(OMG!!! Now I understand my A in science!!! And I feel like I just gave a science lesson.......)

Why would the sun die? lol sorry but that sounds hard to believe. And 4 billion years? Haha good luck, the earth isn't going to be around that long.

Why would the sun die? lol sorry but that sounds hard to believe. And 4 billion years? Haha good luck, the earth isn't going to be around that long.

The sun runs on fuel, like any source of energy. When that fuel runs out, the sun will swell to many times its current size, and then its gravity will cause it to condense. They estimate 4 billion years based upon observations of other stars close in size. Stars burn out all the time. We can see some of them as supernovae.

And as far as the Earth goes, no reason to assume it won't still be around. The Earth is estimated at 4.6 billion years old. It's not going anywhere. :)

i think earth will go BOOM! when the sun goes BOOM! and burns up everything in its path. maybe itll be like the big bang and create a mini solar system ;)

LOL Mad I don't think our sun will explode


i think earth will go BOOM! when the sun goes BOOM! and burns up everything in its path. maybe itll be like the big bang and create a mini solar system ;)

Earth is a Oblete Speriod. It was almost perfectly round, except it is wider at the equators. LOL Go Science Class!

but i thought the sun was gonna get so old it was gonna go BOOM!

POLOSHOA'S Fact of the Week!

Theme: Astronomy and the Earth
Just to give me something to do, I will be giving a fact every Monday of the week, every week of the year, every year of the decade, and, if VMK is still around, every decade of the century. Ok, here goes.

Fact#11: DID YOU KNOW? An asteroid wiped out every single dinosaur in the world, but not a single species of toad or salamander was affected. No one knows why, nor why the crocodiles and tortoises survived?

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Illustration of the impact of an asteroid a few kilometers across. Such impacts are expected to occur less often than every 100 million years.

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With that fact, the bottom part that I bolded, so 100 years from when the dinos were wiped from existence, then 100 million years from then, whatever life species is on the planet, would be wiped out?


*hides behind a big giant huge protective shield-powered rock*

Earth is a Oblete Speriod. It was almost perfectly round, except it is wider at the equators. LOL Go Science Class!

:6842:My Social Studies Teacher Gets Into Random Things Like Family Guy And The Simpsons Every Day But...... Anyways He Said In 50 Million Years The Moon Will Go GOODBYE Forever, Meaning It Will Disappear...... He Said Every Year The Moon Moves 1 Inch Farther Away And He Said the Farther It Goes Until It Detaches ( Sp. ) We Will See The Moon Farther And Farther Away.......

:6842: did u know there r 17 pages of this?

:6842:My Social Studies Teacher Gets Into Random Things Like Family Guy And The Simpsons Every Day But...... Anyways He Said In 50 Million Years The Moon Will Go GOODBYE Forever, Meaning It Will Disappear...... He Said Every Year The Moon Moves 1 Inch Farther Away And He Said the Farther It Goes Until It Detaches ( Sp. ) We Will See The Moon Farther And Farther Away.......

Its acctually 3 inches

I believe that only happens to stars much more larger than our sun. Like a supergiant.

but i thought the sun was gonna get so old it was gonna go BOOM!

I believe that only happens to stars much more larger than our sun. Like a supergiant.

Actually, eventually the sun, which is a star, will explode. But it will be in millions of year. So don't worry.

The Sun does not have enough mass to explode in a supernova.

Actually, eventually the sun, which is a star, will explode. But it will be in millions of year. So don't worry.

Actually, eventually the sun, which is a star, will explode. But it will be in millions of year. So don't worry.

Well, more like the sun will expand into a Red Giant, and then condense into a White Dwarf. There will be no explosion.