Awesome Facts Thread

#179
#179
Scientist Niels Bohr had a pipeline running straight from the Carlsberg brewing company to his house to have a never-ending supply of beer
 
#180
#180
No scientist has ever concluded that why a shower curtain blows on to you during shower.

Pigs are made enemies in Angry Birds because swine flu was riding high when the game was being development

There is Pink Kryptonite in Superman comics which actually makes Superman gay.
 
#185
#185
As a volunteer coach for my 6 yr olds basketball team, the league will not allow us to be called the Black Panthers, which was requested by my son and won the team vote unanimously.
I think it would be funny as hell to run out an all white basketball team called the black panthers.
 
#186
#186
Spartacavolus said:
As a volunteer coach for my 6 yr olds basketball team, the league will not allow us to be called the Black Panthers, which was requested by my son and won the team vote unanimously.
I think it would be funny as hell to run out an all white basketball team called the black panthers.
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When I coached my 8 yr olds baseball team they made a rule (because of my previous team names) that you had to use an actual team name, either college or pro. They didn't say it had to be a baseball team so we went with the minor league hockey team from Macon Ga.


That's right we were the Macon Whoopee.
 
#188
#188
tri_vol said:
Not entirely true.

Shower-curtain effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hmmmmmmmm. This theory doesn't make any sense in a closed system, such as a bathroom.

Bernoulli effect theory

Bernoulli's principle states that an increase in velocity results in a decrease in pressure. This theory presumes that the water flowing out of a shower head causes the air through which the water moves to start flowing in the same direction as the water. This movement would be parallel to the plane of the shower curtain. If air is moving across the inside surface of the shower curtain, Bernoulli's principle says the air pressure there will drop. This would result in a pressure differential between the inside and outside, causing the curtain to move inward. It would be strongest when the gap between the bather and the curtain is smallest - resulting in the curtain trying to wrap you when you get too close to it.
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You have to think about why increased velocity decreases pressure, and you can't just isolate the air right next to the shower curtain and apply this to it.

Buoyancy theory does make a lot of sense, though.
 
#190
#190
Thrasher865 said:
Hmmmmmmmm. This theory doesn't make any sense in a closed system, such as a bathroom.




You have to think about why increased velocity decreases pressure, and you can't just isolate the air right next to the shower curtain and apply this to it.

Buoyancy theory does make a lot of sense, though.
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Perhaps if the shower wall wasn't so rigid it would try to wrap you too.
 
#191
#191
Well if that theory has any merit to it, then the air would have to flow outside the curtain, and slow down outside the curtain, or the system would have to be an open one (window or something). So, if it's true, just pull your curtain all the way to the wall on both sides, and it should be fixed. I don't have this shower curtain problem, though, so I can't test it. A better solution is just to get an actual shower curtain that sits on both sides of the tub/shower threshold.

That was the first fact even worthy of discussion, much less awesome, in this thread.
 
#192
#192
Spartacavolus said:
As a volunteer coach for my 6 yr olds basketball team, the league will not allow us to be called the Black Panthers, which was requested by my son and won the team vote unanimously.
I think it would be funny as hell to run out an all white basketball team called the black panthers.
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I know you have to burn one before attempting to coach 6 year olds playing basketball.
 
#193
#193
govols/cc said:
I know you have to burn one before attempting to coach 6 year olds playing basketball.
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After. Bigtime. And we get 4 practices before games with 8 kids that haven't played before.
I've got 2 special needs kids playing on the team and it will all be worth it. They'll score their first, and maybe only, buckets of their basketball career this year, and I'll make it happen quickly.
 
#194
#194
Spartacavolus said:
After. Bigtime. And we get 4 practices before games with 8 kids that haven't played before.
I've got 2 special needs kids playing on the team and it will all be worth it. They'll score their first, and maybe only, buckets of their basketball career this year, and I'll make it happen quickly.
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I love watching the little kids play but coaching is another thing.
 
#195
#195
Spartacavolus said:
After. Bigtime. And we get 4 practices before games with 8 kids that haven't played before.
I've got 2 special needs kids playing on the team and it will all be worth it. They'll score their first, and maybe only, buckets of their basketball career this year, and I'll make it happen quickly.
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I generally just a smarta$$. But that's really awesome man!
 
#196
#196
If you drink half and half while eating double stuff oreos, they mathematically cancel each other out.
 
#197
#197
If someone dies during a flight on Singapore Airlines, they have specialized "corpse cupboards" on the plane for dead body.


Narcissism originated from a Greek man named "Narcissus" who was cursed by gods to fall in love with his own reflection for breaking hearts


Blue-eyed people have a greater tolerance for alcohol, they would drink more to get buzzed compared to brown-eyed people.


The longest hangover ever experienced by anyone, lasted for about 4 weeks, after a man from Glasgow drank 60 pints.
 
#198
#198
DjCrenshaw said:
If someone dies during a flight on Singapore Airlines, they have specialized "corpse cupboards" on the plane for dead body.


Narcissism originated from a Greek man named "Narcissus" who was cursed by gods to fall in love with his own reflection for breaking hearts


Blue-eyed people have a greater tolerance for alcohol, they would drink more to get buzzed compared to brown-eyed people.


The longest hangover ever experienced by anyone, lasted for about 4 weeks, after a man from Glasgow drank 60 pints.
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The brown eyed/blue eyed thing is absolutely not true.
 
#200
#200
The world record for longest, most accurate shot with a bow is made by an armless man, hitting the target 230 yards away.
 
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