What are some well known facts that people like to mention as if they're little known?
Posted Oct 27, 2016, 3:42 AM UTC
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Steve Buschemi dressed up as a fireman to do 9/11
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You mean to help at 9/11?
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Nah pretty sure he did it
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Yes to help execute the attack.
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He was flying the fucking plane dressed as a fireman you dipshit
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Hello fellow terrorists
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You know, after setting the shape charges, he walked off into the crowds to be never seen again.
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People who only use 10% of their brains are called vegetables.
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The sad thing is, you're right. You just get downvoted because you write like a retard.
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Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
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Debits on the left, credits on the right?
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The real lesser known fact is 'mitochondria' is a plural word and 'is' is singular.
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Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell.
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[x] kills more humans than sharks every year. And that still doesn't tell me how safe I am from sharks if I was actually in the water.
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If you're actually in the water, I'd imagine box jellyfish would be a bigger threat, mate.
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I don't know much, but I think you probably have a higher chance of drowning than being attacked by a shark if you are in water.
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I'm always annoyed when I read that one, because they never tell you if those statistics account for how much time people actually spend in the ocean vs. the time they spend doing whatever led up to [x].
For instance, if 25% of Americans spend an less than an hour per year in the ocean, but [x] is, say, never checking your blind spot before you change lanes (and, hypothetically, let's say 35% of American drivers never do), then considering how much driving people do every day, does that 'fact' really tell us anything useful?
TL;DR - If the same number of people spent as much time in the ocean as they did in situations that led to [x], there might be more shark deaths.
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Sharks aren't a huge epidemic
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My favorite one is where [x] = vending machines.
While I'm sure the statistic is true, if we were to put our hands into the orifice of a shark (pick one) as much as we did for vending machines, that will dramatically change the outcome of this factoid.
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This politician is corrupt. Big time.
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That Zebra's are actually black with white stripes. I wanted to punch that little kid in the face at the Zoo when he wouldn't shut up about it.
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I didn't know that
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I'm not mad...i'm just disappointed.
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How can you actually differentiate between white with black stripes and black with white stripes? Isn't it just black and white striped?
Edit: According to google, it's because the zebra fetuses start out black and then white stripes get added on as they develop. TIL.
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You check which one's in jail.
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Look inside their lips
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I tried that once, but I got kicked by her hind legs.
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You should ave tried some wine and Barry White music.
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Shave the fur off.
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Because science.
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Hotdogs are made of lips and assholes. I KNOW, SHUT UP. I'M TRYING TO EAT.
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Delicious lips and assholes, now pass the ketchup.
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That they go to the gym.
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You are more likely to die on the way to the airport than in a plane crash.
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I'm tall.
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How tall?
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Tall enough that people regularly mention it, as if I were unaware.
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Very.
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I myself am much tall.
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Much? Very much?
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Inertia is a property of matter
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jet fuel can't melt steel beams
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That seems a like a bit over kill
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Jet fuel can, however, burn hot enough to turn a steel beam into a wet noodle. It doesn't need to melt in order to lose rigidity and structural integrity
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What kind of wizardry is that, turning steel into noodles
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There's a video of it somewhere. Found it.
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It can, however, burn. Which can facilitate the spread of fires. Fires may reach temperatures at which steel melts. Therefore, jet fuel can plausibly cause steel beams to melt.
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Why you gotta ruin everything i love
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While I'm at it, put your dick away.
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Cows have best friends.
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American Chinese food isn't authentic Chinese food and taco bell isn't real Mexican food. Also, Christmas has pagan roots.
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You mean hanging colourful balls on evergreen trees is a pagan winter fertility ritual and wasn't invented in the middle East?
/s
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The weather
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You can drink a bottle of rubbing alcohol and feel fine.
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brb
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Isopropyl won't kill humans? Will I get drunk though?
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After an attempt to confirm, I cannot confirm. Fuck you, CL4L.
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Love Gun - is about Paul Stanley's dick :)
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Holy shit. Was there someone who couldn't tell by the title and performer?
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Pluto isn't a planet can't tell you how many times I've heard that one
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Traffic is really bad downtown.
Making my way downtown
Every day.... sigh