Random Information

Ideal08 · #1 11-07-2001, 09:57 AM

I love random information, hence my obsession with Jeopardy! Anywho, let's post some, shall we? I have a few, I'm sure you've heard some of them before...

Did you know............

...that the black pirate flag with the skull and cross bones is called the Jolly Roger? (got that from Jeopardy last night)

...that there is a book written (and available to buy) about how to make a silencer at home???? (this was on The New Detectives... I would love to be a forensic scientist, so interesting, but science is my worst subject)

...that your foot is as long as the length from your wrist to your elbow?

...that your height is equal to your armspan (stretch out your arms)?

...female praying mantises eat the male after mating??? (she bites off his head, she needs the protien for the eggs she's carrying.)

That's all I can think of right now. Post your random info here!! It might be on Jeopardy! one day!!!

straightBOS · #2 11-07-2001, 11:01 AM

The praying mantis info. is actually very interesting.

I watch way too much PBS, and actually, she bites off his head DURING the act.

The male knows that he is in danger, but the instinct to mate is so strong that he doesn't even try to escape, and before he knows it, he is headless... even more interestingly enough, his body actually "keeps going".

Oh, the power of nature!

Ideal08 · #3 11-07-2001, 11:06 AM

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Originally posted by straightBOS
The praying mantis info. is actually very interesting.

I watch way too much PBS, and actually, she bites off his head DURING to act.

The male knows that he is in danger, but the instinct to mate is so strong that he doesn't even try to escape, and before he knows it, he is headless... even more interestingly enough, his body actually "keeps going".

Oh, the power of nature!

We watched the same show, we watched the same show!!! LOL!

#4 11-07-2001, 12:31 PM

Did you know:

If you drink anything with caffeine or hot coffee before getting a relaxer you are increasing your chances for the relaxer to burn your scalp?

If your relaxer is burning, you can rinse the relaxer and apply 7-up or Sprite, and it will ease the sensation?

Our skin heals more quickly than people of other ethnicities. Keloids are a result of the overhealing process.

To get a better deal on the car, negotiate with the fleet manager as opposed to the salesman. Fleet managers deal in bulk and they will cut you a deal better than any salesman ever could because he has the power to do so.

You should never purchase gas when you see the tanker truck refilling the gas station tanks.

I'll be back later with more

Ideal08 · #5 11-07-2001, 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by Total Elegance
Did you know:

If your relaxer is burning, you can rinse the relaxer and apply 7-up or Sprite, and it will ease the sensation?

I didn't know that, or about the coffee!!!

Did you ALSO know that if your relaxer is burning, you can spray oil sheen on it, for a quick fix, until you can rinse it out? (If it's not straight, I'm not rinsing, lol. Tell 'em CT4

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littlelady · #6 11-07-2001, 01:23 PM

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Originally posted by Total Elegance
Did you know:

If you drink anything with caffeine or hot coffee before getting a relaxer you are increasing your chances for the relaxer to burn your scalp?

I always wondered about that one, lol. I know one time I just about died after drinking pop and getting a relaxer.

Here's one more: The only hairless parts of are body are our eyelids, palms, and the bottoms of our feet.

CrimsonTide4 · #7 11-07-2001, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by Ideal08

I didn't know that, or about the coffee!!!

Did you ALSO know that if your relaxer is burning, you can spray oil sheen on it, for a quick fix, until you can rinse it out? (If it's not straight, I'm not rinsing, lol. Tell 'em CT4 )

That's right but those perms last.

Soulful Soror · #8 11-07-2001, 01:37 PM

you can not sneeze with your eyes open! i tried!

Steeltrap · #9 11-07-2001, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by Ideal08

Did you ALSO know that if your relaxer is burning, you can spray oil sheen on it, for a quick fix, until you can rinse it out? (If it's not straight, I'm not rinsing, lol. Tell 'em CT4 )

I get my relaxers done at a beauty school, and I just learned about that on Saturday, when I had a coupla burns on my scalp. One of the students who was doing my retouch sprayed oil sheen and it was a quick fix until the rinse.

Mz. Sports Luva · #10 11-07-2001, 02:31 PM

Did you know that oil sheen will also take the smell of smoke out of your hair.

I found this out when I used to club all night Saturday and would get up & go to church on Sunday morning. LOL

I'll have to think of some more.

#11 11-07-2001, 04:36 PM

Yeah I'm bored at work so here's some more...

Did you know:

Matchsticks were invented accidentally by John Walker, a chemist in 1827. He was trying to produce a burnable material for shotguns. His first match was a stick he was using to stir a mixture of chemicals. It burnt into flames when he scraped it against a stone floor to clean off the head.

The Red Sea is so salty you cannot sink- the salt keeps you floating.

Deserts have many poisonous snakes or scorpions, but few people are killed by them. More people die from mosquito bites than from all the other bites and stings put together.

A million years ago there were people only in Africa. Prehistoric animals such as Sabre-toothed tiger roamed, but no dinosaurs. They had already died out 64 million years before.

A camel with a sagging hump is a hungry camel.

People in the desert do not wash-up with water, they use sand to clean their dirty dishes.

Africa and Asia together account for just over half of all the land in the world.

Boston terriers were the first animals in America to be fitted with prescription contact lenses.

Ideal08 · #12 11-08-2001, 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by Total Elegance
Boston terriers were the first animals in America to be fitted with prescription contact lenses.

They have contacts for ANIMALS???? Now, I wouldn't even try to do that. Have you ever tried to give a dog medicine??? Now think about trying to put some contacts in his eyes. They know they need to quit. LOL.

I have stopped taking notes at night, so I can't remember my random information for today, LOL.

gentleness08 · #13 11-08-2001, 12:03 PM

- Gorillas are not monkeys, they are apes. So, there is a difference between apes and monkeys.

- Ostriches don't actually stick their head in the ground, instead they just lay their head on the ground to hide from predators.

(Learned those from Stanley on the Disney Channel. I just love the Disney Channel.)

dst3800 · #14 11-09-2001, 03:10 AM

Okay, I can come up with a lot of responses to the threads, but I always manage to forget them before I can get to my computer.. today, I happened to remember these few:
1- Two alka Seltzer tablets will clean a toilet (if you are in a hurry and want to quickly freshen the toilet...just drop and flush when the tablets dissolve)
2- When storing food, in order not to stain plastic bowls and plates w/ spaghetti sauce or other "staining foods," spray it with Pam before you put the food in it.
3- If your windshield wipers go out on your car, pour a Coke on the windshied and the rain will slide right off...(the coke will make the window a little hazy, but it'll be better than nothing!)

Ideal08 · #15 11-09-2001, 09:11 AM

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Originally posted by Soulful Soror
you can not sneeze with your eyes open! i tried!

Also, did you know that when you sneeze, your heart stops?! I have ALWAYS been afraid of having sneezing fits because of that.