The "My word, that's an interesting fact!" thread

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The "My word, that's an interesting fact!" thread

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An international phenomenon is this thread. It features on another worldly forum and has spawned 40+ posts in as little as two days: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=99890

So, interest us fellow GeneRally users with your knowledge on interesting facts.

To start off:

Yellowstone Super-volcano is classified as the most dangerous volcano in the world.

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Did you know that Milhouse Van Houten from The Simpsons originated from a Butterfinger advert but they thought he was perfect for the series so they added him?

And did you know that in the 60's movie El Cid, which is set hundreds of years ago, has a red car appearing in the background at one point and that you can see camera rig tracks in the sand aswell?

Oh yeah, and in the 2001 movie Fast and the Furious, because the Mitsubishi Eclipse was FWD but they made it a drift car, they had to record a scene of the Mitsubishi Eclipse doing reverse drifts and play it backwards so it looked like it was drifting.
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The surname with the most F1 races is Schumacher with 2 drivers contributing to 450 entries, the 2nd most popular surname is Hill with 3 drivers contributing to 353 entries with the 3rd being Barrichello with only Rubens entering 307 events

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Only 50 F1 drivers have a 100% record of taking part in every race they have entered,

Of the 2010 crop, only Rubens Barrichello, Nick Heidfeld, Jenson Button and Mark Webber are not in that 50
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- The differences in the dna between a shark and a tuna fish are more than the difference between a dolphin and a bat.

- Ants never sleep

- Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
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on top of that Darjo, about 10% of everyone that has ever lived is alive today
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Darjo wrote:- Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second.
9/3-4/3=5/3, which is 1,67, not 2,67. :p
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Did you know that the decimals of the square root of seven that I know by heart are 2.645751311064591?
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In Finnish lottery you can have 77519922480 different lottery lines?

According to my calculations.
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The Noose wrote:In Finnish lottery you can have 77519922480 different lottery lines?

According to my calculations.
You made a big mistake in your calculations. ;)

In Finnish lottery you can have 15.380.937 different lottery lines.
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I calculated it with this kind of (don't know the word) "kaava". 39*38*37*36*35*34*33=
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The Noose wrote:I calculated it with this kind of (don't know the word) "kaava". 39*38*37*36*35*34*33=
That formula calculates every possible line. The thing, however, is that in lottery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is the same as 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Therefore we need to get rid of the overlapping lines. Every line can be presented in 5040 different order. Therefore the correct number of different lines is 77.519.922.480/5040=15.380.937.
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Ooooh didn't realize that. Thanks! But now back to topic.
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 :P
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resir014 wrote:111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 :P
12345679*8=98765432 :shock:
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Courtesy of Lukeno94.
- A Lada 1600 finished 88th in the 1994 WRC Rally GB, driven by a Brit.
- Group N Evo VIs were still in use in the 2008 IRC Rally Russia, one came 9th.
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A rally in the 1972 International Championship for Manufacturers - to one year later become the WRC - was won by a Jeep
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Guessing that was the Safari. :D
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@ Wouter: you were asked not to break forum rules (even were officially warned), but you still somehow break the discussions in topics. This times by posting total off-topic, which is the last drop. 3 days ban for you for permanent breaking of rules will hopefully teach you to keep them. Otherwise you may receive even stronger punishment next time.
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means the fear of long words.

Well I just found out not too long ago...
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THIS IS MY 1000th POST!

Oh my f****ing god thats an interesting fact!one11!! :eyes: :o :shock: (It is)
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Sutinen wrote:THIS IS MY 1000th POST!

Oh my f****ing god thats an interesting fact!one11!! :eyes: :o :shock: (It is)
Sutinen, don't post unnecessary posts like this one and your earlier post in this thread - you know as well as the others this is pure spam. If you continue like this you may end up banned.

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Did you notice THIS is the 1 in the F1 logo and not the speed lines? A lot of people didn't.

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