weird facts

idunno · Guest

Jaws is the most popular name for a goldfish

Factman · Guest

chocolate milk · Guest

how about this: your eyes are actually in the center of your head. i know, useless junk but it's true.

renee146blah · Guest

how about this...

a sultan's wife is called a sultana...

or this...

a third of ppeople flush the toilet while still sitting on it...

or this...

most toilets flush in E major Very Happy

Unclever title · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject:

Certain wine glasses shatters at the pitch A# played or sung very loudy!

Username · New Member Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 3

the dot over an "i" is called a tittle...beat that

Unclever title · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject:

Okay, Psst is the only word in the english language with no vowels. Oh, and sharks can't float.

joe_bassplayer · New Member Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

what about "rythm" or "why" or "sky" or "my" or "try" and dont tell me "y" is a vowel because it is not i dont care what people say this is the definiton of a vowel :

one of a class of speech sounds in the articulation of which
the oral part of the breath channel is not blocked and is not
constricted enough to cause audible friction; broadly : the one
most prominent sound in a syllable

especially in rythm this is right i think Razz

Riddles18 · New Member Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Kearny

There are 118 ridges around the side of a dime.

Hitler (Adolf) Only had one testicle, and was homosexual.
It's true, look it up.

Riddles18 · New Member Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Kearny

There are 118 ridges around the side of a dime.

Hitler (Adolf) Only had one testicle, and was homosexual.
It's true, look it up.

Uplink_Agent · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject:

People have been debating if Hitler was homosexual, be no one seems to be able to provide much truth EITHER way

Unclever title · Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject:

About the vowels thing, Y is SOMETIMES a vowel and sometimes not, the definition you provided explains this.

In the words my, try, and why, (though not really rhythm, I think you may be correct there) the sound from the letter Y is unobstructed, and there is no audible friction. Simply sayin "Y" is very similar to saying "I" except that you add a very brief "oo" right before you say it. Go ahead say it now, now notice the motion of your lips, are they puckered foreward to form an "oo" before you even emit a sound? If you don't notice it stand in front of a mirror and do it slowly while watching your mouth, unless you're a ventriloquist and unable to stop using your talent.

As such in this case Y, though not completely associated with the other five acts like a vowel. In fact, along these lines W is more like a vowel than a consonant in its function. Also there's another vowel that perhaps you know about if you're a singer, and I mean a good singer, not some American Idol wannabe, called the (I'm sure I'm misspelling it) Schwaw vowel, represented by an upside down "e," it basically sounds like "uh" except it's kind of inbetween an a, an e, an o, and a u. It is the most use vowel and it is produced by relaxing the muscles you use to speak with and emitting a sound. It is used the most as people tend to speak lazily and don't spend time to say the actual vowels in words such as "the," and the final syllables in most words like fin"al" and sylla"ble" and "rhy"thm" yes it is a two syllable word.

The word psst, if it's even a word, doesn't even make use of your vocal cords, and the majority of the sound falls into the hissing of the consonant s.

Wow... do I win the award for most in depth useless fact?

theintellectual · Site Regular Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 55

Wow, everyone is trying to top each other. NEAT!

some-g · Site Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 190

spider monkeys like banana daiquiris!

I always wanted a spider monkey but another fact is they don't potty train well

Riddleman · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 598

yea well, i have the most pointless fact of all "unclever", (as in UNCLEVER TITLE) is not a word Very Happy

Dragonizer · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 1:56 am Post subject:

Fact: I have a theory on words! And here it is:

Regardless if it's in the dictionary or not, if you can spell and pronounce something, it's a word. Example? "Snarglenorf". (Yes, I got that from the top of my head. But see, it's a word!)
If, however, you can't either spell or pronounce (or both) something, it isn't a word. Example for that? "ausydgsdfzxiwythbdghj".
The latter, of course, excludes those nightmare-inducing, hugeass scientific words that are out there. But that's beside the point.

Haha, I win. XP