Lie of the Day #347
Friday, October 19th, 2007In central Africa, you must take care when sitting. Sitting down with too much force may cause a shift in the tectonic plates of that region, causing massive earthquakes.
In central Africa, you must take care when sitting. Sitting down with too much force may cause a shift in the tectonic plates of that region, causing massive earthquakes.
On an initial budget of 10 million dollars, the original Star Wars film (A New Hope for the uber nerds reading myself included) earned back $322,802,492 in ticket sales its’ first five years.
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As a survival technique, cabbages can be inflated. Depending on the method of inflation, the cabbage can double as a life vest, a soccer ball, or even a makeshift hot air balloon.
Each test of the Star Wars Missile Defense system costs approximately 85 million dollars. To date there has been no successful tests of the system. The budget to produce this system is estimated in the billions of dollars since its’ inception.
The shape of human feet indicate that we, as a species, flew in the skies of the early Jurassic period.
The gravitational pull of Mars is estimated at 37.5% of what it is here on Earth.
The word “shoelace” means “please pass the trainwreck” in Swahili.
Transubstantiation is the transformation of one substance into another.
When taking a train from Amsterdam to Gent, missing the change-over in Antwerp and detouring to Brussels is a great idea.
The more structure an electron cloud has, the higher its’ energy level. The same also goes for the size of an electron cloud.