facts.

Jul 19, 2013 12:14 PM

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Keep yer sacrilegious nonsense to yerself, devil wershippers! Errybody knows there ain't no such-a-thing as science!

13 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 6

And there were tablets long before the iPad was introduced.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

what colour was the planet?

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

why aren't we making dive gear with that spider's web material?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The square-cube law - there isn’t enough surface area for gas transfer for a full human.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

FACT: pictures of hearts.

13 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

Haha

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This inspires me to find out which will burn longer, a Crayola or a Rose Art crayon. I'm going to do science.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Are there any deaf user that can confirm the sneezing one? Hello?!? Can you hea... Nevermind...

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

We're just ignoring you.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

[citations needed]

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Well, Neil, Thor is just that strong. Also magic! I call magic on that.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

So what color is it?

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I hope I don't die by overdosing on teens.

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

As a father....BTDT. Yes, I am dead.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm pretty sure I've heard a deaf person sneeze

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Citations motherfuckerr!!??

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

more of these!

13 years ago | Likes 43 Dislikes 9

Less of these! A lot of them are bullshit.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Metal fact add-on: On that blue planet, it rains glass sideways at a tit-splitting 4,300+ MPH (sorry I don't do speeds in Canadian)

13 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 2

Tit-splitting...

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Did you meant "sorry I don't do speeds in Rest-of-the-World"?

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

I don't think across oceans

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Yup, we found the American.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

*patriot

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

A drop of water falling on a lady. FACT.

13 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 1

Fuck yes with the telescopic contact lens! I'm been asking (nobody) for this for almost a decade now!

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Sadly, it's a bit less cool than it sounds--you need to wear polarized glasses (like 3d glasses) to select zoomed or not.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A real mobile phone from 1973: http://static.ibnlive.in.com/ibnlive/pix/slideshow/04-2013/mobile-phone-turns/main-1-motorola-030413.jpg

13 years ago | Likes 140 Dislikes 0

My thought exactly.

13 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

Haha yea, one of the most glaring issues with this post..

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I think this may be the cause of confusion (patented in the '70s): http://youtu.be/Y9IMAA73buY

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Holy crap there are a lot of people in that bed!

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

*shrug* the '70s.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

UNDER WATER SPIDERS!!!

13 years ago | Likes 50 Dislikes 0

Those NOPEs are gonna be a little hard to kill with fire.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Magnesium torch

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They must live such a boring life trapped in their little bubble. :/

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

As we sit in front of our computers and phones commenting on pictures for hours. Imgur is our little bubble.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

So.. deep..

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Jesus made them.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Watch "Microcosmos" on Netflix, or wherever, amazing nature documentary!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How do they eat? I mean, if they are in air chambers. How do they trap food?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Inb4 flood of boring irritating "nope NOPE" comments

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Swimming now holds a new terror for me.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Think about that the next time you're in a lake or pool that has leaves at the bottom.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh yes, thank you very much. I'll just stay inside now.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Sorry about that.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

There are approximately 7teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen atoms in the human body.

13 years ago | Likes 43 Dislikes 0

so, you remember that one eh?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's actually Seven Thousand Million Million Million Million. According to Hawking.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Fun Fact: Deaf people DO vocalize when they sneeze. Loud, too.

13 years ago | Likes 422 Dislikes 1

WHAT?

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

But they don't hear it, so there.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Did you ever hear Helen Keller sneeze? Neither did she.

13 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

people always think Deaf people are quiet, as a CODA (Child of deaf adults) I can tell you Deaf people are the loudest people on earth...

13 years ago | Likes 77 Dislikes 1

Whenever i would be driving with my mom and an ambulance or something of that ilk drove by I would cover my ears and she would just laugh :D

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah, I had to see if someone had already called BS on this one. Some of my best friends are Deaf and are very noisy!

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Fun fact. I do not vocalise when I sneeze.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Looks like someone needs to get their hearing checked.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Deaf people in general are super-loud.

13 years ago | Likes 129 Dislikes 0

They are. I am friends with a deaf girl and whenever we sign to each other she is yelling at me while she is doing it.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I think it's because they can't hear what they're doing. Ever talk with headphones in thinking you're quiet, but someone tells you it's loud

13 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 1

Yeah, that's more or less it.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

If a deaf person sneezes alone in a forest does it make a sound?

13 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

If a tree falls in a forest and a deaf person sees it happen, does it make a sound?

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

*Citation needed

13 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

How long will the crayon burn if it isn't an emergency?

13 years ago | Likes 439 Dislikes 13

Half an hour

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Depends on the severity of the non-emergency

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Only until your mom smells it

13 years ago | Likes 67 Dislikes 0

Then you better put that shit out quick and lie about the smell.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

OMG I chuckled from the first comment, but then I saw yours and I LOLed!

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

about 15 minutes

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

The DNA fact about humans and bananas really DOES explain A LOT.

13 years ago | Likes 93 Dislikes 1

Like this:

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

It's why we're always looking to them for scale reference

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

did you look down

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

The majority of DNA is junk genetic material left over from common ancestors. Our DNA is encoded to ignore those sections.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Our earliest ancestors probably looked like this:

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Like why I have to peel their skin off before I eat them.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

I wish more people had seen this comment. You are a legend and a scholar.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Banana DNA really is helpful for (genome sequencing) scale I suppose!

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That phone... is not from 1973.

13 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 0

yea this shit is all F-ed up.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Tablets are not from 2010, videoconferencing is not from 2008, and a HUD for on your head is not from 2013.

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

This is also true.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My dad is deaf, and the loudest sneezer I know.....

13 years ago | Likes 103 Dislikes 0

I know what you mean; I have two Deaf aunts, and they both make noise when they sneeze.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You have not met my former supervisor... We called him the Dragon-born. He could be heard from a separate closed warehouse 500 feet away.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Was his name Ernie?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

FUS RO DACHOO!

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

How do you overdose from teen??

13 years ago | Likes 1227 Dislikes 5

Not sure if possible, but make sure they're of local age of consent before trying.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

you haven't seen my internet history

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I briefly dated an 18yo when I was.. ahem... a bit too old for her. Trust me, it's easy.

13 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

Ah, a problem which no man has ever really had...

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I wonder what they had 100 of that caused them to OD...

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I heard its this new rapid spreading disease called "swag"

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I chuckled at this one. I suppose I should send my sister away now...

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

apparently you dont have a teen. you get sick of them very quickly

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

i don't know, but i'm off to red tube to find out.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Teen: Not even once.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Visit the Taylor Swift Fan website for 30 minutes.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Depends on how you use them As a former Teen addict I can tell you can smoke, sniff or inject them but cant recommend that imediat addiction

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

It's usually technically death due to dehydration or cardiac arrest, like the guy who died after playing DiabloIII for 40 straight hours.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

For science right?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

DUDE, NSFW THAT SHIT NEXT TIME!!!!!

13 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 20

What did you expect to find behind a link called YOUPORN???

13 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 2

Because "youporn.com" wasn't a good enough clue to the content?

13 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 1

did the 'youporn' not give it away?

13 years ago | Likes 50 Dislikes 2

Maybe you should read URLS before blindly clicking them, especially if you ARE at work.

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

LOL I'm not at work, neither did I click. I'm looking out for others :)

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

bullshit.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Apparently you forgot the "porn" part in the URL as a dead giveaway.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Read the url chucklehead...

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

+1 for use of "chucklehead"

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Have you ever been around one? Try that times more than one.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Justin Bieber fans teen yeah I can understand

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Its unknown but seems to be linked to the fact that they only live once

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ah yes, a case of the YOLO-s

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

smells like teen spirit

13 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 0

Two teen burgers for $5 at A&W

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I love A&W.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As the father of two teens....all it takes is one for an overdose.

13 years ago | Likes 394 Dislikes 0

I logged in just to upvote you, good sir.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

haha, well played professor.

13 years ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 0

*prfesser

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

As a teen, now I know your weakness!

13 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 1

mwehehe

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

As a mother of two, I concur. But alcohol does the trick.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

As someone who never drank before they had kids, I agree with this.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

if you take teen nyquils

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I, too, have liked the page "I Fucking Love Science" on facebook.

13 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 2

This needs to be top comment. Too many galleries consist of Buzzfeed and Facebook "liked" pages.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

facebook and imgur; I've learned it's best to only pay attention to one of the two. I assume you could add reddit to the list, too.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Also, no offense to the original comment. Just pointing out how things _usually_ are.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Thank you for not making me find that. Because it's so true but even if it were to punch someone in the face they wouldn't realize it.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Couldn't agree more. Still, I guess it's good that people are interested in science, even if it is at a very elementary/pop-sciency level.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As a random stranger, I can completely assure of the accuracy of these facts, esp the lava one

13 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 1

Lava one is fake. He really was standing there on the hot lava flow, but they added accelerant to his shoes 'n tripod to make 'em combust.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

But how do you get an elephant to balance on a pencil?

13 years ago | Likes 441 Dislikes 3

Carefully.

13 years ago | Likes 50 Dislikes 0

Very Carefully

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Magnets

13 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

How do get a pencil that will not break when an elephant is balancing on it?

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Make it out of graphene

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Threaten to say "Ni" at it.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

JUST ASK YOUR MOM.

13 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 1

That's the genius about it. How are they ever gonna break something covered in a graphene film now?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

VIOLENTLY

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Exactly! Therefore graphene is indestructible.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

idk, but graphene is some serious shit.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

You fail to understand the bigger question. Why isn't the Graphene broken as the instructions say?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

More so, how strong are these two humans?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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Ask it nicely

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