Topic: What I learned today! (Read 194961 times)

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2160 on:** March 28, 2012, 07:30:58 PM »

Incredibly unhealthy though it may be, adding a smidgen of heavy whipping cream to anything makes it taste so much better.

R^2 · « **Reply #2161 on:** March 28, 2012, 09:25:21 PM »

Seems legit.

Defenestration · « **Reply #2162 on:** March 28, 2012, 11:31:21 PM »

"Blood is directed straight into the mosquito's stomach. If, instead of slapping a feeding mosquito, one stretches one's skin so that it grips the proboscis and the mosquito cannot withdraw it, the pressure will distend the gut till it breaks and the mosquito dies."

Lottel · « **Reply #2163 on:** March 29, 2012, 02:30:35 AM »

The mosquito dies if you slap it, too.

R^2 · « **Reply #2164 on:** March 29, 2012, 07:22:58 AM »

Yes, but this is more like when your dad catches you smoking and makes you chain-smoke a whole pack just to point out how awful it is. And then your stomach ruptures and you die.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2165 on:** March 29, 2012, 09:29:58 AM »

Soooo... you get more Mosquito juice backwash in you (hint: This is what triggers the allergic itching reaction to Mosquito bites), possible more West Nile Virus in you, and all so you can make the mosquito's death longer and (possibly) more agonizing?

Sounds, uh, about right.

Büge · « **Reply #2166 on:** March 29, 2012, 10:46:49 AM »

Yeah, well, when you're camping late at night and you run out of songs and beer, what else are you gonna do? Poke the fire some more?

Mrs. Awesome · « **Reply #2167 on:** March 29, 2012, 02:52:32 PM »

Turns out, it's really easy to sell a car for scrap. 'Course, you don't get much for it. But when the tranmission is about to go, the hood is curling up from a fender bender, and there are only two days left until The Big Move Across Country, cash is cash, yo.

And more on topic of late: I had a friend growing up who went horseback riding with her family every summer. Turns out, if a mosquito lands on your bicep with the intention of being, well, a mosquito, and you pull the reigns back, thus flexing that bicep...it explodes.

True story.

Brentai · « **Reply #2168 on:** March 29, 2012, 03:21:25 PM »

Okay, "blow shit up with your mighty flex" really is a better draw than "torture small animals for no good reason".

Thad · « **Reply #2169 on:** March 29, 2012, 07:38:16 PM »

...
...kings have reigns, horses have reins.

Hi, I'm Thad.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #2170 on:** March 29, 2012, 08:01:09 PM »

And the plains in Spain have rain!

Mongrel · « **Reply #2171 on:** March 29, 2012, 08:05:22 PM »

Mainly.

A² · « **Reply #2172 on:** March 29, 2012, 08:17:59 PM »

Tragedy stuck today as Santa and his sleigh struck a 747 over Barcelona.

Eyewitnesses say the reindeer in spain was mainly in the plane

JDigital · « **Reply #2173 on:** March 29, 2012, 11:57:23 PM »

During the development of Bloodrayne: Betrayal, the developers used Nightwish and Castlevania:SotN tracks as temporary music.

Upon completing the game's soundtrack, the composer created authentic NES chipmod versions of the music, and made the programmers add in a chipmod playback feature so that players can switch to the the NES soundtrack with a cheat code.

Full story and download link: http://ubiktune.org/releases/ubi029-virt-bloodrayne-betrayal-official-soundtrack/

R^2 · « **Reply #2174 on:** March 30, 2012, 06:35:39 AM »

Quote from: Thad on March 29, 2012, 07:38:16 PM

...kings have reigns, horses have reins.

This gets confusing sometimes okay

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #2175 on:** April 09, 2012, 03:35:28 PM »

My town is on fire.
The Smokey The Bear Fire Hazard sign is "low" for today.

Bears can not be trusted.

Büge · « **Reply #2176 on:** April 10, 2012, 10:23:52 AM »

That rap battles were practiced by Norsemen in the 5th century AD.

Classic · « **Reply #2177 on:** April 10, 2012, 10:54:55 AM »

There's a reason some folks call (good) rappers poets!

A² · « **Reply #2178 on:** April 10, 2012, 11:43:51 AM »

That the Godfather is both A) 3 hours long, and B) Extremely heavy compared to the cinematic faire I'm used to.

Still chewing through it.

R^2 · « **Reply #2179 on:** April 14, 2012, 11:22:23 AM »

Before the city of Denver built a light rail system, they would have shuttles during special events. Like if there was a football game, they'd have shuttles running to the stadium.

In my head it was called the "Bronco Forum Bus".

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