OT: Random facts that really surprised me

[cyclones500]

Gee, thanks 500, thanks for turning this into a friggin' math thread.

It was my understanding that there would be no math.

 

[cyclones500]

Your math is way wrong. 2,280 RT in a minute, 136,800 RT in an hour, 3,283,200 RT in a day.

I stand corrected.

 

[Mr Janny]

GREAT! NOW I WANT TO WATCH REVENGE OF THE NERDS. THANKS A LOT.


*******.

I recently watched that movie. It has not aged very well... except for Booger. He's still hilarious.

 

[no2cyclones]

eastern time zone jots over because ge would only build a factory in louisville if in eastern time zone

This isn't right. Indiana (at least all but a western sliver) is Eastern standard time.

Also, I believe Arizona does not follow Daylight Savings Time, either. I had a clinical in Phoenix, and distinctly remember being on Pacific time.

 

[VTXCyRyD]

This movie is over 30 years old
[video=youtube;58QOBqAWNzE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58QOBqAWNzE[/video]

 

[dtISU]

This movie is over 30 years old
[video=youtube;58QOBqAWNzE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58QOBqAWNzE[/video]

Man, I'm old...

 

[Clonefan34]

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
Hot water is heavier than cold.

 

[dtISU]

Banging your head against the wall burns 150 calories/hour. Feel like I get a pretty good workout here on CF.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

if falling in a bottomless pit.... what would kill you first?

 

[CyArob]

if falling in a bottomless pit.... what would kill you first?

Loneliness.

 

[dahliaclone]

Boredom

 

[VeloClone]

dehydration

 

[Dr.bannedman]

dehydration

brilliant

 

[mywayorcyway]

Also, I believe Arizona does not follow Daylight Savings Time, either. I had a clinical in Phoenix, and distinctly remember being on Pacific time.

We don't, and it's infuriating. Since we don't change our clocks and nearly everyone I work with is in a different state, my calendar goes all sorts of crazy when the clocks change. Meetings start moving based on who set it up, there is overlap, some meetings moving, others staying the same. It's anarchy, I tell ya! I have to get up an hour earlier for work in the summer, which isn't so bad because it's 250 degrees and the sun comes up at 4:30.

But seriously, it's time for DST to be done.

 

[VeloClone]

We don't, and it's infuriating. Since we don't change our clocks and nearly everyone I work with is in a different state, my calendar goes all sorts of crazy when the clocks change. Meetings start moving based on who set it up, there is overlap, some meetings moving, others staying the same. It's anarchy, I tell ya! I have to get up an hour earlier for work in the summer, which isn't so bad because it's 250 degrees and the sun comes up at 4:30.

But seriously, it's time for DST to be done.

Just because Arizona isn't on board doesn't mean that DST should go. There are valid economic reasons for it to be around in the majority of states.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

http://htwins.net/scale2/

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Also, I believe Arizona does not follow Daylight Savings Time, either. I had a clinical in Phoenix, and distinctly remember being on Pacific time.

Hawaii doesn't either. I feel like there's one other state that doesn't as well.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Just because Arizona isn't on board doesn't mean that DST should go. There are valid economic reasons for it to be around in the majority of states.

DST sucks. Move them 1/2 hour and call it good.

 

[ShopTalk]

you had me at defining a butt load as real. And man, that's a big butt load.

 

[VTXCyRyD]

No, just stay on DST. That hour of sun later in the day would be nice in the winter.