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I have found some pretty cool facts that I'd like to make a thread about. I'd love to see some of the cool facts y'all would post!

Did you know that the second longest word in the English language is 1,909 letters long? Well here it is!
The term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8 (which is a Trypophan synthetase, a protein,
an enzyme that has 267 amino acids)
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylgl
utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylgl
ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleu
cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylph
enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspara
ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylgl
utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllys
ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanlylasparagi
nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylal
anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylv
alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleu
cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolyl
aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylg
lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylal
anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal
anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylgluta
minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylgl
ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleuc
ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylgluta
minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine

Did you know that the longest published word is the disease Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis? It is defined by the OED as "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust' and has 45 letters.
 
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Did you know humans can survive up to two minutes in space? The weird thing is around 30-40 seconds you go unconscious and may end up dead later and no your head doesn't explode.
 
SupremeGameExpert said:
Did you know humans can survive up to two minutes in space? The weird thing is around 30-40 seconds you go unconscious and may end up dead later and no your head doesn't explode.
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Your head doesn't explode, but your eardrums do pop.
 
Did you know that red paint smells like blue paint?
 
☆★Øᴍԑga★☆ said:
I have found some pretty cool facts that I'd like to make a thread about. I'd love to see some of the cool facts y'all would post!

Did you know that the longest word in the English language is 1,909 letters long? Well here it is!
The term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8 (which is a Trypophan synthetase, a protein,
an enzyme that has 267 amino acids)
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylgl
utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylgl
ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleu
cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylph
enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspara
ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylgl
utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllys
ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanlylasparagi
nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylal
anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylv
alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleu
cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolyl
aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylg
lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylal
anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal
anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylgluta
minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylgl
ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleuc
ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylgluta
minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
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FALSE! The longest english word is the chemical name of titin. It has[font=verdana, geneva, sans-serif] [/font][font="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"]189,819 letters and can be found here:[/font][font="Verdana, sans-serif"] [/font]http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.php
Way too long to post here..
 
Fillfall said:
☆★Øᴍԑga★☆ said:
I have found some pretty cool facts that I'd like to make a thread about. I'd love to see some of the cool facts y'all would post!

Did you know that the longest word in the English language is 1,909 letters long? Well here it is!
The term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8 (which is a Trypophan synthetase, a protein,
an enzyme that has 267 amino acids)
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylgl
utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylgl
ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleu
cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylph
enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspara
ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylgl
utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllys
ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanlylasparagi
nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylal
anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylv
alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleu
cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolyl
aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylg
lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylal
anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal
anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylgluta
minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylgl
ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleuc
ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylgluta
minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
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FALSE! The longest english word is the chemical name of titin. It has[font=verdana, geneva, sans-serif]189,819 letters and can be found here:[/font]http://www.sarahmccu...ongest-word.php
Way too long to post here..
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Oh my god.
 
SaGeMaSTeR said:
Fillfall said:
☆★Øᴍԑga★☆ said:
I have found some pretty cool facts that I'd like to make a thread about. I'd love to see some of the cool facts y'all would post!

Did you know that the longest word in the English language is 1,909 letters long? Well here it is!
The term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8 (which is a Trypophan synthetase, a protein,
an enzyme that has 267 amino acids)
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylgl
utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylgl
ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleu
cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylph
enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspara
ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylgl
utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllys
ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanlylasparagi
nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylal
anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylv
alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleu
cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolyl
aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylg
lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylal
anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal
anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylgluta
minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylgl
ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleuc
ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylgluta
minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
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FALSE! The longest english word is the chemical name of titin. It has[font=verdana, geneva, sans-serif]189,819 letters and can be found here:[/font]http://www.sarahmccu...ongest-word.php
Way too long to post here..
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Oh my god.
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Wow. It's fun to scroll really fast up and down...it looks like a rave party of letters.
 
Fillfall said:
☆★Øᴍԑga★☆ said:
I have found some pretty cool facts that I'd like to make a thread about. I'd love to see some of the cool facts y'all would post!

Did you know that the longest word in the English language is 1,909 letters long? Well here it is!
The term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8 (which is a Trypophan synthetase, a protein,
an enzyme that has 267 amino acids)
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylgl
utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylgl
ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleu
cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylph
enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspara
ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylgl
utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllys
ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanlylasparagi
nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylal
anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylv
alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleu
cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolyl
aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylg
lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylal
anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal
anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylgluta
minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylgl
ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleuc
ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylgluta
minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
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FALSE! The longest english word is the chemical name of titin. It has[font=verdana, geneva, sans-serif]189,819 letters and can be found here:[/font]http://www.sarahmccu...ongest-word.php
Way too long to post here..
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I'm willing to bet if you read the entire word some where it says, "Why are you reading all of this?" Or something like that.
 
Fillfall said:
☆★Øᴍԑga★☆ said:
I have found some pretty cool facts that I'd like to make a thread about. I'd love to see some of the cool facts y'all would post!

Did you know that the longest word in the English language is 1,909 letters long? Well here it is!
The term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8 (which is a Trypophan synthetase, a protein,
an enzyme that has 267 amino acids)
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylgl
utamylarginyllysyglutamylgycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylgl
ycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleu
cylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylph
enylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspara
ginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylgl
utaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllys
ylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanlylasparagi
nylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylal
anylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylv
alylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleu
cylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolyl
aspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylg
lycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylal
anylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylal
anylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylgluta
minylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylgl
ycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleuc
ylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylgluta
minylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
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FALSE! The longest english word is the chemical name of titin. It has[font=verdana, geneva, sans-serif]189,819 letters and can be found here:[/font]http://www.sarahmccu...ongest-word.php
Way too long to post here..
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Yes I know this is the second longest (I put it as the longest because when I looked on Wikipedia, it said the chemical name of titin is being disputed as a word or not, and also, I didn't know if I should believe this), so I didn't know if I should put it or not (which I should have because SOMEBODY would have come along and say that the chemical name for C1289H2051N343O375S8 is not the longest).

Here's some more information on titin:
"Titin is the largest known protein, consisting of 26,926 amino acids. The molecular weight of the mature protein is approximately 2,993,451.39 Da, and it has a theoretical pI of 6.35 [1]. The protein's chemical formula is C132983H211861N36149O40883S693. It has a theoretical instability index (II) of 39.69, indicating that it would be stable in a test tube. The protein's in vivo half-life, the time it takes for half of the amount of protein in a cell to disappear after its synthesis in the cell, is predicted to be approximately 30 hours (in mammalian reticulocytes)."
Quoted from here: http://answers.yahoo...13221628AAxlNn5
 
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Did you know I grabbed my first foul ball at a Springfield Cardinals game on May 8, 2012?

You can see an image of it in my gallery, and it is signed.
 
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i dont have any facts except that a loooooong time ago, nintendo was a japanese card game company. its on their website.



Nintendo has been around ever since 1889.

Also, if you look on this video at 0:06 I am passing right in front of some guy's camera. It's the first time I have seen myself on someone elses YouTube video (I was 13 1/2 in the recording of the video and I just finished a 30 mile bike ride back in May 2011).


 
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Yeah, that looks like you
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Also... did you know, that the length of the tropical year (also known as the solar year), i.e. the length of time that the Sun takes to return to the same position, as seen from Earth, in the cycle of seasons (E.g. from the Summer Solstice of one year, to the Summer Solstice of the following year)... is 365.24219 days?

Therefore for every 'calendar' year, the Sun takes a further .24219 days to return to the same position.

Therefore, after 1 year, the Sun has .24219 days to go.
After 2 years, it has 0.48438 days to go.
After 3 years it has 0.72657 days to go.
After 4 years it has 0.96876 days to go .... which is ALMOST... 1 day.

Where does this "almost" 1 day go? February 29th, of course.
BUT, notice how it's not EXACTLY 1 day?
Now after 4 years, it'll be 0.96876... then after the 5th year, the Sun will have only 0.21095 days, after the 5th calendar year, to reach the same position.
Therefore, if we keep work out the multiples of 0.96876, but subtracting 1 each time, then after 25 lots of 4 years, the Sun only needs 0.219 days left, which is less than it takes after one calendar year, to reach the same position.Therefore, after every "25" 4-year periods, we don't add the extra day.... but to add to the confusion... we DO add it ... after every 4 lots of 25 lots of 4 year periods.

Confused?
Basically.... every 4 years is a leap year.... BUT... also only every 4 century years are leap years.
1892 - leap year
1893 - not
1894 - not
1895 - not
1896 - leap year
1897 - not
1898 - not
1899 - not
1900 - not
1901 - not
1902 - not
1903 - not
1904 - leap year
 
No, it's the opposite, every 100 years we skip a leap year, but in turn, we then HAVE a leap year, every 4th century. Like I said....

1600 was a leap year, but 1700, 1800, or 1900 were not leap years.
 
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