Crazy Facts and Stats
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- prajna0
60% of the time it works ALL the time (they've done studies)...
- ZOOP0
PFC Jessica Lynch
On April 24, 2007 she testified in front of Congress that she had never fired her weapon; her M16 rifle jammed, as did all weapons systems assigned to her unit, and she had been knocked unconscious when her vehicle crashed.
All weapons systems jammed? They never stood a chance, best funded, best trained military in the world, and this is how the equipment performs in the field, astounding. :(
- bulletfactory0
86.9% of all statistics are just made-up numbers.
- mg330
He is a snake.
- monospaced0
But seriously, this just points at the insanity epidemic in this country.
30% of Americans believe the Bible is the word of God and should be taken literally.
59% of Americans believe the prophecies of Doomsday in the Book of Revelations will come true.
It really baffles me that there are this many stupid people about.
- he died for your sins. have some compassion.CanHasQBN
- you sinner.CanHasQBN
- no dinner for the sinner.CanHasQBN
- that's why you're thinner.CanHasQBN
- How can only 30% believe in the literal bible, yet 59% believe it's right about doomsday?ETM
- stupidity isn't limited to americascarabin
- I know, but these stats are for Americamonospaced
- ZOOP0
Crazy fact: there are already two similar threads, but that's not so crazy... scarabin gets 2 points for his post lol
- mg330
- mg330
The Trans-Australian Railway has a portion of track that is the longest section of straight train track in the world. Along this portion of track, It is also the only place in the world that you can stand and see the curvature of the earth.
- Aussie "road trains" have up to six trailers, unheard of in the US where 3 is the max.ZOOP
- ifeltdave0
^^^^^^^
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- registe0
Fact: The self appointed QBN Spam Squad is just as annoying as the spam they seek to protect us against
- <monospaced
- QBN spam squad is as elusive as bigfoot O_OZOOP
- a closed mouth doesn't get fed.moldero
- ZOOP
Post bizarre or unusual facts here, something that will educate, entertain, or inform. Things like the fact that a cockroach can live for a month without a head, single cell organisms can be up to six inches in length, or that a pound of spider silk could circle the earth five times. These are just examples of the living world, feel free to include anything that you find different or interesting.