Did you know...

Post by **Phoenix** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:58 am

XENA!?!?!?!?! Oh,well......

Did you know that it is thought that Bruce Lee died from being too FIT. It is thought that he was so fit that his heart stopped beating.....

So, mom was right when she said too much of a good thing is bad for you.....

Post by **Twitch** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:04 pm

Did you know they named the Xens'a moon Gabreilla?

Post by **Phoenix** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:51 am

Twitch, PLEASE tell me you're kidding! If not, then I reckon some astronomers need a new hobby . . . .

Don't get me wrong, I like Xena (or did when I was knee-high), but come-on!!!

Do you know what the biggest oxymoron is? (For those who don't know, oxymoron basically = two words that should NEVER be put together...)

Microsoft Works.

Did you know that the Amazonian Indians use Pirannas as scissors?? Hope their hands don't slip while cutting hair . . . .

Post by **Twitch** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:54 pm

Swear it's true. Did you know they are now saying Pluto is not a planet anymore since there are so many moons that are larger?

Post by **Phoenix** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:54 am

Oh. And I suppose Phobos & Deimos are asteroids caught in Mar's gravity well? Dumbass astronomers . . . . (grumble, grumble, grumble . . . .)

Let's dredge up some info, shall we . . . .

Did you know that the scene from Star Wars 3, at the end when they're on Senator Organa's Frigate trying to decide what to do with Luke & Leia, is the same set used for the opening scene of the origional movie, all those years ago?

Did you know that SW3 was the first time in the whole Saga where the "Good Guy" (Obi-wan) and the "Bad Guy" (Anakin) fought with the same colour lightsaber?

Did you know that the U-boat used in the old submarine movie 'The Boat',
was the exact same sub used in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first Indiana Jones? Spielberg knew the other director and since the sub was bought, not rented, Spielberg asked to borrow it for his movie . . . .

See ya's!

Post by **EAS_Intrepid** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:19 am

Did you know, that the United Nations have a conevntion concerning laser weapon systems?

Did you know, that the Soviet Union wanted to refit a Saljut spaceship with a high energy laser and that it was meant to fight US space stations?

Did you know, that the largets submarine class ever built is the Soviet/Russian TYPHOON class guided missile submarine?

Post by **Phoenix** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:28 am

Did you know that the biggest impactcrater on earth is reportedly the one near the Yucatan peninsula. It has been dated to around the time that dinosaurs dissapeared, so . . . .

Did you know that there is thought to be at least one super-size black hole at the center of every galaxy?

Did you know that the Milky way and Andromeda galaxies are actually moving closer together? We won't be around to see it, but in a few . . . billion years I think, the two will collide, either detroying both galaxies or creating on huge one!

Post by **Twitch** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:09 pm

Did you know that U-boat 977 surrendered in South America well after Germany captulated and they were accused of helping Hitler escape?

Post by **blindeye01** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:08 pm

Phoenix wrote:Oh. And I suppose Phobos & Deimos are asteroids caught in Mar's gravity well? Dumbass astronomers . . . . (grumble, grumble, grumble . . . .)

They are, but since they are the definition of a moon, a reasonably large body orbiting a planet, they are also moons.

Post by **Hellkite** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:26 pm

Phobos Diameter : 27 km x 23 km x 20 km

Phobos

Post by **Phoenix** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:25 am

Thanks, Blindeye. Didn't know that . . . .

Hellkite! Whaz-Up!

Cool pic of Phobos. Do you always get the vitatl statistics of heavenly bodies . . . ?

Did you know that, in the instan that you sneeze, you are technically dead? When sneezing, everything in your body shuts down for just a split-second, but, for that small amount of time, you are clinically dead? Scary thought . . . . .

Post by **Twitch** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:30 am

Did you know that after conviction to a "country club" type facility the Japanese war criminals were actually let on on furlough then finally just quit coming back?

Post by **Harrie** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:26 am

Did you know that two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do?

Post by **Phoenix** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:15 am

Did you know that we on the Earth only ever see one side of the moon? Its rotational cycle is such that as it turns in its orbit, the same side of the moon is always . . . . mooning us.

Post by **Neil** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:29 am

Did you know that the boiling point of mercury (the metal not the planet) is 356.73 °C, or 674.11 °F?