Useless Trivial facts

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  1. Skyrocket

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    Good to see another AMD fanboy here!

    I'm waiting to get the second gen 1700 chip on 470 motherboard.
     
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    the chicken schnitzel & salad i had for lunch was sensational !!!
     
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    Actually maybe I love this thread more than the JOTD one

    All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
     
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    Swedish does not have a word for please.
     
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    The Swedish have 4 different words for please depending on its context.
     
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    My Swedish friend is not translating please so well then.
     
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    I think Swedish does not have a literal one word equivalent of "please", but they do have several different ways of expressing "please" - depending on the context. This wikihow is pretty accurate IMO :)
    https://www.wikihow.com/Say-Please-in-Swedish
     
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    Parramatta Eels..
     
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    You must be hurting!
     
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    Australians throw out around 900 tonnes of toothbrushes every year.
     
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    Depending on your definition of "trivial" .....


    1. The word "gold" comes from the Old English word "geolu," meaning yellow.

    2. There is more steel created per hour than there has been gold dug up throughout history.

    3. Around 161,000 tons of gold have been mined by humans.

    4. Gold can be found beneath the earth on all seven continents.

    5. It is believed that around 80% of earth's gold is still buried underground.

    6. There is an estimated total of 10 billion tons of gold in the world's oceans. That is 25 tons of gold for every cubic mile of seawater.

    7. The world’s first gold vending machine was unveiled in May 2010. Located in an ultra-luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi, the vending machine itself is covered in 24-carat gold.

    8. Most western economies' currencies were on the gold standard until 1961.

    9. Switzerland was the last country whose currency was tied to gold. 40% of a Swiss Franc was backed by gold until Switzerland joined the IMF in 1999.

    10. The gold held at Fort Knox is accounted for by the United States as an asset valued at $44.22 per ounce.

    11. As of December 31, 1941 Fort Knox held 649.6 million ounces of gold.

    12. Today, Fort Knox holds about 147.3 million ounces.

    13. The size of a standard gold bar is 7" by 3 and 5/8" by 1 and 3/4"

    14. Alchemists believe they can change ordinary materials, such as lead, into gold.

    15. A carat was originally a unit of mass based on the carob seed used by ancient merchants.

    16. The most expensive gold coin in the world is the 1933 Double Eagle, which was sold at Sotheby's in New York in 2002 for $7.59 million.

    17. Elvis Presley owned three cars manufactured by Stutz Motor Company, in which every part that is normally chrome was converted to gold.

    18. Former Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski bought a gold-threaded shower curtain worth $6,000.

    19. A noble metal, gold is prone neither to rust nor tarnish and does not form an oxide film on its surface when coming into contact with ai

    20. There are 92 naturally occurring elements found in the earth's crust. Gold ranks 58th in rarity.

    21. The chemical symbol for gold is Au, which is derived from the Latin word "aurum," which means "shining dawn."

    22. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

    23. The melting point of gold is 2,063 degrees Fahrenheit.

    24. Gold is a great conductor of electricity.

    25. Gold is the most malleable and ductile pure metal known to man.

    26. An ounce of gold can be beaten into a sheet covering 100 square feet.

    27. In 1869, two Australians unearthed the world's largest nugget of gold, the "Welcome Stranger," which measured 10 by 25 inches before it was melted down.

    28. The largest nugget still in existence is the "Hand of Faith," found in 1980 in Australia. It is currently on display at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.

    29. A gold nugget found in the earth can be three to four times as valuable as the gold it contains because of its rareness.

    30. The heaviest modern gold bullion coin is Austria's Philharmonic. In 2004, the coin, which has a weight of 1,000 ounces (31.1 kilograms or 69 troy pounds or 828 troy ounces) and a diameter of 15 inches, was dubbed the world’s largest gold coin by Guinness World Records.

    31. In 2007, Canada made a 100 kilogram (3,217 troy ounce), 0.99999 gold coin with a face value of $1,000,000.

    32. Pure gold does not cause skin irritations.

    33. Some sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis receive injections of liquid gold to relieve pain.

    34. Olympic gold medals were pure gold until 1912.

    35. An ounce of gold can be drawn into a wire 60 miles long.

    36. Two thirds of the world's gold comes from South Africa.

    37. India is the world's largest consumer of gold today.

    38. South Asian jewelry is generally more pure than western jewelry, comprised of 22 carat gold rather than 14 carat.

    39. Gold is the state mineral of California and Alaska.

    #-ad_banner_2-#40. 90% of the world's gold mining has been done since the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California in 1848.

    41. During the California gold rush, some speculators paid more for an ounce of water than they received for an ounce of gold.

    42. South Dakota and Nevada produce more gold than any other states.

    43. Scientists believe that gold can be found on Mars, Mercury, and Venus.

    44. The visors of astronauts' helmets are coated in a very thin, transparent layer of gold (.000002 inches) that reduces glare and heat from sunlight.

    45. The Aztec word for gold, "teocuitatl," was translated by Europeans as meaning "excrement of the gods."

    46. According to the legend of El Dorado (the gilded one), an Andean chief who was covered in gold dust would make offerings of gold into a mountain lake.

    47. Evidence suggests that around 5,000 B.C., gold and copper became the first metals to be discovered by man.

    48. King Croesus of Lydia created the first pure gold coins in 540 B.C.

    49. When Franklin Roosevelt raised the price of gold from $20.67 to $35 in 1934, the dollar immediately lost 40% of its value.

    50. Henry VIII, Diocletian and Nero were infamous gold debasers, mixing other metals into gold coins and decreasing their value.
     
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    I thought it was
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    By mohamad ali
     
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    Happy Birthday Everyone



    We are all 2018 today – Today the whole world is the same age.

    Today is a very special day.

    It happens only once every 1,000 years.

    Your age + your year of birth = 2018.

    This is true for everyone.

    It is both strange and inexplicable. Try it and see.

    It will not happen again for another 1,000 years.


    So…..HAPPY BIRTHDAY everyone !!
     
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    First was reaction was no way. Then I ran the math.

    Works out to about 1.8 toothbrushes per Australian per year. First reaction changed to...seems legit.
     
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    Next year your age + birth year will = 2019

    It will be true for everyone. ;)
     
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    Not useless trivial facts, but certainly words of wisdom.

    Advice from An Old Farmer--
    Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
    Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
    Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
    A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
    Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled.
    Meanness don’t just happen overnight.
    Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
    Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
    It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
    You cannot unsay a cruel word.
    Every path has a few puddles.
    When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
    The best sermons are lived, not preached.
    Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
    Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
    Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
    Live a good, honorable life… Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
    Don ‘t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none.
    Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
    If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
    Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
    The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
    Always drink upstream from the herd.
    Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
    Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
    If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around..
    Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
    Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
    Most times, it just gets down to common sense.
     
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