Interesting fact of the day

Vampothic said:
They're usually facts I get on my Facebook feeds. Should I link it in future, or stop.
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Make sure they are facts first. As I mentioned in the original posts, a lot of these lists of facts are made up nonsense. I'm not saying the ones you posted aren't true, but you need to do a little bit of research yourself, don't just believe everything you read.
 
Eugene said:
Make sure they are facts first. As I mentioned in the original posts, a lot of these lists of facts are made up nonsense. I'm not saying the ones you posted aren't true, but you need to do a little bit of research yourself, don't just believe everything you read.
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In hopes that my previous lists are true as stated; I'll do more research in future to test the validity of these facts - but also only ones I actually genuinely find interesting and intriguing.
 
Applying pressure to an area of the body that's itching can temporarily stop the itch. And depending on the severity of the itch -- can possibly terminate the itchiness altogether.

*Something I read and tested some time ago.
 
Vampothic said:
Applying pressure to an area of the body that's itching can temporarily stop the itch. And depending on the severity of the itch -- can possibly terminate the itchiness altogether.

*Something I read and tested some time ago.
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Just reading that made me itchy :D
 
According to a 2011 report by Symantec, you are 3 times more likely to pick up malware from a religious site that from an adult website.
Moreover, religious and ideological sites were found to have
triple the average number of threats per infected site than
adult/pornographic sites. W
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Please be aware that this links to a lenghty report in pdf format. The quote is on pg 33.

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/other_resources/b-istr_main_report_2011_21239364.en-us.pdf
 
Fun fact of the day: Sharks are older than trees.

The earliest species that we could classify as “tree,” the now-extinct Archaeopteris, lived around 350 million years ago, in forests where the Sahara desert is now.

But Sharks? They laugh at trees. They’ve been around for 400 million years, skirting four global mass extinctions along the way.

But whether they’ll survive the current shark-ocaust driven by our own species’ penchant for expensive soup is yet to be seen. Trees might win the day, after all.


Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/06/respect-sharks-are-older-than-trees/#ixzz2csPuQY56
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The first known, written reference to golf was in 1457, in an Act that made it illegal.

The first documented mention of golf in Scotland appears in a 1457 Act of the Scottish Parliament, an edict issued by King James II of Scotland prohibiting the playing of the games of gowf and football as these were a distraction from archery practice for military purposes. Bans were again imposed in Acts of 1471 and 1491, with golf being described as "an unprofitable sport". Mary, Queen of Scots was accused by her political enemies of playing golf after her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was murdered in 1567. George Buchanan subsequently wrote that she had been playing "sports that were clearly unsuitable to women". Golf was banned again by parliament under King James IV of Scotland, but golf clubs and balls were bought for him in 1502 when he was visiting Perth, and on subsequent occasions when he was in St Andrews and Edinburgh.

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Eugene said:
The first known, written reference to golf was in 1457, in an Act that made it illegal.

The first documented mention of golf in Scotland appears in a 1457 Act of the Scottish Parliament, an edict issued by King James II of Scotland prohibiting the playing of the games of gowf and football as these were a distraction from archery practice for military purposes. Bans were again imposed in Acts of 1471 and 1491, with golf being described as "an unprofitable sport". Mary, Queen of Scots was accused by her political enemies of playing golf after her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was murdered in 1567. George Buchanan subsequently wrote that she had been playing "sports that were clearly unsuitable to women". Golf was banned again by parliament under King James IV of Scotland, but golf clubs and balls were bought for him in 1502 when he was visiting Perth, and on subsequent occasions when he was in St Andrews and Edinburgh.

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What am is gowf?

Edit: AH!! Gowf was the scots word for Golf o.O
 
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Who knows where the word GOLF originated?

It's actually an acronym for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden", a sign that was seen at most courses back in the day when only men were allowed to play. This term became used so widely, that it was shortened to G.O.L.F on signs at the courses.

Tada... Golf!
 
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