"Amazing Facts Thread"

[LeweyS 0]

Uh Joel I meant Before Christ not British Columbia :lol2: Great fact though

 

Fun fact, BC was changed to BCE (Before the Common Era) in order to be more PC, which is BS.

[smallieFanatic 0]

Uh Joel I meant Before Christ not British Columbia :lol2: Great fact though

 

Fun fact, BC was changed to BCE (Before the Common Era) in order to be more PC, which is BS.

 

 

Didn't know that. That is totally....what you said.

[smallieFanatic 0]

Classic Salmon Flies:

 

A Blue Chatterer Skin (the feathers used in some Fulldress Patterns such as the Blue Chatterer http://www.classicsalmonflies.co.uk/chatterer.htm) can sell for over $2,000.

 

Next Subject: World War II

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

World War II

The basic causes of World War II were the nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from the First World War and the interwar period in Europe, plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The culmination of events that led to the outbreak of war are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan.

 

Next Subject: Modern Aeronautics

[Old Hat 0]

Boeing, NASA, USAF are working together to develop a flying wing aircraft (Blended Wing Body) that is possibly 30% more fuel efficient than modern day aircraft. Testing has been positive since 2008. Industry experts believe a blended wing body military aircraft could be in service within 10 to 15 years, depending on funding and the speed of testing.

 

 

Next Subject: Declaration of Independence

[Fly Tyer Guy 0]

There Was No "United States" in the Declaration of Independence.

 

 

Next: The Internet

[smallieFanatic 0]

Tim Berners-Lee is the one wo coined the phrase "World Wide Web" in 1990. He's also considered by most

people as the person who started the whole thing rolling.

 

 

Next Subject: Volcanoes

[Flytyer14 0]

There are many different Volcanoes that are active in Hawaii (I Know it's lame, and everyone knows)

 

Next subject: Coin Collecting.

[gpd4 0]

The study of coins is called Numismatics.

 

Next topic: Steam Trains

[Flytyer14 0]

Ah yes! I have been collecting them for 4 years now.

[nomad 0]

The first steam locomotive was built by George Stephenson and tested on July 25, 1814.

 

 

 

 

 

next subject: The war of 1812

[smallieFanatic 0]

The of 1812:

The American victory at Fort McHenry near Baltimore inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

 

 

Next Subject: Microbiology

 

[Robert M 0]

The battle of New Orleans that saved New Orleans from British occupation actually happened two weeks after The Treaty of Ghent was signed, which ended the War of 1812.

 

Next subject paleontology.

[TitanFlies 0]

Microbiology:

The Mitochondria is the "power plant" of the cell and its main job is to produce ATP from ADP (which takes 2 glucose molecules) in a process known as respiration.

 

Next Subject:

The Cold War

[TitanFlies 0]

Paleontology:

Scientist believe that modern humans evovled from a bipedlar species of Hominidae. The diet of early humans contains little bits of stone/rock due to the eating process. The appendix is theoretically a storage center for these bits of rock but has now become a vestigial organ.

 

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