Strange facts

[Maple]

This is a thread for you to jot down a weird fact you may know.

I will begin.

A group of rats is called a "mischief".

[Moon-Crane]

Not sure if strange, but i think it's a pleasingly useless fact. Multiplying a number of 1s by themselves equals a palindromic number. the best being:

111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

[insaneasperger]

thats pretty cool M-C! I know lots of random facts but I'm sure most people do and they are not that strange..

[tubalcain]

Not sure if strange, but i think it's a pleasingly useless fact. Multiplying a number of 1s by themselves equals a palindromic number. the best being:

111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Like this one.

And accordingly, I find 255 a good number in binary terms; equating to 11111111 in binary fibonacci. The last of the 8-bit numbers becomes 100000000 in 9 bit, 256 being the root. I don't know why I like the number 255, but I sure do..

[Frasiertime]

"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."

[Patrick]

aaulltcy terhe are eoientpcxs to tihs rlue.

[tgirl]

It is possible for people to have unseen birthmarks, for example I have one in my right eye.

[Patrick]

It is possible for people to have unseen birthmarks, for example I have one in my right eye.

But can it really be called a mark if it's unseen? The whole point of a mark being to be seen, e.g. a mark of infamy (aka stigma).

[tgirl]

It is possible for people to have unseen birthmarks, for example I have one in my right eye.

But can it really be called a mark if it's unseen? The whole point of a mark being to be seen, e.g. a mark of infamy (aka stigma).

That is a good point, though the optician did refer to it as a birthmark....

[Patrick]

It is possible for people to have unseen birthmarks, for example I have one in my right eye.

But can it really be called a mark if it's unseen? The whole point of a mark being to be seen, e.g. a mark of infamy (aka stigma).

That is a good point, though the optician did refer to it as a birthmark....

Well, at least HE was able to see it.

[tgirl]

Absolutely Patrick

[ProOperaVoter]

Frasier never mentioned Venice.

[Patrick]

Frasier never mentioned Venice.

Did he have to?

[ProOperaVoter]

Frasier never mentioned Venice.

Did he have to?

We're talking about the same Frasier here, right?

[welshben23]

He did once in The Crucible "Ahh, Italia - the rolling hills of Toscana, the art of Firenze, the passion that is Venezia..."

Venezia is Venice.

[Roverman]

Only Frasier would refer to it by its Italiano name!

[Patrick]

To write all the numbers from one to nine hundred and ninety nine you don't need the letter "A"!


Strange, huh?