Re: Useless Facts Thread.

[Shaelyssa]

I always liked the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions .

wiki's a load of bull!!!! "Stress plays a relatively minor role in hypertension contrary to common belief.[310] Specific relaxation therapies are not supported by the evidence.[311]"

minor role my butt

[Sorayah]

I always liked the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions .

wiki's a load of bull!!!! "Stress plays a relatively minor role in hypertension contrary to common belief.[310] Specific relaxation therapies are not supported by the evidence.[311]"

minor role my butt

Well the sources are there, and they seem legit to me!

[Zalissa]

Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) was not short; rather he was slightly taller than the average Frenchman of his time


that is one hell of a camel toe, nap'.

[Lexgrad]

Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) was not short; rather he was slightly taller than the average Frenchman of his time


that is one hell of a camel toe, nap'.

He was not french.

[Lexgrad]

The plate armor of European soldiers did not stop soldiers from moving around or necessitate a crane to get them into a saddle. They would as a matter of course fight on foot and could mount and dismount without help. In fact soldiers equipped with plate armor were more mobile than those with chainmail armor, as chainmail was heavier and required stiff padding beneath due to its pliable nature

sick of people telling me i'm basically as a heavy as stone in plate armor in rp

You're not a heavy stone but it limits movement to an extend, something that is often just ignored.

The weighted warriors then walked and ran on a treadmill while the research team measured their oxygen intake. Wearing the armor turned out to be a much greater burden than carrying the same weight in a backpack. Because the distribution of weight in the armor requires the wearer to use more energy to swing his arms or move his legs.

Armor wearers also wound up taking short, shallow breaths rather than the deep breaths associated with regular exertion. The researchers say that the tight, metal shell may have made the soldiers feel safer. But being weighted down probably made it a long day for a knight.

As a RPer who has RPed a leather wearer and an untiring DK, I will let you do back flips in plate if I can get one fight vs a tin head where stamina is a factor.

[Tso/Feloreth]

Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) was not short; rather he was slightly taller than the average Frenchman of his time


that is one hell of a camel toe, nap'.

He was not french.

He was french. Nice try.

[Samian/Bismack]

The plate armor of European soldiers did not stop soldiers from moving around or necessitate a crane to get them into a saddle. They would as a matter of course fight on foot and could mount and dismount without help. In fact soldiers equipped with plate armor were more mobile than those with chainmail armor, as chainmail was heavier and required stiff padding beneath due to its pliable nature

sick of people telling me i'm basically as a heavy as stone in plate armor in rp

You're not a heavy stone but it limits movement to an extend, something that is often just ignored.

The weighted warriors then walked and ran on a treadmill while the research team measured their oxygen intake. Wearing the armor turned out to be a much greater burden than carrying the same weight in a backpack. Because the distribution of weight in the armor requires the wearer to use more energy to swing his arms or move his legs.

Armor wearers also wound up taking short, shallow breaths rather than the deep breaths associated with regular exertion. The researchers say that the tight, metal shell may have made the soldiers feel safer. But being weighted down probably made it a long day for a knight.

As a RPer who has RPed a leather wearer and an untiring DK, I will let you do back flips in plate if I can get one fight vs a tin head where stamina is a factor.

Exactly. Which is why it is easiest to just tell people plate is heavy so they dont ninja about like is customs (tho people do this with any kind of armor)

[Sevelle]

Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) was not short; rather he was slightly taller than the average Frenchman of his time


that is one hell of a camel toe, nap'.

He was not french.

He was french. Nice try.

Well, he was born in Corsica and was of Italian blood.

[Lexgrad]

Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) was not short; rather he was slightly taller than the average Frenchman of his time


that is one hell of a camel toe, nap'.

He was not french.

He was french. Nice try.

Well, he was born in Corsica and was of Italian blood.

[Tso/Feloreth]

Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) was not short; rather he was slightly taller than the average Frenchman of his time


that is one hell of a camel toe, nap'.

He was not french.

He was french. Nice try.

Well, he was born in Corsica and was of Italian blood.

Corsica is french, so Napoleon is french. sorry :p

[Lorainne/Bridlington]

Corsica was ceded to France by the Republic of Genoa in the Treaty of Versailles of 1768. Technically, Bonaparte was Corsican, with Italian blood, but raised with the French language, culture and citizenship.

[Cid]

And derailed again. Still, fun facts to know.

[Ixirar]

They're discussing which town and nationality Napoleon had? How is that not on topic? XD

[Gogol]

In 1978 Lindemann was a participant in the European Junior Swimming Championships in Florence finishing seventh in the 1500 m, and was shortlisted to go to 1980 Olympics in Moscow but discontinued the sport soon after because of an injury. According to Lindemann, "I never liked the sport school actually, it was very intense. But as a child you don't object." Lindemann later worked as an apprentice carpenter, a gallery technician, a peat cutter and a basket weaver.

[Guest]

http://rt.com/news/kim-jong-person-year-time-030/

Kim Jong un has been voted person of the year.

Also, having sex with donkeys is a bizarre tradition in Northern Colombia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VKWLC87Uzw

[Mandui]

The most successful pirate ever was in fact a woman. Ching Shih, also known as Cheng I Sao, commanded 1,500 ships and had a manpower of 80,000 sailors, which was one of the biggest naval army in history of the world. Fuck yeah.

[Guest]

If a grill cheese sandwich fought a taco it would win in a fair fight and in prison rules the taco would win.

[Antistia]

Cato the Elder made a habit of ending every speech he made in the Roman senate with the sentence "Furthermore, it is my opinion that Carthage must be destroyed."

[Coppersocket]

Too long for copy pasta so here you go:
http://macgyver.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=24040

[Eve]

Sharks have two dicks.

[Helmut]

Female hyenas are the leaders of herarcy. The highest ranked male is always below the lowest ranked female. If the female hyena would be assulted or raped by another male they can conseal, or rather shut, their vaginas, making it impossible to have sex with them. They can, however, extend their clitoris so that it creates a fake penis and rape males with it. Female hyenas have sex when they want.

[Chase - Esou]

Female hyenas have sex when they want.

They share that ability with human rapists, as well.

[Ixirar]

Female hyenas are the leaders of herarcy. The highest ranked male is always below the lowest ranked female. If the female hyena would be assulted or raped by another male they can conseal, or rather shut, their vaginas, making it impossible to have sex with them. They can, however, extend their clitoris so that it creates a fake penis and rape males with it. Female hyenas have sex when they want.

This is fucking insane xD

[Lexgrad]

Aint nature wonderful XD

[Gor'Thrak Frosthowl]

Sometimes sloths take a hold of their own arms believing they're branches for then to fall to their deaths.

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