Larian Studios Forums General Chat Chat (Anything) Probably useless but interesting/funny facts

@ Lady Rain -> Once you find out about the blackholes for sure let me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
As for Chinese foot binding, I thought of the same thing, but I could never find
anything to really relate it to the ancient chinese artist.

So the search went on..... and on.... and on....until this morning I got a note
from Tsel giving me a clue, a link to a speciifc site. After reading it I think
we may have found our answer. Here is the link. Read the second paragraph.

Ancient Chinese Artists

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

No no no no no! And certainly not from the days of Elizabeth I -- she reigned from 1558 to 1603, and the word has been recorded in English since the 15th century. The etymology is apparently uncertain... Middle English, possibly of Germanic or Latin derivation... But it was not an acronym. (nor is "golf", nor is "tips" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" /> )

Rincewind, the Spoilsport <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

That was also something that abreviated to the word F***, but by that time the word already existed.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I have a book of midieval facts, myths, and habits... and i love that book to bits <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

One of the great things that Elizabeth I did was beg the nobles in a crowd to ask the king's consent, because failure to do so, resulted in either death or exile.

Elizabeth was concerned that the nobles would fail to reproduce and it would be the downfall of the country.

Look at this link at snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/f*ck.htm

edit the word to spell correctly in the URL.

Tsel

@ Rincewind

Please just dont tell me that the word SAD is not derived from Seonal Adjustment Disorder (S.A.D.) which was the term given to people in the UK who got depressed during the dark winter months....

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Fact -> Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

Fact -> On a clear night in the Northern Hemisphere the naked eye can discern some 5000 stars.

Hmmmmm, wonder who counted all of them? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest volcano in our solar system.

But I'm not suppose to know that. I'm suppose to be from earth. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Weel, this was all very interesting and I learned a great deal from it.

@ Shantara
But since you brought it up, I have the feeling that Lady Rain isn't from Planet earth.
I think she is from a unknown galaxy. She is here to study us and to see how quickly we learn about stuff. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" />

@ Gal -> Hmmmmmm, I wonder if she is a relative then. Maybe I should check that
bit of info out. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Fact -> Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, and is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto.

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Are you looking for a gift for someone that has everything? Check out this website. You can name a star after them! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

name a star

Hehe... My aunt and uncle currently:
[*]Have a star named after them: Dyka's Destiny,
[*]Own real estate on the moon.
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Is that property next to the sea shore? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

@ Hands -> Do they know which star it is? (Can they actually pick it out in the
sky) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

As for real estate on the moon, I think I'll stick with Mars. It smiles at you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Who ever sugested i am from earth?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I am just stuck here for now.... until i figure out how to fix my teleporter... i came here by accident.... i was meant to go to Jbrg018643'185 but i got a frog in my throat and said Jo'burg and then couldnt say the rest due to exsessive coughing.... also a good thing... who knows where i would have ended up!!!!!!

but alas, my teleporter signals gets blocked by all the polutants in the athmostphere... i cant get a strong enough solar link to beam me up..... i even tried everest.... there is too much mist up there that blocks my signals, and i am terribly allergic to cold <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

Don't worry, lady. You still got me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />.

Übereil

Yeah. There's a star chart in their front hall pointing it out. I don't think it's visible with the naked eye, however.

Fact -> A Platypus uses electricity to catch it's prey under water <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

something similar to



GIVING THE FINGER
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew") Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset, and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French saying, "see, we can still pluck yew!" "PLUCK YEW!" Since "pluck yew" is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is also known as "giving the bird." IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY! And yew thought yew knew everything! labiodental fricative....what the pluck?
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Well, that's interesting!! What's a Platypus?? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />



@ Lady Rain
Maybe you should ask Scotty to beam you up?? He sure knows his way around teleporters <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />