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Posted on 9/12/22 at 6:30 am to fr33manator
The word, mankind, is made up of the two words, "mank" and "ind." No one knows the meaning of either of these words. This probably explains why mankind is so mysterious to us even in modern times.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 7:09 am to East Coast Band
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The planet Venus rotates so slowly, you'd be able to watch the sunset forever just by walking toward it.
It also rotates the opposite direction of all other planets in our solar system.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 7:15 am to East Coast Band
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In a room with 23 people, there's a 50/50 chance of at least two people having the same birthday.
In a room with 75 people, there's a 99.9% chance.
Most people conceived on certain dates, like new year's eve for example?
Posted on 9/12/22 at 7:23 am to Barbellthor
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Most people conceived on certain dates, like new year's eve for example?
No, not really. I believe this is strictly a math thing.
1/365+2/365+3/365...
Posted on 9/12/22 at 7:28 am to Barbellthor
quote:No, those probabilities assume equal distribution of birthdays.
Most people conceived on certain dates, like new year's eve for example?
It comes down to the fact that each person's birthday that you check has more people to potentially match against. Like if you enter a room with one other person, there's only a 1/365 chance that you will share a birthday. But if you enter a room with 20 people, there's a 20/365 chance of matching (or 94.5% chance of it being a 'miss'). So not only does each added person have a better chance of a match, but it also gets less likely that all the people before also missed their chances consecutively.
It's like throwing darts while blindfolded, but after each throw you get to move closer. How many times in a row could you miss?
Posted on 9/12/22 at 7:59 am to East Coast Band
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a room with 23 people, there's a 50/50 chance of at least two people having the same birthday.
In a room with 75 people, there's a 99.9% chance.
can you share the link on the math/stats?
Posted on 9/12/22 at 8:05 am to CelticDog
Posted on 9/12/22 at 8:13 am to East Coast Band
Queen Elizabeth joined the war effort and served as a mechanic. Keeping up the craft as a hobby and consulting with the motor pool mechanics up into her 90s.
May be common knowledge, but learned it yesterday and thought it was a great story.
May be common knowledge, but learned it yesterday and thought it was a great story.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 8:29 am to tigerfoot
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Queen Elizabeth joined the war effort and served as a mechanic. Keeping up the craft as a hobby and consulting with the motor pool mechanics up into her 90s.
I can't even change my own oil. Man, am I embarrassed.
The color orange was named after the fruit. Before that, orange was called red. That's why people with orange hair are called red heads.
This post was edited on 9/12/22 at 8:34 am
Posted on 9/12/22 at 8:33 am to Snoop Dawg
Speaking of rivers, the Amazon River (2nd longest river in the world) has no bridges spanning across it.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 8:34 am to East Coast Band
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share the link on the math/stats?
nice
thanks.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 8:36 am to weagle99
In 1984, Meat Loaf legally changed his first name from Marvin to Michael because he was haunted by a Levi Strauss & Co. commercial that said, 'Poor fat Marvin can't wear Levi's'.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 8:54 am to Swamp Angel
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The word, mankind, is made up of the two words, "mank" and "ind." No one knows the meaning of either of these words. This probably explains why mankind is so mysterious to us even in modern times.
By Jack Handy....
Posted on 9/12/22 at 9:03 am to Snoop Dawg
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That’s why we aren’t finding edible maple syrup in ancient tombs
It’s not because of Egypts many Maple forests?
Posted on 9/12/22 at 9:04 am to TigerCoon
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seahorse-- not really a horse.
And not really a sea
Posted on 9/12/22 at 10:02 am to dupergreenie
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By Jack Handy....
Excellent memory.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 10:03 am to Rex Feral
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The color orange was named after the fruit.
The pineapple got its name in 1624 from Captain John Smith because the shape and spines were reminiscent of a pine cone.
The term pine cone didn't come into general use until the 1700s or later, and before that were called pine apples.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 10:05 am to weagle99
The moon rises fifty minutes later every day. That's why you sometimes see it out during the daytime.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 10:20 am to weagle99
Maine is the closest state to the African Continent.
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