did you know..

we all love those educational entertaining tid-bits of information..

For a bigger brain, Juggle
The Age, Jan. 21, 2004

Juggling and probably other visual skills that take time to master increase the size of your brain, say researchers, challenging the traditionally held view that the anatomical structure of the normal adult human brain does not alter.

MRI scans found that learning to juggle increased by about three per cent the volume of grey matter in the mid-temporal area and left posterior intra-parietal sulcus, which process data from visual motion. The increase subsided if the subject did not maintain practice.

The change could be caused by an increase in production of neurons or connections between the cells, the authors speculated.

The study is published Jan. 22 in Nature.

original article>>

soudns liek the saying "your brain is like a muscle. . if u dont use it it atrpohies.. " bleh i cant remember the saying

Does this mean for those that don't know how to juggle yet.. if they learn and grow their brain.. they will get more OT next time out?! Or will it work adversely and lessen the effects?!!!

*takes his juggling balls out tonight*

:thumbsup:

WHY WE ALL KEEP PUTTING OUR FOOT INNIT
* While sitting, make clockwise circles with your right foot.

* While so doing, draw a "6" in the air with your right hand.

* Your foot will change direction!

* NOW TRY TO STOPPIT!

...that Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails during the whole time he was in office?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1032271.htm

Hawaii's state fish is called a Humuhumukununukuapua'a :blink: :smart:

in hawaiian it means "fish with a pig's nose" and when it sleeps, it sleeps on its side.


WOW

confusious say: when boy undo his fly to go to toilet, he end flushing his wee wee followed closey by his brain!

aahhh........so that be why they leave the seat up........in hope their brain re-surfaces!!!! makes sense to me!

Did you know that Sugar & Fats are more addictive than heroin??

:gasp:

Hivey, seeing how many people have chocolate addiction, yeah I'll pay that one.

Did you know that the nail on your middle fingers grow faster than any other nail.

Did you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?

QUOTE (LightningChyld @ Feb 1 2004, 04:01 PM)

Did you know that the nail on your middle fingers grow faster than any other nail.

Mine grows even faster then normal. On the motorbike those fingers get quite the work out! :tongue:

Stupid cagers. :troop:

can we have that in kilo's instead of pounds please?

did you know..........that you ppl talk shitttttttttttttt

Did you know that my neighbour has 2 rabbits?

QUOTE (Rave_Bunny @ Feb 1 2004, 03:12 PM)

QUOTE (Krissy @ Feb 1 2004, 04:08 PM) did you know..........that you ppl talk shitttttttttttttt cod shit...............yeah...........why not...........see u at winter enchanted............we'll talk cod all night! nice one bruv!

HA you fuckin loser...thats all i have to say

QUOTE (P0W3R_R4V3R @ Feb 1 2004, 03:11 PM)

Did you know that my neighbour has 2 rabbits?

are they called millicent and hansel?

I agree with Krissy on that last post

Oh shit.... here we go!!

How was your saturday nite, Krissy?

QUOTE (Krissy @ Feb 1 2004, 04:14 PM)

QUOTE (Rave_Bunny @ Feb 1 2004, 03:12 PM) QUOTE (Krissy @ Feb 1 2004, 04:08 PM) did you know..........that you ppl talk shitttttttttttttt cod shit...............yeah...........why not...........see u at winter enchanted............we'll talk cod all night! nice one bruv! HA you fuckin loser...thats all i have to say

picks up salt shaker..........pinches it...........ahhhhhh.........i feel better now!

such hostility!

*edited* ok im a little moody its a sunday ok

Deeeeeep breath Krissy Chickie!
And then go hit something soft and pliable. A pillow or a person is perfect!

QUOTE (LightningChyld @ Feb 1 2004, 03:37 PM)

Deeeeeep breath Krissy Chickie! And then go hit something soft and pliable. A pillow or a person is perfect!

could think of one person to punch hehe *secrets* :tongue:

.....missjaykay + stryke + laura + weez = evil


yet so much fun :|)

QUOTE (dubbd @ Feb 1 2004, 06:51 PM)

.....missjaykay + stryke + laura + weez = evil yet so much fun :|)

three words for you timbo

you fucking mess :w00t:

when i have a few pays under my belt we'll have to have an encore perfomance, THEN i will show you messy dubbd :)

QUOTE (Rave_Bunny @ Feb 1 2004, 03:19 PM)

picks up salt shaker..........pinches it...........ahhhhhh.........i feel better now! such hostility!

did you know.....youre meant to pinch the salt not the shaker hun :baaa:

...the most expensive lens that canon makes costs US$80,000

i just farted

That the female ring-tailed Lemur is dominant over the male.. and does all the fighting for their territory??
Ring-tailed lemurs live in groups of between 3-25 males, females and young. Also one gross fact..Male ring-tailed lemurs have "stink fights" in which they rub their tails with scent from scent glands, then wave them at their opponents.

hahahah classic!
Yeah I watch the ABC!


This post has been edited by ~*gEm*~: Jan 23 2005, 01:08 PM

Piero and I saw one of thos ring tailed lemurs attacking a guy walking down the street outside the zoo ... cheeky little buggers they are

HAHAHAHAAAAAA.. hahaha ahahah ahh stop NO SHIT! That wouldve been the funniest thing to see! EVER....

QUOTE (Phunkii @ Jan 23 2005, 02:51 PM)

Piero and I saw one of thos ring tailed lemurs attacking a guy walking down the street outside the zoo ... cheeky little buggers they are

i miss u :( :cry:

QUOTE (Piney.. @ Jan 23 2005, 03:16 PM)

i miss u :( :cry:

Did you kno that piney looks like DJ Josh ..

QUOTE (Piney.. @ Jan 23 2005, 03:16 PM)

QUOTE (Phunkii @ Jan 23 2005, 02:51 PM) Piero and I saw one of thos ring tailed lemurs attacking a guy walking down the street outside the zoo ... cheeky little buggers they are i miss u :( :cry:

ahhh.. so it was your lemur that escaped..?

Did you know that I LOVE Ody's avatar.. that dude at the front is bloody hilarious!
Looks a bit like Dimi! hahaha

charlie chapman came third in a charlie chapman look alike contest.. ha!

...I'm a wanker

QUOTE (Odyssey @ Jan 23 2005, 04:20 PM)

QUOTE (Piney.. @ Jan 23 2005, 03:16 PM) i miss u :( :cry: Did you kno that piney looks like DJ Josh ..

:lol: :baaa:

QUOTE (iLOVEmyMUM @ Jan 19 2005, 06:29 PM)

i just farted

...that was gay!!

and did you know...that the pupil of the human eye expands as much as 45%
when a person looks at something pleasing...

oh and

and an ostrich's brain is bigger than its brain

OOOooo

QUOTE (gav @ Jan 24 2005, 05:45 PM)

...I'm a wanker

i already knew that.

QUOTE (RaVeR cHiCk @ Jan 24 2005, 05:52 PM)

QUOTE (iLOVEmyMUM @ Jan 19 2005, 06:29 PM) i just farted and an ostrich's brain is bigger than its brain OOOooo

??

QUOTE (RaVeR cHiCk @ Jan 24 2005, 05:52 PM)

and an ostrich's brain is bigger than its brain OOOooo

and too many drugs make you a dickhead.

QUOTE (hex @ Jan 24 2005, 05:52 PM)

QUOTE (gav @ Jan 24 2005, 05:45 PM) ...I'm a wanker i already knew that.

well there ya go. . and i havent even met you yet :teehee:

Did you know that pigs cum four litres?

QUOTE (pussycat @ Jan 24 2005, 07:04 PM)

Did you know that pigs cum four litres?

no never heard that one, but apparently they have half hour orgasms too :wub:

Oh dear.

Now as you all know, when you see someone yawn you generally yawn aswell. Well have you ever noticed that when you see a baby yawn it generally doesnt make you. Take note next time your around a baby.

Wierd shit.

come to think about it that sounds about right.

QUOTE (Odyssey @ Jan 23 2005, 03:20 PM)

QUOTE (Piney.. @ Jan 23 2005, 03:16 PM) i miss u :( :cry: Did you kno that piney looks like DJ Josh ..

bahahahaha!!!

:teehee:

and Oddy kicks off again :teehee:

did u know that sometimes u dont get what u expect when u check someones profile

hahahaha bohohohoh

QUOTE (Patch @ Jan 24 2005, 09:42 PM)

did u know that sometimes u dont get what u expect when u check someones profile

;) :saywhat:

QUOTE (muffins @ Jan 19 2005, 06:20 PM)

...the most expensive lens that canon makes costs US$80,000

theres actually a few super telephoto lens', made by ricoh i think, and they are worth like US$300,000, news LTD owns them and they hire them out to their in house photographers

..Women are made with every egg they will ever have....

..Guys can go on producing practically for their whole lifetime...

QUOTE (RaVeR cHiCk @ Jan 24 2005, 05:52 PM)

oh and and an ostrich's brain is bigger than its brain OOOooo

hahaha what a loser i am... way 2 pissed

what i meant to say was an ostrich's EYE is bigger than its brain...

and heres another gay fact you all should know :)

BOANTHROPY is a disease in where a person thinks they aare an OX hahaha
and yep its true!

QUOTE (dEElirIous @ Jan 24 2005, 10:10 PM)

..Women are made with every egg they will ever have.... ..Guys can go on producing practically for their whole lifetime...

Not eggs I hope :blink:

...that covering your mates face in honey and sticking fruit loops to his head WON'T stop him from making the same mistake twice, or is that 4 times?

:lol:

i cant sleep...... :(

QUOTE (B-RAD @ Jan 27 2005, 06:22 AM)

i cant sleep...... :(

spewin :( i woke up at 3am

Edit: Nice to meet u on weekend dude.

This post has been edited by Piney..: Jan 27 2005, 05:30 AM

yeah, i think the whole midweek party thing threw a few ppl out of routine.

dont think i will go that overboard for a while :crazy:

*learns valuable lesson 2 chill out a bit once even freeform sounds a little slow

QUOTE (JamesM @ Jan 27 2005, 06:46 AM)

...that covering your mates face in honey and sticking fruit loops to his head WON'T stop him from making the same mistake twice, or is that 4 times? :lol:

Hahahahaha Gold.

QUOTE (JamesM @ Jan 27 2005, 06:46 AM)

...that covering your mates face in honey and sticking fruit loops to his head WON'T stop him from making the same mistake twice, or is that 4 times? :lol:

And of course you have never made that mistake have you? :blink:

And of course never more than once??

Not in the same day!

Shut up DJ Sketchy...go pull a knife on your golf bag or something :lol:

QUOTE (JamesM @ Jan 27 2005, 10:12 AM)

Shut up DJ Sketchy...go pull a knife on your golf bag or something :lol:

If my golf bag was actually a burglar, I had the fucker well & truly covered!!!

Now fuck off and never speak of it again!

....that 2005 is the Einstein International Year of Physics! Its the 100th Anniversary of the year Albert Einstein handed in his essays on physics...:) so cmon Schnookie, I wanna be reading of ur scientific discoveries or essay submissions asap! just goes to show u dont need a uni education, u just need a brain and some thinking material ;)

...triple j is having a debate about 'the age of consent' rite now?? very interesting!!

after listening to the laws, i am thinking i may have broke one! oops! haha

QUOTE (Pratty @ Jan 24 2005, 08:06 PM)

Oh dear. Now as you all know, when you see someone yawn you generally yawn aswell. Well have you ever noticed that when you see a baby yawn it generally doesnt make you. Take note next time your around a baby. Wierd shit.

isnt it something to do with atmospheric pressure?

QUOTE (RaVeR cHiCk @ Jan 24 2005, 10:26 PM)

what i meant to say was an ostrich's EYE is bigger than its brain...

... the eye is a part of the brain - so you are saying that part of an ostrich's brain is bigger than its entire brain.

:kiss:

That 1/4 of the total weight of all living creatures are ants :fear:

i like the fact about bacteria... if we removed all NON-BACTERIA creatures on earth, we'd still see the outlines of all the animals and plants and ourselves... cause there's bacteria everywhere! cool eh.

....that in some weird country (I can't remember its name); you'll offend your hosts if you don't sleep with their wife or daughters.

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Jan 28 2005, 05:44 PM)

QUOTE (Pratty @ Jan 24 2005, 08:06 PM) Oh dear. Now as you all know, when you see someone yawn you generally yawn aswell. Well have you ever noticed that when you see a baby yawn it generally doesnt make you. Take note next time your around a baby. Wierd shit. isnt it something to do with atmospheric pressure?

Virtually any stimulus associated with yawns -- including viewing,
reading about, and even thinking about, yawning -- evokes yawns. (Are
you yawning yet?) Yawning spreads in a chain reaction through a group,
a compelling example of human herd behavior and a reminder that we are
not always in conscious control of our actions. The urge to replicate
an observed yawn is clearly an automatic response triggered by our
brains.

Studies partially explain the reason for yawning. Although we yawn
more when sleepy or bored, it is unclear whether yawning increases
alertness. And scientific evidence refutes one of the most popular
myths of yawning. that it happens in response to low oxygen or high
carbon dioxide levels in the blood or brain.or even Test subjects do not yawn
more when breathing air with enhanced levels of carbon dioxide nor do
they yawn less when breathing pure oxygen. One fact explains a lot of
apparently inconsistent data. People yawn most during behavioral
transitions, such as just after waking and shortly before bedtime.
Yawning may help facilitate those changes. Contagious yawning may
synchronize a group's behavior so that, for instance, a whole family
goes to sleep together.

Just goes to show that as much as we try to be individuals, it's in our nature to follow the crowd...

Hmmm people dont try to be individuals... we are as indiviudal as the groups of people we hang with..... we are animals.. we conform to our chosen herds...

Seriously.. :lol:

That the Moon gives vegetables it taste.

i am sure i saw an article about people yawning in elevators and it was something to do with atmo pressure but fuck knows :)

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Feb 21 2005, 09:31 PM)

i am sure i saw an article about people yawning in elevators and it was something to do with atmo pressure but fuck knows :)

i noticed 2day at centrelink everone in the dole line was yawning... wonder why?

.......that flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.

...that chicken flavoured chips dont go well with warm milo

Here's some totally useless trivia for ya....

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide
are caused by people sitting on them
and photocopying their butts.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.


Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

In every episode of Seinfeld
there is a Superman somewhere.

The Victorian government is considering building an underground subway to service the Glen Waverly line in Melbourne

Peppermint tea keeps you awake...................

....that its almost impossible for harry to go a day without talking about or making reference to drugs :lol:

the new series of Big Brother in Britain will star a suicidal Pakistani former gay rent boy, a pop singer with Tourette’s syndrome and a self professed porn star who claims to have biggest breast implants in Britain

kinda makes the Australiana version look like Romper Room really

:gasp:

The Walkman

it was way back in 1979 when Sony launched the personal stereo walkman. To understand the historical significance of the event, you have to remember that for the great majority of human existence, if you wanted music wherever you went you had to whistle.

after the advent of the AM transistor radio in 1960’s, you could have the music of someone else choosing crackling into one ear.

by the late 1970’s, the stereo “boombox” had arrived, but you needed strong shoulders and an inconsiderate nature to use it in public.

when first released, they sold for $150 in Australia, when the average male earnings were $278 gross. Sony didn’t have enough to send to Australia until 1981 – just before Cliff Richard primed the market with his rollerskating hit Wired For Sound :lol:

... THat every sound clip used in Human Traffic seems to have a flange applied to it ... noticed that the other morning when i saw it .. oooooo.. aaahhhh

...that when u orgasm u lose control over your whole body emotionaly(sp?) and physicaly
for them few second when you start to come..

thats my little bit of useless trivia out of the way for the day

This post has been edited by BaBIRaVa07: Aug 18 2006, 11:24 AM

HAHAHAHAHA thanks for that hun

hey it was clearly a need to know useless bit of trivia

...that Kwan Loong Oil can get rid of a stuffy nose and a headache in minutes?...no shit, had a way stuffy nose and headache cuz of flu...put a couple drops of the stuff into a cup, poured boiling water into it, inhaled the steam for a min or two...stuffy nose/headache, GONE!!!

...that in The Wheels magazine the in add for the Ferrari and the VE Commodore they have used the same tyres/wheels/mags something like that lol...Can't quite remember

Did you know...

...that the Olmecs, the oldest known civilization of the Americas, were the first users of cacao. Cacao is, of course, used for making chocolate. In the early 19th century, the English developed solid eating chocolate. The first chocolate box was introduced by Richard Cadbury in 1868, when he decorated a candy box with a painting of his young daughter holding a kitten in her arms. Cadbury also introduced the first Valentine's Day candy box. In 1875, after experimenting for 8 years, Daniel Peter of Switzerland added milk to chocolate to create today's familiar milk chocolate. His then sold his creation to his neighbour, Henri Nestle.

...if you have developed a fear of long words, you suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

...the length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot.

...your mouth produces 1 litre (1.8 pints) of saliva a day.

...the coloured part of the eye is called the iris. Behind the iris is the soft, rubbery lens which focuses the light on to a layer, called the retina, in the back of the eye. The retina contains about 125 million rods and 7 million cones. The rods pick up shades of grey and help us see in dim light. The cones work best in bright light to pick up colours.

...we actually do not see with our eyes - we see with our brains. The eyes basically are the cameras of the brain. One-quarter of the brain is used to control the eyes.

did you know....that 37% of all statistical figures are actually made up and not even true?

Did you know... if you have to take more than 7 steps in your kitchen to make a cup of coffee, your kitchen is too big!

..... no shit

did ya know ... good things come in small packages ... nuffin wrong with being little

That the only known enemy of the hole, is the pile.

Even dolphins have holes - blow holes!

if you take any size rectangle piece of paper you can't fold it in half more than 7 times. go on, try it with a small piece, then an a4 piece then a bigger one, you wont be able to fold it in half more than 7 times

Did you know that Mondays are a sad way to spend 1/7t h of your life?

:doh: the word filter won't let me type the date properly with the proper abbreviation!!

This post has been edited by techno_bunny: Sep 14 2006, 11:47 PM

Did you know.....the average japanese person fucks only 36 times a year. Japan ranked dead last among 28 countries in the frequency of sex. At the other end of the scale, Americans ranked no 1 with an annual tally of 124 times a year.

And that little tidbit of information was bought to you by this months issue of Cleo

You obviously havent seen those movies with Japanese schoolgirls in them then!

.. that i am Super Freakiiii!

...that we have cells in our bodies called "Mast Cells"!? No Joke

haha ok well it made me laugh anyway

hahaha - now I have an excuse for being a wanker

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
Almonds are members of the peach family.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
Ingrown toenails are hereditary
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the
English language.
"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins
and ends with the letters "und."
There are only four words in the English language which
end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford
English Dictionary, is neumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The only other word with the same amount of letters is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
The longest place-name still in use is
aumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuk
upokaiwenuakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de
losAngeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of
its size, "L.A."
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when
he was sewn up after surgery.
Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the
same pattern of whiskers.
Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book
'The Naked Lunch.'
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II,
who fathered over 160 children.
There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains
ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the,there,
he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered
blood donors.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a
fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from
1.8 miles away.
The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only
the left hand.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a
statement made by swearing on their testicles.
The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways; the
following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced,
thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of
Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a
letter is uncopyrightable.
Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct
order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian
seal for that reason.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have
about ten.
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah
Mat" which means "the king is dead."
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of
yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on
the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
40. The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest-rated
American program in the history of Korean television. "Chachi" is Korean
for "penis."
Marilyn Manson's real name is Brian Warner.

Yarrr. sorry about the size.

I aint japanese

MAST CELLS!?! SERIOUS? BWHAHAHAHAHAHAH

that the Eureka Tower in Melbourne has 24 carat gold plated glass windows on the top 8 floors of the building

...that in 1939, Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin set a world chicken-plucking record of 4.4 sec that still stands today!

I know!

..teddy bears can fly planes.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTDuGaTRiJU

that the french horn rolls out to around 12ft!

I know!

did you know thats gonads is actually a word?

i never knew until now, i always thought it was slang.