Random "Facts" Game

[DracoMan]

Ferdinand Magellan was not the first man to circumnavigate the world. (He died in the Philippines.)

 

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The Song of Ice and Fire series was originally intended to be a three book series, then five and currently seven.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

All potatoes are actually Sontarans in disguise, biding their time and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.

 

[FlyingKitty]

Otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

The Odyssey was written by a character from the Simpsons

 

[Qing'e]

The moon is really the egg of a gargantuan salamander that will devour the earth upon hatching.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

The Last Centurian was actually made out of plastic and lived for 2000 years.

 

[skyradiant]

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

Clones are far superior to originals.

 

[SobriquetP]

●20th Century Fox Studios almost did not allow the "Space Jockey" to be in the film Alien (1979). This was because, at the time, props for movies weren't so large and it would only be used for one scene. Conceptual artist Ron Cobb convinced them to leave the scene in the movie, as it would show the audience that this wasn't some low-budget B-movie.

●The blue laser lights that were used in the alien ship's egg chamber were borrowed from the band 'The Who'. The band was testing out the lasers for their stage show in the soundstage next door and allowed them to be used in the movie.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

The only water in the forest is the river.

 

[DracoMan]

Neutron-degenerate matter is believed to exist in a liquid state.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

There are actually four states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and Team Plasma.

 

[skyradiant]

The largest terrestrial organism of the Early Devonian was a 26-foot tall fungus.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

For some reason I can't fathom, Sonic Screwdrivers don't work on wood.

 

[FlyingKitty]

Prismacolor pencils break far more easily than any other pencils in existence.

 

[DracoMan]

When ants get drunk, they always fall over on their right side. (Yes, this is a real fact. Someone actually got an ant drunk, saw how it fell over, and repeated the process on more ants just to record the results. Proof that some people have way too much time on their hands.)

 

[Chibster]

"Kakariko Village" from TLoZ Ocarina of Time was inspired by "On a Clear Day" from Kiki's Delivery Service.

 

[FlyingKitty]

Using heavy amounts of graphite on thin pieces of basic "printer paper" makes the paper flimsy and weak.
I have learned this the hard way. *Flies away sadly*

 

[skyradiant]

Half Life 3 has been confirmed for release on April 31st, 2015.