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Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 4:43 am
by GeckoZY
Simply removing the ice off the surface of Antarctica would reveal an archipelago with most of the western half of Antarctica under water. But factoring sea level rise from the ice melt and isostatic rebound (from the removal of the ice sheets), East Antarctica would form a continent while West Antarctica would remain an archipelago.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 7:51 am
by Hlaoroo
The "chlorine" smell you smell around pools is not actually chlorine gas but chloramines (chlorine/nitrate derivatives) produced by nitrogen containing contaminants reacting with the chlorine in the pool. These contaminants are often from swimmer wastes such as sweat, body oils and urine. This is why many pools ask you to have a shower before you swim. The chloramines can still act as disinfectants but they're 40 times less powerful than chlorine or hypochlorites.

Still want to go swimming in your local pool?

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 7:57 am
by Hukley
Hlaoroo wrote: Still want to go swimming in your local pool?
Of course! What doesn't kill you makes you stronger ;)

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:14 am
by Kyuunado
Unless you are a saiyan, whatever doesn't kill you most certainly will not make you stronger. In fact you will become weak, like Krillin. Or Raditz. :lol:

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:43 pm
by Foxstar
Squirrels are not phased by squirrel proof feeders.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:43 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
there's a town in California that has only ever had one Mayor. He was a Labrador retriever

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:11 am
by Sleet
Some deer occasionally will eat baby birds.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:43 am
by Hlaoroo
Flemish Giant rabbits will often grow to 10kg (22lb) or more.
One of them, named Darius weighs 22.6kg (50lb) and is 4'3" long!!!

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:15 am
by GeckoZY
The use of the rabbit's foot as an amulet to bring good luck probably originated from the Celtic people since 600 BC. This belief is not limited to Europeans as some groups of people from China, Africa and the Americas had similar superstitions.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:53 pm
by Serence Frostbite
in some other countries , rabbit were believed to be a representation of witches , and bad omen :lol:

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:14 am
by Hlaoroo
In many cultures foxes are considered to be familiars and are associated with evil and trickery.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:51 am
by Serence Frostbite
in others they're considered representation of wisdom , messenger of god , sign of good omen , guardian spirit , and sometimes a good soul mate ;)
In the Scandinavian countries, foxes were also believed to cause the northern lights

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:23 am
by Hlaoroo
In Aztec mythology there are 400 rabbit gods.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:28 am
by Serence Frostbite
they also called their highest level of intoxication "Drunk as 400 rabbits" :lol:

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:32 am
by Hlaoroo
Foxes have very strong body odour.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:39 am
by Serence Frostbite
Rabbits are popular prey and spent most of their day hidden in vegetation or in underground burrows.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:44 am
by Hlaoroo
Or on the HP! forums. :lol:

The scientific name for the fox is Vulpis vulpis.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:47 am
by Serence Frostbite
genus Sylvilagus has 13 species

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:56 am
by Hlaoroo
Only those species within the genus Vulpis are considered to be true foxes.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:02 am
by Serence Frostbite
Predators can literally scare a rabbit to death

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:23 am
by Hlaoroo
Unlike foxes, rabbtis almost never carry rabies and they are not known to transmit it to humans.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:26 am
by Serence Frostbite
Some places in the world have had serious trouble with rabbit overpopulation

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:27 am
by Hlaoroo
Foxes are driving other species to extinction in Australia and as such there are fox eradication efforts underway, especially in Tasmania where they were only recently introduced.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:37 am
by Serence Frostbite
A lot of australian think rabbits are an invasive spieces that damages the Australian environment and costs their primary production millions of dollars each year. They were deliberately introduced to Australia by the early English settlers for hunting,

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:51 am
by Hlaoroo
This is an episode of Australian kids TV show "Round The Twist". That particular episode is about a fox and is based on a story by Australian author Paul Jennings called "Grandad's Gifts" in the book "Unbearable!".

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:53 am
by Serence Frostbite
that post I post before was not a confirmed fact :lol:
rabbit is the only one can lose to a turtle in a race

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:57 am
by Hlaoroo
Actually serence, that was a hare. And it was a tortoise he lost to, not a turtle.
It was Aesop's fable about the tortoise and the hare.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:06 am
by Serence Frostbite
in some cartoon that hare lost not because of his arrogant , but because of a bunch of female hares and an enormous amount of tortoises

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:15 am
by Hlaoroo
A group of foxes is called a skulk.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:18 am
by Serence Frostbite
A group of rabbits is called a herd

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:27 am
by Hlaoroo
a fox den is called an earth.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:29 am
by Serence Frostbite
A group of rabbits live in a warren

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:35 am
by Hlaoroo
A male rabbit is a buck and a female rabbit is a doe. Does usually do all the digging as they like to make burrows in which to have/raise their kittens. Bucks will occasionally dig a shallow "scrape" but they won't do much more than that.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:42 am
by Serence Frostbite
Foxes tend to form monogamous pairs and both help raise their young

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:49 am
by Hlaoroo
Fox hunting (in the traditional style) was outlawed in the UK in 2005.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:55 am
by Hukley
*sigh* the eternal war between Fox and Rabbit ;)... Oh wait:
Image

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:57 am
by Serence Frostbite
you can't hunt hare , but unfortunately , can hunt a rabbit 0.o
and I almost died laughing at that cute drawing up there

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:09 am
by Hlaoroo
From the look on that foxes face, it won't be a cute picture for much longer. I suggest you look away now.

In The Animals of Farthing Wood (the TV show which was adapted from the book) Fox takes an oath not to swallow or otherwise consume anyone.

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:15 am
by Serence Frostbite
this and this strangely resemble the background of my characters , even though I didn't know about any of this before today 0.o
when you look at the Bucks bunny cartoon from a tiny different point of view , the bad guy isn't the hunter , but Bugs himself , and he's not the only rabbit/hare who's been depicted as the "hidden bad guy"

Re: Useless Information Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:41 am
by Hlaoroo
Wait... You promised not to eat me? Yay! :D

I have never heard of the Bucks Bunny cartoon.