Odd factoids

[colly]

Eating just 57 grams(2 oz) of black licorice, which is about three 2.5-centimeter (1 in) pieces, every day for two weeks can cause heart problems. Black licorice contains glycyrrhizin, a compound that causes potassium levels to decrease. When potassium levels fall, people are at risk of suffering from abnormal heart rhythms, high blood pressure, and even congestive heart failure.

That may well be a fact but the probability of dying from rectal explosion before your heart gives out is almost certain.

 

[classic33]

That may well be a fact but the probability of dying from rectal explosion before your heart gives out is almost certain.

160g, 12 pieces

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Eating just 57 grams(2 oz) of black licorice, which is about three 2.5-centimeter (1 in) pieces, every day for two weeks can cause heart problems. Black licorice contains glycyrrhizin, a compound that causes potassium levels to decrease. When potassium levels fall, people are at risk of suffering from abnormal heart rhythms, high blood pressure, and even congestive heart failure.

Proof that it takes allsorts.

 

[classic33]

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

 

[classic33]

According to security equipment specialists, security systems that utilize motion detectors won't function properly if walls and floors are too hot. When an infrared beam is used in a motion detector, it will pick up a person's body temperature of 98.6 degrees compared to the cooler walls and floor.

If the room is too hot, the motion detector won't register a change in the radiated heat of that person's body when it enters the room and breaks the infrared beam. Your home's safety might be compromised if you set the thermostat too high.

 

[Drago]

Motion sensors can be fooled by the simple expedient of standing very still.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

There are only 363 shopping days until Christmas.

 

[classic33]

Motion sensors can be fooled by the simple expedient of standing very still.

Or moving at speeds less than six inches per minute.

 

[classic33]

Shopping is influenced by several subconscious appeals to consumers. For example, if shoppers like the type of music retailers are playing, shoppers will be more likely to enter the store and like the products. Additionally, the slower the tempo of the music, the slower people will walk through the store, and the more they will buy. A faster tempo will encourage shoppers to walk faster and, consequently, they won’t buy as much.

 

[Drago]

Shopping is influenced by several subconscious appeals to consumers. For example, if shoppers like the type of music retailers are playing, shoppers will be more likely to enter the store and like the products. Additionally, the slower the tempo of the music, the slower people will walk through the store, and the more they will buy. A faster tempo will encourage shoppers to walk faster and, consequently, they won’t buy as much.

This is very true. T'is why I never listen to whale song on the motorway, or thrash metal when trying to park in a tight spot.

 

[raleighnut]

This is very true. T'is why I never listen to whale song on the motorway, or thrash metal when trying to park in a tight spot.

Why do you think Jamaican s drive so slowly.


View: https://youtu.be/JE3WaSETf8k


There can't be another reason surely.

 

[classic33]

The original Wailers line-up disbanded in 1974 due to Tosh and Livingston's refusal to play "freak clubs." The pair believed doing so would violate their Rastafarian faith.

 

[Drago]

Before his untimely death, Bob Marley was planning for his retirement. To that end he set up a very successful floor and wall tile wholesaler. Unfortunately, the firm Marley also passed away with it's founder.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The abdominal snowman is thus named because he has a six pack.

 

[Drago]

In Columbia, the abominable snowman is a different sort of chap entirely.