Off Topic Astounding Facts and Amazing Stories

Chris Ramsey actually isn't a good coach after all!

 

• The elephant brain weights roughly 6,000 grams. The cat brain weighs about 30 grams. (And despite these weird but true facts, you may find that the average cat is actually more intelligent than the average elephant).

 

Penguin urine accounts for roughly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers.

 

Don't eat the yellow snow...

 

I've supported QPR for 44 years and I still have a liver!

 

Who gave you that then Aussie? Can I have one too?

 

If the accumulated time spent reading through this thread, by all members, was instead used for something useful, many world problems could have been solved.

 

Maybe the environmentalists have got it wrong, it's not global warming causing the ice to recede, it's the penguin's not p*ssing enough?

 

I think you need to be reading the "many world problems solved " thread
it might be down a few pages but I am sure you will find it

 

Why does abbreviation have 12 letters?

 

I think you might be looking for the quiz thread

 

Ha ha!

 

The average person will loose 27 brain cells per hour if watching the only way is essex

 

South Korean car makers Kia and pop songstress Rita Ora have teamed up to make an orange drink with no added sugar

 

you can't see as many colours as a chicken!

 

Fair play, I had to google this to find out and it's been proven. Top random fact Tim

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Wrong Opinions Strengthen Our Resolve

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As a savvy internet user and Not606 reader you’re no doubt aware that people argue online. It seems like thousands of people get on the internet every day just to shout their opinion at anyone who will listen or to shout back at those people who started the shouting in the first place. Have you ever wondered why no one ever appears swayed by the other side in these arguments?

A large part of it is that when a person is exposed to information that challenges or questions their beliefs, it can have the adverse effect of strengthening their original opinion. This is referred to as “the backfire effect.” It was first coined by Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler when they found that people with extreme political views weren't affected by hard evidence that conflicted with their beliefs. In fact, it only convinced them that they were right.

Basically we’re hard-wired to ignore information that challenges what we personally believe, whatever those beliefs may be. And it’s likely we’ll never change because …

 

In 1386 a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

 

We Think We’re Perfect

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Nobody is perfect, but we’re all above average–in our own heads anyway. This is due to the “better than average bias.” Essentially since no one wants to rate themselves as average, most people will describe themselves as being above average when asked about their abilities.

This has the effect of making “above average” the new average. How can average exist if everyone is above it? Numerous studies have been done to show that this bias exists in almost every facet of our lives. Each time such an experiment is carried out, a majority of people will over-estimate their own abilities.

Ironically, this self-serving bias also extends to people over-estimating their ability to ignore bias. That certainly explains a lot.

(I stole this from http://listverse.com/2013/06/23/10-more-depressing-facts-about-humanity/ and changed a bit of it to Not606)