Random possibly useful fact

[odeon]

I am still finding it on me after two showers and three clothing changes

I'm sure you were lovely.

[sg1008]

I am still finding it on me after two showers and three clothing changes

You could use this to your advantage. Get some fangs for your teeth and you can be a certain kind of vampire. 

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Due to the high number of British tank crew members in WWII who were killed outside of their tanks while boiling water, all post war British tanks were equipped with built in tea kettles, a feature unique to British tanks.

[Calandale]

Due to the high number of British tank crew members in WWII who were killed outside of their tanks while boiling water, all post war British tanks were equipped with built in tea kettles, a feature unique to British tanks.

Interesting. Especially in light of a massive misrepresentation in my own hobby's Campaign
for North Africa, which penalized Italians too heavily for water use, erroneously claiming
that they needed it for pasta.

[Icequeen]

Never use glitter spray paint   

Rustoleum Glitter?

I just bought 2 cans of sliver a few weeks ago. That's some awesome shit.

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Due to the high number of British tank crew members in WWII who were killed outside of their tanks while boiling water, all post war British tanks were equipped with built in tea kettles, a feature unique to British tanks.

Interesting. Especially in light of a massive misrepresentation in my own hobby's Campaign
for North Africa, which penalized Italians too heavily for water use, erroneously claiming
that they needed it for pasta.

The two aren't mutually exclusive. boiling pasta wastes a lot of water whereas at least the British are drinking the water they boil.

[Calandale]

Due to the high number of British tank crew members in WWII who were killed outside of their tanks while boiling water, all post war British tanks were equipped with built in tea kettles, a feature unique to British tanks.

Interesting. Especially in light of a massive misrepresentation in my own hobby's Campaign
for North Africa, which penalized Italians too heavily for water use, erroneously claiming
that they needed it for pasta.

The two aren't mutually exclusive. boiling pasta wastes a lot of water whereas at least the British are drinking the water they boil.

The error was that the Italian army supplied dried pasta to the front. It was not in their standard rations.

[odeon]

Due to the high number of British tank crew members in WWII who were killed outside of their tanks while boiling water, all post war British tanks were equipped with built in tea kettles, a feature unique to British tanks.

Interesting. Especially in light of a massive misrepresentation in my own hobby's Campaign
for North Africa, which penalized Italians too heavily for water use, erroneously claiming
that they needed it for pasta.

The two aren't mutually exclusive. boiling pasta wastes a lot of water whereas at least the British are drinking the water they boil.

Raising an interesting question about the environment-friendly way to cook pasta.

[Jack]

Once read pasta can be soaked in room temperature water to return it to a fresh pasta state.

[Gopher Gary]

Once read pasta can be soaked in room temperature water to return it to a fresh pasta state.

Quit thinking about carbs you wont let me eat fatty. 

[Queen Victoria]

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term:

"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant.  One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time.  So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving.  I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave.  Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today.  Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.  Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.  This gives two possibilities.

1)  If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2)  Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it ?  If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Therese Banyan during my Freshman year that "It will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you,"  and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.

The student got the only A.

[odeon]

Brilliant. +

[Bastet]

In the movie Event Horizon, the scientist accidentally opens a door to hell while inventing a faster method of space travel. It was very scary and very creative.

[Pyraxis]

I have three more posts to go until 15000.


Actually scratch that, that can't possibly be a useful fact, especially as it will change the moment I hit the post button.

[Parts]

The drivers on Cape Cod are dreadful and the ones on Nantucket even worse.