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talkingpenguinpants Captain
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 Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:54 pm
A place to discuss random facts. Enlighten the rest of us with your knowledge if you will. biggrin
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:55 pm
A human memory is capable of remembering 7+/- 2.
Like if you had to remember 1776149220091812 a good chance you won't remember most of the middle numbers.
Not to say you can't remember 1776 1492 2009 1812 that is called chunking xd
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talkingpenguinpants Captain
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:40 pm
No American state has the letter 'Q' in it.
Or at least, that's what my Snapple bottle cap tells me...
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:43 am
Pen doesn't like guild glitches. So much that Pen had to speak in the third person.
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talkingpenguinpants Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:38 pm
Chistopher Columbus didn't really discover America, he discovered El Salvador. And El Salvador translates to "Land of our Saviour" or "Saviour Land" because himself and his men had been sailing for so long that they were pretty damn happy when they found land.
The only thing of America that Columbus discovered was where it was located.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:38 am
Which is why my school refuses to let us out for Columbus Day...
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:56 pm
My fiance is Salvadorian!
Throughout History it's been said that Mexicans and Salvadorians don't really get along, we never quite figured out why that was, though.
Then again it's a "street thing" and Alison and myself are far above the street stuff (Gangs are for cowards that can't fight their own battles).
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:33 pm
ugh, gangs, gotta hate them... racist, sexist, domestically abusive, manipulative, etcetera...
anywho, back on topic.
Cats can apparrently mate with both Bunnies, and Penguins. o_O; I SMELL A COMSPIRACY! xd it must be, that the Cats, Bunnies and Penguins are behind Influenza! that is why those dastardly arctic birds always look like they are up to something!!
jk of course. xd but yes, they do realy apparrently sex eachother. o_O;
also, speaking of Penguins, there is a book sold in Spencer's called F U Penguin! and it is an awesome read! xd
EDIT: :realizes the signifigance of Pen's name and makes note that i have no problem with Penguins at all. they just creep me out is all.:
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talkingpenguinpants Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:09 pm
If arctic birds creep you out, that have been popular with the Christmas season and movies, then you have a problem.
Which is sad for my army of talking penguins were so looking forward of coming out to play. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:44 pm
This is a fact that I find to be most interesting (and knowing me, it's always interesting).
Jesus was not, in fact, killed by Jews but he was killed by Romans. See, Julius Caesar ordered his execution, and his death took place out in Rome.
It just makes me laugh how, like, when I'm just hanging out with some of my friends, who happen to be Jewish, some people like to remind them of how "their ancestors killed Jesus Christ" and then having me correct the individual. Of course there's always a war involved but I'm always right anyway. So it all works out!
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:48 pm
Don't try to look for the segway, not sure if it exists. But going off of your comment on Christianity Styk...
Gothic cathedrals are actually the opposite of the social definition of the word. Gothic cathedrals such as the ones found in Paris, Strasbourg, and pretty much all over Europe were first given form by Abbot Suger in the 1200's to add more light to churches.
He believed that light embodied the pure, omnipresent divinity of God, which is why he designed St. Denis to be one of the first Gothic cathedrals to implement flying buttresses so that the walls of the cathedral could be made taller yet thinner, adding more room for windows. This also made it so that one could actually make their way around a cathedral without having to use a torch like in earlier Romanesque churches. The real beauty of it was the cathedrals were flooded with so much light that you can look up and see the use of groin vaults as ribbing in the ceiling, giving people who enter the cathedral a "Holy Sh- I mean, Jesus Ch- Oh, Damn. Uh, that is... Wow." moment. (My teacher actually said this when he entered a cathedral).
Anyways, the reason why the 'Gothic' word has been ripped off to describe moody people who are too fond of the color black today is probably because of the flamboyant exteriors of later Gothic cathedrals. With their many sculptures of grotesque creatures and especially the drainage system that was shaped like gargoyles, it was a definite contrast to the interior of the cathedral; however, it was an intentional effect to drive away evil spirits that tried to approach the building, not to represent a darker side of the religion itself.
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:24 pm
That brings me back to my art history class. I think I was the only one awake. xd
To go off about the windows in the cathedrals all the colors were made on site. Using minerals that were around. Don't ask how they got yellow.
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talkingpenguinpants Captain
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:43 pm
Gargoyles are actually the protectors of man (and woman) of this spiritual realm.
Also, it's a BAD to use Ouija (wee-jee) boards because it opens up a small doorway into our existance, and you're always letting something in- And it's not always a good thing, either. Usually it's a negative thing. But it's known more for letting in negative influences.
Well, anyway, if you let it in then it stays with you.
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:31 am
1.) *shudders and shivers at the thought of penguins... freaking polar birds.... >.>*
2.) there is actualy SOOOO much more to that KC. seriously. xp i have studied Gothic History, Culture, Art, Architecture, and the various many branches and offshoots thereof, for years. did you know that at one point in Spain, the term "Goth", or "Gothic" even meant being related to royalty? smile
i have books i can reference, sources i can cite, and personal experience i can share. of course i don't mean to be rude, so excuse me for this sort of.. lashing out, as it were. sweatdrop it's more a reflex realy... xp
and 3.) ... um... kinda basic stuff styk... o.o though, i suppose it does need to be said, what with the number of idiots in the world. xp
though, it's not at all a small window... freaking things make HUGE links to the Astral, and lots of *bleep* gets through.... o_O;
finaly, 4.) funny you should mention your Art Class, Pen, that's where i also had chosen Gothic Architecture as my essay on an assignment. xd i wa sone of a grand total 3 students in that class who payed ANY attention, and not-too-surprisingly the three of us worked on a partner pastel project for contrast, where we in fact made a portrait that was considered best in teh class, and was displayed in the University of Florida to represent that teacher's class. 3nodding
gott say, hat was one of my proud moments. whee
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:22 am
The rat is the only mammal that is incapable of vomiting.
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