Groucho's Fact Hunt

[TheFinnFan]

IS THAT ACTUALLY A FACT, im like wow here

so cool..

i thought it has something to do woth pressure differences

 

[Tramps_mate]

And this is an interesting fact is it? This is the sort of stuff that made me put it in the upgraded forum in the first place.

Every thread does not need polluting with smart-alec remarks. Anyway, moving on......
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Freud once suggested that cocaine should be used to treat heroin addiction.

This thread was for forum supporters only??

*faux rage*

 

[Tramps_mate]

IS THAT ACTUALLY A FACT, im like wow here

so cool..

i thought it has something to do woth pressure differences

Nah, I'm not having it.

Although why only the finger tips and toes go wrinkly though?

 

[DualityNSNO]

And this is an interesting fact is it? This is the sort of stuff that made me put it in the upgraded forum in the first place.

Every thread does not need polluting with smart-alec remarks. Anyway, moving on......
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Freud once suggested that cocaine should be used to treat heroin addiction.

Freud is actually disregarded as a major influence on philosophy at this point in time, mainly because he was a cocaine addict and thought you can cure anything with cocaine.

A few good quotes here and there though.

Source: my friend is doing psychology and philosophy in University.

 

[Tramps_mate]

Former Guns N Roses guitarist 'Slash' (real name Saul Hudson) was actually born in Hampstead, England before moving to the US as a child.

His mother was a well known fashion designer in LA who went on to have an affair with David Bowie.

He was also in the same school as Lenny Kravitz...

 

[DualityNSNO]

Seth Putnam (won't say what band he's been in because it's rather vulgar; also a very controversial figure in metal music) is the reason why Phil Anselmo of Pantera doesn't really have any facial expressions and has rather slurred speaking - when Phil complained to him that he's got horrible back pains during the recording of "The Great Southern Trendkill" pains Putnam said he's got the best antidote for that - heroin.

Skip a few years and voila - Phil can't really move any of his facial muscles because of an addiction to heroin, to add to his already abusive nature towards alcohol, painkillers and the occasional heavy dose of cocaine.

Can you guess what Putnam died from?

 

[Tramps_mate]

Seth Putnam (won't say what band he's been in because it's rather vulgar; also a very controversial figure in metal music) is the reason why Phil Anselmo of Pantera doesn't really have any facial expressions and has rather slurred speaking - when Phil complained to him that he's got horrible back pains during the recording of "The Great Southern Trendkill" pains Putnam said he's got the best antidote for that - heroin.

Skip a few years and voila - Phil can't really move any of his facial muscles because of an addiction to heroin, to add to his already abusive nature towards alcohol, painkillers and the occasional heavy dose of cocaine.

Can you guess what Putnam died from?

Car crash?

 

[DualityNSNO]

Car crash?

Unfortunate balloon accident.

Nah, cardiac arrest, no doubt helped on by heroin.

 

[Bilko]

IS THAT ACTUALLY A FACT, im like wow here

so cool..

i thought it has something to do woth pressure differences

that one got me also, class to tell your mates that one !

 

[DualityNSNO]

IS THAT ACTUALLY A FACT, im like wow here

so cool..

i thought it has something to do woth pressure differences

It is true.

Nah, I'm not having it.

Although why only the finger tips and toes go wrinkly though?

Your palm also goes wrinkly.

 

[TheFinnFan]

It is true.

Your palm also goes wrinkly.

toes too

damn...that really is deep s*** that. brains.

 

[DualityNSNO]

toes too

damn...that really is deep s*** that. brains.

Well if you stay in the water long enough both the sole of your foot and all the palm-side skin goes really wrinkly. Tested it once accidentally. lol

 

[marnie]

The word............ Rhythms........... is the longest word without using a vowel.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Intestinal flora transplants have been known to cure cancer and depression as well as allergies.

 

[Cels]

IS THAT ACTUALLY A FACT, im like wow here

so cool..

i thought it has something to do woth pressure differences

Nah, I'm not having it.

Although why only the finger tips and toes go wrinkly though?

Well it's a theory to be fair: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/09/skin-wrinkle-water-grip


'Thousands of years after the invention of the bath, scientists have come up with a theory to explain why our fingers and toes wrinkle when steeped in water.

Puckered skin gives a better grip and may have helped our ancestors uproot wet plants when foraging for food, or be more sure-footed in a slippery, wet environment, they say.

The familiar wrinkles on wet fingers and toes may also have benefited early humans in their first forays into technology, said Tom Smulders, an evolutionary neurobiologist at Newcastle University.

"It might have helped handling tools in wet conditions," he said, such as fixing hunting weapons in the rain, or fishing with harpoons.'