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[Andy]

I love these. I know a load of this sort of thing as well so here are a few that come to mind

The human body
The left breast is normaly a little larger
the milk ducts go much further down then they need to (same sort of place as other animals)
A healthy fully grown male has 50% muscle mass
the top edge of your nose should be 1.32 times longer then the bottom section. (this ratio is very common)


animals
milipeads always have a even number of pair of legs

 

[TheViking]

Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.

Pasta means dough in italian.

 

[bambodoggy]

animalsmilipeads always have a even number of pair of legs

Surely if they didn't they'd walk round in circles all day!!! :rolmao: :rolmao: :rolmao:

 

[Andy]

If it wasn't clear they wont have say 111 pairs of legs

If you knew and were joking I suggest you use bold to point jokes out to people

 

[jakunen]

Methinks somebody has too muh time on his hands...

 

[Fluxus]

Your arm span - fingertip to fingertip with arms stretched out at your sides is exactly the same as your height when standing flat footed. Try it.

 

[gb]

Similar to the above - the distance from your wrist to the inside of your elbow is the same length as your foot.

 

[Andy]

Methinks somebody has too muh time on his hands...

No places to go bushcraft, No girlfriend, no life

Your arm span - fingertip to fingertip with arms stretched out at your sides is exactly the same as your height when standing flat footed. Try it.

not always, very rare infact. It's another ratio like the nose bit though.

 

[tomtom]

The distance from your hand too you elbow is exactly the same as the ammount of leaf litter needed to make your debries shealter waterproof

 

[hobbitboy]

Your arm span - fingertip to fingertip with arms stretched out at your sides is exactly the same as your height when standing flat footed. Try it.

ape index / 'eIp 'Indeks /
n. The result of subtracting a person's height from their span, usually expressed in inches. For example, a person five feet ten inches tall with a fingertip-to-fingertip span of six feet would have an ape index of plus two inches. [Origin unknown.]

Now thats useless info.....
www.apeindex.com

 

[bambodoggy]

Sorry Andy....I was joking...hence the three rolly smiley people! ):

 

[TheViking]

You english.... ):

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According to british law 1845 you would have the death penalty for trying to commit suicide. :roll:

111.111.111 x 111.111.111 = 12.345.678.987.654.321

Cats have bigger chances to survive a fall from 20. floor, rather than 7. floor.

More to come.

 

[arctic hobo]

The distance from your hand too you elbow is exactly the same as the ammount of leaf litter needed to make your debries shealter waterproof

I think that's the only worthwhile info here! :roll:

 

[tomtom]

and definitely not useless

 

[Chopper]

You english.... ):



Cats have bigger chances to survive a fall from 20. floor, rather than 7. floor.

More to come.

I wonder how many cats were droped from a block of flats to work that one out????? :shock: :yikes: :shock:

 

[Chopper]

Your arm span - fingertip to fingertip with arms stretched out at your sides is exactly the same as your height when standing flat footed. Try it.

Don't work with Clyde

 

[tomtom]

they did a survay of new york vets... apparently it happans extreamly often over there.. anything above the 7th floor and the cats normaly are fine.. i cant remember why though sure someone will come up with a reason!

 

[Andy]

cats have the ability to twist their spine through a fairly large amount. However ther greater their air time the greater their time to sort out the landing. This means that they are often best falling from a greater hieght as it means they land an all fours. If they only have a few stories to work from their front legs alone have to soften the impact so they damage their legs.

For a great book about cats read desmon Morris Cat watching

for a very funny book about cats read terry pratchet -The unadulterated Cat

 

[leon-1]

cats have the ability to twist their spine through a fairly large amount. However ther greater their air time the greater their time to sort out the landing. This means that they are often best falling from a greater hieght as it means they land an all fours. If they only have a few stories to work from their front legs alone have to soften the impact so they damage their legs.

For a great book about cats read desmon Morris Cat watching

for a very funny book about cats read terry pratchet -The unadulterated Cat

So if they need more time to sort out thier landing, when carrying out your lavatorial shampoo of kitty why not just leave the bathroom window open ):

 

[bambodoggy]

they did a survay of new york vets... apparently it happans extreamly often over there.. anything above the 7th floor and the cats normaly are fine.. i cant remember why though sure someone will come up with a reason!

Cat are the only animals to have variable terminal velocity....

A human for example, if dropped from a great height will increase in falling speed until they reach their terminal velocity. At that speed when the impact comes it will kill us. This is a lethal terminal velocity.
A Spider or ant for example, if dropped from a great height will also increase speed to their terminal velocity but at that speed when the impact comes it is not going to kill them. This is a non-lethal terminal velocity.

Cat's tumbling are heading towards lethal terminal velocity as they fall but use their ability to twist the spine to get themselves the right way up, they then spread their four legs as far apart as they can. This stretches the skin and fur between the legs and actually causes their body to work like a parachute. As soon as they get into this position they are starting to slow down their speed towards a non-lethal terminal velocity.

Hence, if you drop a cat from say 5 to 10 feet it will not have had time to reach lethal terminal velocity and so will survive.
Drop it drop say 10 to 20 feet and it will have reached lethal terminal velocity but won't have had time to use it's "parachute" to slow it down and so will be killed.
Drop it from say 25 feet and upwards and although it will have reached it's lethal terminal velocity it will also have had time to deploy it's "parachute" and so slow itself down to it's non-lethal terminal velocity and so it will live.

This also explains why cats "almost" always land on their feet when dropped or when they fall.

Hope that's of interest to you and saves anyone throwing their cats off the car park to try to find out why!!!! lol