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The Milky Way smells of rum and tastes like strawberries (and other weird facts about our galaxy)

 

Scientists made the unlikely discovery when they trained the IRAM radio telescope on Sagittarius B2, the gas cloud which is at the heart of the Milky Way.

They were looking at which molecules make up objects in the universe, and pinpointed ethyl formate. This is the chemical that gives fruit, wine and flowers their sweet scent, and raspberries their delicious flavour.

It also smells like rum, because it’s made from ethanol (more commonly known as pure alcohol) mixed with another acid

http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/03/the-milky-way-smells-of-rum-and-tastes-like-strawberries-and-other-weird-facts-about-our-galaxy-5542586/

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To all the fathers out there, here's a fun fact.

 

"A child's intelligence is inherited from the mother."

but

When fathers are involved in their child’s education, the children perform better in school, learn more, and exhibit healthier behaviour

and another father random fact

Father seahorses are the only male animals to become pregnant. They accept around 50–1500 eggs from the female, fertilize them, and then carry the eggs for several weeks until they mature

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Nokia was originally founded in 1865 as a paper printing company. Apt, to say when it was founded paper was one of the world’s most used methods of long-distance communication!

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The word ‘oxymoron’ is itself an oxymoron. This is because it derives from Ancient Greek where ‘oxy’ means ‘sharp’ and ‘moros’ means ‘stupid’.

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ok I have posted one in a while so here's one for you to check out , before using that dictionary to do a spell check , just check its not a Webster's 1996 Dictionary

 

315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled

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ok ok time for another random fact and today I thought id make it a bit closer to home

sooooooo seeing its an anime/manga forum I do this fact about an anime

 

and the anime In the spotlight well Is This a Zombie? well more to the point Eucliwood Hellscythe drom the anime

even tho It's not unusual for a character to get a new voice actor in a reboot or even in a new season.

 

now for all the people that have seen this anime series and knows how little she speaks

did you know

she has has 22 different voice actresses over the same number of episodes (including OVAs). Why? While the character herself rarely speaks, each episode features fantasy segments of Eucliwood speaking. And each time this happens, she has a different voice, "selfishly imagined by our weak-willed protagonist."

and has a new seiyuu in every single episode

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well how about a random manga fact for once here ?????

 

FACT~ In Japan, more paper are used to print manga than toilet paper.

 

honest do an online search if you don't believe

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ok I think its time as I haven't posted one of these for quite a while so ill add this one today

and todays random facts subject will be Chocolate yep every one loves candy

 

In 1947, after the price of a chocolate bar increased from 5 cents to 8 cents, 200 kids marched and protested on the capitol building in British Columbia, shutting down the government for a day. It is known as " The Candy Bar Strike"

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