A Million Funny little facts and laughs (Page 4) Corwin: I just noticed that Hyenablood misspelled the title of this thread..... it should have read "A Million little facts and laughs About Penguins".... odd that he would overlook that. OCD_OCD: hyena is a she and it was her day for chubby finger errors. every other day belongs to me and my ipad Corwin: Another penguin fact: If you placed enough penguins all in the same place... enough penguins to reach a total mass of about 100 solar masses... that the penguins would implode into a singularity and form a black hole? Corwin: Einstein deduced that if a penguin traveling at the speed of light traveled 500 light-years away, and then returned to Earth, that because of the time-dilation effect, 1000 years would have passed on Earth, whereas the penguin would have barely aged at all. Corwin: Hmmm..... good point.... his hair does look quite silly. I'll bet he's never even been to the South Pole to properly test his relativity theories on a real-life penguin. Hyenablood: sigh, I take a few days off and this thread goes to penguin hell, really, these people got penguins on the brain. What will become of humanity ? ( don't answer that ) Serabi: There truly have been some crazy and funny news headlines in the past, such as... Include Your Children When Baking Cookies Something Went Wrong In Jet Crash, Expert Says Police Begin Campaign To Run Down Jaywalkers Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted Drunk Gets Nine Months In Violin Case Survivor Of Siamese Twins Joins Parents Iraqi Head Seeks Arms Prostitutes Appeal To Pope Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over British Left Waffles On Falkland Islands Lung Cancer In Women Mushrooms Eye Drops Off Shelf Teachers Strike Idle Kids Clinton Wins On Budget, But More Lies Ahead Enraged Cow Injures Farmer With Ax Plane Too Close To Ground, Crash Probe Told Miners Refuse To Work After Death Juvenile Court To Try Shooting Defendant Stolen Painting Found By Tree Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years In Checkout Counter Killer Sentenced To Die For Second Time In 10 Years Never Withhold Herpes Infection From Loved One War Dims Hope For Peace If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last A While Cold Wave Linked To Temperatures Deer Kill 17,000 Enfields Couple Slain, Police Suspect Homicide Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead Man Struck By Lightening Faces Battery Charge New Study Of Obesity Looks For Larger Test Group Astronaut Takes Blame For Gas In Spacecraft Kids Make Nutritious Snacks Chef Throws His Heart In Helping Feed Needy Arson Suspect Held In Massachusetts Fire Ban On Soliciting Dead In Trotwood Local High School Dropout Cuts In Half New Vaccine May Contain Rabies Hospitals Are Sued By 7 Foot Doctors Corwin: Did you know that Led Zeppelin's hit song Stairway To Heaven was originally written about a penguin? At the last minute before recording it, they changed the word "penguin" to "lady", so the song might appeal to a wider audience. lizard_king_: Sticking with the Penguin topic Emperors live in the coldest climate on earth. Temperatures can drop as low as -140 degrees Fahrenheit (-60 degrees Celsius) on the Antarctic ice. After mating, the female lays one large egg. The egg is then immediately rolled to the top of the male's feet. The egg is then incubated or kept warm on the male's feet by a thick fold of skin that hangs from the belly of the male. The males manage to survive by standing huddled in groups for up to 9 weeks. During this time the female returns to the open sea to feed. During the time the male incubates the egg, he may lose about half his body weight because he does not eat. Corwin: Penguins have an instinctive knack for predicting trends on the Stock Market.... and they drive around in race-cars. One species of penguin is 27 feet tall and eats coconuts. | Off Topic Chat Room Similar Conversations |