shyvera Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 (edited) Counting up from 1, the first number that will use the letter "A" is "thousand"!! It’s actually 101 – one hundred and one. Edited May 27, 2010 by shyvera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitrangda Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 It’s actually 101 – one hundred and one. Hahahahaha Its One Hundred One and not one hundred and one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Hahahahaha Its One Hundred One and not one hundred and one! actually, the and is perfectly acceptable and it is definitely well used in the UK at least. i've actually never heard your method used of calling it one hundred one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 It could go either way, guys. "And" is clearly not a number, nor is it part of the number, it's just something we often add when speaking the number out loud. One hundred one One hundred two One hundred three... One oh four One oh five One oh six... One hundred and seven One hundred and eight One hundred and nine... The and is conventional, not part of the number, but I do give a lot of credit to shyvera for the very astute observation, all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I was taught that "and" implied a non-integer, with the default being a decimal. One hundred and one implied 100.1, but the protocol also applied to other fractions e.g. "one and one-eighth" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyvera Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 (edited) I pronounce 100.1 “one hundred point one” (which I believe is how most people in the UK say it). In fact the “a” may turn up among the positive integers much sooner than 1000, or even 101. In the past you could say “one and twenty”, “two and twenty” etc for 21, 22, etc (cf Jeremiah 52:1 of the King James Version of the Bible: “Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign …”). This is now archaic in English, but is still used in German and Dutch: 21 is einundzwanzig in German and eenentwintig in Dutch. So, I suppose, depending on which style of English you speak (as well as your views on the numerical integrity of the word “and”), the letter “a” may appear as early as 21, or not until 1000. Edited May 27, 2010 by shyvera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.specs Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Everest is not the highest Mountain, K2 is higher. By about 30 feet I believe. Close! but no cigar im afraid. Mt. Kilamanjaro is the highest, because of the angle at which it is situated, by about 27.4 ft, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooeypoo Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Close! but no cigar im afraid. Mt. Kilamanjaro is the highest, because of the angle at which it is situated, by about 27.4 ft, This is exactly why we request "cool facts" to be accompanied by reference. The lists here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains#The_list and here: http://geology.com/records/highest-mountain-in-the-world.shtml Show Everest to be the highest peak measured from the ocean-level. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain if you measure its height from the bottom of the sea. If we go by which is the mountain peak that's closest to the moon (IE, farthest from the Earth's core), the answer is that Ecuadorian mountain Chimborazo, because the Earth isn't a perfect sphere, it's "squashed", and the equator is further out from the core than the poles. http://googlesightseeing.com/2010/02/08/mount-everest-no-longer-worlds-highest-mountain/ ~moo More references: http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/earth/tallest-mountains/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.specs Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I apologize for that rudimentary mistakes, just goes to prove that modern day Geology lectures can be flawed also!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygaff Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 In fact, a snake may ingest plant matter via the victims last meal. What about the Leach? Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedhmmm....that's why it smells this way.i didn't know that. i'll have to write the governor about that one. In fact, a snake may ingest plant matter via the victims last meal. What about the Leach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBruce Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 In honor of weed season. Taraxacum officinale also known as the common dandelion is not native to North American and was instead first introduced to the continent in the 1600's by European settlers who brought it for food. Sources: See "Common Dandelion Is An Introduced Weed" Aliens Amoungst Us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyvera Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 (edited) Love waves are dangerous. They are actually earthquake waves! http://z8.invisionfr...p?showtopic=912 They have nothing to do with love, but are named after the English mathematician A.E.H. Love (1863–1940), who developed a mathematical model of these surface waves. Edited August 8, 2010 by shyvera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leader72 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal. Interesting, but not surprising. Flys land in anything because of the smell not because of the appearance. Just aweful.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBruce Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Female bedbugs have no genital opening. Therefore in order to reproduce the male uses his hypodermic like penis to pierce a hole into the females abdomen in which he then proceeds to ejaculate into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEtherealChemist Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 The lowest temperature ever recorded at the surface of the Earth was −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184 K) at the Russian Vostok Station in Antarctica, on July 21, 1983. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldest_temperature_recorded_on_Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolSmith Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal. Here some more cool facts are ------------ 50 years ago: Velcro was invented. 1. 40 years ago: An all-female population of lizards was discovered in Armenia. 2. 30 years ago: The computer mouse was invented. 3. 20 years ago: First test-tube baby born in England, Pluto’s moon, Charon, discovered. 4. 10 years ago: First patent for a genetically-engineered mouse was issued to Harvard Medical School. 5. 5 years ago: The first successful cloning of human embryo 6. The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes or stirrup bone located in the middle ear. It is approximately .11 inches (.28 cm) long. 7. The longest cells in the human body are the motor neurons. They can be up to 4.5 feet (1.37 meters) long and run from the lower spinal cord to the big toe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewmon Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Taraxacum officinale also known as the common dandelion is not native to North American and was instead first introduced to the continent in the 1600's by European settlers who brought it for food. Likewise, European settlers introduced the now-familiar earthworm and honeybee (the designated "state insect" in 17 US states) to North America, which have profoundly transformed the continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wright496 Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Female bedbugs have no genital opening. Therefore in order to reproduce the male uses his hypodermic like penis to pierce a hole into the females abdomen in which he then proceeds to ejaculate into. Is that what is happening when we think they're biting us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauricesdevaraj Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Replying to: The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length. Actually, the largest amphibian can grow up to six feet. It is the Chinese giant salamander. Another fact on amphibians: One of the smallest frogs in the world has the largest tadpole, it grows backwards! It's called the Paradoxical frog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex folen Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Did you know, after a year of training, my dog knows what i'm thinking sometimes. Did you know, after a year of training, my dog knows what i'm thinking sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Pi? Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Ohio- It is illegal to sell beer while wearing a Santa Claus suit, even if you are a dog. I didn't know dogs had opposable thumbs strong enough to hold the neck of a beer bottle... ) It could go either way, guys. "And" is clearly not a number, nor is it part of the number, it's just something we often add when speaking the number out loud. One hundred one One hundred two One hundred three... One oh four One oh five One oh six... One hundred and seven One hundred and eight One hundred and nine... The and is conventional, not part of the number, but I do give a lot of credit to shyvera for the very astute observation, all the same. Let's not get too technical... "And" is a conjunction, not a #! Apparently most people fear spiders more than they do death. Why would that be, I wonder? I mean, the worst thing a spider bite can do is kill you. I remind people daily: There is no bug mightier than a shoe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zant Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 If you Build all lego in the world on top of each other it will reach a length 3x the distant of the moon source: my science book at school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
head Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 How can you tell when sour Cream has gone off?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBruce Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 So many cool facts about the US Electorate in such pretty pictures: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIENCEROCS Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Here are a few: -Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m. -When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch. -Giraffes often sleep for only 20 minutes in any 24 hours. They may sleep up to 2 hours (in spurts – not all at once), but this is rare. They never lie down. -There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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