My useful and useless facts thread

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<p>I come across useful and useless facts everyday. Many I say to myself I need to make that point at IHB and never do. So this thread will mostly be about historic facts of RE but on occasion I will throw in a really off the wall fact like how using ketchup in a marinade makes for a great tenderizer. It will also be a way for me to document some of the more useful facts and judging by the comments I will expand further on it. Please feel free to add anything you think may be of value or useless.</p>

<p>To start in 2000 22.4% of the people with a mortgage in Irvine spent 35% or more of their income on their mortgage and in 2006 39.2% spent 35% or more on their mortgage.</p>

<p>OC has only seen resale volume drop in back to back years for Q2 and Q3 in 99 and 00. The amount even without the 2007 Q3 numbers is nearly four times the amount of the 99 and 00 drop. </p>

<p>The YOY increase in the number of foreclosures in the first three quarters of 2007 is greater than the year of 1993.</p>

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My contribution: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/16/oj.simpson.ap/index.html">O.J. Simpson arrested in armed robbery probe - CNN.com</a> Schadenfreude, indeed.
 
<p>Troop - That is exactly the useful/useless info that belongs here. Anything that makes you say WTF is a perfect addition.</p>
 
Yeah G....we needed a "catch-all" post. Like, sometimes I want to put a funny YouTube vid I found up, but don't really want to create a new discussion just to be silly. This is a perfect place to add those obscure finds you are SURE everyone will think is hysterical or thought provoking. I'll be a regular eclectic contributor.
 
1. Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.

2. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is

the male sperm.

3. You use 200 muscles to take one step.

4. The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.

5. Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.

6. A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.

7. A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.

8. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.

9. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the

Encyclopedia Britannica.

10. It takes the food 7 seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.

11. The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.

12. Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of

the liver than men with hair.

13. At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single

cell.

14. There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

15. Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of



water to a boil.

16. The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.

17. Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.

18. When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do

the same when you are looking at someone you hate.

19. Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people.

20. Your thumb is the same length of your nose.

Now ... I KNOW you are placing your thumb on your nose, aren't you? Well

... yes, of course!
 
Are we also allowed to ask questions? If so, I would like to ask one that has been baffling me for years....do you think Ghosts change their Clothes??
 
<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/17/flamingo.stuck.ap/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/17/flamingo.stuck.ap/index.html</a></p>

<p>WTF</p>
 
<p>I recently learned this term, and I cannot figure out where it came from. Can someone explain to me where 'Cloud 9' came from?</p>

<p>I don't know if they float IR, but they sure do taste great.</p>
 
<p>"Sound" is the recognition of the vibration or waves of pressure travelling through a medium, in this case atmposphere or "air", striking a membrane designed to "hear" it. The tree falling would produce these waves regardless of whether such a membrane was in range of the waves, but if there is no membrane to feel it then there can be no "sound", as the waves of pressure would eventually dissipate into nothingness.</p>

<p>And yes, the cat doesn't actually die until you open Schrödinger's box, electrons move left to right but the holes move right to left, and the only thing faster than the speed of light is bad news.</p>
 
<p>Blue,</p>

<p>Here's what I've found, in various forms, around the internets: </p>

<p><em>The popular etymology references the 1896 edition of the International Cloud Atlas which defined ten types of cloud. The ninth cloud was the cumulo-nimbus rising to a height of 10 km, which is the highest a cloud can be. There is, however, no evidence for this.</em></p>

<p><em>The 1960 print of the Dictionary of American Slang (Wentworth & Flexner) includes “cloud seven”, the usage of which seems to predate “cloud nine” by a few years. Other etymolgies reference Buddhist or Christian lore, and even Dante’s Divine Comedy, but again there are no reasons to prefer these versions.</em></p>
 
The expression "It doesn't fly" is sometimes used when somebody brings up an idea that doesn't make sense or will not work. The full expression is a Yiddish one "It didn't climb; it doesn't fly." This started in the early 1900's in Europe, when Jewish populations were a minority, surrounded by Catholics. The Jews could not directly make fun of the majority. The "it" refers to Jesus Christ as in He didn't climb up the cross and He didn't fly off to heaven. I heard this on NPR by an author of a book about the Yiddish language.
 
<p>So when I joke with my friends that I am on cloud 2, 6, or 9, I am not referring to the state of my mood but rather the type of cloud I am... interesting. </p>

<p>Don't know where you found it, but thank you Nude. I now have something new to talk about with my fiancee tonight.</p>
 
Cool Holiday gift (hint, hint ) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SGwDhKTrwU">YouTube - TENORI-ON Product Demo Performance</a>
 
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