Beautiful Mind, A

Beautiful Mind, A
Beautiful Mind, A (2001)

IMDB rating: 7.80

Plot: A biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. And how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.

Directors: Howard Ron

Actors: Harris Ed,Crowe Russell,Plummer Christopher,Bettany Paul,Rapp Anthony,Hirsch Judd,Goldberg Adam,Lucas Josh,Gray-Stanford Jason,Pendleton Austin,Steinbach Victor,Biography,Drama,Mystery,

What are John Nash's (A beautiful mind) children doing today?
After watching the movie A Beautiful Mind last night, I was wondering where his children have ended up.


John Nash’s youngest son, John Jr. was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. I dont know about the others, they didnt say.

jackie | Nov 30, 2008

Steal the Sky

Steal the Sky
Steal the Sky (1988)

IMDB rating: 5.90

Plot: This made-for-cable espionage melodrama centers on a beautiful Israeli spy who is assigned to use her wiles to convince an Iraqui flyer to defect and bring with him a valuable Soviet fighter plane.

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Directors: Hancock John D.

Actors: Cross Ben,Gabai Sasson,Surovy Nicolas,Guttman Ronald,Rolston Mark,Gray Sam,Katsulas Andreas,Shillo Michael,Shiloach Joseph,Bar-Yotam Reuven,Saadi Faim,Action,Romance,War,

Did the Lord steal the thunder from the skies and put them in your thighs?


Yes, that is exactly what happened.
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Mad City

Mad City
Mad City (1997)

IMDB rating: 6.00

Plot: Sam Baily, upset over losing his job, takes a natural history museum hostage. Max Brackett, journalist, is in the museum when this occurs, and gets the scoop. The story spreads nation wide, and soon it is all anyone talks about. The story itself is the news, not the reason why or the real people behind it.

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Actors: Travolta John,Hoffman Dustin,Alda Alan,Prosky Robert,Atherton William,Levine Ted,Drama,Thriller,

Survey: What would you do in this situation?
me and this guy met on a cruise. we had sex twice, and acted like bf and gf. on the cruise he called me his gf, and if i lived in maryland he said that i would be his gf.
after the cruise he contacted me right away on myspace. we didnt talk constantly..but after awhile he wasnt contacting me and i got nervous. i wrote him a message
on myspace basicallysaying that if he doesnt write back, he doesnt want any part of me..and he wrote back. i surprised visited him a few months after
the cruise, he was real happy. we were only there for about 20 minutes. between the cruise and college we saw eachother twice, once the surprise visit, and the other time we hung out and
talked the entire time..no sex. after that visit, he textedme right after saying "thanks for coming..cant wait to see you again"..i told him i was glad that we got to talk and he said "i would never use you" later on i
said i was going to bed and i told him to have fun and he said "all my fun left at 12"…which is when i left. two days later he texts me and were talking about
him coming to ny to visit me and we could go to the city..and he said"way rather see you then the city"..the third time we were supposed to hang out , he messed up plans…and i was down near where he lived andstaying at a hotel. he called me and got a
cab and told me he was coming to see me..and it doesnt matter how much it costs he just wanted to see me..but i told him he messed up plans in the first place, and it was
too late so there was no point in coming. 5 days later, he called me and apologized for when he messed up plans. he said "lets keep this long distance relationship going". this past august, i came to college near where he
lives, a whole year since the cruise. we had kept in contact for one year..and now were 15 minutes away. weve hung out 6 times since ive been here. the first time he
just stopped by with his friend and his friend saidthat the guy i like wanted to see his girl..meaning me. we didnt have sex, we just talked. he texted me after the visit
and said it was nice seeing u tonight. i told him i was sorry he didnt stay longer and he said he would have loved to, but he didnt want my suitemates to hate him for
being there so late when we have classes the next day. and he said "just wanted to see you." the second time he came to visit he came to lay with me. we layed
together and talked the whole time, and then did stuff, but no sex. i asked him why things happen sexually between us and he said because i like you and you like me.
and i said as more than a friend?and he was like..yeah i like you as more than a friend. and i said..so u didnt come here for sex..and he said..i didnt even bring a condom
so i didnt even have intentions..and we didnt have sex. he was a little offended because he said "why do you have to make me out to be such an asshole." the next time we hung out we just layed and talked with eachother..no sex.
i went over there, and it took me awhile to get thereand he called me 4 TIMES..to make sure i wasnt lying to him..and was really coming. he even offered to pay for my
cab, and drove me home the next day and then the 4th time we layed together and talked again..no sex. the 5th time we hung out..we actually did have sex..and
it was real intimate, and he went and slept on the couch after? which hes NEVER done before. the next day he put the song "look after you"
by the fray. the 6th time we hung out he got high, drank, and popped pills. he wasnt himself..he was avoiding me. i asked him what was
going on and he said he wasnt mad at me. and i said..well why are you avoiding me..and he said i wasnt. i said..listen do you like me and he said..of course i do..its
obvious i do. and he said..i just dont want a gf right now..and i think you ask a lot of questions. i said well why did we have sex the other night..and he was like idk. he was so confused
and so out of it.so he leaves and i get a text from his friend pretending to be the guy i like saying..i had to leave cause i think youre friend is hott.i called..and the friend
answered and was like..we just hooked up..i want your friend. and they came back and the guy i like was like i didnt say any of that..that wasnt me.
so the guy i like was like lets talk in the kitchen..and the friend follows us? and the friend got involved and pulled me aside and was like..listen he told me the gist..youre friends..he likes
hanging out with you..but he doesnt want a relationship..u hooked up on the cruise what did u think it was ? then later i get a text from the guy i likes
phone and his friend is texting me saying..the guy you like is passed out..but he likes your friend..can she hang right now? im awake..send the digits over but dont tell
him i was on his phone.
ps. the guy i like was in a 5 year relationship with a girl who cheated on him and got pregnant with another guys kid.
he says he "knows how girls are"

1. did he like me or was he just using me?


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Secret of Moonacre, The

Secret of Moonacre, The
Secret of Moonacre, The (2008)

IMDB rating: 6.60

Plot: When 13 year old Maria Merryweather’s father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn’t know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor. Soon Maria finds herself in a crumbling moonlit world torn apart by the hatred of an ancient feud with the dark and sinister De Noir family. Maria discovers that she is the last Moon Princess and, guided by an unlikely mix of allies, she must overcome her family’s pride in order to unearth the secrets of the past before the 5000th moon rises and Moonacre disappears into the sea forever.

Directors: Csupo Gabor

Actors: Gruffudd Ioan,Curry Tim,Prew Augustus,Linden Andy,Webber Michael,Barabas Kis Zoltan,Mendel George,Nagy Sandor Istvan,Simor Oliver,Vizes Ferenc,Adventure,Family,Fantasy,Romance,

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Is moonacre some kind of videogame or something. Put what it is on your details.

wolflover | Oct 29, 2009

11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie)

11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie)
11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie) (2003)

IMDB rating: 7.30

Plot: In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young woman pretending to be pregnant tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.

Directors: Marcks Greg

Actors: Thomas Henry,Heron Blake,Gregg Clark,Hatosy Shawn,Sands Stark,Hanks Colin,Foster Ben,Swayze Patrick,Segel Jason,Gomez Rick,Comedy,Crime,Drama,Thriller,

320 Useless Facts Most Intresting One?
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
20. It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
22. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Lowenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).
28. Camel’s have three eyelids.
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
30. John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".
39. Slugs have four noses.
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
52. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s "Born in the USA".
64. IBM’s motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".
65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
67. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.
74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
75. In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).
76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".
77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
78. One in ten people live on an island.
79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
92. Back in the mid to late ’80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.
93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
96. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."
97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).
98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.
99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.
100. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome".
103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
105. China has more English speakers than the United States.
106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.
108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
114. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.
116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
119. About 55% of all movies are rated R.
120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.
122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.
123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.
130. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.
131. Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse’s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
134. An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.
135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".
137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
138. Almonds are members of the peach family.
139. Rats and horses can’t vomit.
140. The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
144. There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
147. "101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.
148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.
150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
154. All polar bears are left-handed.
155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
157. Butterflies taste with their feet.
158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
159. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
160. Starfish have no brains.
161. 11% of the world is left-handed.
162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.
163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
170. Los Angeles’ full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
174. A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.
179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it.
181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
183. Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. "You’ve got Mail!"). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as "Q-Link."
184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.
186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
188. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
192. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
195. Cats’ urine glows under a black light.
196. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.
198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
200. 25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic’s distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.
204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the ’30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).
205. "Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.
209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
210. A jellyfish is 95% water.
211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
216. In golf, a ‘Bo Derek’ is a score of 10.
217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
220. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.
222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska’s third largest city.
224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s "It’s a Wonderful Life".
225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.
227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.
229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
233. Judy Scheindlin ("Judge Judy") has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.
235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
239. John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
242. "The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.
244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn’t kill their enemies.
245. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
252. Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient’s arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.
254. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
255. US gold coins used to say "In Gold We Trust".
256. In "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
257. A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)
260. Pearls melt in vinegar.
261. "Lassie" was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.
262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.
263. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
265. Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
267. Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.
268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.
269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.
271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.
274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
279. The "if" and "then" parts of conditional ("if P then Q") statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).
280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
282. Only female mosquitoes bite.
283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world’s mail.
284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.
285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
287. The "countdown" (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called "Die Frau Im Monde" (The Girl in the Moon).
288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul’s armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.
290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.
291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.
292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."
294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland’s baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.
295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).
297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the "Treaty of Paris": Seven Years’ War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).
299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln’s oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father’s assassination as well as during President Garfield’s assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.
300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
301. The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".
302. Don Mac Lean’s song "American Pie" was written about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who all died in the same plane crash.
303. The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.
304. Hummingbirds can’t walk.
305. When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym "Allen Smithee" instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with "Death of a Gunfighter" (1969).
306. Four different people played the part of Darth Vader (body, face, voice, and breathing).
307. Pamela Lee-Anderson was the first to be born in Canada on the centennial anniversary of Canada’s independence (7/1/1967).
308. There is about 200 times more gold in the oceans than has been mined throughout history.
309. William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say "hell" as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek.
310. While the US government’s supply of gold is kept at Fort Knox, its supply of silver is kept at the Military Academy at West Point, NY.
311. Alexander Graham Bell’s wife and mother were both deaf.
312. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
313. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men.
314. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who’s bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex.
315. Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.
316. Pac-Man, Namco’s 1979 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P".
317. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23, 1616.
318. There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).
319. The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl named Lina Medina. She gave birth to a boy by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 (which happened to be Mother’s Day), at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days.
320. The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds".


LOL! OMG THIS IS SO FUNNY!

kudos to ya.

CD-R | May 04, 2008


40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

105. China has more English speakers than the United States.

273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.

313. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men. <—-WTF

314. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who’s bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex. <—— LOLROFL

315. Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure. <—-LOL
-J-KYLE ON DA TRACK- | May 04, 2008

Sabrina

Sabrina
Sabrina (1954)

IMDB rating: 7.70

Plot: Linus and Davis Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work — busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play — technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who has been infatuated with David all her life, but David hardly notices her — “doesn’t even know I exist” — until she goes away to Paris for two years, and returns an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful woman. Suddenly, she finds that she has captured David’s attention, but just as she does so, she finds herself falling in love with Linus, and she finds that Linus is also falling in love with her.

download Sabrina

Directors: Wilder Billy

Actors: Bogart Humphrey,Holden William,Hampden Walter,Williams John,Dalio Marcel,Hillaire Marcel,Bushman Francis X.,Ahdar David,Bailey Raymond,Brooks Ralph,Comedy,Romance,

What are your 5 favorite TV shows of All Time?
Mine

1.Smallville
2.Desperate Housewives
3.Monk
4.What I like About You
5. Tales from the Dark Side

& When I was Kid
1.Pinky and the Brain
2.Sister Sister
3.Sabrina the teenage witch
4.Arthur
5.Sabrina the Animated series


now
king of the hill
modern family
real house wifes
george lopez

when i was a kid
arthur
hey arnold
rocket power
as told by ginger
spongebob
rocos modern life
goosebumps
angry beavers
cat dog
amanda show
all that
keenan and kell
good burger
rugrats
the show with the kid named dug and a girl named patty manaus and her dad was in a wheel chair
i know this is more than 5
i miss the classics of the 90’s god i miss the 90’s :’( where did the time go

Maddie | Jan 09, 2010


the office
the simpsons
saturday night live
30 rock
family guy
you already know &lt;3 | Jan 09, 2010


Touch of Frost
Inspector Morse
Midsommer Murders
Taggart
Columbo
Olivia knows something | Jan 09, 2010


1.It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2.Boy Meets World
3. The Office
4.Saturday Night Live
5.What I Like About You
COOKIE &quot;WORD NERD&quot; FAN | Jan 09, 2010


(in no order)
The Simpsons, Hey Arnold!, House, Good Eats (from the Food channel :P ), Monk
Hey Arnold! | Jan 09, 2010


1. Law and Order SVU
2. Scrubs
3. Survivor
4. Reba ( i know they are all re runs now )
5. Supernanny
austinsmom_21 | Jan 09, 2010


Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
That 70s Show
The Office
Scrubs
The Simpsons
Kate. | Jan 09, 2010


Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Tales From the Crypt

Josie and The Pussycats 1970’s animation.

She-Ra Princess of Power 1980’s animation.

Superfriends 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s animation.
! | Jan 09, 2010

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights (2000)

IMDB rating: 7.20

Plot: Long ago, the Sultan Schariar has gone mad after his traumatizing near assassination in which his wife collaborated and died at his hands as a result. Now he has a paranoid suspicion of women which he plans to express in a diabolical plan, and that is to marry a woman from the harem and then have her executed the very next morning. To prevent this, the Grand Vizier’s daughter and a childhood friend of the Sultan, Scheherezade, offers herself to be that bride. Now, she must gamble that her plan will work as she tries to cure his madness by telling him story after wondrous story which include the tales of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. All the while, the Sultan’s villainous brother is making plans of his own and Scheherezade’s stories are more useful against him than anyone can anticipate.

Directors: Barron Steve

Actors: Bates Alan,Frain James,Karyo Tcheky,Lee Jason Scott,Leguizamo John,Leguizamo John,Scott Dougray,Sewell Rufus,Carter Jim,Guinness Peter,Quarshie Hugh,Family,Fantasy,Adventure,

What is a good name for a formal dance that has an arabian theme?
I am planning my schools’ winter formal and we decided on our theme to be arabian but we need a nice name. We already thought of:

Desert Oasis
Arabian Nights
Magic Carpet Ride
Arabian Paradise

I think I can get a better name than this so do any of you out there have an idea?


Aladdin’s Night Of A Thousand Dances

Night Of The Arabian Moon

Midnight At The Oasis

Winter Sands

Night Of The Seven Veils

peachiepie | Dec 11, 2009

Here on Earth

Here on Earth
Here on Earth (2000)

IMDB rating: 4.50

Plot: The lives of three young people – a rich student, a girl from the “wrong side of the tracks” and her boyfriend – unexpectedly intersect during one fateful summer in the romantic drama “Here on Earth.” Kelley Morse (Chris Klein), who is cocky and brash, normally would never have crossed paths with the residents of a small town near his posh private school. But when he takes his shiny new Mercedes out for a drive, he locks horns with some of the locals, including Jasper (Josh Hartnett). As Jasper’s willful girlfriend Samantha (Leelee Sobieski) looks on, Kelley and Jasper engage in a dangerous car race that turns disastrous, leaving a popular diner owned by Samantha’s mother in ruins. Kelley and Jasper are sentenced to a creatively ironic but fitting punishment: They must help rebuild the diner. Not only does this ruin Kelley’s summer plans, he also must board at the home of his rival, Jasper. Kelley begins to fulfill his “sentence,” but refuses to have anything to do with Jasper and his parents. When Kelley again encounters Samantha, the attraction is immediate and strong. First love blossoms in the Berkshire woods (”a little bit of heaven, here on earth,” Samantha calls the pastoral setting), angering Jasper, who has known Samantha practically his entire life. These new feelings and the romantic triangle that develops are only the beginning of a new journey for Kelley, Samantha and Jasper, as they ultimately make life-changing discoveries about themselves and each other.

Directors: Piznarski Mark

Actors: Klein Chris,Hartnett Josh,Rooker Michael,Greenwood Bruce,Wilson Stuart,Saxon Ronni,Fitzgerald Tac,Eidem Erik,Fehst Zach,Drama,Romance,

is this messed up or what?? (conversation between father and son)?
the following conversation happened between my father and I from 6:36am and 7:00am
let it be noted that my father and I are both very capable of proper english but like the majority of people on the internet
we use the internet lingo lol.
for safety reasons ive removed actual names and such.

12/29/2009 6:36:55 AM

SON:anyways i think im gonna do that phoenix thing if jcc dont start workin
FATHER: ITS NOT THE SAME THING
SON: what you mean?
FATHER: COLLEGE IS A SOCIAL THING
SON: you know i dont give a s*** about socializing i just want the degree dad
FATHER: NOT SOCIAL LIVING BEHIND A COMPUTER SCREEN
SON: cuz once i get my degree i can piss on all the a**holes that made fun of me and said im never gonna have anything in life
FATHER: U STILL HAVE TO LEARN HOW 2 WORK WITH OTHERS AFTER YOU GO TO WORK
SON: i know that
FATHER: I KNOW YOU LIKE BUCKING THE SYSTEM
SON: yes and you also know that like our great grandfather , i like to be the conductor of the orchestra not the pissant piccolo player
SON: and besides more than 30% (*estimate*) of all successful major business owners started "behind a computer screen", i mean look at bill gates an the guys who created yahoo

*a few minutes went by*

FATHER: DO YOU REALLY FEEL THAT LUCKY
SON: in a sense yes, but the question i ask myself is do i feel that smart?
SON: and the answer i tell myself is yes
FATHER: WELL I CAN ONLY HOPE YOU WAKE UP BEFORE YOU TURN FORTY
SON: i pride myself on coming from a long line of what society calls "wizards" (*people that have a certain talent for things*) theres you, and grampa, and plenty of others
SON: and what if i become successful hows it gonna make you feel that you didnt support me
SON: ?
FATHER: IDK I JUST WANT YOU TO COME DOWN TO EARTH WHERE REALITY REALLY IS
SON: dad honestly how far has reality gotten YOU in this life???
FATHER: AT YOUR PRESENT RATE I WILL NOT LIVE TO SEE YOU SUCEED
SON: so then do me a favor LIE, if you dont think im gonna make it before you die then just give me fake support
FATHER: BUT
FATHER: IM REAL
FATHER: ALWAYS BEEN REAL
FATHER: THATS WHY I DONT DRINK
FATHER: DONT DO DRUGS
SON: nobodies talkin about drugs dad
FATHER: AND DIDNT CHEAT UNLESS CHEATED ON
SON: all im talkin about is getting a degree
FATHER: ME NEITHER JUST STATING THE FACTS
FATHER: AND OF ALL PEOPLE WHY WOULD ANY 1 WANT THERE DAD TO SUPPORT BS
FATHER: SON THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IN LIFE IS TO SURVIVE
FATHER: ANY THING MORE IS GREAT
SON: b cuz at least w fake support i actually feel like i have you standing behind me in what i do instead of feeling like you give me the cold shoulder like you do in everything that i do
FATHER: YOUR BROTHER BUCKED THE SYSTEM HIS WHOLE LIFE SO FAR
SON: HOW CAN YOU SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRE?????
FATHER: U HAVE TO
SON: y ? bcuz the government and society says i have to?
FATHER: YUP
FATHER: DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE US ACTUALLY CONTROLL THE MONEY HERE
SON: ok dad seriously where would your "society" be without the people like me that took the incentive to take the great leap of faith and hope for greatness?
FATHER: 1 IN 50,000 SUCCEED
FATHER: AND IN THE MEAN TIME PEOPLE LIKE YOUR WORKING MOTHER HAVE TO SUPPORT YOUR DREAM LIFE
FATHER: AND ME
SON: i like those odds dad, how many ppl are there in the world 7 BILLION um thats 140000 in the world not just the US successful ppl dad

12/29/2009 7:00:32 AM

*= information i added

i only want opinions on this conversation im not here to rant or complain i just want some opinions from what everyone that reads this thinks


idk. a lt of people’s dads dont suport them. just do your own thing. that is all yu can do. and hope for the best.
Gwapes | Dec 29, 2009


it didn’t seem messed up, just getting serious.
unguardian217 | Dec 29, 2009


Truth be told you don’t need a degree to be successful! college was all about socializing, however it does prepare you for whatever type of work you want.

I do have an engineering degree and college did help me with that! You can’t be an engineer nor get paid engineering money if you don’t have that piece of paper (degree)… so figure out what you want to do, and then consider do I really need that piece of paper.

Seriously the cost of college vs. the rewards sometimes is not worth it if what you want to do is not a professional career.

Talk to a guidance councelor dude… she could help you out. But basically if you want to be paid the big bucks get a degree in something that you like and pays the big bucks. But for example you can make a very decent living joining the Armed forces… they pay extremely well, feed you and give you money for clothes and housing and you don’t really need a degree for it! So figure out what you want to do and go for it! But in the case of if you want to join the Armed forces it makes no sense to go to college spend the money and then join the armed forces… be smart about it!

That’s it good luck pal!
SATAN Prince of Darkness | Dec 29, 2009

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

IMDB rating: 7.10

Plot: After the long career of lawman that made him a legend, Wyatt Earp deciedes to quit and join his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. There he would see them in feud with Clantons, local clan of thugs and cattle thieves. When the showdown becomes inevitable, the help will come from Doc Holliday, terminally-ill gambler who happens to be another Wild West legend.

check it

Directors: Sturges John

Actors: Lancaster Burt,Douglas Kirk,Ireland John,Bettger Lyle,Faylen Frank,Holliman Earl,de Corsia Ted,Hopper Dennis,Bissell Whit,Mathews George,Hudson John,Kelley DeForest,Milner Martin,Western,

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral…?
Do you believe the events leading up to the famous gunfight were accurately depicted in the movie Tombstone? If not, why not?


I think they were accurately depicted to a certain extent. However, I don’t know of any movie that sticks completely to historical facts, when doing those types of movies. They have to spice things up, to make the audience want to watch it. Anyway, the myths and facts surrounding that gunfight are so varied, that nobody really knows what exactly happened anyway. All we have to go on is heresay.

libra27 | Aug 23, 2006

Compass, The

Compass, The
Compass, The (2009)

IMDB rating: 5.00

Plot: Biology governs 20 percent of our lives; the remaining 80 percent is up to us. With this in mind, wellness expert John Spencer Ellis set out to create a life guide to help people realize their potential and achieve success. The Compass is the result. Tracing the journey of a character called the Traveler, the film provides the motivational messages and tools you need to lead an outstanding and fulfilling life.

Download Compass, The

Directors: Greenlee Marlowe

Actors: Adams Craig,Assaraf John,Brown Les,Conti Jerry,Demartini John,Eker T. Harv,Ellis Jerry,Ellis John Spencer,Greenlee Bill,Jeary Tony,Lipton Ph.D. Bruce,Miller Peter,Morrison Dr. Topher,Perk,Ralston Tim,Documentary,

What would cause a compass to bounce 2-3 degrees for a period time without settling down?
Yesterday I put a military-type lensatic compass on a table. It bounced continuously for several minutes about 2 – 3 degrees before stopping. I am curious as to what type of interference would cause this. The weather conditions were cloudy/low overcast with no noticeable wind. I live in Central California.


Those kind of disturbances are usually caused by a nearby conductor with an electric current. The current creates a circular magnetic field around the conductor, which attracts the poles of the compass. It might be a power line up above or a smaller conductor nearby.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagn et

The disturbances can also be caused by solar wind, if it’s blowing harder than normal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind
Hemuli | Jan 06, 2010

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