Thread: Useless facts/knowledge

Originally Posted by 10Pups

He is on to something...La petite mort, French for "the little death", is an idiom and euphemism for orgasm. Can you just imagine the big death ?

La is feminine, therefore shouldn't that be 'morts'?

Originally Posted by Walterbowens

Humans are the only mammals on earth that drink milk after they are weened !!!

Um... Cats?

Approximate number of atomic particles in the universe: 10^80.

96.3% of all statistics are made up

Originally Posted by UKRob

La is feminine, therefore shouldn't that be 'morts'?

That would make it plural - if you chose to use it in such a way, the correct construct would be: 'les petite morts'/'the little dead'.

According to evolutionary biology, the closest relative to a whale is a hippopotamus (Intelligent Design craziness exempted).

Originally Posted by Christel

That would make it plural - if you chose to use it in such a way, the correct construct would be: 'les petite morts'/'the little dead'.

Can't resist the pull of my patriotic duty vis à vis my country's bilingualism and offer some help en français... The plural form would also affect the adjective, and so 'les petites morts' would be indicative of a very good night indeed.

Canada's $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills are made of polymer (i.e. plastic).

Originally Posted by Christel

That would make it plural - if you chose to use it in such a way, the correct construct would be: 'les petite morts'/'the little dead'.
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Well I don't know about you but every woman I've ever known has had several orgasms to my one. Maybe that's just me but that makes it plural as far as I'm concerned.

Originally Posted by Cangooner

*SNIP*
Canada's $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills are made of polymer (i.e. plastic).

That's not useless...that's smart!

I think this is only useful if your a scientist but due to the charges of the particles that make up our body and the resulting repulsion of like charged particles your technically never touching anything...more or less. I didn't want to write an essay so I left out the nuances.

Originally Posted by cosperryan

I think this is only useful if your a scientist but due to the charges of the particles that make up our body and the resulting repulsion of like charged particles your technically never touching anything...more or less. I didn't want to write an essay so I left out the nuances.

That's a really good one...the concept had always fascinated me!