Interesting fact...

Hm, I think I've heard of this before except it was long ago and I was told that when you squeeze your fingers together (like your index and your thumb), that no matter how hard you squeeze your never really touching... there's always space in between it.

Originally Posted by Adventurer

Hm, I think I've heard of this before except it was long ago and I was told that when you squeeze your fingers together (like your index and your thumb), that no matter how hard you squeeze your never really touching... there's always space in between it.

^ That's true. I don't think that you can ever touch "anything" if you think in the term of atoms and electrons.

I don't know much about Chemistry myself, but I think it's possible that we are in fact "floating," and that everything is not attached to anything else.

I can float when I sit down.

I just need 4 bean burritos.

Originally Posted by Panique

I dunno if you die, but your heart stops for a microsecond when you sneeze. Hence people saying "bless you".

Nope. Your heart keeps ticking right along.

The "bless you", as has been said, comes from the belief that sneezing either allowed demons in, or was a sign of demonic possession.

Originally Posted by Queen Kika "Kittie Kara" of Pen Island

I can float when I sit down.

I just need 4 bean burritos.

ooh, then you can make your own jaccuzzi, just take a bath

My Science teacher told me about it this year.

Everything's like that, though. When you type, your fingers don't actually touch the keys, there's actually a bit of space between the two, etc. But the space is incredibly small.

The "bless you", as has been said, comes from the belief that sneezing either allowed demons in, or was a sign of demonic possession.

Really?
I read that it came from an ancient belief that you let a bit of your soul out when you sneezed, and saying "God bless you" kept it from staying out, or something to that effect.

Originally Posted by Jimes

I have heard as well that you die temporally when you sneeze.

Or pemanently, if you die of 'flu or something.

Originally Posted by Princess Tsunata "Amnya" of Pen Island

I read that it came from an ancient belief that you let a bit of your soul out when you sneezed, and saying "God bless you" kept it from staying out, or something to that effect.

Actually, it was from the days of yore when nearly every disease was fatal and you were being blessed before you die.

Originally Posted by Sailboat

My fact? Where else?


BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY

BILL NYE RULEHZ!!!!

and interesting fact AMP

One time I tried to explain this to a girl by saying she wasn't actually touching her pants, not really, and her head gosh dang near exploded.

Originally Posted by AMP1317

I told a few of my friends this, but some don't believe me.

Did you know whenever you walk sit, or do whatever... Your accually floating a VERY VERY small amount off the ground or area where your sitting... Cool huh?

Explanataion: Since we are all made up of atoms, with a negative electron shell, it's like a magnet. The two of the same charge repel, so really, we are floating a little... What do you think of that?

I know some may know, or others may not believe it, but I just thought it was interesting.

You could test this by getting very thin objects and sliding them through.

If they don't work it's either:

1. It's closer together than you think.

2. It's not true.

Originally Posted by AMP

Did you know whenever you walk sit, or do whatever... Your accually floating a VERY VERY small amount off the ground or area where your sitting... Cool huh?

AH!
It's like you read my mInd!
.. or maybe I hacked into yours ... no matter! xD

Anyway, I was thinking of this jUST the other day in another way. See, I run/walk to and from the place where I usually do my scribbles, and on that day, I felt that as I ran, my feet weren't ACTually touching the ground EVery time. As in .. there wasn't an "impact" at times and it was like floating.

Naturally, that made me very happy.

BecAU~se ..
see, since I was a wee lassie, i was and am scared of dogs. Especially the teeny type who never stop jumping up and down excitedly- those are the wORst xD
In fact, here's my usual plight (slight exaggeration of shortness, but it is, alas, one of my negative features :< ):




Thinking about fLoating..
ok, you know with the wheelies, cars.. pLANEs... do you think someone will ever find a way to have it so we can float a wee bit off the ground? turn it on and off whenever we want/need? aye .. a bit like those hoverboot thingies in Zelda. Because if sO.. LOOK AT THE ULTIMATE WIN THAT WOULD THEN HAPPEN ^-^:




TadAaAAa!

Asia: 1
Doggies: 0

=D
see? iit's a fantAStic idea!
(come on GDwarf .. please tell me it's plausibe )

Originally Posted by GDwarf

Nope. Your heart keeps ticking right along.

The "bless you", as has been said, comes from the belief that sneezing either allowed demons in, or was a sign of demonic possession.

Ahaaa.. interesting.
See, we say "Alhamdulillah" after sneezing (person who sneezes says so) since, apparently, it's one of the body's ways to flush out germs and such and that's .. something to be grateful for.
If there's someone in the vicinity, they should typically reply with "Yarhamoka Allah" : "May God have Mercy on you" -- again, a reference to illness and wishing that if one ever falls ill and dies, that they be .. well.. accepted mercifully and such. i think .
I just thought it fun to compare whatsits! :p

Originally Posted by Mike the Foxhog

Actually, it was from the days of yore when nearly every disease was fatal and you were being blessed before you die.

Interesting =O
And has merit

I sometimes envy and miss the matter-of-factness outlook that people before had that we may have lost.

Asia, it could also have something to do with little satans hiding in people's noses ;0)

DON'T STARE!! :0P

Originally Posted by Big Bro Davidia

Asia, it could also have something to do with little satans hiding in people's noses ;0)

DON'T STARE!! :0P

Oh..

The doctor should give people little excorsisms then, instead of those awful nose sprays :<

Originally Posted by Lysis

As for the emptiness of atoms, this page displays a scale model of an atom, where the electron is the size of one pixel. The page is approximately eleven miles long.

Wow, that makes the Big Bang theory a lot more credible for me now ._.