Post an obscure and pointless fact

[YosemiteSam]

In the middle-ages. Animals used to get tried for crimes like humans. I pig was once publicly hung for murder and another public burning cause it was found eating a deceased human.

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Pigs will eat anything. Including each other. They are unapologetic cannibals. If a pig dies in the vicinity of other pigs, they won't hesitate to dig in.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Pigs will eat anything. Including each other. They are unapologetic cannibals. If a pig dies in the vicinity of other pigs, they won't hesitate to dig in.

Man, that's gross.

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Man, that's gross.

There's a reason pigs are considered unclean in the Old Testament.

 

[CouchCoach]

The next tome someone mentione the "good old days", I am showing them this

 

[Reverend Conehead]

There's a reason pigs are considered unclean in the Old Testament.

The OT writers were maybe onto something.

 

[CouchCoach]

I nominate this thread to be the most accurate one in the history of the Zone.

 

[Runwildboys]

Man, that's gross.

BACON!!!

 

[Londonboy]

Man, that's gross.

They deserve to be killed and slow-roasted.

 

[CouchCoach]

BACON!!!

And your bacon has been eating bacon.

 

[Runwildboys]

And your bacon has been eating bacon.

BACON SQUARED!!!!!

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Pigs also don't sweat. So the old adage, "sweating like a pig" is inaccurate. They lack sweat glands. If they overheat, they die, because their body can't adjust. That's why they roll in the mud, to cover their skin to keep cool from the sun.

 

[cowboyec]

Elvis released 5 "Live" albums during his lifetime.
•In Person at the International...'69...his return to live performances was a knock-out.
hi-lights include...My Babe and an 8min Suspicious Minds.
•On Stage...recorded in Feb 1970...polk salad annie,walk a mile in my shoes,sweet caroline and the wonder of you are among the hi-lights.
•As Recorded At Madison Square Garden...June of '72...one of his greatest albums.
•Aloha from Hawaii-via satellite...double album was his last #1 LP.
•Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis...1974 live album features the iconic How Great Thou Art which would win him a grammy for best vocal performance of a gospel song.

 

[RJ_MacReady]

Speaking of "Sweating like a pig":

Humans can outrun almost any animal over long distances due to our efficient up-right running position and our ability to dissipate heat. The one animal that can hang with us, due to it's unique ability to pant, we made our best friend.

 

[Runwildboys]

Speaking of "Sweating like a pig":

Humans can outrun almost any animal over long distances due to our efficient up-right running position and our ability to dissipate heat. The one animal that can hang with us, due to it's unique ability to pant, we made our best friend.

I think horses do okay, as well as deer, and many other animals. Or are you talking strictly about predators?

 

[timb2]

The Werewolf is based on some facts from 1700s & 1800s. There was a true story of a demonic werewolf killing and eating people in a small town France. The villagers said it was not a wolf but different with the main of a man with dead black eyes and a demonic laugh. A villager finally killed the werewolf and just recently investigators found the werewolf stuffed in a French museum archives. Come to find out it was a Hyena. The investigators reasoned that a Hyena was owned probably from some rich land owner who for prestiege kept exotic animals and the Hyena got away and NO WAY was this rich land owner going to say one of his exotic pets was killing and eating the villagers.

https://www.google.com/search?q=hye...h=719#imgrc=mswj2Uz-DGD4iM:&spf=1531853919121

 

[DallasEast]

Pigs are being painted in a totally negative light, so I wanted to show that they can be looked upon favorably also--like judges!

 

[Reverend Conehead]

The Swiss government has mandated a program to provide every Swiss citizen a bomb shelter. Today, Switzerland boasts close to a readily available shelter for every resident.

 

[RJ_MacReady]

I think horses do okay, as well as deer, and many other animals. Or are you talking strictly about predators?

I don't know. I just remember someone telling me that that was how we, as humans, were able to hunt animals that were faster than us. A team of people would just chase the animal, it would outrun us and then sit still, we'd track it/catch-up and push it to run some more, rinse and repeat until the animal succumbed to heat exhaustion. Keep in mind, the hunters probably didn't have to run the whole time. Probably a mixture of walking/jogging.

**Edit**
It was called "Persistence Hunting". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Pigs are being painted in a totally negative light, so I wanted to show that they can be looked upon favorably also--like judges!

Well, pigs are incredibly smart. Like smarter than dogs.