[KellieCM]

unclew said:

3.Almonds are members of the peach family.

Not really. Almonds are a drupe (not a true tree nut), and a member of the genus Prunus, which includes plums, cherries, peaches, and apricots. So they are more like the brother to the peach and those other fruits.

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4.The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

This is one of many names for it, but not the definitively correct name. It is also called a crosshatch, a hash, a pound sign, a number sign, and a waffle.

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17.Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

Not according to Wikipedia: Telly Savalas Louis Armstrong

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24.A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

Not according to Mythbusters

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25.It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Again, we turn to Mythbusters It is difficult, but not impossible, and your eyes won't even pop out of your head if you do.

[unclew]

Kellie, I don't vouch for the accuracy of those "facts". The ones that I did check have to do with word forms and unusual facts (my preoccupation), like numbers 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 28 & 31.

[KellieCM]

Oh I didn't mean that as some sort of "you're dumb, those are wrong" comments. I just knew a few of them were wrong or proven inaccurate and wanted to share, that's all. :)

[unclew]

kellie said:

Oh I didn't mean that as some sort of "you're dumb, those are wrong" comments. I just knew a few of them were wrong or proven inaccurate and wanted to share, that's all. :)

Kellie, I didn't take it that way. I didn't mean for my reply to sound defensive. I appreciate you fact-checking some of the items. Coincidentally I maintain an Internet rumor debunking site that I encourage my friends to check before forwarding many questionable emails.

[JimH443]

I always refer people to www.snopes.com

[mphenterprises]

Hi Uncle, and anyone who may know this answer. I absolutely loved the movie Wanted. In the movie, one of the most dramatic scenes is when the actors curved the bullets. Now, I did a quick Google search and there are plenty of people on either side of the fence. So, myth of fact, can one curve a bullet?

Hi Kellie. This would be a great myth for Mythbusters to try.

[JimH443]

Just the other day I saw (on Scince Channel, I believe) a trick shot artist use a curved pipe to shoot a balloon that was behind a glass bottle. I presume the bottle's purpose was to prove the shooter couldn't have hot ot straight on. They showed it in slow motion and the bullet entered the pipe, was curved by it, and then hit the balloon.



If you were asking if it can be turned without some form of ricochet (which is basically what the pipe did), I don't know.

[mphenterprises]

Hi Jim. No, that's not quite what I meant. For example, Mythbusters proved that it is possible to curve a bullet downward....with ten supermagnets. Since the movie is still in the theaters, I cannot show anything but the movie trailer but in the movie, the main character curves a bullet around Angelina Jolie's head and hits a target behind her. Yes, I know it is Hollywood and anything is possible in Hollywood but I would be very interested in knowing if the physics behind this action pretty much blows this myth away.

[rtfire1]

its a sword law from old as they say it.

[rtfire1]

if you are fast like so fast that the bullet is still in the gun barrel you might be able to curve the bullet no one is 100% sure if it will or will not work. We should ask Super Man where he is fast then a speeding bullet.

[wzigrang]

#5. I haven't looked this up, but if memory serves (apologies to Chairman Kaga) the crossbar on a "t" is a "tittle", and the dot over the "i" (or "j") is a "jot"; note the similarity to "iota"



Bill Zigrang

[unclew]

Grazing on a curve...

[unclew]

When I Googled "curve" & "bullet" I got over two million hits so the movie has clearly generated a lot of discussion. The most logical answer I saw was from wiki.answers in Physics:

Can you curve a bullet like in the movie wanted?
In: Physics

No, ballistic momentum is linear in travel.

The rotational kinetic energy can not be manipulated to create a horizontal parabolic path. This rotation ensures the bullet is moving with its tip forward.

The only "curve" is that of gravity acting on the bullet and bringing it closer and closer to earth.

[rtfire1]

The thing I was just reading say that depending on the head and the load weight it could be done by what the numbers say but a normal bullet unless there was a production flaw should not be able to do it. I will try to post the link when i get home they show the math and all that on how it would work. they also used the one example I have see work and thats using a pintball marker you can curve the paintball if done right. one note a paintball is a lot slower then a bullet.

[mphenterprises]

unclew said:

The only "curve" is that of gravity acting on the bullet and bringing it closer and closer to earth.

Hi Uncle. That would make sense and confirm what Mythbusters found.

[KellieCM]

According to Wikipedia that one was correct. The dot over an i or a j is a tittle.

[KellieCM]

I agree. I don't know for sure but my guess is that a bullet curving mid-trajectory is a movie trick, not actual reality.