Topic: Cool things most people don't know (maybe).

For Gmail users:

Did you know you can use your account as a phone?
Let me elaborate- You know how on Skype you can make calls to any phone? But you have to have credits, which means you have to pay. Well, on Gmail, you can call anyone in the US for free. Other countries, it costs a few cents a minute.

You can find this on the left side of the screen under chat.

Then, on the right side, this should pop up:

I've only used this about 4 times. Very convenient in special circumstances (such as not wanting to use up minutes on your cell but also not want to use a pay phone or one in your hotel room).

And I guess it could be useful for prank calls. But don't blame me if you get in trouble for messing around

i've used that once before... to find my cell phone when i couldn't find it one day, lol
_{it was buried deep in my purse D:}

That could actually be really useful.
But I imagine that it would sound horrible with MY speakers.

Wow. That is really cool. I did not know that.
Also, Brandon Boobies.

lol My name is Brandon.

And the status was boobies... it's outdated, really.

But don't anyone else have something cool to share...?

@metroidmasher You could use a headset if you have one. Sound comes from my laptop speakers, so I have no problem, and you could always use headphones.

Neat tip: Wii Headbanger (lol funny name) headset works perfectly with computers. Another cool thing. used it alot for my GE007 online matches through skype. freaking awesome I say.

Not to offend Christians but on History Channel experts discovered that Jesus Christ was a roman emperor who led Rome out of dark times.I know it sounds crazy,I just saw on TV thats all.I not 100% sure if it's true.

...you'd think people would hear more about that if that were true. Like seriously, I wanna watch that and see what this "expert" has to say.

Yeah and Confucius had his own Chinese dynasty. Where do people come up with this stuff?

I'm thinking there may have been a little misunderstanding going on...this comes from the history channel's own website.

http://www.history.com/topics/jesus-christ

Not cool, more like weird. But....
Did you know?
Spartan brides had to cut off their hair and dress as males for their wedding.
Why dress as males? Well, in good ol Sparta, females were lower than dirt in the social ladder, so dressing as males made it less "dishonoring" and more confortable for their husbands (it helped getting them used to female company) and apparently served to protect the newlyweds to ward off the evil spirits.

Well, according to wikipedia, I am wrong and women were actually quite the thing in sparta.

Oh.. wow.
That's interesting. Not surprised about women being considered less than dirt but glad things have changed completely since then. I never get why some guys feel uncomftorable around girls. Especially in media in terms of portrayal on shows. It's over used and obnoxious.

Anyhow:

Did you know Sony actually published their first game on SNES in it's late life? Based on some ball looking character (like the character from CluClu Land), and they supplied sound chips for the SNES consoles.

Wow, that gmail thing is very cool! I'll keep it in mind next time I don't have my phone on me.

_{let's not with the recommendation of pranks please — TBD}

Let's go one further.

In ancient Greece (and many other cultures in the world, Japan, for instance), men had sex with women to reproduce and keep the family line going.

Men had sex with men for fun. People were comfortable with homosexuality back in those days.

Fun? Why didn't I think of that D:
_{and here I was doing that because... it wasn't fun? oh wait}

I've got another fun fact for you all! Australia is almost in the main International Ice Hockey league. You Americans should be very worried.

Do Australians play American Football? Because Hockey isn't that popular here, but good for Aussies... Ironic, because when I think of Ice, Australia is the last thing to come to mind.

Embarassing.

Another cool fact: For those who are sick (common cold for example) and hate those bitter nast medicine, your best alternative is to eat Oranges or take some Vitamin C supplements. Be wary, eating too much oranges isn't good for your teeth (Citric Acid). But them fruits have saved me plenty while I was staying on campus and was getting sick.

We play it better than the Americans play Rugby, let's leave it at that

Isn't it like really cold in australia right now, though?

Australia doesn't get "really cold." The coldest places here rarely go below 0C.

We certainly don't get much ice or snow or any of that nasty stuff.