Random facts

[psikid@cox.net]

does anybody know any random facts like there is a chemical in turkey meat that makes you tired.

[Arkacia]

I remember reading somwhere, that Santa Clause was originally dressed in green, and had been for centuries.
The famous red suit was the result of an advertising campaign by coca cola. They chose the red, because they thought the green was'nt bright enough to catch peoples eye.

[psikid@cox.net]

the longest homerun was like 3 miles because it landed on a train.

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is the only 15 letter word that doesn't have a letter repeat

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[DuSK]

more people are alive today than have ever died

Eleanor Roosevelt was the only first lady to carry a loaded revolver

The first word spoken on the moon was ‘Okay’

Edit DuSK, I have merged your other two posts in with this one. Please don't multi post like that ;):).

[Unbreakable9]

typewriter is the longest word you can type in just 1 line of keys

[donkey720]

In Bhutan everyone becomes a yesr older on New Years Day

[cheese is so good]

Ur Thumb Gets Smaller If U Suck It

[donkey720]

there are two chapters in the bible that are almost exactly the same

[psikid@cox.net]

3.78 liters in gallon
the longest on syllable word in english is "screeched"

the number "4" is a bad luck number in japan they don't have hotel rooms that are number 4.

like the number "13" is bad luck in america.


EDIT I have merged the two posts, psikid please don't multi post

[mark]

you can drop an ant from any hight and it wont die

[Maverick]

racecar is the same spelled backwards as it is forward

[Aelwryn]

'dreamt' is the only word in the english language that ends in 'mt'

[FrEaK]

go is the shortest complete sentence in the english sentance

you cannot drown an and by putting water into its ant mound

paintballs are made of geletin

ncyclopedia comes fram a latin mans name who thought he know more than god

a red light is the only color light that cannot blind you if it is too bright

the word "school" comes from a greek man who couldnt count to 11

Edit Non offensive posts merged, the offensive posts were deleted. Please read the rules thread, and post properly (Clarified for Maverick).

[Maverick]

you are not a good speller. lol

[Mick]

Light takes 8 and a half minutes to reach Earth from the Sun

[asmodeus]

the word facetious is the only word that uses all of the vowels in order

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in either china or japan (cant remember which) when you are born you are already 1 year old

[fauqur]

if you drink a glass of London, UK tap water it has already passed through 9 people before you.

the seahorse is the only male that gives birth

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[little lolly]

one person dies every 5 secounds

One baby is born every 3 secounds

one animal dies every 25 secounds

there is always someone driving on the road

[asmodeus]

pigs are the cleanest animal on earth

cow meat is beef

[queeny]

aparently more people die every year as a result of coconuts landing on their heads than shark attacks.

[irish_vampire]

i herd that a banana is a herb.
:D :rolleyes:

and u cant lick ur own elbow

[starbucks214]

A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day. :eek:

[garynightingale]

did u know that ants taste like chicken

[bluemoon]

if you lift up my rug you wil find life that had never been discovered!

[cellardoor]

if u cut off the tip of ur finger it will grow back..weird eh

[Star]

all the continents start and end with the same letter
AmericA
AsiA
EuropE
AustraliA
AntarcticA

the inventor of the lightbulb was scared of the dark

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[Baller]

*the average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

*A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

[HinesDaMan]

Supposedly 1 in 5 $20 Bills in America have traces of cocaine on them

1 in 4 $10 have traces of marijuana on them

[donkey720]

More people are killed annually by donkeys than air crashes
GO DONKEYS!!!

[Fleet Asset]

Flying fish can "skim" the water for up to 100mtrs at a time

[collosal9765]

A banana is a flower
A pineapple is a berry
Half a byte is called a nybble
The average snail moves at a rate of approx
0.000362005 miles an hour
There are ten human body parts that have
three letters:eye, hip, arm, leg, ear, toe,
jaw, rib, lip and gum.
Mint keeps moths away from clothes.
These were random facts courtesy of me finding them.

[Bad To The Bone]

The strawberry is the only fruit to have its seeds on the outside.

[slicedonions]

i like mark's drop an ant from any height, it made me picture multiple falling ants...which can be funny if you imagine it

[NeonShadows]

Ummmm, well a quasicrystal is the only crystal to not have a repeating structure.... The core of the sun is made of plasma, and is 15 million degrees C..... and the 'Lake of the Woods' located on the Canadian-US border has more islands than any other lake in the world, with an estimated 14,000 islands. The lake also has 65,000 miles of shore line. Don't ask....

[queeny]

you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people.
starfish can turn their stomachs insideout

dreamt is the only english word that ends in mt.

[yarnellcg17]

Samuel Morse, the inventor of the morse code, was a painter as well.
One of his portraits is of the first governor of Arkansas and hangs in
the governor's mansion of that state.

Ice-cream cones were first served in 1904 at the world's fair in St.
Louis, MO. US Patent # 3,477,070.

Mr. Peanut was invented in 1916 by a Suffolk, Virginia, schoolchild
who won $5 in a design contest sponsored by Planters Peanuts.

[JsWoman]

The penguin isn't the only bird that can't fly.

A worm can move faster, through the ground, than a snail can, above it.

[yarnellcg17]

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

The Roller Coaster was invented in the 17th century in Russia.

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles
Jung!

[JsWoman]

A worm can feel raindrops hitting the ground above them, and surface until the rain has stopped.

A worm will drown in a puddle of water.

[yarnellcg17]

Your eyeballs are three and a half percent salt.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

The human brain is 80% water.

[JsWoman]

Roadrunner is the fastest ground bird, and it also can't fly.

Another non-flying bird is the ostrich.

[yarnellcg17]

The word Mrs. Cannot be written in full.

The most difficult language to learn is Basque.

Broccoli is the only vegetable that is a flower.

[JsWoman]

Missus (or misses, if you are talking about another word) is how I was taught to spell it. If it's an abbreviation, there has to be a full spelling for it. :p

[yarnellcg17]

The word Mrs. at one time it was referred to being spelled Mistress..well it wasn't an appropriate title for a wife..so it was made void from spelling. and only the abbrev. will due..
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In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

[JsWoman]

Odontophobia I thought was the fear of dentists.

[yarnellcg17]

Main Entry: odontophobia
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a fear of teeth
Etymology: odonto- `teeth'
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It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

[JsWoman]

Your nails also continue to grow, after you die, for about the same time as your hair does. (He obviously forgot to add that :angel2: )

[yarnellcg17]

The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

[JsWoman]

Neanderthal man's brain was not only bigger than the modern day one, but they also used the front lobe, more than we do.

[yarnellcg17]

1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.

I'm sure it can be smelled in other ways too

[JsWoman]

Every fetus starts out as a female, before the y chromosome changes some into boys.

Nordic explorers were the first to explore North America.

[yarnellcg17]

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

[JsWoman]

Ummm.. Currently the Democrats', plus many independants' and republicans', most hated person is President George Bush. (Current day)

[yarnellcg17]

When snakes are born they are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. :rolleyes: don't know about that 1 :rolleyes:

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.

[JsWoman]

The outback is also called the Bush. (or however it's spelt)

[yarnellcg17]

A person would die if all of the toxic ingredients of one cigarette
were directly injected into the bloodstream.

55,700 people in the US are injured by jewelry each year.

[rowleyskater]

racecar is the same forwards AND BACKWARDS!! haha

lol

[yarnellcg17]

Found this floating around..so I figure I’d post it..

Of all U.S. Presidents, none lived to be older than John Adams, who died at
the age of 91.

Well this above random fact is incorrect…

John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826)
John Adams was born on October 30 (October 19 Old Style, Julian Calendar), 1735
On July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Adams died at Quincy, Mass. 119 days before age 91.. At 90 years, 247 days.
For 175 years, til 2001 He was the oldest living former US President..
Ronald Reagan succeeded that on October 26, 2001

Reagan now holds the record as the longest lived U.S. president, at 93 years and 120 days. Since Reagan's death on June 5, 2004. Gerald Ford is now the oldest surviving president at 92, and will overtake Reagan's record if he lives to or beyond November 11, 2006.

[JoeN]

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

[donkey720]

the human body contains enough iron to make a six-inch nail
enough sulphur to kill all fleas on the average dog
phospurus to make 2000 match heads
and water to fill a ten gallon tank

[JoeN]

In 1980 Bennett Cerf bet Theodor Geisel (or as we know him Dr. Seuss) $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham.

[enderofall03]

If there was a girl who was exactly porportioned like a Barbie doll she would have to crawl around on all four because she would be too top heavy and her ankles could not support the weight of her body

[tombombadom]

does anybody know any random facts like there is a chemical in turkey meat that makes you tired.

The best stunt dive is from 335m up and it was done in 1979 by Dar Robinson:cool:

[Kaboose]

hmmmmmm


Weed Cures Artritus

[Arkacia]

Yes, I've heard stinging nettles applied to the joint does work. Not been game to try it myself though.

[monkeybob]

crocs cant swallow

[Twig]

Four is the only number that has the same number of digits as it's name.....:p

[scaley]

I don't think this is against the rules but a pigs orgasm lasts 30 minutes :p