Interesting Facts

[Shayne]

Time for little known facts ladies ie,


Coca-Cola was originally green.

[Shayne]

<DIV>It is impossible to burp laying on you back (i wanna try disprove this)</DIV>

[Shayne]

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<DIV>Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.</DIV>

[biffon]

don't think you can outrun a fly - they can get to speeds of 65Km/h

[Poison]

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

[Poison]

Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people do.

[Poison]

Human blood travels 60,000 miles (96,540 km) per day on its journey through the body.

[Poison]

A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

[Shayne]

If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens, a hen will often take the role, stop laying, and begin to crow.

[Poison]

A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down..smileys/smiley5.gif

[Poison]

All polar bears are left handed.smileys/smiley17.gif

[Poison]

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

[Poison]

Turtles can breathe through their arse.smileys/smiley36.gifsmileys/smiley36.gif


Cool man.smileys/smiley4.gif

[Shayne]

Turtles can breathe through their arse.smileys/smiley36.gifsmileys/smiley36.gif


Cool man.smileys/smiley4.gif





I can too, But only one way.

[TiGeR]

smileys/smiley36.gif...remember Clinton Miles Shane? (a m8 of ours from SJC who could make himself fart how other okes can burp! smileys/smiley11.gif)


Zimbabwe is the worlds no.1 manufacturer/ exporter of landmines smileys/smiley5.gif


We also have the worlds most respected &amp; experienced mine clearing company...smileys/smiley5.gif


...coincidence?

[Poison]

I didn't know that stuff about Zimsmileys/smiley5.gif

[Poison]

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

[TiGeR]

Now THERE'S a thing!...


Did you know that its physically impossible to lick your own elbow? (bet you all try it!?)

[biffon]

geez dude i nearly dislocated my shoulder - ouch!

[Adam]

Oh! man i've got tounge cramp nowsmileys/smiley11.gif

[TiGeR]

...so have the two babes in your avatar...DAMN boy! smileys/smiley36.gif

[Poison]

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.


How interesting is thatsmileys/smiley5.gif

[Greenballs]

Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship, and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common.


It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas.


As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles, you can see what could (and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!


Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening.


After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term "Ship High In Transit" on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.


Thus evolved the term "S.H.I.T. " (Ship High In Transit), which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.


And fuck was something like Fornication under consent of the king- apparently they had to stick a sign with FUCK on their doors!


In the old days they used to tighten and soften their matresses with ropes before bed... thus, the saying "sleep tight!"


The skin is the heaviest organ of the body.


Polar bears need at least 200 pounds of extra fat to survive the summer... how big are those fuckas??

[Poison]

Hey that was an interesting piece of trivia.


Didn't know that SHIT..smileys/smiley36.gif

[Shayne]

Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games

[sally]

where do you lot get this information?

[FerrariSucks]

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

[FerrariSucks]

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

[FerrariSucks]

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

[FerrariSucks]

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

[FerrariSucks]

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.


There are more chickens than people in the world.



Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.


Butterflies taste with their feet.


An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.


A snail can sleep for three years.


A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

[FerrariSucks]

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to3 years of age.


The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.


Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

[FerrariSucks]

I know too much of this smileys/smiley5.gif

[Shayne]

where do you lot get this information?





From the interweb. Search for facts or useless facts.

[sally]

oh, and therei was thinking you guys were so clever! smileys/smiley36.gif

[TiGeR]

Shew ferrari....maybe its all that football you watch...smileys/smiley2.gif

[FerrariSucks]

I have moresmileys/smiley36.gif

[FerrariSucks]

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.


Almonds are a member of the peach family.


"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".


In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.


If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.smileys/smiley5.gif


Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. smileys/smiley3.gif

[biffon]

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.smileys/smiley5.gif


A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.


Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealersmileys/smiley32.gif


The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your
thumb. smileys/smiley18.gif

[horse_nuts]

A Ducks quack doesn't echo


The shortest poem is "Fleas"


7 Up was invented in 1929, 7 because the container was 7 ounces, and up because that is the way the bubbles went.

[FerrariSucks]

A Ducks quack doesn't echo


The shortest poem is "Fleas"


7 Up was invented in 1929, 7 because the container was 7 ounces, and up because that is the way the bubbles went.








Anyone heard the poem "Fleas", if the word fleas is the whole poem then I have a shorter one than that and here is goes;


Poo

[Adam]

sweet

[chantillylace]

A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.


Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.

[chantillylace]

According to a global survey in 1997 by Durex Condoms Canadians are the world's fourth worst lovers. The worst three slots belong to South Africa, Russia, and Poland. - I don't stand a chance do I?

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. - Thank God I'm not a Ferret!

According to Playboy, the most popular sexual aid is erotic literature.

According to statistics, Australian women are the most likely to have sex on the first date. - Looks like some of you guys are ok though!

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes - I wish I was a pig!

[FerrariSucks]

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Fact - A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
Fact - The chicken can travel up to 9 miles per hour.
Fact - There seven distinctive types of combs on chickens: rose, strawberry, single, cushion, buttercup, pea, and V-shaped.
Fact- Unrelated to the chick, the male cock-of-the-rock bird earned the name "cock" because of its rooster-like appearance and combative behavior. The female of the species influenced the word "rock" being added to the name
because of her habit of nesting and rearing the young in sheltered rock niches.
Fact- There are four places in the United State with the word "chicken" in their name. Chicken, Alaska; Chicken Bristle; in
Illinois and Kentucky; and Chicken Town, Pennsylvania.
Fact - The largest chicken egg on record was nearly 12 oz., measuring 12 1/4" around.
Fact - The greatest number of yolks in one chicken egg is nine.
Fact - The record for laying the most eggs: seven in one day.
Fact - There are more chickens in the world than any other domesticated bird. More than one chicken for every human on the
face of this earth.
Fact- The longest distance flown by any chicken is 301 1/2 feet. (as the crow flies)
Fact - Every bird and mammal except the spiny anteater experiences REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.
Fact - Did you know that some breeds of chickens can lay colored eggs? Sure enough, the Ameraucana and Araucana can
lay eggs colored in shades of green or blue, depending on the breed and it's ancestry.
Fact - In 1994, 73,866 million eggs were produced in the U.S. proving once again the U.S. has the best darn chickens in the
world.
Fact - China not only has the most people in the world, but also has the most Horses with 10,000,000 and chickens with over 3,000,000,000 of them.
Fact - Chickens and turkeys are known to cross-breed, these breeds are known as "Turkins".
Fact - The term 'Chicken Pox' didn't come from people believing that they came from chickens, it came from the Old English term 'gican pox' - which means the itching pox.
Fact - Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
Fact - Laid head to claw, KFC chickens consumed worldwide would stretch some 275,094 miles. They would circle the Earth
at the equator 11 times or stretch from the Earth approximately 50,094 miles past the moon.
Fact - There are approximately 450 million chickens in the United States.
Fact - There are more chickens than people in the world.
Fact - Chickens make sounds with actual meaning. They give different alarm calls when threatened by different predators.
Fact - A rooster will attack anything that he thinks will harm the hens ( that includes humans ). Their spurs (located at the back
of their leg ) can cause a very painful puncture wound.
Fact - If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens, a hen will often take the role, stop laying, and begin to crow.
Fact - In Gainesville, Georgia - the chicken capital of the world - it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork! [Source: local ordinance]
Fact - McDonald's in india doesn't serve beef -- only chicken, mutton and fish. [Source: notice displayed in McDonalds bombay outlet ]
Fact - The closest living relative of the t-rex is the chicken.
Fact - The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100 watt bulb for five hours.
Fact - The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

[FerrariSucks]

The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.
The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all:
"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "the king is dead". <Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
All porcupines float in water.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was called "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.
If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural

[Greenballs]

That is the actual local name for Bangkok (Krungthep)... but never used in full as you can imagine!!

[Greenballs]

"Passing the buck" came from the 1800s... during poker games the dealer would have a buck knife in front of him to show his responsibility. When the dealer changed they would pass the buck knife to the next dealer... hence passing the buck. Further... years later poker players changed the buck knife to a silver dolar and that is how the term buck came about for money (100 bucks)

[FerrariSucks]

good stuff dude

[Greenballs]

China grows 2 billion kilos of tobacco and smokes 98% of it plus they import another 200 million kilos for blending purposes! That's 2 million tons... which si 20, 000 40 foot containers of 'gwaai!!!' Anyone for a smoke?

[Aboriginal]

For every person who gives up smoking in the west 5 start in the east!

The average beer has the equivalent nos of calories burnt in a 25 minute jog! (I should be fatter then!)

Cars and War:
Spitfire powered by- Rolls Royce engine
Messershmidt- BMW
Japanese Zero- Mitsubishi (still can't make cars!)

[dallas]

spam stands for Shoulder Pork and hAM

The giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating Human hair

Honey bees have hair on their eyes

In bavaria beer is not considered an alcoholic drink but a staple food

Icecream was originally made without eggs and sugar.

[Chick]

Ladybirds eat pigeon lice

[Patson]

im movin to bavaria ... some really interestin facts there dam....

[Raevoyn]

If a flea was the same size as a human, it could jump to the moon!

[Chick]

Some cats can't climb trees

[Chick]

Yahoo - a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person

Collins Dictionary

Do you think they know this??

[Chick]

Ears are the only facial part that don't stop growing

[sally]

the nose also continues to grow

[Chick]

Thats not good news at all, thought it was just the ears.

[sally]

no definatly ears and nose! i remember thinking in my biology class, shit i am going to look like Dumbo the elephant!!

[mambo]

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.




its how they get their way...


your eyeballs never grow. when you are born, they are full size.

[biffon]

Bamboo is the fastest growing true "plant" in the world
the fastest recorded growth of a single culm(cane) is 47inches in 24hrs (1.2metres!!)

[Chick]

A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right. Since most are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. And that's where women's buttons have remained since.

[Chick]

Q: Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?

A: In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X. Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations specified in the document. The X and the kiss
eventually became synonymous.

[sally]

here is a big X for all those i love and miss XX

[Chick]

xx

[Chick]

INTERESTING STUFF
>
> In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to
> beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the
> rule of thumb'
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> Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled
> 'Gentlemen Only..Ladies Forbidden'...and thus the word GOLF entered into
> the English language.
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> The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred
> and Wilma Flintstone.
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> Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S . Treasury.
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> Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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> Coca-Cola was originally green.
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> It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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> The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
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> Alaska
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> The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
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> The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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> The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400
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> The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour:
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> 61,000
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> Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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> The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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> The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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> Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
> history:
>
> Spades - King David
>
> Hearts - Charlemagne
>
>
> Clubs -Alexander, the Great
>
>
> Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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> 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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> If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
> the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in
> the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the
> horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
> causes.
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> Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
> Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
> the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
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> Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
>
>
> A. Their birthplace
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> Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
> requested?
>
> A. Obsession
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> Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until
> you would find the letter 'A'?
>
> A. One thousand
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> Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
> printers all have in common?
>
> A. All were invented by women.
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> Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
>
> A. Honey
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> Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the
> year?
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>
> A. Father's Day
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> In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
>
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> When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed
> firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... 'goodnight, sleep tight.'
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> It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month
> after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with
> all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their
> calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which
> we know today as the honeymoon.
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> In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England
> , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your
> pints and quarts, and settle down.'
>
>
> It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'
>
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> Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the
> rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they
> used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase
> inspired by this practice.
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> At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
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>
> Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you
> can read it.
>
> I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
> The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at
> Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
> wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be
> in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed
> it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
> lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

[Chick]

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when...

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

[Nyala]

Threads merged

[Raevoyn]

Some beuts there!

[Chick]

Threads merged

Thanks for the merge Nyala, I feel better now!

in merge heaven

[Nyala]

My pleasure, Chick. :)

[Raevoyn]

I love the pursuit of trivial information ... it has always fascinated me!

[Chick]

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[Cez]

some interesting stuff there...

[Raevoyn]

Loved these Chick, I've always had a facination with Top Ten lists, I dunno why!

[sally]

wow those were very interesting, a few surprises actually!!!

[isaracorgitan]

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
actualy my friend did it, but he doesnt recomend it

[isaracorgitan]

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

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oh yes they have.

ferrets were domesticated in the 1600's

gerbils were domesticated in the sixtys

and in 1900's 2 russian scientests domesticated sliver red foxes in about 40 years

and a few more

[isaracorgitan]

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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i heared it was 200 something muscles that controlled the cat ear

[Armstrong-Abbott]

90% of the dirty grime on the keyboard keys is dead skin cells............

[isaracorgitan]

the brain automaticly saves 40% of the bodys calories for itself



a babies brain is bigger that an adults


90% of the great white shark is liver

[joemac]

a babies brain is bigger that an adults




In comparison to the rest of the body maybe.

[isaracorgitan]

no a babies brain shrinks as it get older, as the nerves with week conections arnt used and die away