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diezelbabygrl_xoxo
Well, I posted some little-known facts a while ago, so this is Version 2.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.

A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs.

People Do Not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.

When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop ... even your heart!

Only 7% of the population are lefties.

40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.

Babies are born without knee caps They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.

The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.

The toothbrush was invented in 1498.

The average housefly lives for one month.

40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.

The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

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

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

Eh...if you have one, post em. wink.gif
gigglepot
Those are great! My personal favorite was:

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40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.


I have one random fact:

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated
wind&fire
very interesting... well arent i special ...there are only 7 ppl like me in 100 ppl...
tarutaru
woah that was really interesting. espicially this one
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When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop ... even your heart!

post more !!! biggrin.gif
mirage
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Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

lolz, i found this really funny and ironic =)
LiLaZnGirL122
heh
domsweetie
Have you post about the one that goldfishes only have a memory span of 3 seconds? Imagine that....
one second it'll be eating fishfood, and let's say it'll take 2 seconds for it to swallow. than poof..it'll forget again. and it'll eat eat eat some more.
No wonder goldfishes are the ones floating up in the tank the next morning.
oO_BrItTiShBaBe_Oo
lol those are great....... post more as soon as you can!!

my fav was the: 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
literemix24
oOO beryy interesting post. Lol I've learned a hella lot today..
Kathleen
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Only 7% of the population are lefties.

Wow that's such a low percentage.
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Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

I love the irony in that.
SystemDamaged
Ooh, I knew about the Wendy thing, but the rest were fascinating. I love random facts ^^
largosama
When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop ... even your heart!

explains why our teacher fainted xD
KissMe2408
THESE ARE MY FAVORITE OUTTA THOSE cool.gif


[quote=diezelbabygrl_xoxo,Nov 13 2004, 7:29 PM]


Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.

The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.



40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.


Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
ohBrian
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

these are good
tootsie_kiddo
how can alfred hitchcock NOT have a bellybutton? how did he feed himself inside his mom's womb?! ack... confused

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away

i like this one, haha! i knew about the wendy one tho
crazybeautiful41
I think all these facts are really intresting. I guess you learn something new everyday!
mai_z
wow u actually know that stuff??

random stuff i know:

A new york minute is the time between when the light turns green and the guy behind you honks his horn, a nanosecond

there's more germs on your hands than the average toilet seat

7% of people are lefties and 7% of people were originally supposed to be twins, some point in time in the womb (makes you think.....)
INSOMNIA
a avererge of every second 1 person is born and 1.2 humans are born.

mayflies live only one day.

a person has enough energy of three nuclear bombs
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