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Fun Useless facts, educate yourself! |
| *My Cinderella.* |
Apr 26 2006, 10:08 PM
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Did you know that...
1) In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child. 2) There is a city called Rome on every continent. 3) Earth is the only planet not named after a god. 4) Dolphins sleep with one eye open! 5) Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food! 6) Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue. 7) The average person laughs 10 times a day! 8) Women blink nearly twice as much as men. 9) Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th." 10) The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. 11) The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man. 12) A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! 13) Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. Feel free to add more. |
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Apr 26 2006, 10:10 PM
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![]() What's my name? Janette. and ily. <3 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 2,139 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,911 |
Haha, there's some pretty..er...STUPID stuff in there |
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| *My Cinderella.* |
Apr 26 2006, 10:11 PM
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12) A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
I feel bad for this guy. |
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Apr 26 2006, 10:12 PM
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![]() What's my name? Janette. and ily. <3 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 2,139 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,911 |
I get sick after having the hiccups for over an hour...
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Apr 26 2006, 10:21 PM
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![]() My name's Katt. Nice to meet you! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 3,826 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,674 |
QUOTE 7) The average person laughs 10 times a day! Ahaha. I laugh like .. 50 times a day. Is that healthy? XD |
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Apr 26 2006, 10:21 PM
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![]() What's my name? Janette. and ily. <3 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 2,139 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,911 |
haha why not?
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Apr 26 2006, 10:25 PM
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![]() My name's Katt. Nice to meet you! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 3,826 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,674 |
Don't know. Actually, I know a lot of people that laugh pretty much non-stop.
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Apr 26 2006, 10:26 PM
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![]() Bada-bing, bada-boom. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 452 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 86,111 |
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
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Apr 26 2006, 10:37 PM
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![]() cb² ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 115 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,653 |
Did you know that... 3) Earth is the only planet not named after a god. QUOTE Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology. The name derives from Old English and Germanic. There are, of course, hundreds of other names for the planet in other languages. In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was Tellus - the fertile soil (Greek: Gaia, terra mater - Mother Earth). That's interesting. |
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Apr 27 2006, 03:39 AM
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![]() damn, right! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 368 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 174,547 |
The word 'sequoia' is the only word that has all five vowels in it.
Well, that's what I heard. |
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Apr 27 2006, 05:16 AM
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![]() cB Assassin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Penguins don't lay eggs.
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Apr 27 2006, 06:03 AM
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![]() Chantal-Denise ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 123 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 249,845 |
Why is the ocean so salty?
the average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it ejaculates, but only 10% of that actually makes it into his mate. So 360 gallons are spilled into the ocean everytime one unloads, and you wonder why the ocean is so salty... |
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Apr 27 2006, 10:29 AM
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![]() cB Assassin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
^ I really don't want to swim at the beach again, not like I do anyway...
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| *Zatanna* |
Apr 27 2006, 10:38 AM
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QUOTE Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't. - http://www.hookedonfacts.com/That's funny, because the folks that delivered my baby were listening "Macho Men" as my son was being born. |
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Apr 27 2006, 10:48 AM
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![]() yan lin♥ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
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Apr 27 2006, 01:05 PM
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![]() wut wut in the butt? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Human Posts: 2,108 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 227,723 |
- http://www.hookedonfacts.com/ That's funny, because the folks that delivered my baby were listening "Macho Men" as my son was being born. lol I couldn't help but laugh at that. That's hilarious, imagining a room full of doctors listening to macho men and now I'm curious about #3, how did the Earth get it's name? |
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Apr 27 2006, 02:40 PM
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nicorie ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 196 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 394,679 |
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Apr 27 2006, 02:53 PM
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+Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter (:
+Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. +50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them. +Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay! +There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years. O.O +Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle. |
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| *Blow_Don't_SUCK* |
Apr 27 2006, 02:56 PM
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Why is the ocean so salty? the average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it ejaculates, but only 10% of that actually makes it into his mate. So 360 gallons are spilled into the ocean everytime one unloads, and you wonder why the ocean is so salty... okay that makes me want to throw up because when I was a child, I swallowed water from the beach accidentally and I used to gargle them in my mouth and spit it out at my sister. |
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| *Zatanna* |
Apr 27 2006, 02:58 PM
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+Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter (: +Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. +50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them. +Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay! +There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years. O.O +Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle. Great googily moogily! okay that makes me want to throw up because when I was a child, I swallowed water from the beach accidentally and I used to gargle them in my mouth and spit it out at my sister. LOL! Me too. Some things you just HAVE to put out of your mind. |
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| *mipadi* |
Apr 27 2006, 03:01 PM
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Why is the ocean so salty? the average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it ejaculates, but only 10% of that actually makes it into his mate. So 360 gallons are spilled into the ocean everytime one unloads, and you wonder why the ocean is so salty... That's not true; the salt is a result of the process of formation of the ocean, as well as other geological processes (such as volcanic eruption). |
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Apr 27 2006, 03:31 PM
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Apr 27 2006, 03:58 PM
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+Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. +Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket. Unless you have a doctor's note, its illegal to buy ice cream after 6 p.m. in Newark, New Jersey. O__O LMAO, hot damn. |
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Apr 27 2006, 03:59 PM
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![]() Krista. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,380 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,319 |
12) A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
that's interesting. ++ Apples wake you up more than coffee does. |
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| *My Cinderella.* |
Apr 27 2006, 04:01 PM
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Why is the ocean so salty? ^ That's not true. I remember my ELA teacher told me it wasn't. It's just salty because of all the salt in the ocean.
the average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it ejaculates, but only 10% of that actually makes it into his mate. So 360 gallons are spilled into the ocean everytime one unloads, and you wonder why the ocean is so salty... |
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