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[*My Cinderella.*]

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.

[GREASEbaby]

Haha, there's some pretty..er...STUPID stuff in there

[*My Cinderella.*]

12) A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

I feel bad for this guy.

[GREASEbaby]

I get sick after having the hiccups for over an hour...

[Paradox of Life]

7) The average person laughs 10 times a day!

Ahaha. I laugh like .. 50 times a day. Is that healthy? XD

[GREASEbaby]

haha why not?

[Paradox of Life]

Don't know. Actually, I know a lot of people that laugh pretty much non-stop.

[short_dark_hair]

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

[Rampage]

Did you know that...


3) Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

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.

[littleswallow]

The word 'sequoia' is the only word that has all five vowels in it.

Well, that's what I heard.

[EddieV]

Penguins don't lay eggs.

[chant86]

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...



ew

[EddieV]

^ I really don't want to swim at the beach again, not like I do anyway...

[*Zatanna*]

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.

[misoshiru]

Don't know. Actually, I know a lot of people that laugh pretty much non-stop.

Hahaha, that's pretty much me. I basically laugh nonstop.

[Tribal J_Rome]

- 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?

[chasingvictory]

very interesting.....



here are some other facts too...pretty old>>FACTS!!!!

[jue]

+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.

[*Blow_Don't_SUCK*]

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...
ew

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.

[*Zatanna*]

+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.

[*mipadi*]

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...
ew

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).

[xosteffanator]

[*x____duckii*]

+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.

[marzipan]

12) A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

that's interesting.

++ Apples wake you up more than coffee does.

[*My Cinderella.*]

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...
ew

^ 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.

[marzipan]

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...
ew

that doesn't sound true.......and if it is.........

[bananapants]

13) Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

shut ima live a short life.. im left handed
but its proven that if you have a strong mid-section you will live longer
so i guess that works out

and i guess the whole dont drink ocean water is really cuz u dont wanna get pregnant with a whale...

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

13) Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

shut ima live a short life.. im left handed
but its proven that if you have a strong mid-section you will live longer
so i guess that works out

and i guess the whole dont drink ocean water is really cuz u dont wanna get pregnant with a whale...

oh crappers! dammit. i'm left-handed too. but i don't want to die!
lets say the US average life span is 75. then i might die at age 66? no!!! that's too young!

but at least if someone tries to murder me or something, i can beat them up. would that lengthen my life span?

[demolished]

3) Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

Yeah, not god but goddess.

[talcumpowder]

Stewardess (at least, I think) is the longest word typed only with the left hand. Assuming you type like a normally with two hands and the home keys, that is. I, however, only type with my left hand so it doesn't make any difference.
C2 (the Coke product) has half the calories&carbs, correct? So therefore, it would follow that regular Coke would be C4. Explosives. Wow, no wonder I don't like coke.

[o0olaalaa]

13) Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

wow! do you know why though? that's really weird O_O i'm a rightly :)

[*This Confession*]

13) Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

im ambidextrous

meaning i write with both
so what happens to me!?

[eunie03]

I reckon it must be because most equipment are designed for right-handed folks... and most items in general are disigned for the righties

[xTINAA]

More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.

[chant86]

More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.

heehee. do they wrestle with them? haha

[frannay xD]

Stewardess (at least, I think) is the longest word typed only with the left hand. Assuming you type like a normally with two hands and the home keys, that is. I, however, only type with my left hand so it doesn't make any difference.
C2 (the Coke product) has half the calories&carbs, correct? So therefore, it would follow that regular Coke would be C4. Explosives. Wow, no wonder I don't like coke.

shouldn't it be stewardesses? haha :)

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

'typewriter' is the longest word you can write on one line on your keyboard.

[bananapants]

how do u get killed by a vending machine
and the world is so made for the right handed
GR

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

how do u get killed by a vending machine
and the world is so made for the right handed
GR

hah, exactly. driving is hard. and cutting with sissors. and when you write, your pinkie smudges it. but i've heard that left handed people are usually smarter.

[beeequalslove]

did you know that a baby fish is called a twit.


haha i love fish.

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

and a female dog is called a bitch. but i'm pretty sure that almost all of you know already.

all polar bears are left handed.

[*chaneun*]

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...
ew

So that means whales live in seas, so seas are salty because of sperm.

Btw, the other part of the hoax is about the whale having a huge penis in this one picture.

Comments: This is a two-part hoax, the text having first appeared on email joke lists toward the end of 2002 as a "Fact of the Day." The photo attachment is of unknown origin and didn't begin circulating until June 2003.

It's obvious at first glance that the two don't belong together. How could the specimen in this photograph possibly produce 400 gallons of sperm at a go? By way of comparison, the capacity of an average hot tub is about the same, 400 gallons, so this poor creature would have to have testicles larger than the rest of its body to live up to its reputation.

It does stand to reason that since blue whales are the largest animals on the planet, their reproductive organs should be of similarly impressive dimensions, and that is certainly the case: by one estimate, the penis of a blue whale can measure up to 16 feet long and its testicles weigh in at around 25 pounds apiece. But even packing 50 pounds of bollocks — the weight of an average-sized bulldog, if you need a benchmark — it's absurd to imagine that a blue whale, or any other creature for that matter, could produce 400 gallons of seminal fluid, or even one-tenth that amount. (For another comparison, I found one source stating that the southern right whale — which has testicles even larger than the blue whale's, weighing in a half-a-ton apiece — produces around 5 gallons of ejaculate in one mating session.) The statistic is simply bogus.

NOT a whale penis!
Detail: Whale penis?
Then there is the question of whether or not the animal depicted in this photo is even a blue whale at all, which it appears it is not. Blue whales average at least 75 feet in length. Using the human beings in the photograph for scale, this creature is clearly quite a bit smaller than a blue whale and most likely isn't any kind of whale at all, but rather a whale shark. And since sharks don't have penises per se, we must further conclude that either this image has been doctored (though I could detect no obvious signs of that), or the spectacular appendage dangling between the animal's pelvic fins is one of its claspers, a pair of tubular organs with which a male shark fastens itself to the female and inseminates her during reproduction.

To sum up:

1. Blue whales can't possibly ejaculate 400 gallons of sperm; not even close.
2. The animal in the photo isn't a blue whale in the first place, nor is the circled appendage its penis.
3. There are no doubt good reasons not to make a habit of drinking sea water, but sperm spillover isn't one of them.
4. Which is more than can be said for hot tub water.

[RubyAnne1214]

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...
ew

EWWW NASTY!!!!!!! omg that is seriously gross. I always like accidentally get some ocean salt in my mouth...that's gross lol. what if a girl took her pants off in the ocean? would she get pregnant with a half-whale baby?

[*This Confession*]

hah, exactly. driving is hard. and cutting with sissors. and when you write, your pinkie smudges it. but i've heard that left handed people are usually smarter.

oO
so we got something over the right handers?

haha.

also i'm still in deep thought of how you get killed by a vending machine

do they stick their hand to far and like get it taken off
and then no one ever saves them so they die of blood loss?

[ms. independent]

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...
ew

oh.. god... x.x

Mental note #427: don't go in the water at the beach.

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

4) Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

why? do whales eat them? or do they have to watch out for whales so that they don't have whale babies?

car companies should make cars especially for the left handed.

[*This Confession*]

oh.. god... x.x

Mental note #427: don't go in the water at the beach.

agree.


useless fact.


A duck's quack doesn't echo

how sad..


&&

THE FINGERPRINTS OF KOALA BEARS ARE ALMOST IN INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THOSE OF HUMANS , SO MUCH THAT THEY COULD BE CONFUSED AT A CRIME SCENE

[xTINAA]

I don't know exactly how you get killed from a vending machine but that is what one of the facts websites said!

[GiggleBear]

I love these hehe.

12) A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
whoa......!

[marzipan]

EWWW NASTY!!!!!!! omg that is seriously gross. I always like accidentally get some ocean salt in my mouth...that's gross lol. what if a girl took her pants off in the ocean? would she get pregnant with a half-whale baby?

omg, that's disturbing......now i don't want to go to the ocean!!!!!

[BryMonster]

Your foot is a big as your forearm, wrist to elbow.

As far as you arms open is how tall you are.

Tornadoes are known to pluck the feathers off of a chicken but leave it unharmed.

The average person loses 40 to 60 strands of hair.

Alred Hitchcock didn't have a belly-button due to a battle wound, it had to be surgically removed.

Cockroaches are radioactive.

[chasingvictory]

It's just salty because of all the salt in the ocean.

thats a given...

[*SuzieRawkSoxx*]

Thats the kind of stuff you never in your life need to know. HAHA it was cute.

[NatiMarie]

These are awesome.
xD
I love the vending machine one.

[alcohol_bandages]

oh.. god... x.x

Mental note #427: don't go in the water at the beach.

lmao! 'ello stranger, don't worry... you won't get pregnant if you go into the ocean!
LMAO

[Simba]

- The hundred billionth Crayola crayon was Perriwinkle Blue.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
- A group of ravens is called a murder.
- Jewish stamps are certified Kosher.
- Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe.
- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
- Coca-cola was originally green.
- No one knows why, but 90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.

Yup...

[x__rilind]

A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.
A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.
A headache can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries.
A common custom in Spain is to eat one grape for each of the last 12 seconds of every year for good luck.
According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love.

^perriwinkle was my favourite colour as a child.

[AnnahhbeL]

[quote]1) In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.

ok.. but poor piggy


5) Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

wth...then won't they just die...?
but then again, when you chop off half of the worm , the other half grows back.

[crazeegirl411]

A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.

That's because he wanted a revolution to catch up with the other countries, so he wanted all beards to be shaved. There should've been many Russian men, not just one that had to pay a special tax for keeping a beard.

Wow, I love History :D.

[teeners4]

Ahaha. I laugh like .. 50 times a day. Is that healthy? XD

haha that mens you have hardcore abs!

[*Girthy*]

Al Capone died in prison.......from syphilis.

[xx_bcbg]

omg haha how silly

okay search "rasputin" on google & read bout his life if you have the time. haha hes realy creepy

anyway..
1)it's illegal to sleep naked in a hotel/motel room in Nebraska
2)The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito
3)Someone paid $14,000 for the bra Marilyn Monroe wore in Some Like It Hot.
4)the red M&M color is made from crushed cockroaches [omg ew, but was in the papers a few years ago]
5)Humans are the only species on earth that have face-to-face sex