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50 Completely Useless Facts |
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Jun 17 2004, 09:19 PM
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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
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions! What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off! Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath There is a city called Rome on every continent. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland! Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day! Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe! The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump! One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet! Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different! 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 Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin! The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th." Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren?t added to it. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times! The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. Earth is the only planet not named after a god. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food! Dolphins sleep with one eye open! It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old! The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not Slugs have 4 noses Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! The average person laughs 10 times a day! An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. |
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Jun 17 2004, 09:26 PM
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![]() Wow, i dont know whats going on... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 1,439 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,977 |
Holy **** Seon Ho!
How do u KNOW!! ~edit~ sry i spelled ur name wrong its Sean Ho!! i think, thats what the list told me... Argh Confused! |
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Jun 17 2004, 09:26 PM
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![]() 3,565, you n00bs ain't got nothin' on me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 3,761 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,565 |
Whoa...that's weird.
Random facts, but cool ones. |
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Jun 17 2004, 09:59 PM
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![]() Hi! I'm Dani :) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 5,637 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,369 |
woah lol. very interesting
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Jun 17 2004, 11:52 PM
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odd but very very interesting
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Jun 17 2004, 11:57 PM
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I didn't know Hitler had one testicle. Not that I was ever trying to find out.
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Jun 18 2004, 01:25 AM
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![]() Drew ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 489 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,012 |
Weird...but interesting
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Jun 18 2004, 01:28 AM
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Hm.. I think I could've gone without knowing some of those.. like the Hitler one.. and how bugs taste..
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Jun 18 2004, 01:34 AM
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ÖÐÎÄÈí¼þ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 2,072 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,655 |
Lol those are very interesting...and a small number of disturbing ones
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Jun 18 2004, 01:43 AM
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![]() I <3 Kirby ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 652 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,421 |
Wow! I didn't know a lot of these facts! How interesting...Some are even hard to believe because they don't seem true!
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Jun 18 2004, 09:03 AM
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![]() pixel hybrid ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 6,410 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,081 |
I must be an ostrich...
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Jun 18 2004, 09:21 AM
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QUOTE Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle Yes Seon Ho, I really wanted to know that. Bad images...BAD images. Thanks a lot. |
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Jun 18 2004, 09:56 AM
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![]() What the fack. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 6,164 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,519 |
QUOTE(krnxswat @ Jun 17 2004, 9:19 PM) Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle. The rest are funny, but that one was disturbing.. |
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Jun 18 2004, 01:46 PM
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![]() WUT THA DUCK? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 3,950 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,138 |
QUOTE Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle. haha that one is sooo funny!!! |
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Jun 19 2004, 05:50 AM
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OMG the Hitler one...
How did the pig kill someone? - -;; |
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Jun 19 2004, 12:57 PM
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![]() JESUS R0CKS MY S0CKS ;D ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 216 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,159 |
uhrhmm,, very interseting facts
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Jun 19 2004, 01:50 PM
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wow, those are pretty interesting facts, totally useless too
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Jun 19 2004, 02:17 PM
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haha, those are funny.. i have one which my friend gave me..
banging your head on a surface burns off 150 calories per hour! |
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Jun 19 2004, 04:40 PM
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dance starrie dance! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 205 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,294 |
wow.. LOL
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Jun 19 2004, 09:25 PM
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haha ;]
and... AN AVERAGE AMERICAN PERSON EATS 8 SPIDERS EVERY YEAR... =D |
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Jun 20 2004, 03:12 PM
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damn some are very intesting i cant belive
QUOTE Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. that that is true.
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Jun 20 2004, 10:02 PM
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i am member numberr 9000 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 284 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 9,000 |
haha. those are awesome
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Jun 20 2004, 11:10 PM
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![]() Miss Alice ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 1,257 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,454 |
haha hitler onli had one testicle?!?! hahaha
wow im never gonna live in iceland, i love dogs |
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Jun 21 2004, 11:52 AM
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![]() Feeel X ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 2,814 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,498 |
i wouldn't say they are completely useless but it is very nice to know, i never knew, wow, so cool. hmmm, i knew some of those facts but wow, coke was green? and giraffe's have a long tongue
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Jun 21 2004, 11:55 AM
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![]() kristin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 5,705 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,985 |
wow this is so interesting, i love reading this stuff =]
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Jun 21 2004, 12:23 PM
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WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
oh wow, haha i put the hitler one in my info. thats funny stuff.
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Jun 21 2004, 07:49 PM
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![]() Kermit the frog = <3 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 2,315 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,215 |
oOoOo.. interesting.
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Jun 21 2004, 08:01 PM
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im' edible ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 1,529 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 23,022 |
i love these!!! very very very knowledgable i might add.
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Jun 22 2004, 04:50 PM
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![]() RRRRRr (I) AAAAAA NNNNN ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 469 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 24,214 |
o god!!!!!!!!! NASTY!!!! HITLER
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Jun 22 2004, 05:30 PM
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Oh cool.
Those are really interesting, but I could've done without the A.Hitler one. |
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Jun 23 2004, 12:18 AM
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hum...interesting. LOL
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Jun 23 2004, 05:51 PM
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haha these are so funny.
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Jun 23 2004, 06:25 PM
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![]() iits.jessicaa!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 342 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 11,752 |
QUOTE(krnxswat @ Jun 17 2004, 7:19 PM) Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible. that's interesting. can't believe that they actually TASTED it. eww. good job! you made me laugh today. |
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Jun 23 2004, 06:44 PM
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hehe ew green cola ;x
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Jun 23 2004, 08:10 PM
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lmao im getting educated =)
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Jun 23 2004, 10:08 PM
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You learn something new everyday.
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Jun 24 2004, 04:17 PM
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![]() The Lemon ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 100 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,215 |
Oooh, interesting!
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Jun 26 2004, 03:06 PM
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QUOTE The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. Who was bored enough to figure that one out? |
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Jun 26 2004, 03:25 PM
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hmm...interesting!
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Jun 26 2004, 07:33 PM
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never thought about it...interesting
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Jun 29 2004, 08:56 PM
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LOL funny stuff
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Jul 1 2004, 05:58 PM
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QUOTE Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible. Eeeckk!... |
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Jul 1 2004, 10:00 PM
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![]() Mileage Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 1,316 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 9,458 |
Here's some interesting laws to compliment with useless facts...
Theaters in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina. In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes. Under the law of Mississippi, there?s no such thing as a female Peeping Tom. Anti-modem laws restrict Internet access in the country of Burma. Illegal possession of a modem can lead to a prison term. Lawn darts are illegal in Canada. In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds. Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year. It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it...) A Venetian law decrees that all gondolas must be painted black. The only exceptions are gondolas belonging to high public officials. In the state of Queensland, Australia, it is still constitutional law that all pubs (hotel/bar) must have a railing outside for patrons to tie up their horse. According to law, no store is allowed to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island. Yet these same stores are allowed to sell toothpaste and mouthwash on Sundays. Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year. Chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt." The handkerchief had been used by the Romans, who ordinarily wore two handkerchiefs: one on the left wrist and one tucked in at the waist or around the neck. In the fifteenth century, the handkerchief was for a time allowed only to the nobility; special laws were made to enforce this. The classical heritage was rediscovered during the Renaissance. For hundreds of years, the Chinese zealously guarded the secret of sericulture; imperial law decreed death by torture to those who disclosed how to make silk. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing. By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for 72 years. Candy made from pieces of barrel cactus was outlawed in the U.S. in 1952 to protect the species. A slander case in Thailand was once settled by a witness who said nothing at all. According to the memoirs of Justice Gerald Sparrow, a 20th century British barrister who served as a judge in Bangkok, the case involved two rival Chinese merchants. Pu Lin and Swee Ho. Pu Lin had stated sneeringly at a party that Swee Ho's new wife, Li Bua, was merely a decoration to show how rich her husband was. Swee Ho, he said, could no longer "please the ladies." Swee Ho sued for slander, claiming Li Bua was his wife in every sense - and he won his case, along with substantial damages, without a word of evidence being taken. Swee Ho's lawyer simply put the blushing bride in the witness box. She had decorative, gold-painted fingernails, to be sure, but she was also quite obviously pregnant. In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat. Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment: Prohibition. A few years back, a Chinese soap hit it big with consumers in Asia. It was claimed in ads that users would lose weight with Seaweed Defat Scented Soap simply by washing with it. The soap was sold in violation to the Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and was banned. Reportedly, the craze for the soap was so great that Japanese tourists from China and Hong Kong brought back large quantities. The product was also in violation of customs regulations. In June and July 1999 alone, over 10,000 bars were seized. In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes. In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car. Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards. Wetaskiwin, Alberta from 1917: "It's against the law to tie a male horse next to a female horse on Main Street." Women were banned by royal decree from using hotel swimming pools in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, in 1979. In Riverside, California, there is an old law on the city's books which makes it illegal to kiss unless both people wipe their lips with rose water. In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee. |
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Jul 4 2004, 05:13 PM
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![]() pain is good ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 812 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,846 |
this is sooooooooo funny......Hitler had one testicle?
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Aug 12 2005, 12:16 AM
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AEIOU and sometimes Y are all vowels and rythm has a Y in it. I see your point and am like totaly not trying to make you mad or any thing but I think Y is a vowel. Correct me if i'm wrong but you shouldn't say things that aren't true.
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Aug 12 2005, 01:34 AM
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![]() chocolate luva ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 265 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,450 |
o ok wow
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Aug 13 2005, 10:38 PM
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Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not....repulsive
Did anyone know that someone bought Napoleans penis for more than a thousand bucks...it was in my book of world records on the body parts page |
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Aug 14 2005, 12:17 AM
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lol those are funny stuff, specally the adolf hitler one... lol
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Aug 14 2005, 11:39 AM
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![]() portami via ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 467 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 132,187 |
Now I have a useless fact of the day for the next fifty days.
Hitler was also afraid of cats. |
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Aug 16 2005, 02:01 AM
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Dolphins also sleep with one half of their brain at a time.
Cool facts...some of which I didn't need to know... |
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Aug 21 2005, 02:48 AM
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hilter got his reward for what he did to jews
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Aug 21 2005, 11:40 PM
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![]() 潮州人 forever =) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 668 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,877 |
QUOTE What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France. That was the only think i DIDNT know. HAHA thats funny though. |
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Aug 24 2005, 10:13 PM
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wow this post is really interesting... keep making them
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Aug 24 2005, 10:20 PM
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![]() Call me Lauren d=] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 278 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 113,118 |
Wow those are some pretty random facts..
"An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. " That's hilarious. |
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Aug 25 2005, 12:03 AM
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Here's more.
Believe it or not... * The venom in a Daddy Longlegs spider is more poisonous than a Black Widow's or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough. * A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. * On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. * The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. * If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom. * Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. * Humans and Dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. * The pop you get when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas bursting. * The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. * There's no Betty Rubble in Flintstones Chewable Vitamins. * It's impossible to get water out of a rimless tire. * Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. * Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider? * In Minnesota it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head. * In Indiana it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least 30 minutes after eating garlic. * A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. * Polar bears are left-handed. * Some lions mate over 50 times a day. * The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. * A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair. * The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. * A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear. * Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. * Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants. * More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. * Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. * Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump". * Marilyn Monroe had six toes. * If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white. * Women blink nearly twice as much as men. * The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. * The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. * TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. * If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. * A snail can sleep for 3 years. * American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. * China has more English speakers than the United States. * The electric chair was invented by a dentist. * Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1,000 and a size 108.7 acres. * The longest town name in the world has 167 letters. * You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. * "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. * The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA. * No president of the United States was an only child. * The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. |
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Aug 25 2005, 01:57 PM
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