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ImportXxX
08-01-2010, 10:26 PM
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.

They have square watermelons in Japan - they stack better. (haha that's crazy)
http://www.annieabbondante.com/distraction/images/square-watermelon.jpg

The first Fords had engines made by Dodge

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny

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

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning

Dolphins sleep with one eye open

Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark

More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h. (lol holy shit)

Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet

It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland

Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue

A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump

The most common name in the world is Mohammed

America once issued a 5-cent bill

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

As you age, your eye color gets lighter

Seven percent of Americans claim they never bathe at all.

We forget 80 percent of what we learn everyday

Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

A baby is born without kneecaps. They appear between age 2 and 6.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

Your nose and ears never stop growing

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete

BlacknJean
08-01-2010, 10:40 PM
The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump



You forgot Diggy.

ImportXxX
08-01-2010, 10:42 PM
There are more cars in Southern California than there are cows in India.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it

Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6 foot person jumping 780 feet into the air.

There is enough fuel in a full tank of a jumbo jet to drive an average car four times around the world

Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day

The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle

All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job (in case their pants split

Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, was assassinated too

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores

People in China and Japan die disproportionately on the 4th of each month because the words death and four sound alike, and they are represented by the same symbol.

A perfect SAT score is 1600 combined. Bill Gates scored 1590 on his SAT. Paul Allen, Bill's partner in Microsoft, scored a perfect 1600. Bill Cosby scored less than 500 combined.

McDonald's restaurants will buy 54,000,000 pounds of fresh apples this year. Two years ago, McDonald's purchased 0 pounds of apples. This is attributed to the shift to more healthy menu options (the Apple Pie, which has been at McDonald's for years uses processed Apple Pie Filling).


There are over 87,000 Americans on waiting lists for organ transplants

The time spent deleting SPAM costs United States businesses $21.6 billion annually.

41% of Chinese people eat at least once a week at a fast food restaurant. 35% of Americans do

More people study English in China than speak it in the United States of America (300 million).

The Washington Times newspaper is owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

Mel Gibson has personally earned almost $400,000,000 from his movie "The Passion of the Christ".

Oprah Winfrey and Elvis Presley are distant cousins

Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears



tha'ts it for now, if you guys have any feel free to post some

hk20000
08-01-2010, 11:09 PM
Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores

Those should be legal everywhere in the world god damn it.

Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears
how do you get killed by teddy bears? Suffocation?

Kingcong89
08-01-2010, 11:16 PM
Human beings use the entire brain, most people pass along the idea that we use 10%. In brain scans, there is no part of the brain that doesn't light up and every part of the brain functions.

People do dream in colour, most people used to dream in black and white and now a lot dream in colour. This fact is probably due to the change from b/w to colour television.

mb_
08-01-2010, 11:17 PM
I already forgot 80% of what I just read

CP.AR
08-01-2010, 11:49 PM
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it

I will tell this to my gf and save the buck or two when she craves chocolate

van_driver
08-02-2010, 12:10 AM
I will tell this to my gf and save the buck or two when she craves chocolate

LOL win!

PiuYi
08-02-2010, 12:21 AM
Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times

i wonder how this happens

static
08-02-2010, 01:00 AM
i wonder how this happens

I imagine that closing off the canal to your ear increases the moisture and temperature in your ear, allowing bacteria to grow.

MelonBoy
08-02-2010, 02:15 AM
You forgot Diggy.

what ever happened to diggy?...

!e.lo_
08-02-2010, 04:35 AM
i wonder how this happens

also increased the production of ear wax.
noticed it a lot after having to wear earplugs at work all the time.

woob
08-02-2010, 10:02 AM
also increased the production of ear wax.
noticed it a lot after having to wear earplugs at work all the time.

Ear plugs and in-ear earphones (canalphones) will cause earwax production. The fact was talking about headphones.

Leopold Stotch
08-02-2010, 11:03 AM
wow babies are born without knee caps

i have to check that out.

hk20000
08-02-2010, 11:14 AM
wow babies are born without knee caps

i have to check that out.
search the internet for pics of lil babies....


.....oh wait. :blush:

simsimi1004
08-02-2010, 09:32 PM
The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle
is this where the word "tit" originates from?

Ch28
08-02-2010, 09:38 PM
You forgot Diggy.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZYEvkPRJ7VI/R0NYTLhD4LI/AAAAAAAAABY/y_LiEsMrn7U/s1600/ohsnap.jpg

LG Hunter
08-02-2010, 09:43 PM
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it



:fuuuuu:

hal0g0dv2
08-02-2010, 09:59 PM
how do insect legs get into them ?

vash13
08-02-2010, 10:00 PM
Did you know you can save a buck or two if you told your girlfriend the average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it

ImportXxX
08-02-2010, 10:04 PM
how do insect legs get into them ?

probably from crawling in the chocolate when they're making it...it's just insect legs..people eat insects for real..i've seen it on the food network all the time..
i'm eating chocolate right now..lol...

ilvtofu
08-02-2010, 10:12 PM
Must try the chewing gum while peeling onions, at work have to peel at least 50lbs a day :cry:

hotjoint
08-03-2010, 09:09 AM
interesting facts

Brianrietta
08-03-2010, 10:40 AM
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SgRlM0sDWJI/R4Zrki-3osI/AAAAAAAAAW8/WOaLxbOOLws/s400/zoolander.jpg

Qmx323
08-03-2010, 10:43 AM
Did you know you can save a buck or two if you told your girlfriend the average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it

yep, use fear to make ur gf lose weight

:thumbsup:

Grim
08-03-2010, 10:52 AM
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror

wow, now that you've mentioned it.. my dog acts as if she doesnt see herself in the mirror when i pick her up...
strange...

nack
08-03-2010, 12:07 PM
Oprah Winfrey and Elvis Presley are distant cousins

woah

.Dream.Time
08-03-2010, 04:02 PM
what ever happened to diggy?...

he's shun izaki isn't he

ImportXxX
08-08-2010, 10:30 PM
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

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

Polar bears are left handed.

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death

Some lions mate over 50 times a day

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise

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

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Turtles can breathe through their butts

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year

A snail can sleep for three years

The electric chair was invented by a dentist

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. or can you?

Canada Is An Indian Word Meaning "Big Village".

The Very First Bomb Dropped By The Allies On Berlin During World War Ii Killed The Only Elephant In The Berlin Zoo.

The Average Person Falls Asleep In Seven Minutes

Money Isn't Made Out Of Paper, It's Made Out Of Cotton

You Can't Kill Yourself By Holding Your Breath

It's Impossible To Sneeze With Your Eyes Open

City With The Most Roll Royces Per Capita: Hong Kong

If You Suffer From Polythelia You Have Three Nipples

A Peanut Is Not A Nut Or A Pea It's A Legume

People Say That Popping Your Bones Will Cause Arthritis When You Get Older, But That Actually Is An Old Wives Tale. It Only Pops Air Pockets, And Does Not Cause Arthritis

Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.

donjalapeno
08-08-2010, 11:00 PM
tittles......lol

Tegra_Devil
08-08-2010, 11:05 PM
three nipples you say........

CP.AR
08-08-2010, 11:48 PM
these videos are pretty cool too, though it's from last year... (hope it's not a repost)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzCQ219bxl8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmwZ96_Gos