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Post your random and useless facts
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:16 am
by Karchiveur
I've got a few...
-1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
-You can't fold a normal piece of paper in 1/2 more than 6 times. (most of you will try)
I made $ on this fact...
-Less than 3% of Nestle's sales are for chocolate.
completely random... yet intrresting i think
+"Bookkeeper" is the only english word that has three sets of double letters...
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:17 am
by Floater
the moon is oblong... and because of earth's gravity, one end of it is always pointing toward us.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:49 am
by darcy
Jim Morrison found the name "The Doors" for his rock band in the title of Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors of Perception", which extolls the use of hallucinogenic drugs.
Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of The Moon" album stayed on the top 200 Billboard charts for 741 weeks ~ 14 years.
The Beatles song, "A day in The Life", ends with a note sustained for 40 seconds.
oh, y, 'n' ~
The horse's name in the song, "Jingle Bells", is Bobtail
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:38 pm
by Busby
A Duck's quack doesn't echo.
typewriter is the long word made with letters from only one row on the keyboard.
Go. is the shortest sentence.
You can't lick your own elbow (Go ahead and try.....it's not possible)
There are 2 presidents whose names have the word "criminal" in them. William Jefferson Clinton and Richard Millhouse Nixon
Nothing rhymes with month.
Google is also your friend:
http://www.anvari.org/fun/Truth/Weird_Facts.html
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:57 pm
by Invisible Evil
I am a Sexy Beast!
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:58 pm
by eGoCeNTRoNiX
Originally posted by Busby
A Duck's quack doesn't echo.
I could swear that Mythbusters proved this wrong? he he he
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 3:48 pm
by impuresoul2k3
You can't lick your own elbow (Go ahead and try.....it's not possible)
Actually I'll see if I can get a pic of my friend doing it. I've seen him do it
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:20 pm
by DoPeY5007
ANTS DON'T SLEEP
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:23 pm
by eGoCeNTRoNiX
Originally posted by DoPeY5007
ANTS DON'T SLEEP
Neither do fish..
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:46 pm
by darcy
Originally posted by Invisible Evil
I am a Sexy Beast!
whoo hoo!
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:05 pm
by FMZ
Originally posted by eGoCeNTRoNiX
Neither do fish..
Fish Do Sleep, they are just suspended in water
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:24 pm
by Executioner
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".
Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of F.
The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
The word "queueing" is the only English word with five consecutive vowels.
All three major 1996 Presidential candidates, Clinton, Dole and Perot, are left-handed.
Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding.
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
More can be found here:
http://www.kellys.com/know.html
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:38 pm
by nexus_7
Originally posted by eGoCeNTRoNiX
I could swear that Mythbusters proved this wrong? he he he
yea, I think they did also.
Greg
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:38 pm
by Invisible Evil
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood
donors.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it
will digest itself.
The names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru: See no evil, Mikazaru: Hear
no evil, and Mazaru: Speak no evil.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:27 pm
by renovation
its a fact they flavor dog food and cat food - ok this is a bit off topic - i want to know who / how they taste test it to make sure its flavor it right ? you cant call it chicken if it taste like tofu