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Post by Beaker Boys Racing on May 19, 2011 18:23:07 GMT -6
I thought this would fun, posting some absolutely useless facts. I came across some on several websites. I'll post a few here, feel free to add any you come across. ;D
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start.
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened
The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.
More to come later. ;D
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Post by Beaker Boys Racing on May 20, 2011 16:21:03 GMT -6
What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A.o?= He was allergic to carrots.
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laserbprinters all have in common? A. All invented by women.
In Massachusetts - It is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights. ;D
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Post by Beaker Boys Racing on May 21, 2011 7:28:34 GMT -6
The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
Slugs have 4 noses.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
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Post by Global Derby Society on May 22, 2011 19:17:05 GMT -6
•You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
•The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
•More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
•Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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Post by Beaker Boys Racing on May 26, 2011 5:54:08 GMT -6
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau."
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.
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Post by Global Derby Society on May 26, 2011 7:09:41 GMT -6
•A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.
•Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as long as 3 Greyhound buses.
•Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time.
•Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places.
•Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.
•Butterflies taste with their hind feet.
•Only female mosquitoes bite.
•Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
•If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
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Post by Beaker Boys Racing on May 27, 2011 18:31:32 GMT -6
•Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time.Sorry, just not gonna test this one for accuracy. Nope, nada, not gonna do it.... LOL.
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Post by Team Casmier Racing on May 27, 2011 20:15:08 GMT -6
•Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time.
Sorry, just not gonna test this one for accuracy. Nope, nada, not gonna do it.... LOL. Come on Beaker, sounds like if you run in a circle, they can't touch you ;D We have relatives who live in Florida, so I guess it's good to know, but like you, I never want to test it out.
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Post by Beaker Boys Racing on May 29, 2011 18:13:17 GMT -6
Here are some strange laws on the books around the country.
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.
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...)
By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for 72 years.
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.
Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space. The first to exercise this right to vote while in orbit was astronaut David Wolf, who cast his vote for Houston mayor via e-mail from the Russian space station Mir in November 1997.
No building in DC may be taller than 13 floors. This is so that no matter where in the city you are, you can see the monument to our first president, Washington.
In Michigan it's illegal to place a skunk inside your bosses desk.
In parts of Alaska, it's illegal to feed alcohol to a moose.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
In Hartford Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.
It is legal in North Dakota to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.
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Post by Beaker Boys Racing on Jun 7, 2011 6:45:22 GMT -6
When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop even your heart!
Only seven ( 7 ) per cent of the population are lefties.
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
A snail can sleep for three years.
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Turtles can breathe through their butts
According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
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Post by Shade Racing on Jun 7, 2011 17:21:01 GMT -6
your ears never stop growing until you die in North Carolina it is illegal to drive a car with out goggles
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Post by Beaker Boys Racing on Jun 7, 2011 19:58:22 GMT -6
your ears never stop growing until you die in North Carolina it is illegal to drive a car with out goggles Haven't noticed my ears getting bigger, but I have noticed more hair growing out of them as I get older.
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Post by *5 J's* on Jun 15, 2011 9:41:10 GMT -6
your ears never stop growing until you die in North Carolina it is illegal to drive a car with out goggles Haven't noticed my ears getting bigger, but I have noticed more hair growing out of them as I get older. lol - yea, what's up with that anyway. I figure at some point you hit a crossing point where there is more hair growing from your ears then on your head....
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Post by Shade Racing on Jun 15, 2011 18:54:57 GMT -6
your eyes stay the same size as they were when you where born
left handed people don't live along as right handed people
your brain works 7sec. after your head is cut off
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Post by F.A.S.T. Racing on Jun 15, 2011 22:51:05 GMT -6
your brain works 7sec. after your head is cut off How in the world did they test that? On second thought........ I don't want to know
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