The Random Facts Thread
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DocMussentuchit
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Coconuts kill more people a year than sharks do. About 150 people die from coconuts a year.
AlyssaluvsDanny
Coroner
OKay, I got ALOT more: via my school planner:
--The Statue of Liberty's finger s eight feet long
--Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Afacanna desert in chile
--A person living to yhe age of 75 will have slept about 220,000 hours, or 23 years!!!
--They have square watermelons in Japan. They're grown in boxes to make them stack better
--There is a drivable sofa! Features include a pizza pan steering wheel, cola can break pedal, and a coffe table!!
--One type of humming bird weighs less than a penny!
--Slugs have four noses.
--"ough" can be pronounced eight different times in the english language
--Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color
--You would need 14,826 billion fireflies to genarte as much light as the sun produces
--Aproximately 75 acres of Pizza are consumed in the Untied States every day!!
I'll have more later.
--The Statue of Liberty's finger s eight feet long
--Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Afacanna desert in chile
--A person living to yhe age of 75 will have slept about 220,000 hours, or 23 years!!!
--They have square watermelons in Japan. They're grown in boxes to make them stack better
--There is a drivable sofa! Features include a pizza pan steering wheel, cola can break pedal, and a coffe table!!
--One type of humming bird weighs less than a penny!
--Slugs have four noses.
--"ough" can be pronounced eight different times in the english language
--Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color
--You would need 14,826 billion fireflies to genarte as much light as the sun produces
--Aproximately 75 acres of Pizza are consumed in the Untied States every day!!
I'll have more later.
Tinkerbell
Head of the Swing Shift
Woah! Killer Coconuts.DocMussentuchit
Rookie
If you were to bang your head against a wall for an hour you would burn 150 calories.
However, you may lose more brain cells. :lol:
However, you may lose more brain cells. :lol:
-In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
-In Maine, it's illegal for a police officer to tell you to have a nice day after giving you a traffic ticket.
-Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
-It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on fire
-Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
-In California, it's against the law to use your dirty underwear as a dust rag.
All of these random facts come from
http://www.randomfacts.org/random-facts-directory.html
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-In Maine, it's illegal for a police officer to tell you to have a nice day after giving you a traffic ticket.
-Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
-It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on fire
-Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
-In California, it's against the law to use your dirty underwear as a dust rag.
All of these random facts come from
http://www.randomfacts.org/random-facts-directory.html
Check them out
DocMussentuchit
Rookie
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
glam_chic86
Head of the Graveyard Shift
Chocolate is capable of killing any dog.
DocMussentuchit
Rookie
George W. Bush and Hugh Hefner, Playboy founder, are 9th cousins once removed. :lol: