The Random Facts Thread

**A recent study shpwed golfers are 64% more likly to drink domestic beer-than imported beer

**A "springal" is an old term for an active young man

**From 1941 to 1950, violoet was an M&M clor. It was later replaced with tan

** Fireflies like to synchronize light ups. Two or more found together will enventually start lighting up at the same time

**Soft drinks are Americans favoirte beverage, followed by water & milk
 
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider! :eek:
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Whoa! :eek: Good job we always uncork the chmapagne out in the garden then! :eek: :lol:


A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.

Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world.

Despite being over 27 times smaller, Norway's total coastline is longer than the USA's.

Devon, England has about 33,000 miles of hedgerows, more hedgerows than any other country.

Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country.

In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."

In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums.

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.
 
^Yup, but only because Istanbul was formly known as Constantinople which was in Greece until it was taken away.
 
Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country.
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Yay wibbsy! Lots of places to do ice fishings. :D
We also have Europe's largest archipelago, since there's also about 180,000 islands.


Then a few...

Finns drink more coffee than any other nationality in the world. About 11kg in a year per capita.
 
This is weird...

More people in China speak English than in the US

45% of dollar bills you'll ever own have been in a stripper's g-string. All I have to say is...ew.

40,000 Americans are injuried by toilets a year. :lol:
 
George W Bush talks to his beagle dogs. :lol:
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I think that's nice. I mean, more than half of pet owners buy Christmas presents, throw birthday parties, and treat their pets as children.
 
**More potato chips were consumed in the year 1972 than any other year

**Leonardo da Vinci invented the scissors

**Quack attack-about half of all psychiatrists have been attacked by at least one of their patients

**The American crow weighs about one pound when full grown

**The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other psople--Lucille S. Harper

**According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the best time to spray household insects is at 4: pm. Appartnely that's the time they're most vulnerable
 
-You may not fish while riding on a camel in Idaho.
-In a certain city in Wisconsin you are not allowed to fire off your gun while your female partner is having an orgasm. :lol: OMG! LMAO
 
I love crazy laws.

In __________ (some state in the US), it is illegal to tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.

In __________ (some state in the US), it is illegal to wear stilts while in a construction site. :)
 
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