Tinkerbell
Head of the Swing Shift
To continue on from that one, Leonardo da Vinci also invented the first parachute long before man was flying.
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To continue on from that one, Leonardo da Vinci also invented the first parachute long before man was flying.
DocMussentuchit
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79% of statistics are made up on the spot.
GilandSara
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what is an orgasm? I know its got to be somewhat funny but i dunno...
Tinkerbell
Head of the Swing Shift
* Shoppers spot green items faster than any other colour, according to research by the Society of Chemical Industry
* A third of the cars driving around any given city are looking for a parking space.
* Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges.
* An ostrich egg would take four hours to hard boil.
* Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
* The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
* A third of the cars driving around any given city are looking for a parking space.
* Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges.
* An ostrich egg would take four hours to hard boil.
* Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
* The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
DocMussentuchit
Rookie
Umm...an orgasm has to do with sex. And that's all I'm going to say.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
One percent of Greenland's population lives in one single apartment building, named Blok P.
Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000.
Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China.
Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle.
Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold.
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen supply.
Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet.
Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000.
Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China.
Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle.
Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold.
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen supply.
Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet.
* Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category
* In Mel Brooks' Silent Movie mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
* In the movie "the Right Stuff" there is a scene where a government recruiter for the Mercury astronaut program (played by Jeff Goldblum) is in a bar at Muroc Dry Lake, California. His partner suggests Chuck Yeager as a good astronaut candidate. Jeff proceeds to badmouth Yeager claiming they need someone who went to college. During the conversation the real Chuck Yeager is playing a bartender who is standing behind the recruiters eavesdropping. General Yeager is listed low in the movie credits as 'Fred.'
* Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
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* In Mel Brooks' Silent Movie mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
* In the movie "the Right Stuff" there is a scene where a government recruiter for the Mercury astronaut program (played by Jeff Goldblum) is in a bar at Muroc Dry Lake, California. His partner suggests Chuck Yeager as a good astronaut candidate. Jeff proceeds to badmouth Yeager claiming they need someone who went to college. During the conversation the real Chuck Yeager is playing a bartender who is standing behind the recruiters eavesdropping. General Yeager is listed low in the movie credits as 'Fred.'
* Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
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Tinkerbell
Head of the Swing Shift
* The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as a pneumatic drill (70-90 decibels).
* Honey is one of the oldest foods in existence. It was found in the tomb of King Tut and was still edible since honey never spoils.
* Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
* A Baby bat is called a pup.
* Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
* Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
* A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
* There are more chickens than people in the world.
* Honey is one of the oldest foods in existence. It was found in the tomb of King Tut and was still edible since honey never spoils.
* Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
* A Baby bat is called a pup.
* Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
* Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
* A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
* There are more chickens than people in the world.
The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands.
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof. Also the redwoods extremely high water content reduces the tree's susceptibility to fire.
The deepest point on the Earth's surface is in the Pacific Ocean located in the Marianas trench. This point is called the "Challenger Deep" and is 35,818 feet deep.
The Huang He (Yellow River) in China is also called "China's sorrow." This is because it overflows its banks, and has caused many destructions. One of the biggest floods was in 1887, where approximately one million people died in China because of the flood.
The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest.
The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan.
The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet.
The Sun shrinks five feet every hour.
The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867.
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof. Also the redwoods extremely high water content reduces the tree's susceptibility to fire.
The deepest point on the Earth's surface is in the Pacific Ocean located in the Marianas trench. This point is called the "Challenger Deep" and is 35,818 feet deep.
The Huang He (Yellow River) in China is also called "China's sorrow." This is because it overflows its banks, and has caused many destructions. One of the biggest floods was in 1887, where approximately one million people died in China because of the flood.
The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest.
The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan.
The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet.
The Sun shrinks five feet every hour.
The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867.