FACTS?

[st0n3r]

anyone got some interesting facts to tell anyone about? i have a few.....some may of knew them already but still, i find them quite cool........

bob marleys father was a white liverpudlian.

the longest word in the english language is an average of 1066 letters long....referring to a distant part of the DNA.

If a fly/moth/wasp etc, landed on a perfect spot, perfectly on the top of your head, you would die.

more people die per year from a allergy from strawberries then being killed by sharks.

Women use an average of 60% of their height, in lipstick every two years.

'avacado' is the aztec word for testicals. (lol)

a polar bears fur isn't actually white, its translucient, it's white because it reflects the colour of the snow.........just like the sky, it is blue because of the colour of the sea.

every time a killer/blue whale ejaculates, it releases 400 gallons of sperm.


post if you have any interesting ones. peace.

[BobBong]

- It takes about a week to make a Jellybean.
- Dolphins nap with one eye open.
- The word "Mrs." can't be written in full.
- Bluebirds can't see the colour blue.
- The population of the earth has more than doubled since 1950
- Insects outnumber Humans by 1,000,000:1 (1 million to one)
- A chamelon's tongue is twice as long as its body
- Polar bears have Black Skin.

and last but not least (for now)...

It takes 5 minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.

[amsterdam]

more people write poetry than read it.

[Oli]

the longest word in the english language is an average of 1066 letters long....referring to a distant part of the DNA.

a polar bears fur isn't actually white, its translucient, it's white because it reflects the colour of the snow.........just like the sky, it is blue because of the colour of the sea.

An average of 1066 letters? What does that mean?

Then why is the sky above land the same colour as the sky above the sea?

[BobBong]

Then why is the sky above land the same colour as the sky above the sea?

70% of the earth's surface is covered in water

[HighTillIDie]

lol the sky is blue because of the gases and moisture in the air... it goes blue from clear like a trick mirror at the police station... for the exact same reason...

the ancestors of my mother's maiden name family, and my father's family were both on the mayflower together... lived in Mass. till 1820's when one went north, and the other went south... they never had a single relative mate with either family until i was born

[vicstar]

thts a load of shit about the moths thing wtf it just aint true

[420purplehaze420]

yeah that bug on the head thing cant be true im sure every spot on my head has been touched and im still kickin.or does the bug serve some significance?

[NightProwler]

lol what if someone scratched their head and died

[st0n3r]

yeah that bug on the head thing cant be true im sure every spot on my head has been touched and im still kickin.or does the bug serve some significance?

i dunno y or how all i kno is that everywhere you have certain soft spots and pressure points and its something 2 do wiv the lightness, accuracy and also how small the legs of a fly r........so......yeh........cannabis rules!

[Lily420]

lol this thread is fucking halarious!!!

Lily's fact of da day: Studies have shown in college students that in class they have the attention span of 20 minutes.

[st0n3r]

or according to all of our parents: cannabis use is very bad 4 you.........*sigh*

[somebody someone]

anyone got some interesting facts to tell anyone about? i have a few.....some may of knew them already but still, i find them quite cool........

bob marleys father was a white liverpudlian.

the longest word in the english language is an average of 1066 letters long....referring to a distant part of the DNA.

If a fly/moth/wasp etc, landed on a perfect spot, perfectly on the top of your head, you would die.

more people die per year from a allergy from strawberries then being killed by sharks.

Women use an average of 60% of their height, in lipstick every two years.

'avacado' is the aztec word for testicals. (lol)

a polar bears fur isn't actually white, its translucient, it's white because it reflects the colour of the snow.........just like the sky, it is blue because of the colour of the sea.

every time a killer/blue whale ejaculates, it releases 400 gallons of sperm.


post if you have any interesting ones. peace.


i dont believe half of those man soz!

[mellow mood]

heres a good fact:

when u smoke pot, u get high

[tokosan]

If a fly/moth/wasp etc, landed on a perfect spot, perfectly on the top of your head, you would die.

Provide documentation



a polar bears fur isn't actually white, its translucient, it's white because it reflects the colour of the snow.........just like the sky, it is blue because of the colour of the sea.

well then why are they white at the zoo, when they are sitting in a pile of grey rocks.


every time a killer/blue whale ejaculates, it releases 400 gallons of sperm.

Both the same? blue whale the same as a killer whale when it is like 100 times bigger? No.

[robert42]

HERE ARE AMAZING TRUE FACTS!!


ONLY 1 BOOK HAS BEEN PRINTED MORE TIMES THEN THE BIBLE:
THE IKEA CATELOGUE

ESKIMOS KEEP THERE FOOD IN THE FRIDGE TO STOP IT FROM FREEZING.

ELVIS WAS ORIGNALLY BLONDE

20% OF FEMALES HAVE HAD 1 HOMOSEXUAL EXPERIENCE

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A ANTI WRINKLE CREAM

3 PPL DIE EVERY YEAR TESTING IF A 9V BATTERY WORKS ON THERE TONGUE

THE GUNIESS BOOK OF RECORDS HOLDS THE RECORD FOR BEING THE MOST STOLEN BOOK IN PUBLIC LIBARYS

5% OF THE WORLD ARE GAY

THE MOST KNOWN WORD IS OK THE 2ND MOST KNOWN WORD IS COCA COLA

1950 WE WERE 3 BILLION PPL IN THE WORLD NOW THERE IS 6 BILLION PPL

MORE PPL DIE FROM POPPIN A CHAMPAGNE CORK THEN POISINOUS SPIDERS.

ORIGINALLY A DANISH GUY INVENTED THE BURGLAR ALARM BUT IT GOT STOLEN.

54% OF BANKROBBERIES TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY

ELVIS NEVER GAVE A ENCORE.

THE NUMBER OF WARS FOUGTH BY COUNTRIES WHO DONT HAVE A MC DONALDS IS 0

EVERY 5 MINS A AREA OF THE RAIN FOREST THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL PITCH IS DESTROYED

A CAN OF DIET COKE WILL FLOAT IN WATER BUT NORMAL COKE WILL SINK.

MALES THINK ABOUT SEX EVERY 7 SECONDS

MORE THEN 50% OF THE WORLD HAVE NEVER MADE OR RECIEVED A PHONE CALL.

1 OUT OF 10 GIRLS HAVE CLIMIDEA

DR HARVEY KELLOG TRIED TO MAKE A CURE FOR MASTURBATION WHEN HE INVENTED CORN FLAKES

IN EVERY EPIOSODE OF SIENFIELD THERE IS ALWAYS A SCENE WITH SUPERMAN IN.

IN MINNESOTTA THERE IS A LAW AGAINST MEN HAVIN SEX WITH LIVIGN FISH.

DOLPHINS AND HUMANS ARE THE ONLY SPECIES WHO HAVE SEX FOR PLEASURE.

ITS POSSIBLE TO ATTEND YOUR OWN FUNERAL COS THE HUMAN BRAIN CONTIUNIES TO SEND OUT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS 37 HOURS FOLLOWING YOUR DEATH.

[BobBong]

1 OUT OF 10 GIRLS HAVE CLIMIDEA

damn dude.. what kinda girls are you dating?

[robert42]

LMAO

Its a fact! :p

Yep that spot on ya cock that u thought was a pimple :rolleyes: aint!

[Az.]

there are some well intreresting facts there....some not so....mellow mood ....LOL
i would add some but i dont know any so thought i would complement yours in hope that you continue posting them :)

Oh i do have one....PINK FLOYD RULE!

[Kid Dynamite]

ITS POSSIBLE TO ATTEND YOUR OWN FUNERAL COS THE HUMAN BRAIN CONTIUNIES TO SEND OUT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS 37 HOURS FOLLOWING YOUR DEATH.


so what your attending your own funeral anyway, seeing as your lying there in the coffin arent you.






the ancestors of my mother's maiden name family, and my father's family were both on the mayflower together... lived in Mass. till 1820's when one went north, and the other went south... they never had a single relative mate with either family until i was born


just as well really, or you probably wouldve ended up with 7 fingers or something.

[mellow mood]

i tought 10% of world pop was gay

thats what i always heard in any case

[ermitonto]

One sixth to one quarter of all people sneeze when exposed to very bright lights, something known as the photic sneeze reflex. Such people are prohibited from flying combat aircraft because it is considered a risk.


- The word "Mrs." can't be written in full.
Actually, it's short for "Mistress", but people have slurred the pronunciation over time.

[BobBong]

One sixth to one quarter of all people sneeze when exposed to very bright lights, something known as the photic sneeze reflex. Such people are prohibited from flying combat aircraft because it is considered a risk.


Actually, it's short for "Mistress", but people have slurred the pronunciation over time.

Mrs. Audio pronunciation of "Mrs." ( P ) Pronunciation Key (msz)
n. pl. Mmes. (m-däm, -dm)

1. Used as a courtesy title for a married or widowed woman before the surname or full name of her husband: Mrs. Doe; Mrs. John Doe.
2. Used as a courtesy title for a married, widowed, or divorced woman before her own surname or full name: Mrs. Doe; Mrs. Jane Doe. See Usage Note at Ms.
3. Used in informal titles for a married woman to indicate the epitomizing of an attribute or activity: Mrs. Wonderful; Mrs. Organization.

Where is your proof of this "Mistress" theory :P

P.S. yes it's a copy/paste from dictionary.com, but i make my point.

[ermitonto]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs.

Think about it. Mister + ess = mistress, like actor + ess = actress, poet + ess = poetess, prince + ess = princess, etc.

[BobBong]

well i'll be a poopey joint, :P ya learn somethin new all the time. Looks like Mistress is the root word for pretty much all of those abbreviations

[NightProwler]

One sixth to one quarter of all people sneeze when exposed to very bright lights, something known as the photic sneeze reflex. Such people are prohibited from flying combat aircraft because it is considered a risk.

I've got that

[Funkamander]

Men think about sex every 7 seconds. Really? Even at a funeral? Even in a firefight?

I don't even have to say anything about the bug on your head "fact". That's just fucking retarded.


Oh, I heard one too! If you eat Pop Rocks and Pepsi, you blow up and kill anyone within 30 miles.

[GHoSToKeR]

"just like the sky, it is blue because of the colour of the sea."

Uhhh... dude? The sea is blue because of the colour of the sky. :) Here's why the sky is blue, apparantly. (http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec96/848799227.Es.r.html)

"Eskimos keep their food in the dfridge to stop it from freezing."

Haha that's awesome! :D

Anyway....

Wiltshire, UK, had to replace 150 lamp-posts, at a cost of about $170,000, because of corrosion caused by dogs urinating on them.

During his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings.

A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size.

A leech has 32 brains.

Each day, anywhere from 35-150 species of life go extinct.

A language becomes extinct in this world every two weeks.

Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript

An artist from Chicago named Dwight Kalb created a statue of Madonna made out of 180 pounds of ham.

Bernd Eilts, a German artist, turns dried cow manure into wall clocks and small sculptures. He is now expanding his business to include cow dung wrist watches.

In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni packed his feces in cans, signed and mounted them, and then sold them as art.

Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or dated his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa.

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.

During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water.

Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

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

Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate.

[NightProwler]

Men think about sex every 7 seconds. Really? Even at a funeral? Even in a firefight?

yes. actually about every 4 seconds

[Canadabis]

1- The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors on his hobnailed boots; lying with his eyes as his hands are busy working over time; creating a soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the national trust.
Actual Beatles lyrics, from Happiness is a warm gun, off of Revolver I think.

[jacquelyne]

in japan they eat whale cum
The low frequency call of the humpback whale is the loudest noise made by a living creature.
the cassowary is australias deadliest animal
a kangaroo is a macropod = big footed and largest marsupial in the world
Australia is the largest exporter of coal, wool, aluminium, diamonds, sheep, lead zinc and sand.
people here with hiv/aids is 0.01%
100% of our population can read and write at 15
we have 6 states and 2 territories
legal age here to drink grog etc or go pub is 18 yrs
Tasmania is one of the world's major suppliers of illicit opiate products; government maintains strict controls over areas of opium poppy cultivation
Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth.
If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour.
The Australian billygoat plum contains 100 times more vitamin C than an orange.
Astronauts cannot burp - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus - In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet tall.
The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
A quarter of the world's plants are threatened with extinction by the year 2010.
The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18mph.

[Az.]

i just read all the facts here and some of them are pretty hard to believe....lol

here are 5 quick ones for you :)

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The # symbols is often referred to as a "number sign" or "pound sign." Its actual name is an octothorpe

[Az.]

NO WAR HAS BEEN FOUGHT WHERE BOTH COUNTRIES HAD A McDonalds

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!

[rastabill89]

snoop dogg quit smoking weed for like a week

[ilikerabbits]

bobert42 only has one ball.

[Melton420]

yea all the time