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Author | Topic: useless facts useful facts conversation starters whatever you want to call it | ||
Pro Bodybuilder ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 312 |
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321 60.2% of the U.S. TV audience watched the final episode of M*A*S*H in 1983. An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain. A stack of one-dollar bills one-mile high would be worth more than $14,000,000. Astronauts lose bone mass in space. A tiny speck of space debris, typically traveling at 22,000 mph, would strike an orbiting satellite or space station with the equivalent force of a bowling ball traveling 60 mph. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain. Dairy cows can produce 125 lbs of saliva a day. Demi Moore and Bruce Willis were married by Little Richard. During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair. During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced. 'Evian' spelled backwards is naive. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. George Washington's false teeth were made of whale bone. Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by Bayer. In 1000 B.C., the Israelites paid their taxes with raisins. In 1935, Jesse Owens broke 4 world records in 45 minutes. In 1971, the first portable calculator was sold by Texas Instruments weighing only 2-1/2 pounds and costing a mere $150. In Chinese, the word for crisis and opportunity are the same. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value. John F. Kennedy was the first American president that was born in the 2Oth century. Maine is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name. Of all the animals a circus animal trainer works with, the elephant is the most dangerous. One inch of water over one acre of land weighs 100 tons. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. Pearls melt in vinegar. Rattlesnakes gather in groups, sometimes up to a thousand, to sleep through the winter. Salt is the only rock humans can eat. Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating. S on Superman's suit stands for strength, not Superman. Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and hAM. The average daily growth of a bamboo plant is 35.4 inches. The collar around Kermit the Frog's neck has 11 points. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans. The giraffe is the only animal on earth that is born with horns on the forehead in both sexes. The longest one-syllable words in the English language are straights, strengths, and screeched. The munchkins in the Wizard of OZ, were flown in from overseas. Only one could speak English correctly. It is his voice that they used for most of the munchkin's voices. The only logo not allowed on a major league baseball uniform is a Baseball. The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. There are 22 stars in the Paramount movie studio logo. The single most ethnic city in the USA is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over 75% of the population is of German origin. Three Mile Island is 2.5 miles long. Urea is found in human urine and Dalmatian dogs and nowhere else. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Elite Bodybuilder ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 667 |
elephants are the only land mammal that cant jump. madbomber will kill 3 people in his lifetime. some people have a lot of time on their hands. way too many people are fat
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Elite Bodybuilder ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 667 |
nice eyes... how do you guys have that aol and icq thing at teh bottom of your posts? ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Cool Novice ![]() ![]() Posts: 13 |
I disagree with some of it including but not limited to : Others rocks frequently eaten by humans (especailly as vitamin supplements) : Dolomite and calcium carbonate. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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