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MDJ2000 01-10-2003, 09:42 PM Something to hopefully make you smile after all these distinctlly negative threads... these facts weren't verified by me, btw
Tarantula spiders can live for over two years without eating.
The biggest recorded bubble ever blown with bubble gum was 22 inches in diameter.
There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
The heaviest dog on record was a St. Bernard that weighed 310 pounds.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times (someone test this for me).
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined(1999).
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.
And finally....
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
:)
Hostkookster 01-10-2003, 09:48 PM Originally posted by MDJ2000
Something to hopefully make you smile after all these distinctlly negative threads... these facts weren't verified by me, btw
Tarantula spiders can live for over two years without eating.
The biggest recorded bubble ever blown with bubble gum was 22 inches in diameter.
There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
The heaviest dog on record was a St. Bernard that weighed 310 pounds.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times (someone test this for me).
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined(1999).
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.
And finally....
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
:)
Ahh, useless trivia. It is in fact impossible to fold any piece of paper in half more than 7 times no matter how big it is.
Good ol' Dildo. You ask what were they thinking???? hehe
IGobyTerry 01-10-2003, 09:57 PM Ya know that one that says it's impossible to lick your elbow? That's a lie, I can. I'll post a picture one of these days.
I knew the one about folding paper in half no more than 7 times, and I can confirm it is definitely impossible.
TheGAME1264 01-11-2003, 01:59 AM Starfish have no brains.
This has been another...useless fact.
(Thank you Animaniacs!)
IGobyTerry 01-11-2003, 02:02 AM I had to disect a starfish last year. It's was like all this brown goup on and in the center it was some other stuff. I can't remember what it was though... shows how much I cared about that.
susannad 01-11-2003, 02:30 AM I'll get back to you when I work out how to fold this bit of paper 8 times
TheGAME1264 01-11-2003, 11:51 AM I just want to know who has the time to think of all of this stuff.
Originally posted by inogenius
Ya know that one that says it's impossible to lick your elbow? That's a lie, I can. I'll post a picture one of these days.
NO WAY!! - show us show us
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
:eek2:
My brother has one, I will call him and ask to test it :D
An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long.
A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.
A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.
After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.
Every person has a unique tongue print.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
Women's hearts beat faster than men's.
A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.
Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human
For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
Ants don't sleep
Certain frogs (like the Wood frog) can be frozen solid then thawed and continue living.
:D :D :D :D
Vito
After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.
depends on what kind of display. I have TFT monitor and I don't find paper pink even after 10 hours :cool:
I forgot one:
Swans are the only birds with penises. :eek:
Vito
Aussie Bob 01-11-2003, 12:32 PM Originally posted by MDJ2000
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Life is now complete for me, now that I know that. :D :eek: :eek3:
mastermal 01-11-2003, 03:21 PM well, uh...
Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
President James Garfield was ambidextrous and could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other simultaneously.
St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland once because he doesn't wear pants.
If you're cold put a hat on. 80% of your body temperature escapes through your head.
More women (80%) wash their hands in the bathroom than men (55%).
:D
Excuse me, I need to was my hands, and get a cup of coffee.
insaneraptor 01-11-2003, 09:22 PM turtles breath through butts..?..:confused: :eek: :eek2: :eek3:
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