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  • Xx{Shadow}xX
    FFR Player
    • Jan 2008
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    110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

    1. California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.

    2. Kangaroos can not walk backwards.

    3. 'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.

    4. According to a recent survey, more than half of British adults have had sex in a public place!

    5. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.

    6. Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.

    7. Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!

    8. Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes.

    9. The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.

    10. On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.

    11. Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

    12. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.

    13. Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.

    14. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with Vaseline.

    15. When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.

    16. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

    17. The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.

    18. How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating.

    19. Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.

    20. In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!

    21. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.

    22. During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.

    23. Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.

    24. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

    25. There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.

    26. There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.

    27. More than 2 million documents will be lost by the IRS this year.

    28. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

    29. Washington, D.C. has one lawyer for every 19 residents!

    30. Avocados have more protein than any other fruit.

    31. The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!

    32. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

    33. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die!

    34. The most powerful electric eel is found in the rivers of Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, and Peru, and produces a shock of 400-650 volts.

    35. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

    36. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

    37. In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog!

    38. You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.

    39. Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.

    40. One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.

    41. China has close to 25% of the world's population.

    42. Christmas became a national holiday in the US in 1890.

    43. Cows sweat through their noses.

    44. Deer sleep only 5 minutes a day.

    45. Despite a population of well over one billion people, there are only an estimated 250 million televisions in use in China.

    46. Dogs can't decipher size. That's why little dogs are mean.

    47. Cleveland law forbids you to operate a motor vehicle while sitting in another person's lap.

    48. Dave Matthews relocated to the United States to avoid service in the South African Military.

    49. Don't even think about having sex while in a moving ambulance in Tremonton, Utah as it is extremely illegal. Of course, a stationary ambulance is another story.

    50. Dentists have recommended that toothbrushes be kept at least six feet from toilets to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

    51. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.

    52. ****roaches break wind every 15 minutes.

    53. Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.

    54. Did you know that 85.7% of statistics are made up?

    55. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

    56. During pregnancy, the average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size.

    57. China was the first country to use paper money.

    58. During the average human life, you will consume 70 assorted bugs as well as 10 spiders as you sleep.

    59. Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live?

    60. Death Valley, California, has a point that is 280 feet below sea level.

    61. Hitler and Napoleon both had only one testicle.

    62. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.

    63. It's illegal in Newcastle, WY to have sex in a butcher shop's meat freezer.

    64. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

    65. Jaguars are frightened by dogs.

    66. Holland has the densest population per square mile of any nation in the world.

    67. In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting.

    68. It takes about 48 hours for your body to completely digest the food from one meal.

    69. It's against the law in Willowdale, Oregon, for a husband to curse during sex.

    70. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.

    71. Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.

    72. It's been estimated that one out of every two hundred women is born with an extra nipple.

    73. In Atlanta, GA, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

    74. Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants in Marshalltown, Iowa.

    75. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.

    76. In Britain, failed suicides were hanged in the 19th century.

    77. If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, Nebraska his or her parents may be arrested.

    78. It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.

    79. In a lifetime the average US resident eats more than 50 tons of food and drinks more than 13,000 gallons of liquid.

    80. In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

    81. Hamsters blink one eye at a time.

    82. If a person has two thirds of their liver removed through trauma or surgery, it will grow back to the original size in four weeks time.

    83. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

    84. In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.

    85. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal humans neck.

    86. Hondas and Toyotas are the most frequently stolen passenger cars because they have parts that can be readily exchanged between model years without a problem.

    87. In 1386, a pig was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.

    88. Humans are the only animals that use a smile as an emotional response.

    89. When a small amount of liquor were placed on a scorpion, it would instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

    90. Homosexuality remained on the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental illnesses until 1973.

    91. A zebra is white with black stripes.

    92. All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

    93. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.

    94. Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.

    95. The ****roach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

    96. The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".

    97. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

    98. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

    99. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

    100. The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

    101. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

    102. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

    103. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.

    104. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

    105. A snail can sleep for 3 years.

    106. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

    107. In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatau put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.

    108. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

    109. Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

    110. Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
  • StepmaniaGod6969
    3 Fingers
    • Jan 2007
    • 1015

    #2
    Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

    Originally posted by Xx{Shadow}xX
    106. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
    North America and South America does'nt.
    Originally posted by Tasselfoot
    use your cock. unless it isn't long enough. and then i feel sorry for you.



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    • moches
      FFR Player
      • Aug 2005
      • 3996

      #3
      Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

      Wow, I actually read the whole thing.

      Damn, that's awesome.

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      • xinpig
        FFR Player
        • Apr 2006
        • 1072

        #4
        Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

        now i know less than before i started reading



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        • EAGAMES
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          • Dec 2006
          • 4931

          #5
          Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

          Originally posted by Xx{Shadow}xX
          103. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.
          I have something longer:
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          • Babyvpr
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            • Aug 2006
            • 512

            #6
            Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

            Originally posted by StepmaniaGod6969
            North America and South America does'nt.

            Doesn't that count?

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            • xinpig
              FFR Player
              • Apr 2006
              • 1072

              #7
              Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

              post some more facts later. or if we have our own we should be able to add them to the list



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              • Ice wolf
                FFR Player
                • Feb 2007
                • 852

                #8
                Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

                The rotation of Venus was mentioned twice.

                97. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

                How do they do that?
                Last edited by Ice wolf; 03-23-2008, 09:48 PM.
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                • StepmaniaGod6969
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                  • Jan 2007
                  • 1015

                  #9
                  Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

                  Originally posted by Babyvpr
                  Doesn't that count?
                  no because that is there names, its not just america
                  Originally posted by Tasselfoot
                  use your cock. unless it isn't long enough. and then i feel sorry for you.



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                  • xinpig
                    FFR Player
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 1072

                    #10
                    Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

                    Originally posted by Ice wolf
                    The rotation of Venus was mentioned twice.

                    97. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

                    How do they do that?
                    their eyes are 180 degrees from each other.



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                    • StepmaniaGod6969
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                      • Jan 2007
                      • 1015

                      #11
                      Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

                      111. The average North American home has more televisions than people.
                      Originally posted by Tasselfoot
                      use your cock. unless it isn't long enough. and then i feel sorry for you.



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                      • xinpig
                        FFR Player
                        • Apr 2006
                        • 1072

                        #12
                        Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

                        wow 7TV 4 ppl XD



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                        • SalemZOMBIE
                          FFR Player
                          • Aug 2007
                          • 66

                          #13
                          Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

                          112.

                          The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache in a standard deck of playing cards.
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                          • Professor Raine
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                            • May 2007
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                            #14
                            Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

                            That list says that Venus rotates clockwise 3 times


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                            • indigo23
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                              • Dec 2004
                              • 104

                              #15
                              Re: 110 interesting facts that will amount to nothing in your lifetime

                              haha thank you for posting these!

                              my favorites:
                              11. Non-dairy creamer is flammable. this makes me want to try...
                              33. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die! cruel but hilarious.

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