A Million Random Facts!

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    Gloomy Mushroom

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    C'mon LPA we can do this.

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    1. Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating.
    2. Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
    3. Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.
    4. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second.
    5. A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood.
     
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    1.Carnivorous animals won't eat an animal that has been struck by lighting....(lol..perhaps they only like flame grilled, eh?)
    2.On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily....(thats sad...)
    3.You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television...
    4.A foetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks....
    5.If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.....
     
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    1. Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady" was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.

    2.In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring.

    3. The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.

    4. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
     
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    1. 10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria.

    2. The Peregrine Falcon may reach speeds of 320 km/h (200 mph) as it drops toward its prey.
     
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    Dean

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    OJ Simpson was originally considered for Arnold Schwarzenegger's role in The Terminator, but James Cameron turned him away for not being believable enough as a ruthless killer.
     
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    TheRockChick

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    - 99% of the pumpkins sold in the US end up as jack-o-lanterns.

    - Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

    - Sitting too close to the TV will not ruin your eyesight.

    - Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

    - No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH" <--- i tried, but couldn't find any! ><
     
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    65% of 124 couples lean their heads to the right while kissing :D
     
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    Gloomy Mushroom

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    1. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
    2. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War 2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
    3. By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
    4. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
    5. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
     
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    Sønic

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    Google is God. :lol:

    1. If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
    2. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
    3. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
    4. It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.
    5. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
    6. A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.
    7. Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.
    8. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
    9. Race Car is spelled the same forwards or backwards.
    10. Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.
     
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    False.

    "Go." is.
     
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    Gloomy Mushroom

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    Microsoft Word grammer check says other wise!

    1. Wal-Mart Stores bought $18 billion of goods from China in 2004 making it China's eighth-largest trading partner (ahead of Australia, Canada and Russia).
    2. The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime!
     
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    Komodo dragon's saliva contains 50 different species of microorganisms mostly his prey will die of infection
     

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