KaryLovesMika! Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Ok I've got some good ones: Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. That's frightening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoJenic Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 That's frightening! Not really... I come in more contact with planes than I do donkeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaryLovesMika! Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Not really... I come in more contact with planes than I do donkeys. hahahaha, I thought about it after I wrote that :roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkygal Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Americans use twice as much toilet paper as Europeans each year. we have cleaner arses and europeans have a cleaner environment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika-fan1001 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Me tooooooo!! ME THREE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iadoremika Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Diet Coke was only invented in 1982. And pizza...when was that invented? That was a joke...a lame one but still a joke... The biggest fish is the whale shark. Mica would NOT be happy to hear that!!! There are more chickens than people in the world. [] All I can say is...ha ha In Bahrain, a male gynecologist can only examine a woman's private parts through a mirror. (...) How is he supposed to..? The mirror..? Examine through mirror..? Most lipstick contains fish scales. And I put lipstick on this morning...gross Americans use twice as much toilet paper as Europeans each year. we have cleaner arses and europeans have a cleaner environment... Ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosinaKiwi Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 OMG!!! I LOVE random fact! they're like 90% of my brain is taken up by these! Seriously! Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. (its good to know! try it it works!!) The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear. The Guinness Book of Records holds the Guinness Book of Records record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin Look-alike contest. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. (I know...I just did it lol) Coca-Cola was originally green. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump." Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (WTF?) Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. (EWW!!) If you told someone that they were one in a million, you'd be saying there were 1,800 of them in China By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot Sink into quicksand. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. (I tryed it once to see...and its true!) In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh. The number of births in India each year is greater than the entire population of Australia. The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the! wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon. 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes Each king in a deck of playing cards represents! a great king from history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed Firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight". 2,500 left handers die each year using products designed for right handers. A typist fingers travel over 12 and a half miles in an average day. In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions. There are only 18 countries richer than Bill Gates (and NZ is not one of them) Every year more people are killed by donkeys, than in aircraft crashes. (not that telling people this works to cure anyone of phobia of flying) You consume one tenth (.1) calories when you lick a stamp. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years. I should really stop now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoJenic Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes I've heard about that and wonder if it's true. I saw a lot of statues with horses in Europe I'll have to go through my pics but I think most had one leg in the air. In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions. Half of those questions are just, "why?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosinaKiwi Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Half of those questions are just, "why?" yepo! Why is the grass green? why is the sun bright? why is the sky blue? why cant I stay up? why are you older than me Why am I an only child/why am I NOT an only child? why? why? why? why? why? why? (you can tell I babysit toddlers cant ya!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika-fan1001 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 lol nice...why is it that we follow ages, like it would be disgusting for someone to date someone way older to them or something, why arent we just people (just popped into my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoJenic Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 yepo! Why is the grass green? why is the sun bright? why is the sky blue? why cant I stay up? why are you older than me Why am I an only child/why am I NOT an only child? why? why? why? why? why? why? (you can tell I babysit toddlers cant ya!) I don't even need to babysit to know they ask those questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishrose Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 You can't keep your eyes open when you are sneezing. Yep...if they open while you sneeze, the force of your sneeze pops them out of their sockets. Like that >> Dolphins are the only animals, besides humans, who have sex for pleasure. The average toilet flushes to the tone of E-flat. The average musician signed to the average label earns three cents per song on every album they sell. (Kind of the short end of the stick...) A medium-sized apple contains roughly 50 calories. John Bonham of Led Zeppelin died from inhaling his own vomit. Rats can have up to 15000 babies in a year. There are 360 dimples on a golf ball, 119 grooves on a quarter, and 1,752 steps on the Eiffel Tower. Carpenter ants eat your house. Rolling Stone magazine's pages are made from recycled paper. Shakespeare invented the word 'excellent'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_fashionista Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 This thread is surprisingly amusing... No president of the United States was an only child. Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women. ( freaky... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findingmywords Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Goh! How about riddles!? this is the first one i found... My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I? My guess is that one goddess... the hunter goddess? or the goddess of music? Answer: A violin Hahaha. Nevermind, I was thinking too hard. I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I? Answer: The shadow I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I? Answer: Tomorrow Ok those were pretty difficult.. My brain.. This one's really hard: Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I? Answer: An eye. Haaha. Some of it doesn't make sense... This one's scary/cool: Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll know, when you I do claim. Who am I? Answer: Death This ones pretty easy! I got it right!: When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. What are they? Answer: fleas! Ok I think I'm done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findingmywords Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women. ( freaky... ) ... creepy... Maybe Zeus doesn't like men Ha... Ha.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findingmywords Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Here: A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver? .......... ............................. .............. .......... Answer: ..... None. A pear tree does not bear plums. Ha! It got me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_fashionista Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Haha, nice riddles. Random American Facts: America's best selling ice-cream flavor is vanilla. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Impotence is legal grounds for divorce in 24 American states. :lmfao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erins Interpretation Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 This is a great thread when it's 1:30 AM, and you have nothing to do.. I got some! In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies. [ I wonder who pushed the limits for that one..] More food is thrown out each day in the United States than is needed to feed its hungry . . . by McDonalds. Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels. [..ew?] The average person loses two ballpoint pens a week [i feel like I always put my pen down for about 2 seconds, and then can't find it again!] Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. [hmm..] In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere... usually in Jerry's living room. On average, 63 people each year in the UK die due to inhalation of animal hair. [ ] No matter its size or weight, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times The Bible has been translated into Klingon. [weird] .. I think I'm about done for one night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantapantsprice Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 The average toilet flushes to the tone of E-flat-that is hilarious!! Shakespeare invented the word 'excellent'-i never knew that, i love the word excellent!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Chewing Gum Ban in Singapore In 1992 chewing gum was banned from Singapore. Chewing gum was causing serious maintenance problems in all areas of the city-state. After the 1987 launch of the $5 billion mass transit train system, it was reported that vandals had begun sticking chewing gum on the door sensors of the trains, preventing the doors from functioning properly and causing disruption of train services. Surprisingly, after the ban no known black market for chewing gum ever emerged in Singapore, although some citizens did occasionally manage to smuggle some from Malaysia for their own consumption. In 2004 the ban was revised to recognize the proven health benefits of certain gums that contain calcium lactate to strengthen tooth enamel. The sale of this newly categorized medicinal gum was allowed, as long as it was sold by a dentist or pharmacist, who is required to record the name of the purchaser On average, a child uses 730 crayons by their 10th birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivia237 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. Dart-boards are made out of horsehair. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots. Your fingernail has the same ingredients as fly poop More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Wow! Some of these are really..... useless, but actually really fascinating! A Toilet flushes to the tone of E-flat!! But i did once read that: Apples are more effective in waking yourself up in the morning than coffee..... try it - it works!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hevthehampster Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 The little plastic bits on the ends of your shoelaces are called 'aglets'. A jiffy is an actual measure of time. Snow leopards can't roar. It's impossible to lick your elbow. (On average, 73% of the people who read that statement will try to lick their elbow.) haha - i kew it was called an aglet!!!!!! erm.....hmmm....usless fact now..... lets see...... the dot over the letter ' i ' is called a 'tittle' giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels camels have 3 eye lids..... most lipstick contains fish scales (most people who read that would have gone eeeuuuurrrghghhhh!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xBillyBrownx Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 More people get killed from pigs than by sharks each year. PIGS. that's a bit frightening... Fish Cough. Here's one : A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long! Hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. I have to stop sleeping! I really don't like spiders, and eating them In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh. Aw! In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions. You bet! 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! That is really scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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