Random Facts for Today

1. All kittens are born with blue eyes.
2. The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
3. North Dakota is the only state that has never had an earthquake.
4. The highest amount of money a cow was sold for at an auction was $1.3 million!

oh cool thread *rubs hands*

1. The human ears and nose never stop growing
2. If the largest known star (VY Canis Majoris) were scaled down to 20" in diameter, our Sun would be the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

Hm ...

1) The blood in your veins are blue until oxygen reaches it, and it turns different shades of red.

:D

I bet now that I've decided to post in here I won't be able to think of anything interesting :haha:

Let's see...........

The North and South of Ireland have only been separated since 1921, and the Reublic of Ireland has only existed for 50 years.

(I study Irish history, so my random fact of the day is relevant to my homework :blush: )

These are all so cool!

1. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
2. It's illegal to slurp soup in New Jersey.
3. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
4. A bee must tap 4 million flowers to make 2lbs. of honey. There are 3 million honey producing colonies in the United States.
5. In the 1940s minimum wage was $.43 per hour
6. If you say somebody is 1 in a million you are saying there are 1,317 of them in China (as of 4/30/07)
7. There is a an island of plastic and trash floating in the Pacific ocean that is twice the size of Texas.


ok thats good for now...i will post more tomorrow :)

There is an island of trash floating around in the ocean, or if all the trash was collected it would spread out to be twice the size of Texas? :huh:

The Great Pyramid contains 2,300,000 blocks of stone weighing an average of 2 1/2 tons each. It was the tallest man made structure for 4,400 years.

1. the average bed is home to over 5 billion dust mites.

2. tug of war was an official olymic event until 1920

3. seaweed can be used to thicken ice cream
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I dont know John!! I was wondering the same thing lol...I just copied the fact. I would like to know though lol..

Here are some more:
1. There are four cars and eleven light posts on the back of a ten-dollar bill.
2. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
3. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
4. In 1865 the first speed limit was introduced in Britain - 2 mph in town and 4 mph in the country.
5. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

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Some "hairy" facts.

1. The average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her scalp.
2. Your hair grows about 9" per year.
3. You shed 50-100 hairs per day.
4. Gray hair (which is actually transparent) is caused when the cells in the hair follicle stop producing pigment.
5. The age at which gray hair starts is hereditary .. thank your parents for your gray hair, not your kids :haha:

I know!!!! :cry:

In regards to the floating garbage - it's for real - here's a snip of an article form the San Francisco Examiner:

the garbage thing - that's amazing, considering that Texas is nearly 800 miles east to west and north to south.

1. The deepest hole ever drilled in the earth was 7.62 miles.
2. Dry ice is -110 F.
3. When you chop onions, the juice turns into a mild sulfuric acid, which is what burns your eyes.
4. Rice is the most consumed food in the world by humans, followed by wheat, corn, and bananas.

Okay here are some that I have:

1. The average American goes through 4376 loaves of bread in their lifetime.
2. They also go thorugh 14892 pints of milk PER YEAR!!!!!

Sorry I don't know that much more, I'll try and post more later

1. in the average lifetime, the human heart beats almost 3 billion times, and you take about 631 million breaths. not adjusted for rapid heartbeat or breathlessness due to Carly.
2. ligaments in the human body are stronger than nylon rope

LMAO!!!!!!! that was funny.


and EWWWWW ligaments! ligaments, bones, tendons (especially tendons) all those words gross me out really bad. i have horrible tendons lmao they always cross over each other and ick its nasty.

Horses have no gag reflex and are incapable of throwing up. Sometimes their inability to throw up causes stomach upsets - which can be fatal.

Koosh double posts an average of 3.2 times per day. :rotfl:

:lmao:

cockroaches cannot burp. an easy way to kill them is with borax or baking soda. they eat it and it creates lots of gas in their tummy, and they rupture inside. gross but effective.

Thats torture! :angry:

Iceland has the highest HDI (human development index).

Fact: Just because someone we love wants us to do something doesn't mean we have to. <_< Hint Hint

Let's be a nerd;

A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year. Mercury rotates very slowly but revolves around the Sun in slightly less than 88 days.

Learned that yesterday.

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Fact: In Roman times burping at the dinnertable was a sign you enjoyed the meal and it was actually rude not to.

Are you referring to Carly wanting us to vote for Adam? :lmao:

Random fact: The kidney was first thought to be the organ of love.
Weird huh?

Yes I was.If she told you to jump off a bridge would you?

If I had a bungee cord I would!

:lmao: You all have a great time.

Fact: My daquiri glass is empty. :drunkpals: <_<

Fact: If you swim a 50 freestyle and finish in 27 seconds or slower, you won't beat me. :P

Of course not! :P But Adam was my favorite before Carly said that!

:rolleyes: :angel: heheheh. i post too much! :haha:

word.
lol




he is awesome!

1. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories per hour.

2. In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies.

just checking and I know he was your favorite :P

Fact: You can barely tell when a snake is dead because it can't close it's eyes.

Fact: It's not anymore ^_^

:haha: wow no wonder i've been feeling so good and there's no bottom in my glass,thanks Judith :drunkpals:

Fact:

Koosh and Kal can never stay on topic. :offtopic: :lmao: