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lightbeyondthedark
I decided to put these up cause I'm a big fan of the useless and random facts!!! Who isn't?

The lense of the eye continues to grow throughout a person's life.

Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana. No word on which they like the most.

When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too. blush.gif

TIME Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1938 was Adolf Hitler. (thats effed up)

Terminator 2 cost $647,000 per minute of film to make. gunsmilie.gif

The average American consumes 9 pounds of food additives every year. (damn we are pig LOL)

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. (might just save your life some day)

Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.

It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced! crying.gif

During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.

and finally...

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, 'They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run.' On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run. sad.gif


feel free to share any useless facts...
Jesus_Freak
very nice... i doubt the validity of some of them...
final flight
Thank you for that utterly useless information. Keep up the good work.
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Tillghast
Dija know that when you are decapitated...you are unconsious for exactly 12 seconds. Just enough time for your life to flash before your eyes.
Deimos
a pig's orgasm lasts for half an hour. that's a wierd fact
Tillghast
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I learn sumthing new every day! Thanx for sharing, ill go hide now.
arwenpotter
lol interesting facts we have here tongue.gif laugh.gif quicksand one might come in handy XD
AztecInca
Well Im all the better for learning those things, one day some of them might be of use, but I seriously doubt it!
Tillghast
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321
Apocalyptic Cryptid
Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water

YAY!!! PENGUINS!!! YAY!!!
Pyro Pheenix
cool.gif i could go and type out all the useless facts on my computer but i really can't be bothered. so yeah.....

Useless facts #1

Useless Facts #2

so there are the other 2 threads i've posted in wink2.gif cool.gif
crazy_boy
The last one is so cool i just dont know what to say
Nxt2Hvn

On Sunday, it is illegal to sell cornflakes in Columbus, Ohio. huh.gif
Raptor
Apparently no words rhyme with Orange, Purple or Silver.
But what about Lozenge, Turtle and Culver. I'm pretty sure they rhyme with them tongue.gif

Anywaaay, uhhh:
All polar bears are left handed,
Polar bears have see-through fur,
No paper can be folded more than 7 times,
'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words,
There's no such thing as being double-jointed.

That's all I can think of.
Yelekiah
Pigs can't look up or sweat supposedly.
edit: so sweating like a pig makes no sense.
wabbit
Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human.
Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They have been known to swim more than 60 miles without a rest.
The only predator that polar bears have are humans.
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25% of cat owners blow dry the cat's hair after giving it a bath. (wut????? loooooool)
A house cat spends 70% of its time sleeping. (so does my ex-husband)
In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring. (not MY cat.. she hisses more then she purrs)
In the 1800's cats were used to deliver mail. In 1879, in Belgium 37 cats were used to deliver mail to villages, however they found that the cats were not disciplined enough to do this. (well, duh! lol)
The majority of cats do not have any eyelashes. (so much for my idea on inventing cat mascara! *sigh*)
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About 30% of American admit to talking to their dogs or leaving messages on their answering machines for their dogs while they are away. (wut????? loooooooooool)
Border collies are the most intelligent breed of dog. (YAY!!! my doggie is part border collie.. trust me, it doesn't show though no.gif )
If you were to remove the scent receptors from a dog's nose and lay them out flat, they would cover an area greater than the dog itself. (erm.. ewwww?!)
Pixie, a Siberian Husky, gave birth to 7 puppies, one of which was bright green. (I wonder if it glowed in the dark lol)
The dog with the largest ears in the world is a Basset Hound named Mr. Jeffries. The dog's ears are 11.5 inches longs, and are insured for $47,800. (whoah!)
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A female donkey's milk is closest to human milk. (erm... ewwwwww again!)
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last one:
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. (is that because the other bats who are returning come through the right?)
Yelekiah
Awesome, I didn't know cats delivered mail, lol.
Nxt2Hvn
The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.

WOW.. that one is scary!!! unsure.gif
Yelekiah
Theaters in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
Disinterested
QUOTE(T-Nemesis @ Oct 7 2005, 02:50 PM) [snapback]878497[/snapback]

Apparently no words rhyme with Orange, Purple or Silver.
But what about Lozenge, Turtle and Culver. I'm pretty sure they rhyme with them tongue.gif

Those don't rhyme. huh.gif
wabbit
QUOTE(Yelekiah @ Oct 7 2005, 03:13 PM) [snapback]878531[/snapback]

Awesome, I didn't know cats delivered mail, lol.


me either.. I wonder if any of the mail got to its destination.. lol

I found this website where they have tons of useless info and those were just part of them... original.gif

want more?
Yelekiah
Yes, they're amusing.
Raptor
Lol rofl.gif
Great stuff wabbit!
wabbit
QUOTE(Yelekiah @ Oct 7 2005, 03:22 PM) [snapback]878545[/snapback]

Yes, they're amusing.

okee grin2.gif

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress. (now that doesn't surprise me one bit)
A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.
A fetus develops fingerprints at eight weeks.
A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries. (whoah! I gotta try that)
A kiss for one minute can burn 26 calories. (smooooooooooooooooooooooooch!!!)
A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
A women from Berlin Germany has had 3,110 gallstones taken out of her gall bladder. (ouch!)
About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light. (include me in that bunch! atttttchooooooooo!)
Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed. (put me in that bunch also.. me is a lefty)
Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not.
Eating dandelions can make you urinate more. (now THERE's a useless fact!)
English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy. (better be called Limey then Slimy, I say)
Girls have more tastebud than boys.
Hair and fingernails are made from the same substance, keratin.
In 1914, a skin cream was created called "Dr. Bunting's Sunburn Remedy." A customer claimed that the cream had "knocked out his eczema." The name was then changed to what we know now as Noxema.
In a lifetime, an average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva. (*drools)
Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%. (hehehe)
Ninety percent of the population has an innie belly button.
One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw. (now there's something to be proud of)
People whose mouth has a narrow roof are more likely to snore. This is because they have less oxygen going through their nose.
The DNA of humans is closer to a rat than a cat.

and finally:
The feet have approximately 250,000 sweat glands.


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wabbit
The world record for the number of body piercings on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat.

702!!!!!!!!????????

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jpalz
WOW! ohmy.gif

What's the page wabbit?
wabbit
QUOTE(jpalz @ Oct 7 2005, 04:31 PM) [snapback]878635[/snapback]

WOW! ohmy.gif

What's the page wabbit?


hmmmm... should I give out my sources? wink2.gif

Amusing facts website

Enjoy, cutie blush.gif tongue.gif
pallidin
Funny, funny, funny and interesting. Great reading!
nativechick1989
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A kiss for one minute can burn 26 calories. (smooooooooooooooooooooooooch!!!)


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Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%. (hehehe)


Wow . . . w00t.gif
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