spud the mackem Posted September 3, 2013 #26 Share Posted September 3, 2013 A spider can live for 2 years without food. Humans shed skin faster than snakes. A spider thread is stronger than its equivalent weight in steel thread and they use their threads as parachutes.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy342 Posted September 3, 2013 #27 Share Posted September 3, 2013 It is illegal in Texas to shoot a buffalo(bison) from the second floor of a hotel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted September 4, 2013 #28 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I knew that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy342 Posted September 4, 2013 #29 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I knew that. You may be the only one. Doesn't come up much these days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy342 Posted September 4, 2013 #30 Share Posted September 4, 2013 How about this one Marie Curie's notebooks are still radioactive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted September 4, 2013 #31 Share Posted September 4, 2013 For every pound of fat you gain, you add 7 miles of new blood vessels. Really. http://breakingmuscle.com/health-medicine/10-awesome-and-little-known-facts-about-the-human-body 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted September 5, 2013 Author #32 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Venus is the only planet in the Solar System that rotates clockwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted September 5, 2013 #33 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I like this thread but I have nothing to contribute. But thanks to this thread I now need therapy to get over my fear of spy ducks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted September 5, 2013 #34 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Despite being a land-locked state, Minnesota has more shoreline than Hawai'i, California and Florida combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted September 5, 2013 #35 Share Posted September 5, 2013 The average human adult contains 6 pounds of bacteria and other micro-organisms, mostly beneficial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy342 Posted September 5, 2013 #36 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Uranus is the only planet whose rotation is 90% out of phase with it's orbital direction. It is basically lying on it's side compared to the other planets 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted September 5, 2013 Author #37 Share Posted September 5, 2013 All Polar Bears are left-handed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted September 6, 2013 #38 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Now how did they figure that out? Walk up to a polar bear and say, "Excuse me, Miss/Mr, but can you hold this pen for me?" and they always grab it with the left paw? One ton of grapes makes about 60 cases of wine, or 720 bottles. One bottle of wine contains about 2.8 pounds of grapes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted September 6, 2013 Author #39 Share Posted September 6, 2013 There are no words in the English language that rhyme with month, orange, silver or purple. Now how did they figure that out? Walk up to a polar bear and say, "Excuse me, Miss/Mr, but can you hold this pen for me?" and they always grab it with the left paw? Now you're just being silly! Everybody knows that polar bears only use keyboards! The best way to check a polar bear's hand preference is to approach the animal quietly, poke it hard with a stick and then check to ascertain which side of your head is still attached to your shoulders. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnabasCollins Posted September 6, 2013 #40 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Timothy Matlack was the scribe of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 6, 2013 #41 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 12...bet you didn't know that, eh? lol 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy342 Posted September 6, 2013 #42 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Apollo 11 launched a few days after my ninth birthday.I stopped wanting to be a quarterback immediately and wanted to be an astronaut. The speed of sound is almost five times faster in water than air 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted September 6, 2013 #43 Share Posted September 6, 2013 It takes 1 tonne of diesel oil to move the Queen Mary 2, one foot from a standing start. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted September 6, 2013 #44 Share Posted September 6, 2013 you don't hear the sound of the gun firing until after the bullet has hit you (if you live). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 6, 2013 #45 Share Posted September 6, 2013 You have no sense of smell when you sleep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy342 Posted September 6, 2013 #46 Share Posted September 6, 2013 8-12 humans are killed by sharks every year.20-100 million sharks are killed by humans every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 6, 2013 #47 Share Posted September 6, 2013 8-12 humans are killed by sharks every year.20-100 million sharks are killed by humans every year How sad......who is the dangerous species, eh? An adult human body is made of aproximately 7.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 (octillions) atoms. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted September 6, 2013 #48 Share Posted September 6, 2013 You have no sense of smell when you sleep. Hi Aggie, maybe that's not true (in my case at least), I awoke several years ago smelling smoke ,and got everyone out before the fire got a serious hold in a flat in London. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 6, 2013 #49 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Hi Aggie, maybe that's not true (in my case at least), I awoke several years ago smelling smoke ,and got everyone out before the fire got a serious hold in a flat in London. I learned about this in one of my medical training (I work in the health industry). This is a question I raised and apparently something else must have woken you up and that's when you smelt the fire....google it my friend cause I'm just relying on what a lecturer told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted September 6, 2013 #50 Share Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) The national anthem of Australia is "Advance, Australia Fair", and the national flag of Australia features the Emu and the Kangaroo - not only because they are associated with Australia, but because they are among the few animals which cannot walk backwards. Edited September 6, 2013 by Leonardo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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