Title: Official Insignificant Facts Thread
Description: Got any?
Sofresh - November 23, 2007 06:12 PM (GMT)
Post insignificant facts here!
(ex. "According to a recent study, an individual turkey produces more litter annually than 5 chickens combined.")
Have fun! :D
Gemmini - November 23, 2007 07:57 PM (GMT)
Stryke - November 23, 2007 11:55 PM (GMT)
Oh, here we go, I have TONS.
Girls blink twice as many times as guys.
The longest word you can type on a keyboard with your left hand is stewardesses.
A duck's quack doesn't echo.
Studies show that if a cat falls off the 7th floor of a
building, it has about 30% less chance of surviving than a cat
that falls off the 20th floor. It supposedly takes about eight
floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and
correct itself.
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the
Australian coat of arms for that reason.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air
crashes.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
If a statue in a park is of a person on a horse that has both
front legs in the air, then 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; the horse has all four legs on the
ground, the person died of natural causes.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
silver and purple.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
Sofresh - November 24, 2007 02:41 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Stryke @ Nov 23 2007, 11:55 PM) |
The longest word you can type on a keyboard with your left hand is stewardesses. |
lol. :lol:
That is amazing. I think I spent about 10 minutes trying to find a longer word. lol xD
Greencheese - November 24, 2007 06:53 AM (GMT)
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
Stryke - November 24, 2007 01:55 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Greencheese @ Nov 24 2007, 01:53 AM) |
| Tremendous erosion at the base of Niagara Falls (USA) undermines the shale cliffs and as a result the falls have receded approximately 7 miles over the last 10,000 years. |
That's not insegnificant...I thought most people already knew that >.>
I had to study Niagra Falls for geography anyways. Have you guys ever been there? (On the Canadian side, I mean) It's pretty cool, especially Clinton Hill. It's a full road covered with museums, attractions and fudge :lol:
Greencheese - November 24, 2007 04:34 PM (GMT)
candian side is much better than the us side
Stryke - November 24, 2007 04:49 PM (GMT)
Here's another fact:
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Stryke - November 24, 2007 07:27 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Greencheese @ Nov 24 2007, 01:38 PM) |
i gallon of sperm is released every 30 seconds
:blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :unsure: |
:mellow:
Um...moving on...
(how do you know this anyways? :blink: )
Gemmini - November 24, 2007 11:13 PM (GMT)
:blink: wtf lol
okayy :ph43r: :ph43r: :blink:
Gemmini - November 24, 2007 11:13 PM (GMT)
man its crazy u guys are legendary
holy crap
Gemmini - November 24, 2007 11:17 PM (GMT)
The first football player on a Wheaties box was Walter Payton of Columbia.
GEORGE W BUSH
First son of a president to become president since John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams.
Pilot in the Texas Air National Guard from 1968 until 1973.
First managing general partner of a Major League baseball team (Texas Rangers) to become president
mine are boring ;)
Stryke - November 25, 2007 11:52 AM (GMT)
Polar bears are left-handed.
August 8th begins 'National Pickle Week.'
Most toliets flush in the key of E flat.
Most car horns are in the key of F.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
Howdy-Doody had 48 freckles.
400 quarter-pounders can be made from 1 cow.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
A full moon in nine times brighter than a half moon.
Goldfish have a memory span of 3 seconds.
Greencheese - November 25, 2007 02:47 PM (GMT)
ppl are slapped 40 tmes a minute
Greencheese - November 25, 2007 04:07 PM (GMT)
every time u inhale u get infected with a virus
Greencheese - November 25, 2007 04:08 PM (GMT)
Stryke - November 25, 2007 04:18 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Greencheese @ Nov 25 2007, 11:08 AM) |
| dont inhale too much :) |
*stops breathing*
...
*dies*