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  • Just random, yet true facts

    And yes some of this stuff does repeat Im sorry, see how much u know.


    Yeah this stuff is pretty interesting, so if you're bored, knock yourself out! ha::

    Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

    You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

    Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than Left-handed people do.

    In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

    A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

    The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.( I always fell on my face)

    Polar bears are left handed.

    The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, more than any other animal.

    The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.

    A roach will live nine days without it's head. The only reason it doesn't live longer is it's unable to eat.

    The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates *** by ripping the males head off.

    Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (Real Quickies, They should talk to the pig)

    Butterflies taste with their feet.

    Elephants are the only animals that can'tjump.(thankfully)

    A cat's urine glows under black light.(And stinks forever)

    An ostrich's is bigger than its brain.

    The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.

    The reason people say God Bless you when you sneeze is because your heart actually stops as long as it takes for you to sneeze.

    Pacing yourself with your finger allows you to read faster.

    10% of all woman registered for computer dating are teachers.

    7 in 10 Americans have some kind of fear of the dark.

    More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.

    More people have a phobia of vomiting than death.

    The human brain only accounts for 2% of your body weight, but takes up more than 20% of your blood flow.

    The human brain holds between 1 and 7 terabytes (1 and 7 million megabytes) of data.

    Males sweat 40% more then females.

    Testosterone in males decreases 10% every 10 years.

    Deep breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics.

    Plain grain products lower your IQ, while whole grain products increase your IQ.

    Cows milk gives 8 in 10 people coronary heart disease.

    Every 100g of Corn Flakes has 1 mg of fecal matter.

    Eating lemons make you live longer.

    Broccoli is the food with the best anti-cancer properties.

    Eating half an orange a day reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%.

    Eating one meal of fish a week reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%.



    A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

    When pressured for grazing space, kangaroos have been known to kill competing sheep.

    Cows sleep only 3 hours a day.

    Sloths sleep up to 20 hours a day and get attain by eagles a lot because of it.

    One third of all land spices are beetles.

    Aardvarks are the only ant-eaters with teeth.

    A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.

    Over 50% of a elephants diet becomes waste.

    Camels can survive in the desert without drinking for almost 3 months.

    Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!

    Pigs are the only animals other than humans that can get a sun burn.

    Cat night vision is 6 times better than human night vision.

    Ostrichgess are as strong as 4 men.

    An Ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

    The placement of a donkey's eyes in its heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.

    A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average.

    Dogs mouths are 200 times more cleaner then human mouths.

    Rats can't vomit - that's why rat poison works.

    Jaws is the most common name for Goldfish in the U.K.

    A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

    The parrots intelligence is comparable to a 5 year old child.

    If a wolf gets its leg caught in a trap, it will chew it off.

    Lobsters have blue blood.

    Moths have white blood.


    Another name for putty root is "adam and eve".

    The monkey flower, looks like a monkeys face.

    Rock Music kills plants.


    The United States has never lost a war when donkeys were used.

    Hawaii is the only U.S. state that ever had a king.

    Up to 1920 Canada was planning on invading the United States.

    Dominica has the highest crime rate on earth, more than 1/5 of the population is involved in criminal activities.

    Switzerland has the highest number of car thefts per capital.

    The Russian embassy in the U.S. has 3.8 million dollars of unpaid parking tickets.

    Czechoslovakians consume more Bear per capital then anyone else on earth.

    Costa Rica had a army of 400 in World War 2.

    Canada's peace keeping force has only 426 less soldiers than the U.S. despite being 1/10 its population.

    Germany has a negative population growth.

    Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.

    The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.

    The Soviet flag was the first one on the moon.

    The state of Vermont has produced twice as many presidents as hockey players.

    Warren Buffet the 2nd richest man on earth, started out as a Pinball repairman.



    The location of the Mars face on Mars matches the location of Stone Henge in England.

    Venus's day is longer then its year.

    The rotation of the Earth will eventually slow down to match the moon.

    Sound doesn't travel in space.

    The height of Mount Everest is 8.9 km (5.5 miles).

    The height of Mount Olympus on Mars is 25 km (15 miles).

    The diameter of the earth is 12 756 km (7 926 miles).

    The diameter of Jupiter is 152 800 km (88 700 miles).

    The diameter of the sun is 1 390 000 km (865 000 miles).

    The average temperature of the sun is 6000 degrees C (11 000 degrees F) .



    On new years in Spain they throw a ghoat off a church.

    The name Adam is believed to have come from the Assyrian word adamu: "make" or "produce".

    In Hebrew Adam means dirt.

    The last name in the Toronto phone book is Zzyzzer.

    Hot water will turn into ice faster then cold water.

    Assuming current population growths remain constant: by the year 3550 the total human population will have the same mass as the earth; assuming the average person is 60 kg (132 pounds).

    Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

    In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow!

    There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!

    More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones!

    A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!

    Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!

    Slugs have 4 noses!

    Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!

    Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!

    The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!

    It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!

    There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!

    Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes!

    A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

    If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

    If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

    The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. - A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

    Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

    Humans and dolphins are the only species that have *** for pleasure.

    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

    The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

    A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

    The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

    Polar bears are left handed.

    The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

    A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.

    The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates *** by ripping the males head off.

    Some lions mate over 50 times a day.- Butterflies taste with their feet. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

    An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. - Starfish don't have brains.

    It takes 42 muscles in your face to frown. It only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and smack someone upside the head.
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