Father Ted Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 Pele's real name is Edson Arantes Do Nascimento Steve Howard in a past life was a donkey The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world. Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France. Minnows have teeth in their throat. Most tropical marine fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood. A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume. The banana tree cannot reproduce itself. Goat's milk is used more widely throughout the world than cow's milk. Most of the world's people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water! Honey is the only food that will not go off. Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims. At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time! In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
Daggers Posted 14 July 2008 Author Posted 14 July 2008 I'll second that. In Norwegian, the expression venstrehåndsarbeid (left-hand work) means "something that is done in a sloppy or unsatisfactory way". Additionally, one of the Norwegian words for left-handed, "keivhendt", comes from Norwegian words meaning wrong handed or not straight handed.
Asha Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 In Norwegian, the expression venstrehåndsarbeid (left-hand work) means "something that is done in a sloppy or unsatisfactory way". Additionally, one of the Norwegian words for left-handed, "keivhendt", comes from Norwegian words meaning wrong handed or not straight handed. I love being left handed. It makes me different from 8/9ths of the world.
Fox You Forest Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water. A group of ravens is called a murder. A snail can have about 25,000 teeth About 3,500 gallons if water is needed to produce one pound of beef. About 300 million cells die in your body every minute. About 70% of all living organisms in the world are bacteria. About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it. A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length. A starfish can turn its self inside out. Found these few random FACTS The top one really stands out. :eek:
MikeyT Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 The saltwater crocodile can outrun a gallopping horse. Bugs Bunny was originally called Happy Rabbit More than half the worlds people have never made or recieved a telephone call. Hamsters blink one eye at a time A dog cant hear the lowest key on a piano A typical bed houses over 6 billion dust mites A snails reproductive organs are in its head
Samilktray Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 The saltwater crocodile can outrun a gallopping horse.Bugs Bunny was originally called Happy Rabbit More than half the worlds people have never made or recieved a telephone call. Hamsters blink one eye at a time A dog cant hear the lowest key on a piano A typical bed houses over 6 billion dust mites A snails reproductive organs are in its head Not having that.
Daggers Posted 14 July 2008 Author Posted 14 July 2008 A dog cant hear the lowest key on a piano So that's why the bastard never sings along!
MikeyT Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 Not having that. I swear i bought this book of random facts a few days ago and thats what it says, no joke! So that's why the bastard never sings along! Hahaha!
Jack Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months. The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
Sparky Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 70% of the earth is made up of water....so why is it called earth and not Water????Amazingly 70 %ish of the human body(except Tommy G which is 100% pure muscle!!!) is made up of water too..... The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. If you trace your family tree back 25 generations, you will have 33,554,432 direct ancestors - assuming no incest was involved. Your body sheds 10 billion flakes of skin every day. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle ( apparently the other is in the albert hall )
Asha Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 A quarter of Russia is covered by forest. Fishing is the biggest participant sport in the world. The English channel gets 30cm wider every year. The earth's atmosphere is thinner than the skin of an apple.
Bert Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. If you trace your family tree back 25 generations, you will have 33,554,432 direct ancestors - assuming no incest was involved. Your body sheds 10 billion flakes of skin every day. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle ( apparently the other is in the albert hall ) So at somepoint, he had 2 then? Getting smashed over the head by a baseball bat hurts. FACT.
Sparky Posted 14 July 2008 Posted 14 July 2008 So at somepoint, he had 2 then?Getting smashed over the head by a baseball bat hurts. FACT. That part was not fact
Trav Le Bleu Posted 15 July 2008 Posted 15 July 2008 When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees. No it doesn't. Tis an old wives tale. What actually happens is your skin dries up, tightens, thus exposing more of the root and making it look longer.
MC Prussian Posted 15 July 2008 Posted 15 July 2008 I'm sitting in an office and am writing on FT - probably under surveillance. Lousiest fact EVER!
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