The random fact thread

[Jon]

I did this on another forum, so I dunno wether it will be a sucsess here on or not, but here goes.

Members can post facts about anything at all from any aspect of life no matter how disgusting, amazing or darn right dumb. To start off with Ill post a few and If this thread is sucsessful ill add a couple more soon:

1.All polar bears are left handed.
2.A hairy back is inherited from the mother side.
3.Pearls melt in vinegar.

more soon*

 

[Stotty]

If you were to drop a plain doughnut from the top of the empire statebuilding and it were to hit someone, it would only knock them out, however if it were a jam filled doughnut then it would kill them

 

[Jon]

W00t, a reply, Ive got more here:

# 1 in 4 Americans have been on TV.
# When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was "Bite the wax tadpole".
# Hummingbirds cant walk.

 

[Sir Calumn]

- At any one point, every rat in the world is facing the same direction.

- There is more sugar in sugar substitute than there is in sugar.

- If you cut off a goats horns it will lose it's hearing, sight and sense of smell.

- Ducks can actually distinguised between different brands of bread and have been scientifically proven to prefer Hovis to all others.

- In terms of weight, there is more salt in the sea than water.

- In modern legal history, only one cow has ever been convicted of rape.

 

[rpvankasteren]

In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes.

Women were banned by royal decree from using hotel swimming pools in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, in 1979.

In Somalia it's been decreed illegal to carry old chewing gum stuck on the tip of your nose.

 

[fender]

- For the male orb-weaving spiders of the species Argiope Aurantia having sex leads to certain death. The deceased suitor's corpse is then trapped in the female genitalia, to ward off other males hoping to get lucky.

- Penguins are able to jump as high as 6 feet in the air.

- Ten cups of jasmine tea, if consumed daily for several weeks, can produce hallucinogenic effects.

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

 

[Jon]

- The red dye on Smarties is made out of crushed beetles.
- Only humans and armadillos can get leprosy
- There is no word for blue in welsh or ancient Greek

 

[Daz]

- The red dye on Smarties is made out of crushed beetles.

Most red in sweets is, it's call Cochineal. Very common food colouring.

 

[yoyo913]

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- Ten cups of jasmine tea, if consumed daily for several weeks, can produce hallucinogenic effects.

what kind?

 

[Ebonix]

- A single pair of mating houseflies can produce as many as 325,923,200,000,000 offspring in one summer

- Snickers is the best selling chocolate bar in Russia & the US

- 50 Cent is the first artist to hold 4 positions in the US top 10 since the beatles

- The "Luther Burger", a bacon cheeseburger served on a Krispy Kreme doughnut bun is named after Luther Vandross, weighs in a 828 calories.

- In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Carlos*s

 

[James007]

- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

- Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

- The 1792 law that established the Mint made coin defacement, counterfeiting, and embezzlement by Mint employees punishable by death.

 

[Help?]

Pele NEVER got a YELLOW card in his life.

 

[King]

Everyone masterbates one time in their life, whether they know that or not, in mothers womb.

 

[Joe Star]

Everyone masterbates one time in their life, whether they know that or not, in mothers womb.

 

[henry#14]

Every cigarette you smoke takes an average of 11 or so minutes off your life.

 

[Vagegast]

Bonecrusha is black.

 

[Jon]

- The avaerage penguin has one orgasm per year.
- Ostriches eyes are bigger than theyre brain.
- Taking a fish from very deep water to the top quickly will make it explode.

 

[Rob]

- Melbourne Victory raped the queers from Sydney FC 5-0 on the 16th of October 2005.

 

[Shindig]

If you placed all the loose string together, from the world... you'd have wasted a lot of time.

 

[Joe Star]

A pig's orgasm lasts half an hour...........i wanna be a pig in my next life.