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TEE HEE HEE! look i gotcha in here didn't i?

 

well i wanted to start a thread where we could put all those useless bits of information that we pick up, such as ;

 

 

*A golf ball has 131 regulation size dimples.

 

*A pigs orgasm lasts half an hour.

 

*40,000 americans are injured or killed by tiolets each year.

 

* more people are killed by Donkeys then lightning.

 

Any1 else got anything cool?

 

-+>Da-FluX.

 

P.S. WB, i got your emails, but i can't check my email at school anymore (because of this.) so i will reply asap.

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Guest Boba Rhett

Lighten up Philbo. :D

 

You asked for it, flux. ;)

 

 

More germs are transferred shaking hands than kissing.

 

The Sony Walkman was launched in Japan in 1979.

During the California Gold Rush in 1849, water was so scarce that people were paying up to $100 for a glass of water.

 

There are 29 volcanoes in Alaska.

 

A mosquito can smell you from 35 metres away.

 

The United States and Canada are the world's largest producers of paper and paper products.

 

Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, dyed blue from head to toe.

 

Pus is made up of dead white cells and the micro-organisms they have killed.

 

A single birch tree will give off 70 gallons of water per day in evaporation.

 

A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.

 

If all the strawberries produced in California annually were laid side by side, they would wrap around the world 15 times.

 

There is a bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog.

 

Bibliophobia is the fear of books.

 

"Soldiers disease" is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.

 

India has 50 million monkeys.

 

In Greece, when Charlton Heston movies were released, they would change the name on the posters and credits to "Charlton Easton", because "Heston" in Greek (pronounced 'Hess-tawn') means "to poop".

 

The world's biggest water plant is the Amazon water lily.

 

The fastest swimming mammel is the killer whale which can reach speeds up to 35 miles per hour.

 

Most volcano eruptions last between 10-100 days.

 

There were 13 couples onboard the Titanic celebrating their honeymoons.

 

Bees kill mor people per year than even sharks or snakes.

 

Approximately 1/3 of the Earth's land surface is desert.

 

American's throw away enough office and writing paper annually to build a wall 12 feet high stretching from New York to Los Angeles.

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What do 100% of all lottery winners do?

* Gain weight.

 

What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS, from every other TV show?

* No theme song/music.

 

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

* Their birthplace. This is propinquity.

 

Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name

requested?

* Obsession

 

In a recent survey, Americans revealed that this was their favorite

smell.

* Banana

 

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until

you would find the letter "A"?

* One thousand

 

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and Laser

printers all have in common?

* All invented by women.

 

This is the only food that doesn't spoil.

* Honey

 

There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the

year.

* Father's Day

 

What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic?

* He was allergic to carrots.

 

40% of all people who come to a party in your home do this?

* Snoop in your medicine cabinet.

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