JediNyt Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 More people get struck by lightning each year than die from rattle snake bites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 When my dad went to school they would strap left handers arms behind their backs and hit their hands if they tried to use their left hand. Teaching children to use a certain hand which they may not be inclined to use can be harmful. Now for some "facts" The Roman punishment for adultery was often amputation of the nose. Only 7% per cent of the population are lefties. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear unil they are 2-6 years old. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. Try it, it works! Dinosaur droppings are called coprolites, and are actually fairly common. Moisture, not air, causes superglue to dry. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart. A byte, in computer terms, means 8 bits. A nibble is half that: 4 bits. Two nibbles make a byte! Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott". Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy. Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600s by a translator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I know most of this nonsense. I had this awesome World Geography teacher who told this kinda crap to us before class. It was great. The few SW ones were what number appears in 3 outta the 4 SW films (AotC wasn't out yet, and the answer of course is 1138) and the # of the trash compactor from ANH. 3826-3827, if you don't know... *** He told us stuff to live longer. Become a female, right-handed nun with a long nose who plays second baseman on a ball diamond is the ultimate combo!!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Originally posted by leXX Now, how many of you tried to lick your elbow ??? i can lick my elbow. it doesnt taste very good though. it tastes like sweaty shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Originally posted by leXX 11. On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime. My new ambition in life is to prove that fact;) More wierd and wonderful facts: 1. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. 2. A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear. 3. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 4. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open (that clears up that statement:p). 5. Only one person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older. 6. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language. 7. China has more English speakers than the United States. 8. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. 9. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. Who would try? 10. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. That last one is my all-time fave:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Originally posted by Darklighter 1. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. *puts down chocolate bar he was just about to enjoy* WTF? Why am I always the participant in these horrible coincidences? Bah, I don't believe it. They'd have to be doing it on purpose to get that many. fyi, Lions sometimes mate up to 50 times a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I can lick my elbow. And I've gotten hit on the foot with a coconut. It didn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Originally posted by Boba Rhett *puts down chocolate bar he was just about to enjoy* WTF? Why am I always the participant in these horrible coincidences? Bah, I don't believe it. They'd have to be doing it on purpose to get that many. fyi, Lions sometimes mate up to 50 times a day. No, no, no, no. That is the legal limit if the food dudes who inspect it randomly take the bar, it can have no more than that inside. If it exceeds, the shipment is cancelled. I learned this from W. Geo and Consumer Management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Originally posted by Boba Rhett fyi, Lions sometimes mate up to 50 times a day. three cheers for the lions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 In Michigan, you can't tie your pet alligator to fire hydrants. In some city in the east, it's illegal to molest garbage cans... wtf?! I love wierd laws! In California, you can't carry metal lunchboxes (like miners have, or those 300 dollar things from the 60s??? *shrugs*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 Originally posted by Boba Rhett Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy. omg lmfao The only country to have a single colour flag (green) is Libya. Our nearest Galaxy (The Large Magellanic Cloud) is 99,973,116,000,000,000,000 miles away! The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. Twelve Americans receive prescribed marijuana from the U.S. government. The tip of a 1/3 inch long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Donald Duck was banned in Finland for not wearing pants. But a later story said they had finacial trouble and couldn't import the comics from America... I like the former story better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Originally posted by leXX omg lmfao The only country to have a single colour flag (green) is Libya. Our nearest Galaxy (The Large Magellanic Cloud) is 99,973,116,000,000,000,000 miles away! The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. Twelve Americans receive prescribed marijuana from the U.S. government. The tip of a 1/3 inch long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275 mph. the tongue is also the only muscle in the body to be connected at only 1 end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Originally posted by leXX Twelve Americans receive prescribed marijuana from the U.S. government. and we're proud of it too. especially me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 More more more (these are more human biological facts): 1. Women blink twice as many times as men. 2. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 3. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange:p 4. The colder the room you sleep in, the more likely you will have a bad dream (I'm gonna test this one). 5. There are more people alive today than have ever died (wow). Very interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 I sleep in a bedroom that is 0 degrees!!! I have had my share of whacky, crazynightmares to... But I hate heat. I like freezing coldness. When I get a house, I won't worry about heat bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted January 30, 2003 Author Share Posted January 30, 2003 Diet Coke was only invented in 1982. Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. Scientists at a University in Ontario, Canada have discovered that the part of Einstein's brain thought to be related to mathematical reasoning - the inferior parietal region - was 15 percent wider on both sides than a normal brain. Belgium is the only country never to impose censorship for adult films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Well, as for the UK v Zanzibar war, I think the UK obviously still had an export treaty in tact with them, after all Freddie Mercury from Queen ended up in the UK. As for the time of the passing of the law in regards to alien contact, wasn't the moon landing on either 21st or 22nd July, 1969? That's telling Buzz and Neil not to talk to the cheese miners on the moon!! BTW Clem, I think the heart does not stop imbetween beats, it's more of a continuous action, as the heart fills with blood again. I think the actual stopping means nothing happens at all...... I think, if you look hard enough, there is also another set of numbers in almost all SW films - haven't spent the time to go through TPM and AOTC, it is 327. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 the curse word F*CK came from england in the time of robin hood any persons wishing to reproduce needed permission from the king. he would give them a plaque to hang on their door whenever they were trying the plaque read "Fornication Under Consent of the King" thus born the word 'F*CK', "wheres George? he never misses a beheading " "oh he's F*CKing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted January 30, 2003 Author Share Posted January 30, 2003 Wow, that's really interesting! I always wondered where that word came from. Just for the record.... The "Two Fingered Salute" meaning "F**k Off" or "Piss off" originated from the war between the French and English. The French were fearful of our talented archers and anyone they captured had their index and middle finger cutoff so that they could no longer fire a longbow. The English would stick these two fingers up at any French armies within sight as a taunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[RAA]-=Chi3f=- Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Ok my turn... 1) To tell the temperature without a thermometer: Count a cricket's "chirps" for 15 seconds and add 40. This tells you the degrees in Fahrenheit. 2) Penguins can jump 6 feet high. 3) A dragonfly, the fastest flying insect, can move up to 35 mph. 4) A sneeze leaves your mouth at over 600 mph. 5) If your body temperature was 86 degrees, you could live to be 200. 6) There is enough phosphorous inside the human body to make about 250 match heads. 7) The first city in history to boast a million inhabitants was London, in 1811. 8) The first sperm banks opened in 1964 in Tokyo and Iowa City. 9) Man is the only animal that sleeps on its back. 10) Cows don't have upper front teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartDragon Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 The human hand contains a minimum of 27 bones. The tongue is made up of two types of muscle, intinsic which change its shape and extrinsic which change its position. it is unlikly you will get a benign tumor of the nose. 63% of an adult male and 52% of an adult female is water. Well thats enough reading of the text books for today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 1. The smallest bones in the body are the anvel, hammer and stirrup...all three in your ear! 2. A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless:eyeraise: 3. Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts. 4. India has a Bill of Rights for cows:p 5. Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away (haha!:lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted January 30, 2003 Author Share Posted January 30, 2003 Originally posted by Darklighter 2. A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless:eyeraise: wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 lexx look on bored.com for mike the headless chicken ... i cant remember where it is but its a true story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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