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#1 Danny3320

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 07:07 PM

what unusual facts do you know??

One out of 20 people have an extra rib

The two factories of the Jelly Belly Candy Company produces approximately 100,000 pounds of jelly beans a day. this amounts to about 1,250,000 jelly beans an hour

Most lipstick contains fish scales ;) :thumbsup: (think off this next time you get a kiss of your gran)

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series on television history

Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second

Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."

India has a Bill of Rights for cows

97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine

Each honeycomb in Honeycomb cereal has seven holes

Every square inch of the human body has about 19,000,000 skin cells

Cows drink anywhere from 25-50 gallons of water each day

In the United Kingdom, three million people play bingo every year

On average, a car driver will swear or blashpheme 32,025 times in their lifetime while driving

The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year

There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland

On average a person passes gas 14 times a day

An owl has three eyelids

Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star :thumbsup:

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Over one million Pet Rocks were sold in 1975, makine Gary Dahl, of Los Gatos, California, a millionaire. He got the idea while joking with friends about his pet that was easy to take care of, which was a rock

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have
about ten.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!

A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court

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

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!

The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons!

101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie.

There are more beetles than any other kind of creature in the world.

There is no mention of Adam and Eve eating an apple in the Bible.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 07:15 PM

i really like the last one...danny :thumbsup: ;)

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 07:17 PM

there might be some reposts


In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty

One out of 20 people have an extra rib

44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep

In 1865, the U.S. Secret Service was first established for the specific purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents

In 1967, the IMAX film system was invented by Canadian Ivan Grame Ferguson to premier at Expo 67.

Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War

Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining

In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar

The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley

Mars is the home of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system

The Gastric Flu can cause projectile vomiting

The second best selling game of all time is Jenga. Jenga is a Swahili word, meaning "to build."

Cinderella is known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy, and Yeh-hsien in China

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

The fur of the binturong, also known as the "Asian Bear Cat," smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail

In 1894 the first big Coke sign was found on the side of a building located in Cartersville, Georgia, and still exists today

The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles

Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison

The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years

NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%

Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana

There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.

The first TONKA truck was made in 1947


Theres more here i would coppy and paste them all but theres lots lol

Edited by sweetser, 02 July 2008 - 07:18 PM.


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Posted 02 July 2008 - 08:37 PM

eww the lipstick fish scale one is horrible :thumbsup:

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 08:52 PM

This Has Been Done Before :thumbsup:

I Agree The Lipstick One :S (I Dont Use It Just Eww)

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 08:55 PM

lol apparently so i heard on Neighbours years ago...

there is no real word in the dictionary that rhymes with orange

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 09:01 PM

lol apparently so i heard on Neighbours years ago...

there is no real word in the dictionary that rhymes with orange

There Is!! ;) www.google.co.uk Is Very Helpful :thumbsup:

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 09:58 PM

lol apparently so i heard on Neighbours years ago...

there is no real word in the dictionary that rhymes with orange

There Is!! ;) www.google.co.uk Is Very Helpful :thumbsup:



Lol take it up with Neighbours heehee

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 10:11 PM

Most of banksys art work is writen on the walls of a sweerage system in london which was designed by the great great great great grandad of the :D which come up with the idea for big brother!




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