Random Facts!

[jokester92]

-Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second
-Every day 20 banks are robbed
-Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill

sweet

[atomsk]

ten adult elephants can produce 1 pound of poo per minute

the fire of london sucked such a volume of air to fuel itself that people were within 200 yards of the blaze were dragged down the street and into the fire and were cremated alive

obama won by the largest margin since George Washington who was elected unanimously

[Waste]

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E".

No president of the United States was an only child.

Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.

Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

Most lipstick is partailly made of fish scales.


I hope you learned something.

[spirit]

Originally Posted by analogZero

-roughly 90% of the matter that makes up a tree is made up of elements taken from the air and not the ground.

-Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

-a group of unicorns is called a 'blessing', a group of crows is called a 'murder'...if you see unicorns and crows together then god has it in for you.

-analogzero rocks your socks.

This is interesting! I've heard before a phrase "a crow left of the murder" but I never understood what it means (I even asked my English teacher and she couldn't tell me- but that was like 4years ago). So, in other words... it means rebellion?
Where did you hear this phrase?

[leerock89]

Oh I like this.

The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

[ZeroDragon]

Originally Posted by leerock89

Oh I like this.

The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

in a STANDARD deck of cards is the king of hearts the only king without a mustache. if you check newer deck versions, all the kings have mustaches. |3

[Vakarak]

THIS THREAD RULES

3-6 people are killed by sharks every year

if you look at the mirror in darkness(not necessarily night) and say candyman 5 times with no one else around, the candyman will come for you.

chuck norris sleeps with a night light... not because he is afraid of the dark but the dark is afraid of him. O.o

most water polo players are not gay

[ZeroDragon]

*The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

*Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

*The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

*Coca-Cola was originally green.

*Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. (This is so true xD )

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

*If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the
air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse
has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

*In ancient England a person ! could not have sex unless you had consent
of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to
have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that
they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had
F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from.

[analogZero]

pumpkin is the longest word typed with the right hand.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Kermit the Frog is left-handed.

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

[ZeroDragon]

after my last post i decided to go 'fact hunting', you could say. and i found this little fact:

"Cochineal and Carmine are deep crimson food dyes that are extracted from the female cochineal insects. It is used in foods such as alcoholic drinks, bakery products and toppings, cookies, desserts, icings, pie fillings, jams, preserves, gelatin desserts, juice beverages, varieties of cheddar cheese and other dairy products, sauces and sweets. Cochineal is also used to color Mcdonalds Strawberry Shakes. The average human consumes one to two drops of carminic acid each year with food. The insects are killed by immersion in hot water (after which they are dried) or by exposure to sunlight, steam, or the heat of an oven. Each method produces a different colour which results in the varied appearance of commercial cochineal. The insects are then dried and ground into a powder."

....i will never look at food the same way again

found here