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Topic Started: Jun 16 2008, 09:38 PM (254 Views)
Faythire	Jun 16 2008, 09:38 PM Post #1
Full time drunk Posts: 2,603 Group: Executive Member #4 Joined: May 27, 2008 Mood AWOL	Who doesn't know a bunch of facts that are pretty useless? Here are a few from me... Quote: Two of them most common internet passwords are 123 and password. In total they add up to about 7.5% of all passwords. The longest word is the Oxford English Dictionary is the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is 45 letters long. It is a type of lung disease caused by silicon dioxide particles specifically form a volcano. Starfish don't have brains whilst the eyes of some birds are heavier than their brains. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Post your random facts here!!
	So many adventures... so little time! I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.


Miss Krissy	Jun 16 2008, 09:44 PM Post #2
Christmas Fairy Posts: 7,074 Group: Executive Member #1 Joined: May 26, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood Infirm	20% of the world consume 80% of the world's food. If you sleep on a bed at night, you're in the richest 3% of the world. My dog has a foot fetish. Sorry, had to get the last one in
	Vote for your favourite quote! Word of the Day: Cajole Definition: Persuade someone to do something through flattery and sweet talk


irishgirl418	Jun 16 2008, 10:39 PM Post #3
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn! Posts: 3,977 Group: Elite Member #10 Joined: Jun 8, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood confused	U.S. President John F. Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.



Faythire	Jun 17 2008, 09:30 PM Post #4
Full time drunk Posts: 2,603 Group: Executive Member #4 Joined: May 27, 2008 Mood AWOL	Quote: No word in the English language rhymes with "month". The penalty for killing a cat, 4,000 years ago in Egypt, was death. The average person spends 30 years mad at a family member. I was pretty shocked when I first found out the family members one!
	So many adventures... so little time! I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.


Miss Krissy	Jun 17 2008, 09:57 PM Post #5
Christmas Fairy Posts: 7,074 Group: Executive Member #1 Joined: May 26, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood Infirm	The family one makes perfect sense lol! Nothing rhymes with "orange" or "purple" either.
	Vote for your favourite quote! Word of the Day: Cajole Definition: Persuade someone to do something through flattery and sweet talk


Dave	Jun 17 2008, 11:40 PM Post #6
Awesome Posts: 171 Group: Member Member #8 Joined: Jun 3, 2008	The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQs is greater than the total population of North America If myspace were a country, it would be the 8th largest in the world There are 2.7 billion searches on google every month BUT I wonder to whom the questions were directed to before google?
	To them you're just a freak... like me


irishgirl418	Jun 18 2008, 12:16 AM Post #7
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn! Posts: 3,977 Group: Elite Member #10 Joined: Jun 8, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood confused	According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear. Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.



Faythire	Jun 19 2008, 04:09 PM Post #8
Full time drunk Posts: 2,603 Group: Executive Member #4 Joined: May 27, 2008 Mood AWOL	£19.7 billion pounds was spent on beer in Britain last year, thats 228 pints a person! 25% of people in the USA have oversized clothes in there closet. If a starfish is cut into pieces, each piece will grow into a whole starfish. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
	So many adventures... so little time! I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.


irishgirl418	Jun 19 2008, 04:57 PM Post #9
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn! Posts: 3,977 Group: Elite Member #10 Joined: Jun 8, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood confused	When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace". The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.



Miss Krissy	Jun 20 2008, 05:02 PM Post #10
Christmas Fairy Posts: 7,074 Group: Executive Member #1 Joined: May 26, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood Infirm	The first mascara was made out of vaseline and coal dust, by the person who create Maybelline. It was originally in a cake form rather than in the tube it comes in today.
	Vote for your favourite quote! Word of the Day: Cajole Definition: Persuade someone to do something through flattery and sweet talk


Dave	Jun 20 2008, 10:08 PM Post #11
Awesome Posts: 171 Group: Member Member #8 Joined: Jun 3, 2008	My new avatar is awesome thnx Krissy
	To them you're just a freak... like me


Miss Krissy	Jun 29 2008, 08:11 PM Post #12
Christmas Fairy Posts: 7,074 Group: Executive Member #1 Joined: May 26, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood Infirm	They go through £63,000 worth of strawberries at Wimbledon every year and 42,000 tennis balls. Mr Big from Sex and the City is called that because he was "big" in the business industry. (And several other reasons that I forgot). Carrie was the only SatC girl to not be married in the final episode. I forgot the main fact I was going to add in this thread...
	Vote for your favourite quote! Word of the Day: Cajole Definition: Persuade someone to do something through flattery and sweet talk


Faythire	Jun 29 2008, 08:47 PM Post #13
Full time drunk Posts: 2,603 Group: Executive Member #4 Joined: May 27, 2008 Mood AWOL	Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn. Hippopotomonstosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. LOL! The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933.
	So many adventures... so little time! I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.


Miss Krissy	Jun 29 2008, 08:49 PM Post #14
Christmas Fairy Posts: 7,074 Group: Executive Member #1 Joined: May 26, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood Infirm	^Trust you to know the cookie fact Sapph Top Gear presenter James May owns a Fiat Panda. I'm ashamed Aston Martins are also apparently now uncool. What is Richard Hammond thinking?! Edit: There are now more UFO sightings in Wales than any other country...
	Vote for your favourite quote! Word of the Day: Cajole Definition: Persuade someone to do something through flattery and sweet talk


irishgirl418	Jul 2 2008, 04:41 PM Post #15
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn! Posts: 3,977 Group: Elite Member #10 Joined: Jun 8, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood confused	Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly. 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.



Miss Krissy	Jul 6 2008, 08:12 PM Post #16
Christmas Fairy Posts: 7,074 Group: Executive Member #1 Joined: May 26, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood Infirm	It costs £10,000 for an Eco-sign powered by wind. By law they must put a normal sign next to it for when it's not windy. Insert joke here.
	Vote for your favourite quote! Word of the Day: Cajole Definition: Persuade someone to do something through flattery and sweet talk


Faythire	Jul 7 2008, 04:21 PM Post #17
Full time drunk Posts: 2,603 Group: Executive Member #4 Joined: May 27, 2008 Mood AWOL	The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. (I have no idea if this is true or not!) A coward was originally a boy who took care of cows. Frogs cannot swallow without blinking.
	So many adventures... so little time! I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.


irishgirl418	Jul 13 2008, 10:55 PM Post #18
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn! Posts: 3,977 Group: Elite Member #10 Joined: Jun 8, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood confused	"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you." The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees. 7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.



Miss Krissy	Jul 9 2009, 11:49 PM Post #19
Christmas Fairy Posts: 7,074 Group: Executive Member #1 Joined: May 26, 2008 Chosen Pursuit A multitude of things Mood Infirm	The world’s smallest dog was two and a half inches high and four inches long.
	Vote for your favourite quote! Word of the Day: Cajole Definition: Persuade someone to do something through flattery and sweet talk


Anno	Jul 13 2009, 09:30 PM Post #20
Posts: 5,249 Group: Elite Member #31 Joined: Dec 31, 2008	Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse together). Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous line in The Terminator 'I'll be back' was originally scripted as 'I'll come back'. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. ''Vodka'' is Russian for ''little water''.



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