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Post by bookworm101 on Nov 18, 2009 20:22:26 GMT -5
I got this idea after finding an app. for my I-phone.
Bascally, you just list a neat fact here or you can comment on one already up.
I'll go first...
More people are killed annually by donkeys than by plan crashes.
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Post by Ronnie on Nov 19, 2009 16:14:03 GMT -5
((damn donkeys -______-...LOL..syke..I love donkeys...well..as much as I love any stinky barnyard animals. Lol....But, that's kind of reassuring about plane crashes though...every time I go on a plane, I freak out just a tad...I'm a paranoid person lol XD;; ))
Here's my fact:
You're more likely to be bitten by a shark than to be struck by lightning. ((this is from memory though so it could actually be vice versa...I'm too lazy to check my facts lol XD;; ))
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Post by Neon on Nov 19, 2009 16:16:17 GMT -5
Haha ... sharks are the reason I decided not to be a marine biologist ... so scary! >.<;
Moths aren't actually attracted to light. They fly for the darkest spot, which is behind the light.
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Post by Ronnie on Nov 19, 2009 16:34:42 GMT -5
((Ew. Moths....XD))
On November 29, 2007, Gotham Books, the adult division of Penguin USA, released a book entitled The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World's Greatest Human.[21] Norris subsequently filed suit in December against Penguin USA claiming "trademark infringement, unjust enrichment and privacy rights". ((Chuck Norris, obviously can't take a joke ;>__>...))
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Post by Neon on Nov 19, 2009 16:37:34 GMT -5
Well, if they didn't ask his permission to publish that, then they can't use his name. >.<
Lightning strikes somewhere on earth an average of 100 times each second.
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Post by Ronnie on Nov 19, 2009 16:44:46 GMT -5
Does, that mean no one can publish anything with a name that may or may not trully exist? For example, could J.R. Rowling be sued if a dude name Harry Potter really exists ;>__>...But, a fact book may be different lol.. I dunno LOL XD;;...Just random thoughts from Ronnie.
Here's a lovely statistic: According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
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Post by bookworm101 on Nov 20, 2009 19:40:48 GMT -5
Oh, a dude named Harry Potter does actually exsist. Could you imagine having to show people your I.D. just to prove that that was your name. Sad (Back with the donkeys...) The U.S. has won every war that a donkey was involved in.
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Post by LightHeart on Nov 20, 2009 20:32:40 GMT -5
(( Every war?...Dude!))
Here's two: Every time you sneeze, your whole body shuts down for that second. Every time you have an orgasm you go into cardiac arrest.
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Post by Ronnie on Nov 20, 2009 22:11:47 GMT -5
((El.Oh.El. XD,..Cardiac arrest? XDD PFFFT!!))
Fact: Karaoke = "empty orchestra" in Japanese...
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Post by bookworm101 on Nov 20, 2009 22:14:45 GMT -5
Wow...don't know what to say to that....
Porqupines can float!
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Post by Neon on Nov 21, 2009 22:54:49 GMT -5
Cute!
"The Wizard of Oz" was written as an allegory to the populist propaganda.
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Post by Ronnie on Nov 21, 2009 22:57:58 GMT -5
((I knew that about the "Wizard of Oz" ..I wrote a paper on it...I long forgot all the details though @x@..Something about the flying monkeys representing Native Americans is all I remember...))
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
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Post by natalie on Nov 21, 2009 22:59:15 GMT -5
Coke can be used to clear your throat
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Post by bookworm101 on Nov 22, 2009 9:06:25 GMT -5
Seriously! Coke! Cool!
Sheep can recongize other sheep from pictures!
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Post by Ronnie on Nov 28, 2009 21:08:37 GMT -5
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
((But I wonder, how many calories you burn sleeping while watching television >D..Lol..J/k..sort of..))
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Post by bookworm101 on Nov 28, 2009 21:12:22 GMT -5
Hmmmm... makes you wonder.... I just took a nap today while watching tv.....
In 2003, The government spent over 2,000,000 dollars on potatoe research (seriosly, potatoes?)
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Post by Ronnie on Nov 28, 2009 21:21:22 GMT -5
((Which government? Was it Ireland? XDDD))
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
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Post by bookworm101 on Nov 28, 2009 21:25:42 GMT -5
U.S. governement. Don't worry, it wasn't Ireland
President Pierce Jackson was once arrested for running over an old lady with his horse.
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Post by bookworm101 on Dec 21, 2009 12:29:09 GMT -5
....Wow, this hasn't been updated in so long....
Contrary to popular belief, there are no Buddhists in India, nor have there been for about a thousand years.
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Post by Neon on Dec 24, 2009 2:10:49 GMT -5
That's right, they're mostly Hindu.
About half of all geysers on earth are located in Yellowstone National Park. (Makes me wonder when that part of the country is just going to explode entirely ... )
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