2009-10-19, 07:50 | Link #22 |
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One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
Every 3 days a human stomach gets a new lining. Most lipstick contains fish scales. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. Try it 'Colgate' in Spanish translates to 'Go hang yourself'. Imaging trying to promote that |
2009-10-19, 08:14 | Link #23 | |
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They've already proved that you can fold a piece of paper more than 7 times. There are also techniques to fold paper 7 times or paper that are thin enough to be folded 7 times. Alot of these fun facts are not real facts, so people shouldn't take them seriously.
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2009-10-19, 08:21 | Link #24 | |
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Fun Fact: There's actually a formula for it: http://pomonahistorical.org/12times.htm
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2009-10-19, 12:55 | Link #27 |
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@JRendell:
Yes, it's true. There is even a joke involving Galicians and Colgate . Fun facts: American Airlines saved $ 40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class. The Earth is the only planet that has not the name of a god. A human adult blinks about 23,000 times a day. |
2009-10-19, 14:44 | Link #29 |
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If California was to be separated from the United States it would make 11th largest country in the world measured by GDP.
The longest word in English dictionary with all of its letters in alphabetical order is Aegilops, the second longest is almost. Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States. In English "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated. "Moon" was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. The first novel ever to be written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer. Cats have over a hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten. Canada beat Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 world hockey championships. Annually coconuts kill more people than shark attacks. Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren't added to it. Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1dB, as loud as a chainsaw. |
2009-10-20, 03:03 | Link #32 |
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you know when you see somebody yawn then you also feel compelled to yawn then actually yawn. and if you do not have a kind and compassionate nateure when you see this you do not yawn.
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2009-10-20, 06:41 | Link #33 |
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Location: Malaysia
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1. Choose a three digit number ensuring the first and third digit are different by at least two.
2. Make the reverse three digit number and subtract the smaller one from the larger of these. 3. Take this answer and reverse it and add these two 3 digit numbers . The answer is always 1089 Saw this on the show,Million 2 one,great show imo. |
2009-10-25, 15:44 | Link #37 |
Okuyasu the Bird
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
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Yau wlil porablby be albe to raed tihs whtiuot mcuh dfiifuctly. No mtetar huw jbmeuld up a sneetcne is, as lnog as the fsrit ahd lsat lttrees in ecah wrod ape in tje porepr palec, it wlil slitl be ligelbe.
Tihs is bacesue tqe hamun mnid rades ecah wrod as a wlohe, nbt ecah lteter spearteley.
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2009-10-26, 00:53 | Link #38 | |
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Some fun facts : )
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