fun facts

[BeachBabi0]

are there any interesting facts you'd like to share? ill start off...

• red hair is caused by a mutated gene
• 42% of 1st-3rd graders want to be thinner
• chocolate may cause certain types of cancer
• the only 'real' eye colors are blue, green, and brown. all of the others are subcategories off of those three

those are just a few..list what you can!

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

No two zebras have the same stripe pattern.
A giraffe has a black tounge.

 

[Sparx]

the first fork had only one tine.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

the first fork had only one tine.

The pointy things on a fork have a proper name?! I never knew that.

Uh. Wyoming is the least populous state.

 

[Captain Brain]

Watermelons are grown square in Japan. They plant them in boxes so that they will stack better.

 

[VolleyballQt07]

*Alaska is the biggest U.S state.

 

[Captain Brain]

If you yell for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, you would have produced enough energy to heat a cup of coffee.

 

[Captain Brain]

The longest commenly used word (as in, non-scientific term) in the first edition Oxford dictionary is floccinaucinihilipilification, which means to describe something as worthless (i.e. if I were to say that Pie is worthless (WHICH IT MOST DEFINITLY IS NOT!!!) then I would be floccinaucinihilipilification-ing.)

 

[Captain Brain]

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!

 

[C.J. Sparrow]

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!

PANTS!!

The Earth is 93 million miles away from the Sun.

 

[Sparx]

it takes 8 minutes for light to reach earth from the sun. so when the sun goes out, we'll have 8 minutes before we know

 

[Captain Brain]

The plastic part on a shoelace is called an aglet.

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!


Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

The world's youngest mother gave birth when she was five years old.

 

[meeshheartsdisney217]

The world's youngest mother gave birth when she was five years old.

EWWWWWWWWWWWWW. you would know that jam.


Atlanta made it against the law to tie giraffes to lamp posts.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWW. you would know that jam.


Atlanta made it against the law to tie giraffes to lamp posts.

Gee thanks.

In Arizona, it is illegal to move a bed without a permit.

I think.

 

[PurpleDucky]

You can't cross the Minnesota-Wisconsin border with a chicken atop your head

Ducks quacks don't echo

I'm the coolest person ever! JK

 

[VMK_MagicalLadee]

The longest commenly used word (as in, non-scientific term) in the first edition Oxford dictionary is floccinaucinihilipilification, which means to describe something as worthless (i.e. if I were to say that Pie is worthless (WHICH IT MOST DEFINITLY IS NOT!!!) then I would be floccinaucinihilipilification-ing.)

I thought it was pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliconvolcanoconiosis?

Sorry.. I memorized it..
Im a bit gifted.

 

[Mur13]

You cannot tie an alligator to a fire hydrant in Louisiana.

 

[meeshheartsdisney217]

You can't cross the Minnesota-Wisconsin border with a chicken atop your head

Ducks quacks don't echo

I'm the coolest person ever! JK

hahahahaha. i'll have to remember that next time.

 

[maelstrom troll]

I thought it was pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliconvolcanoconiosis?

Sorry.. I memorized it..
Im a bit gifted.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch