Strange Facts

[Captain Brain]

This is a thread to post some of the weird, yet true, facts that have been floating around.

- A human loses 80 hairs a day.

- If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

- It is estimated that a language becomes extinct every two weeks.

- The shortest complete sentence in the English language is: I am.

- Every eight seconds a person dies from smoking.

- They have square watermelons in Japan. They're grown in boxes to make them stack better.

- The word "set" has the highest number of seperate definitions in the English language: 192.

 

[Someybody]

-Nothing Rymes with Orange or Silver

-Blue wants a square watermelon.

 

[Dreaming_of_Disney]

- They have square watermelons in Japan. They're grown in boxes to make them stack better.

You learn something new every day.

 

[sassymom]

I love learning little things like this. I hope this thread stays alive.

 

[StitchfansJr]

You learn something new every day.

I never knew there was a square watermelon.

 

[Captain Brain]

Here's another: If you cut off one side of a cat's whiskers, it will walk around in a circle until it eventually dies.

 

[SnowyJingleBells]

I love learning little things like this. I hope this thread stays alive.

i agree
here is my starnge fact:
- i am strange

 

[StitchfansJr]

Here's another: If you cut off one side of a cat's whiskers, it will walk around in a circle until it eventually dies.

I knew that a cat needed it's whiskers to walk, but never knew it would die!

 

[milkabum]

- The average human being sheds half a pound of skin each year.
- Dogs aren't really colourblind. That is a complete myth.
- Dust is made up of dry skin, animal fur, bug parts, and dirt.
- In Beijing, there is only one lane for cars. The other three are for bikes.
- Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.
- Every three seconds, someone dies from poverty.
- The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
- Cat urine glows under a black-light.
- The state of Florida is bigger than England.
- There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones.
- The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year.
- Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.
- Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
- In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose in the street.

I could go on and on, I'm filled with this stuff. If you want to hear more, just ask.
But I'm tired of typing.

 

[Captain Brain]

I guess I'm not the average American. Mom says two or three sodas a week.

So 52 multiplied by three is: 156.

 

[milkabum]

Average meaning adding all of them up and dividing by that number. You still contribute to the amount, it's just that the majority drinks more.

 

[SnowyJingleBells]

- The average human being sheds half a pound of skin each year.
- Dogs aren't really colourblind. That is a complete myth.
- Dust is made up of dry skin, animal fur, bug parts, and dirt.
- In Beijing, there is only one lane for cars. The other three are for bikes.
- Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.
- Every three seconds, someone dies from poverty.
- The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
- Cat urine glows under a black-light.
- The state of Florida is bigger than England.
- There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones.
- The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year.
- Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.
- Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
- In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose in the street.

I could go on and on, I'm filled with this stuff. If you want to hear more, just ask.
But I'm tired of typing.

silly milkabum!

 

[SnowyJingleBells]

I guess I'm not the average American. Mom says two or three sodas a week.

So 52 multiplied by three is: 156.

like 1 a month 2 or 3 if im lucky

 

[milkabum]

I usually drink juice or bottled water.
Occasionally..
a smoothie.

 

[milkabum]

- During World War II, Kit-Kats was unavailable due to milk shortages, so the chocolate bar was made without milk.

Yay kit-kats!

 

[ShadowKittyKat]

Here's another: If you cut off one side of a cat's whiskers, it will walk around in a circle until it eventually dies.

Sad but true.

 

[StitchfansJr]

- The average human being sheds half a pound of skin each year.
- Dogs aren't really colourblind. That is a complete myth.
- Dust is made up of dry skin, animal fur, bug parts, and dirt.
- In Beijing, there is only one lane for cars. The other three are for bikes.
- Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.
- Every three seconds, someone dies from poverty.
- The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
- Cat urine glows under a black-light.
- The state of Florida is bigger than England.
- There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones.
- The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year.
- Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.
- Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
- In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose in the street.

I could go on and on, I'm filled with this stuff. If you want to hear more, just ask.
But I'm tired of typing.

Some of these are VERY strange.

 

[SnowyJingleBells]

Sad but true.

i dont think shadow liked that 1 rofl

 

[milkabum]

Yup. They kinda fit me..

 

[Captain Brain]

Sad but true.

I knew you'd say that. (gives hot chocolate and kitty cat plushie)

Meh, I'm not much of a cat person. Give me a puppy any day!