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| My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 10:03pm On Nov 09, 2010 |
This is just a collection of random and awesome facts from around the world. Enjoy!  Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 10:13pm On Nov 09, 2010 |
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 10:18pm On Nov 09, 2010 |
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions! What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel. |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 10:26pm On Nov 09, 2010 |
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off! Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath There is a city called Rome on every continent. The heart beats over 100,000 times a day! Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe! The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump! One quarter of the bones in the body, are in the feet! Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different! |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 8:34pm On Nov 11, 2010 |
The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin! The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible. |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 8:42pm On Nov 11, 2010 |
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th." Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times! The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 8:46pm On Nov 11, 2010 |
Earth is the only planet not named after a god. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food! Dolphins sleep with one eye open! It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old! The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not. |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 8:50pm On Nov 11, 2010 |
Slugs have 4 noses. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! The average person laughs 10 times a day! An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 1:01pm On Nov 16, 2010 |
For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Husteen(m): 3:42pm On Nov 16, 2010 |
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| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 10:06am On Nov 22, 2010 |
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| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 10:52am On Aug 04, 2011 |
The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on earth. Ants also outnumber us a million to one! They also can lift weight twice their size! If they ever wanted to turn on us, they could just pick us all up and throw us in the ocean. If you touch your tongue while yawning, it can stop the yawn. Grapes EXPLODE when you put them in the microwave! ‘Racecar’ is spelled the same forwards and backwards. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Phate07(m): 10:55am On Aug 04, 2011 |
Butterflies taste with their feet. A snail can sleep for three years. The pig cannot look into the sky Flies are deaf ‘Dreamt’ is the ONLY WORD in the entire English language that ends in the letters ‘mt’. Breathing the air in Mumbai, India for just ONE DAY, is equivalent to smoking 2.5 packs of cigarettes. The longest English word, at 45 letters, is ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ The female praying mantis RIPS OFF THE MALE’S HEAD during sex! Men have nipples because, as an embryo, everyone is a female until the Y chromosome kicks in.After conception, the human embryo develops as a female. Only after 6-8 weeks does the Y chromosome kick in and the fetus begins developing male characteristics. By this point breast tissue, milk ducts and nipples have already formed. This happens in all mammals, the only exception being stallions, who do not posses nipples. |
| Re: My Book Of Random And Totally Awesome Facts by Madawaki01(m): 8:03am On Jun 12, 2013 |
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