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Some Weird And Awesome Facts About Humans And Things. by Nobody: 9:46pm On Sep 15, 2013
1. Volkswagen owns: • Bentley • Porsche • Ducati • Audi • Bugatti • Lamborghini.


2. Statistically speaking, women are safer drivers than men.

3. Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.

4. There is actually a word for the day after tomorrow - Overmorrow.

5. Prostitution has been observed in chimpanzees & penguins.

6. Stuffy nose? Leave a sliced onion near where you sleep and let it sit for the night. When you wake up you'll have a clear nose.

7. Toothpaste removes ink from your clothes. Apply it to the stain, let it dry and then wash.

8. The term "scumbag" originally meant "condom.

9. Soda (Coke, Fanta, Sprite, 7up, Mountain dew etc) has the same effect on your teeth as cocaine.

10. If the human eyewas a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.

11. Old myths say that the inability to fall asleep at night, means you're awake in someone else's dream.

12. Jennifer Lopez has a $27 million insurance policy on her butt. tongue

13. The total amount of data humankind has ever collected up to 2003, is now collected every two days.

14. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time equal to 1/100th of a second.

15. 1. Volkswagen owns: • Bentley • Porsche • Ducati • Audi • Bugatti • Lamborghini.


2. Statistically speaking, women are safer drivers than men.

3. Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.

4. There is actually a word for the day after tomorrow - Overmorrow.

5. Prostitution has been observed in chimpanzees & penguins.

6. Stuffy nose? Leave a sliced onion near where you sleep and let it sit for the night. When you wake up you'll have a clear nose.

7. Toothpaste removes ink from your clothes. Apply it to the stain, let it dry and then wash.

8. The term "scumbag" originally meant "condom.

9. Soda (Coke, Fanta, Sprite, 7up, Mountain dew etc) has the same effect on your teeth as cocaine.

10. If the human eyewas a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.

11. Old myths say that the inability to fall asleep at night, means you're awake in someone else's dream.

12. Jennifer Lopez has a $27 million insurance policy on her butt. tongue

13. The total amount of data humankind has ever collected up to 2003, is now collected every two days.

14. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time equal to 1/100th of a second.

15. The peacock is actually the name of the male. The female is called a peahen.

Source: Twitter; @secretsfact

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Re: Some Weird And Awesome Facts About Humans And Things. by criuze(m): 9:57pm On Sep 15, 2013
add this one too. Nigeria dogs has their own P D P party
Re: Some Weird And Awesome Facts About Humans And Things. by Freiburger(m): 12:40pm On Sep 16, 2013
emmysenior:


2. Statistically speaking, women are safer drivers than men.

This is true.
Re: Some Weird And Awesome Facts About Humans And Things. by Freiburger(m): 12:43pm On Sep 16, 2013
emmysenior:


5. Prostitution has been observed in chimpanzees & penguins.

The scientists who carried that experiments are just too boring. grin
Re: Some Weird And Awesome Facts About Humans And Things. by Nobody: 2:31pm On Sep 16, 2013
Freiburger:
The scientists who carried that experiments are just too boring. grin

That stuff got me cracked up too... grin grin grin grin

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