Random Facts

[Rilin]

Saw a thread like this on another forum. Just post some random facts that some people might not know.

- "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
- If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
- Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
- The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
- Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

[Buddywolf]

There are palm trees in alaska. Not all of it is ice and snow

[White Wolf Guardian]

Wow that makes me not be wanting to cut down Oak trees x-x

[Moongaze]

A guy got hacked for cutting down the Saxon's sacred oak of Oden when he tried to convert them to Catholicism.

Don't cut down oak trees White!  x3

[Buddywolf]

every single bag of chips in the world has a different number of chips. some of them are lucky and have the same number as another bag.

[Moongaze]

90% of one dollar bills in the US have been in strippers G strings.  x3

[Rilin]

90% of one dollar bills in the US have been in strippers G strings.  x3

Also 90% of bills in the US have traces of cocaine on them o.o

[Moongaze]

^^

Someone's having a party!  xD

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Strawberries are not actually berries

[Timmy Fox]

• The scientific name of the Arctic Fox is Alopex lagopus, however, it should be Vulpes lagopus.
• The redfox is actually orange, rather than red.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
• The area code of Antarctica is 672.
• If you toss a penny 10,000 times, you would get less heads than tails since the heads picture weigh slightly more.
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[Rilin]

Awesome facts everyone!

• The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

• "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

• Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."

• A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

• The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.

• Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The person to discover how light works did so while under house arrest for insanity.

[Timmy Fox]

The person to discover how light works did so while under house arrest for insanity.

Hahaha, that made me laugh


errm...
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

People have known that the world is flat for thousands of years

[Rilin]

# The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees
# Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell
# Cats can hear ultrasound
# Kissing is healthier than shaking hands