The Random Fact Thread!

[Prometheon]

Alright, so basically, you just post any random and cool little facts you know. I'll start with a few:

 

Possums are one of the most stressed animals in the world. They have a very short life span and usually die to stress-related problems.

 

'Abstemiously' has every vowel in it, only once, and in alphabetical order.

 

The average person does NOT swallow 5 spiders a year, or in their life time or whatever that stupid fact is. It was actually made as an experiment by some researcher as to what people would believe.

[ecnarf]

Bob Saget played Ronald McDonald in the commercials.

[Lauren]

i am watching jeopardy! right now, so i cannot contribute at this time.

 

(because i want to watch/play, not because i don't want to flood the thread.)

[Guest jsunC]

I love Jeopardy.. except i hardly ever get the final jeopardy question right.. Stupid literature.

 

tree frogs don't bother hibernating when winter comes they just let their body freeze.

[Lauren]

turkey buzzards puke on inturders when they feel threatened.

[Prometheon]

Horned Lizards shoot blood from their eyelids to ward off intruders.

[RicardoObviouso]

'Abstemiously' has every vowel in it, only once, and in alphabetical order.

we can close this thread..... that is the best fact of all time.

 

 

 

that and that david ortiz is the best clutch athlete of all time.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

the first penny was made in 1727 and read "Mind your own buisness"

[silentshadow]

When standing directly under the moon you weigh slightly less.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

oh!

 

they put the same chemicals in wonderbread that they put in dead people so it stays fresh longer

[ecnarf]

oh!

 

they put the same chemicals in wonderbread that they put in dead people so it stays fresh longer

Somehow, I doubt they put formaldehyde in bread.

[Prometheon]

Maybe in Twinkies though.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

oh!

 

they put the same chemicals in wonderbread that they put in dead people so it stays fresh longer

Somehow, I doubt they put formaldehyde in bread.

they put more than one chemical into dead people

[Ryan44]

nope. they dont. only formaldahyde....i know u probably all know this...but eventually aspartame can turn into formaldahyde!!! CRAZY!!! dont drink diet. go for the good stuff. 100% sugar=100% goodness

[Ravenous Yam]

During and after the last ice age, when the ice caps were bigger, it is estimated that the oceans were over 100 metres lower, resulting in an area of land almost three times the size of Canada exposed more than today. They have recently found buried/submerged cultures and stonework many, many miles underwater off the coasts that throws all contemporary archaeology into question, particularly the origins of civilization being far, far earlier than previously thought.

Edited June 28, 2006 by Ravenous Yam

[Prometheon]

Holy shit, are you serious? That's amazing.

[Chris85]

Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina.

[Prometheon]

Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina.

WTF!?!?!?! No way!

 

Pics! Now! Preferably of the latter.

[matrix]

I've heard girls also have tits. Pics on that too.

 

Random fact too: There are about 4200 different religions in the world.

[Spritzup]

During and after the last ice age, when the ice caps were bigger, it is estimated that the oceans were over 100 metres lower, resulting in an area of land almost three times the size of Canada exposed more than today. They have recently found buried/submerged cultures and stonework many, many miles underwater off the coasts that throws all contemporary archaeology into question, particularly the origins of civilization being far, far earlier than previously thought.

Link, good sir?

[Ruettiger]

The thing Yam is talking about specifically is in a book, if I remember correctly. So you might have to do your own online reasearch.

 

Fact: The handgun is the safest gun in the world.

[ecnarf]

I'm pretty sure you could take someone's eye out with that thing.

[garsk]

the average american eats around 35,000 cookies in their life time, and they also leave your over 3 million cookies for santa

[Shakakahn]

When you eat celery you burn more calories than you consume

[Prometheon]

Yeah, but it's extremely neglibile, so it's not the weight loss miracle some peole think it is. If you ate like a pound of celery it'd total about a 2 calorie deficit or something like that.