Did You Know

[Fraggle returns]

I want to hear about strange and wonderful things that are not common knowledge.

Here's one to start you off:

In South Africa they don't have a Tooth Fairy - they have a tooth mouse. you leave your tooth in your shoe and the tooth mouse takes it and leaves money. he then builds his house out of teeth

[Mcakkay]

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Every year more people are killed by donkeys, than in aircraft crashes.

[Acelightning]

Australia has banned executing

[Fraggle returns]

apparently there is a hill somewhere in england where it is still legal to shoot a welsh man with a long bow. not that I would!

[MsInterpret]

In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum, also it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.

Most lipstick contains fish scales

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying

[wirodeu]

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old

[Hitman]

1. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down
so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

2. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot
sink into quicksand.

3. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from public libraries.

4. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

5. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

6. Men can read smaller print then women can. Women can hear better.

7. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

A. All invented by women.

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow. Check the 4.

[bige92]

in ireland (were i am lol) u can't ley a finger on som1 if the come into u'r house but in usa u can kill any1 in u'r house

[MsInterpret]

LOL You can't kill anyone you want in your house in the US that's still murder...Now if someone breaks in your house depending on which state you have the right to shoot someone on your property.

[Acelightning]

in Australia only about 25% say " G'day"

[Fraggle returns]

After only 3 months of use a pillow's contents will be about 10 percent bed lice! I once told my mum this and now she buys new pillows every 2 months :evilSMILE:

[jenni.p123]

A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill

Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada

just some things i found and thought i would share with you :)

[Jcatzl101]

did you know that lightning comes OUT of the ground, not out of the sky?
did you know that all the rainforests will be cut down by 2030 if mcdonalds keeps cutting them down?
did you know that taco bell uses grade F meat?
did you know that: -The television is on an average of 7 hours, 40 minutes a DAY in U.S. homes

-American children spend an average of 4 hours, 41 minutes each DAY in front of a video screen of some kind

-40% of Americans always or often watch television while eating dinner

-American children ages 2 to 17 spend 19 hours 40 minutes each WEEK watching television

-56% of children 8 to 16 have a T.V. in their bedroom; 36% of kids 6 and under have a T.V. in their bedroom

-The average American youth spends 1,023 HOURS watching T.V. each YEAR

-The average American child sees 200,000 acts of violence on T.V. by age 18

[sum1]

did you know-

a man had a bullet in his head for 60 years and lived all his life
your nose is the cleanest part of your body
you eat 60% more food while watching entertaining tv or playing entertaining games

[jenni.p123]

i dont know if this counts but its quite interesting :P

While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot,while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction.


Women blink twice as many times as men do.

We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. Layers of cartilage in the joints gets compressed during the day.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

A baby is born every seven seconds.

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

The human body is better suited to two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one.

[Jcatzl101]

The human body is better suited to two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one

boy aint that true

EDIT: did you know that:
babies have their eyes open for the first few hours of their lives because back when it was a matter of life or death, they had to be so cute, that their parents wouldnt abandon it.

Isnt THAT odd... now adays, you could have the UGLIEST baby ever, and still love it...

[Electrogirl]

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.


Eek! And the youngest mother ever was 5(:o) year old girl from Peru who gave birth in 1939.

http://youngest_mother.tripod.com/

[jenni.p123]

WHAT?! 5???? omg :o

[Themolestarted]

the adverige peson uses 40 pieses of toilet paper a day

[Themolestarted]

boy aint that true

EDIT: did you know that:
babies have their eyes open for the first few hours of their lives because back when it was a matter of life or death, they had to be so cute, that their parents wouldnt abandon it.

Isnt THAT odd... now adays, you could have the UGLIEST baby ever, and still love it...
Its because nowadays its against the law to abandon a dog let alone a baby
And then people wanted their children to be beutiful if it was a girl or handsom as a boy so they would have a good husband or wife
did you know that: -The television is on an average of 7 hours, 40 minutes a DAY in U.S. homes Woah that may be the cause of all those black outs the tvs wasting energy
It may also be why britain has so little blackouts less tvs on and for less time

[Hitman]

While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot,while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction.

Lol :haha: It worked :P

[Themolestarted]

Did you know I can make your ears bleed when I sing badly(whitch rarely happens):D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[SuzyE730]

did you know the lion is the only social cat?

[Themolestarted]

I dont know what a social cat is
Did you know that when a male tiger and a female tiger mate you get something called a tigon and the other way round you get a liger:P:P:P

[SuzyE730]

I sure didn't know THAT!:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?

[Hitman]

I think I saw a Liger or Tigon, but I wasn't sure what was it. It was really huge. I must tell you that. In a video I think ... :D

[Themolestarted]

Yeah i'ts supposed to be hard to see the difference

[Mcakkay]

Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of mucous

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee (i wonder how they came up with this number?)

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

Turtles can breathe through their butts

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year

On average people fear spiders more than they do death (ME!)

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

[Carmit]

i knew the first 1

did u know that u cant lick your elbow

[Themolestarted]

yes

[Hitman]

You CAN'T lick your elbow. And I didn't try it if that's what you meant Carmit. 90% of people that read that would try licking their elbow. :haha:

[jenni.p123]

i would just like to say that i licked my elbow !! i was in my english class and was very bored :$:$:$

so that one isnt true :P

[Themolestarted]

You have bones made of rubber

[Mcakkay]

i know some people that can do it...but for the norm..its impossible...only double jointed people can do it. i cant

[Skellisin]

Did you know how cops got their name?

In england they had officers called Bobbies. They had tall hats, billy clubs, and wore a large coat with large copper buttons on the front. They were "nick-named" coppers because of the buttons. Later copper became COP.

[Themolestarted]

i know some people that can do it...but for the norm..its impossible...only double jointed people can do it. i cant
I CONFEES I AM A FREAK I DID IT WHEN I WAS YOUNG. h

[Mcakkay]

:P lol! your not a freak..your just..unusual!! which isnt a bad thing!

[Gameguy49]

Here's something gross.....
Do you know that a average person swallows a quart of mucus each day?

[jenni.p123]

Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of mucous

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee (i wonder how they came up with this number?)

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

Turtles can breathe through their butts

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year

On average people fear spiders more than they do death (ME!)

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.


already there :P
but yeah thats gross :P

[SuzyE730]

did you know that in Bulgaria almost every teacher in my school is making a protest for a bigger payment and that's why I'm not in school right now!:o(we'll start from 10:45am today and have only History!)

and did you know that the teachers have a bigger payment from my mom's even WITHOUT a protest?

...life's not fair!:(

[Themolestarted]

did you know i didnt know that:P

[SuzyE730]

did you know that in Bulgaria almost every teacher in my school is making a protest for a bigger payment and that's why I'm not in school right now!:o(we'll start from 10:45am today and have only History!)

and did you know that the teachers have a bigger payment from my mom's even WITHOUT a protest?

...life's not fair!:(


did you know that because of that I'm not in school for the whole day!

[Jcatzl101]

Eek! And the youngest mother ever was 5(:o) year old girl from Peru who gave birth in 1939.

http://youngest_mother.tripod.com/

OMB! who was the dad! thats discusting!

Its because nowadays its against the law to abandon a dog let alone a baby
And then people wanted their children to be beutiful if it was a girl or handsom as a boy so they would have a good husband or wife
Woah that may be the cause of all those black outs the tvs wasting energy
It may also be why britain has so little blackouts less tvs on and for less time

yes it is. but parents still love them. not all babies are beautiful, but all babies are cute. that is why i told you that.

All im saying it, is that when there were cave men, really one of the only reasons they took care of it is 1.) because if they didnt, there kind would go extinct, and 2.) (the big reason) is because you cant abandon a little baby! its too cute!

And by the time it's not cute, you have grown attached to it.

[Gameguy49]

A D or C battery has about 32 AA batteries.
u can also make fire with batteries with a rag.

[Jcatzl101]

in the range form 2050-260 the all the worlds rain forests will be destroyed.

[Sandbox]

In the laws of the City that I live in, it is illegal to drive a motor boat down the street.

You also can not carry an ice cream cone in your pocket on Sundays

[Lilliputt]

Oh... uh... but you can carry them on all da other days? :? Strange habit butaaa... oh well :P :haha:

[EscapeGirl]

In the laws of the City that I live in, it is illegal to drive a motor boat down the street.

You also can not carry an ice cream cone in your pocket on Sundays


OMB!! :haha: ROOOOOOOFL!!! I think I'd try that ice cream on a Sunday just to see what happens!! :haha: As messy as it might be. :P

[Mcakkay]

DID YOU KNOW: Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes.

DID YOU KNOW: In the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were called movies. The films were called potion pictures.

DID YOU KNOW:The ear-splitting sound produced by the high notes of a bagpipe is called a skirl.

DYK: The fleshy projection above the bill on a turkey is called a snood.

DYK: People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.

[ForeverJoseph]

no i didnt.

[Jcatzl101]

LOL. Drakes? thats strange...

No i didnt know that McK. but thats interesting...


i dont know if this counts but did you know that i LOVE chewing gum!!!

did you know that the Goliath frog is the size of a baby deer?

[ShiningStar]

here are some laws people might know about
in my state:
Single men between the ages of twenty-one and fifty must pay an annual tax of one dollar (enacted 1820).

It is not illegal to speed.

In the USA:
Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.

It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.

It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.

You may not drive barefooted.

Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.

It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.

It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.

You must have windshield wipers on your car.

You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.

Masks may not be worn in public.

Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.

It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

Thailand:
It is illegal to leave your house if you are not wearing underwear.

You must wear a shirt while driving a car.

You must pay a fine of $600 in Thailand if you're caught throwing away chewed bubble gum on the sidewalk.

No one may step of any of the nation's currency.

[someguy]

Fact: This thread will go downhill when people start making up fake stuff.

[vestpuzzle]

The kid who always has something to say.

[pratik732006]

The english word with most no. of meanings is "Set"

[RBS]

the longest english word you can spell with only one vowel is

strengths

[RBS]

In a few minutes it will be 10:11 am here on July 8th 2009.

You could write that 7/8/09/10:11

[Lausco]

Rabbits like to nibble carrots..

[Clank]

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.

(i wish someone told my granddad that :haha: )