Incredibly Useless Yet Interesting Facts

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  1. lord_neo

    lord_neo Guest

    >> > The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a
    >> > substitute for blood plasma.
    >> >
    >> > No piece of paper can be folded in half more than
    >> > seven (7) times.
    >> >
    >> > Donkeys kill more people annually than plane
    >> > crashes.
    >> >
    >> > You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching
    >> > television.
    >> >
    >> > Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are
    >> > fifty (50) years of age or older.
    >> >
    >> > The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's
    >> > gum.
    >> >
    >> > The king of hearts is the only king without a
    >> > mustache.
    >> >
    >> > American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by
    >>eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in
    >>first-class.
    >> >
    >> > Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
    >> > (Since Venus is normally associated with women what
    >> > does this tell you!)
    >> >
    >> > Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking
    >> > you up in the morning.
    >> >
    >> > Most dust particles in your house are made from dead
    >> > skin.
    >> >
    >> > The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of
    >> > lung cancer.
    >> >
    >> > So did the first "MarlboroMan."
    >> >
    >> > Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
    >> >
    >> > Pearls melt in vinegar.
    >> >
    >> > The three most valuable brand names on earth:
    >> > Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
    >> >
    >> > It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not
    >> > downstairs.
    >> >
    >> > A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
    >> >
    >> > Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept
    >> > at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid
    >>airborne particles resulting from the flush.
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US. president
    >> > whose name contains all the letters from the word
    >>"criminal." The second-
    >> >
    >> > William Jefferson Clinton
    >> > (once again,
    >> >
    >> > Turtles can breathe through their butts.
    >> > (I know some people like that; don't YOU?)
     
  2. ajax_ds

    ajax_ds STRIDER

    he he he... lol... had read a couple of them b'4...
     
  3. jamhead

    jamhead Unknown Legend

    hey some of these interesting facts are also useful. !!!

    for example sahara and jet airwas can take a cue from american airlines and use this funda to save 40000 $.

    then, people can use the apple funda from now on, to not just keep doctors away but also keep early morning drowsyness away as well.

    plus, you can bet someone a few bucks, to fold a news paper 8 times and make some money this way. same applies with leading a cow upsrairs.

    the venus funda can be used for blind and other dates.

    the marlboro man and founder funda can be used effectively to lure near and dear ones away from smoking.


    see??
     
  4. shak

    shak Harrr!

    if i remember correctly, the paper can be folded in half upto 11 times,
    i think it has to do with the exponential growth, anyway, i'll see if i can google this 11 fold theory, by the way this 7 times thing is really old, even i can fold paper 8 times by using alternate folding pattern..
     
  5. light_of_erindi

    light_of_erindi New Member

    here's my little contribution...:).....probably some forward i had stored...:)

    If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
    (Hardly seems worth it.)

    If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
    (Now that's more like it!)

    The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
    (Oh my.)

    A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
    (In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

    A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
    (I'm still not over the pig.)

    Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
    (Don't try this at home, maybe at work.)

    The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates *** by ripping the male's head off.
    ("Honey, I'm home. What the...?!")

    The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
    (30 minutes... lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

    The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
    (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

    Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
    (I still want to be a pig in my next life... quality over quantity.)

    Butterflies taste with their feet.
    (Something I always wanted to know.)

    The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
    (Hmmmmmm...)

    Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
    (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

    Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
    (Okay, so that would be a good thing.)

    A cat's urine glows under a black light.
    (I wonder who was paid to figure that out.)

    An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
    (I know some people like that.)

    Starfish have no brains.
    (I know some people like that too.)

    Polar bears are left-handed.
    (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)

    Humans and dolphins are the only species known to have *** for pleasure.
    (What about that pig??)
     
  6. sayanakaharry

    sayanakaharry Forum Leader

    @erindi
    nice facts with even nicer footnotes.
     

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