Author Topic: The "Did you know?" Fact Thread (Read 9971 times)

num2son · « **Reply #60 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:14:45 AM »

Quote from: crazychickencow;273516

You're more likely to be killed by a coconut than attacked by a shark.

Coconut falling on your head?

-The Los Angeles Rams were the first U.S. football team to introduce
emblems on their helmets.

-The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

-Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living.

crazychickencow · « **Reply #61 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:36:00 AM »

Quote from: num2son;273703

Coconut falling on your head?

Yep. Or Ayaka murdering you in your sleep.

- The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. Ever notice that?

- Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years. (Carpal tunnel's a bitch

)

- Christopher Columbus's fee for "discovering" America was about $300. (But stealing the native people's land? Priceless.)

-During the Cold War, when sending children into space was a very real possibility, researchers at NASA worked tirelessly to invent a toy which would work in zero gravity. The result of their labors? Play-Doh!

- The smallest known spider is the virus. Its web is what makes us sick. (oh... oh dear god. *is coming down with something* *is so afraid of spiders, actually cried during the Charlotte's Web commercial*... excuse me, I think I need to take a whole package of cold pills now. Oh god.)

shadowstar · « **Reply #62 on:** January 03, 2007, 07:38:38 AM »

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

Betty Boop was originally designed as a dog

num2son · « **Reply #63 on:** January 06, 2007, 05:49:29 AM »

Quote from: crazychickencow;273720

Yep. Or Ayaka murdering you in your sleep.

- Christopher Columbus's fee for "discovering" America was about $300. (But stealing the native people's land? Priceless.)

Ayaka being the last person i see...OK

and the christopher columbus fact is the truth...lol.

-Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

-The average person laughs 13 times a day!
I havent noticed, i think i got in 6 today.

-The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!

-In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds!
cant waist your life, not even for one second.

maliciel · « **Reply #64 on:** January 06, 2007, 06:35:58 AM »

Quote from: num2son;273703

-The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Fuck, I knew I wasn't normal.

wildstarr · « **Reply #65 on:** January 06, 2007, 07:02:23 AM »

The state of Florida is bigger than England

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people

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

Fracture · « **Reply #66 on:** January 06, 2007, 08:05:35 AM »

Quote from: wildstarr;276343

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people

Killed?

Just what kinds of products are we talking about here?

shadowstar · « **Reply #67 on:** January 06, 2007, 08:16:34 AM »

Quote from: Fracture;276366

Killed?

Just what kinds of products are we talking about here?

Chainsaws would be a good example.

Tuffty · « **Reply #68 on:** January 06, 2007, 06:57:22 PM »

A centipede does not have 100 legs

Work is a bigger killer than drink, drugs or even war

Being killed by an asteroid is more likely than being killed by lightning

The universe is offically a beige colour

NAzu · « **Reply #69 on:** January 07, 2007, 12:08:06 AM »

Mastodon is an extinct animal and a band.

Kyobu · « **Reply #70 on:** January 07, 2007, 03:20:06 AM »

Quote from: wildstarr;276343

The state of Florida is bigger than England

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people

lol @ England being so damn small.

Really? With that and everyone saying left handers die like, 7 years earlier than right handers, I'm basically fucked.

Rijio · « **Reply #71 on:** January 07, 2007, 06:36:49 AM »

I love this topic

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
You would have to count to one thousand to use the letter "A" in the English language to spell a whole number.
Also if I remember America was previously found by elderly-Germanic people before Christopher Colombus as drakkars were discovered

Rakko · « **Reply #72 on:** January 07, 2007, 03:21:40 PM »

Up to 4 billion meteoroids fall to Earth each day.

shadowstar · « **Reply #73 on:** January 07, 2007, 04:03:53 PM »

Quote from: Rakko;277192

Up to 4 billion meteoroids fall to Earth each day.

Maybe that 'pebble' that fell on my head the other day was one of them

wildstarr · « **Reply #74 on:** January 07, 2007, 06:32:28 PM »

- Toto was paid $125 a week during the filming of the Wizard of Oz.

So in todays money would be about 2 million a week

...to the dog...

Tuffty · « **Reply #75 on:** January 07, 2007, 06:34:12 PM »

Women found guilty of prostitution in Norfolk, Virginia must be forced to wear a t-shirt with the word 'SLUT' printed in red, capital letters on it for 7 days

Rijio · « **Reply #76 on:** January 07, 2007, 06:54:24 PM »

I've already seen women with a slut t-shirt, but it was just for fashion :p

Guchi_Jnr · « **Reply #77 on:** January 08, 2007, 12:05:57 PM »

The playing length of a regular CD is 74mins42secs, because the Sony president is a fan of Beethoven Symphony No. 9, which also goes for 74mins42secs.

Rakko · « **Reply #78 on:** January 08, 2007, 02:30:06 PM »

It takes sperm one hour to swim seven inches.

trickraca · « **Reply #79 on:** January 09, 2007, 01:55:44 AM »

swallowing gum doesnt stay in your body for 7 years.. it is sent to the intestine and come out naturally in no time..