The average chocolate bar has 8 insects` legs in it.

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

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

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

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Shakespeare invented the word `assassination` and `bump.`

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

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

The word `lethologica` describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters of only one row of the keyboard.

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (and they tell us that we shouldn't be afraid of dentists?)

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.

The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.

`I am.` is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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

No president of the United States was an only child.

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA), is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

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.

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human`s neck. (Kinda makes you feel good after all)

Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

Montpelier, Vermont is the only US state capital without a McDonald`s.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

Back in the mid to late 80`s, an IBM compatible computer wasn`t considered one hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft`s Flight Simulator.

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

No NFL team which plays it`s home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on `Leave It to Beaver`.

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured

Frank Lloyd Wright`s son invented Lincoln Logs.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The name Wendy was made up for the book `Peter Pan.

Aren't you glad you know? ;)`

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I tried trivial pursuit once - did you know they actually ask serious questions? ;)

I like the strange and unusual facts, they fit my personality better. There's facts about facts that I didn't know were facts, but I learn quickly. ;)

How about some more?

The yo-yo originated in the Philippines, where it was used as a weapon in hunting.

All of the cobble stones that used to line the streets in New York were originally weighting stones put in the hulls of Belgian ships to keep an even keel.

Months that begins with a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F".

Libra, the Scales, is the only inanimate symbol in the zodiac.

The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes to take off, could throw a pickup truck over a mile.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second.

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

Figlet, an ASCII font converter program, stands for Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters.

There are 1,929,770,126,028,800 different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube.

The world's largest K-Mart is on the island of Guam.

A man named Ed Peterson is the inventor of the Egg McMuffin.

Liquid paper was invented by Mike Nesmith (of the Monkees)'s mother, Bette Nesmith Graham, in 1951.

Craven Walker invented the lava lamp, and its contents are colored wax and water.

In order for a deck of cards to be mixed up enough to play with properly, it should be shuffled at least seven times.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

The bubbles in Guiness Beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top like all other beers. No one knows why.

The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the fact that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side that you put in on at the port. This was so that they didn't knock off the starboard!

The now retired architect, then a draftsman, who drew the plans for the original "Golden Arches" (McDonalds) building in Fontana, California, in the early 1950s, was Charles W. Fish.



I guess I'd better save some for another day. I have to much fun with funny facts. ;)

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I think you have raised the bar for the criteria for "too much time on your hands"... :-)

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You seem like you have all the facts, can you answer these questions.

If superman could stop a speeding bullet, why did he always duck when someone threw a gun at him.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy all her friends?....individually.

If you pull the wings off a fly, would it be called a walk?

Why are they called apartments, they are all in the same building together, thus being attachments.

If a funeral is held at night, would they drive would the lights off?

You have to admit though that you learned something new after reading through all that. ;)

And just so I keep it computer/internet related:

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called anoctothorpe.

The slash character is called a virgule, or solidus. A URL uses slash characters, not back slash characters.

"Freelance" comes from a knight whose lance was free for hire, i.e. not pledged to one master.

The ampersand (&) is actually a stylised version of the Latin word "et," meaning and."

The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'

The word 'pixel' is a contraction of either 'picture cell' or 'picture element.'

The word "modem" is a contraction of the words "modulate, demodulate." (MOdulateDEModulate)

And last, but not least:

The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin "tri-" + "via", which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streeets in Rome (or some other Italian place), they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of "trivia."


Any unusual facts to add? ;)

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pulse fluttering... heart racing... brain exploding...

information overload!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! make it stop!!!!

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Lighter fluid will not hurt a book's (non-leather)cover or pages, unless set aflame. It will remove adhesive, stickers, & most markings.

there is no word in the English language that rhymes with ORANGE.

squirrels cannot walk backwards.

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Is that because they trip over their nuts?

No, wait... this isn't the pun thread, is it?

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Minstrel,
Get back to work!
slerriuqs
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There's also no word that rhymes with month, and.....ummmmm....there's another one I know it! Any ideas?

Now I knew you couldn't lead a cow down steps, but you can lead them up. I didn't know about squirrels though. I didn't even know there were black one's until not to long ago. :)

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I was! I was multitasking... :-)

Is this, per chance, Aussie for "I really admire your sense of humour"?

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1. Superman ducks to give the villian a false sense of security before completely kicking his postierer.

2. Barbie is highly narcissistic, would you want to be around her without getting paid?

3. If you pull the wings off a fly I believe you get a 'fall' Reference The Land Before Time - Petry(sp):".....'I flied' 'No, you falled.'" ;)

4. Because calling them COMpartments sounds to much like a glove box?

And 5. I have no idea! Anyone have a good answer for this one? :)

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Some of these may be duplicates... what can I say? it's late... and I have feet to go before I sleep...

Butterflies taste with their feet.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs... but not downstairs.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

A snail can sleep for three years.

No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

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

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

All polar bears are left-handed.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

You tried to lick your elbow, didn't you?

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In vino ceritas, Minstrel?

In vino Veritas!
Vitia erunt donec homines. ;)

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Minstrel wrote:

"Is this, per chance, Aussie for "I really admire your sense of humour"?

Wondering, in Ottawa"

vfaulkener said something like quirrels can't go backwards. slerriuqs! (but yes your humour is always welcome Minstrel & I hope it's intact when Canada plays in the Rugby World Cup- poor buggers had to play the All black in their first game)

There is greater biomass of insects under the ground than biomass of animals above the ground.
Chocolate fish can't swim.
Goldfish aren't made of gold.
The tooth fairy doesn't have a bank account.
Certain prodestant sects object to sex because it may lead to dancing.
Spiderman hates mosquitoes
Little Miss Muffett is guilty of war crimes against the Kurds
All the King's horses and all the King's men had egg sandwiches
The gap between Hel- and lo is a fifth
Modern politics is a figment of our imagination (nightmares).
Adam came first and Eve won't get over it.
On the eigth day god created the Holden (Only Aus made car)
Give peace a chance was stolen from a pea farmer
Francis Bacon (induction /deduction)was a pedophile
The Pilgrim fathers suffered from cold, expecially in Salem.
(hotdog)Sausages come in packs of 10 while buns come in packs of 8.
There are no Bush fires in Australia
NZ was raised from the ocean by ancient fishermen
Sadam backwards almost says mad ass
Babies are smacked on the bottom at birth so that a certain anatomic part will fall off the useless ones
When feminists use a man to paper the walls it depends on how thinly they cut him.
'Arselicker' is in our official lexicon (see Macquarie Dictionary)due to our PM's relationship with the While House
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