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Jefro · 06-22-2005, 08:19 AM

More Weird, Amazing, Useless Facts

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world?
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
"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.
Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
Cat's urine glows under a black light.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
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.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
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.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Polar bears are left-handed.
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on 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.

06-22-2005, 08:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jefro Jokaroo Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Peterborough, Ontario Posts: 20,622 Rep Power: 154	More Weird, Amazing, Useless Facts The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world? On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. "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. Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. Cat's urine glows under a black light. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. 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. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. 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. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Polar bears are left-handed. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on 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.