Hello,
What are some random but true facts you know?
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As you age, your eye color gets lighter.
The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows.
The province of Alberta, Canada is completely free of rats.
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.
The average 拙克力 bar has 8 insect legs in it.
Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6 foot person jumping 780 feet into the air.
The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.
The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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.
There is enough fuel in a full tank of a jumbo jet to drive an average car four times around the world.
Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year.
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
The Spanish word esposa means “wife.” The plural, esposas, means “wives,” but also “handcuffs.”
Fewer than half of the 16,200 major league baseball players have ever hit a home run.
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
Richard Versalle, a tenor performing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House, suffered a heart attack and fell 10 feet from a ladder to the stage just after singing the line “You can only live so long.”
If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people, 51% would be female, 49% male; 50% of the world’s currency would be held by 6 people, one person would be nearly dead, one nearly born.
The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side.
The California Department of 摩托 Vehicles has issued six driver’s licenses to six different people named Jesus Christ.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
In 1950, President Harry Truman threw out the first ball twice at the opening day Washington DC baseball game; once right handed and once left handed.
The chameleon has a tongue that is one and a half times the length of his body.
There is a company that will (for $14,000) take your ashes, compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one.
Romanian firefighters could not get their trucks close enough to a burning building, so they put out the fire by throwing snowballs at it.
Spam filters that catch the word “cialis” will not allow many work-related e-mails through because that word is embedded inside the word “specialist”.
McDonald’s restaurants will buy 54,000,000 pounds of fresh apples this year. Two years ago, McDonald’s purchased 0 pounds of apples. This is attributed to the shift to more healthy menu options (the Apple Pie, which has been at McDonald’s for years uses processed Apple Pie Filling).
Mailmen in Russia now carry revolvers after a recent decision by the government.
Only 6% of the autographs in circulation from members of the Beatles are estimated to be real.
More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products that are made for right-handed people.
For every person on earth, there are an estimated 200 million insects.
The day after President George W. Bush was reelected, Canada’s main immigration website had 115,000 visitors. Before Bush’s re-election, this site averaged about 20,000 visitors each day.
One of the best question I ever answered!!
1 out of 4 Americans have appeared on tv
61% of all hits on the internet are on sex-sites
Everyday 21 newborn babies will be given to the wrong parents
The average person swallows 8 spiders in a year
Cannabis is the most widely abused drug in the world
The average person laughs 13 times a day
Elvis was originally blond
The average age of first intercourse is 15.3 years old
The average erect penis is 5,2" long - and 4,2" circumcised
Eskimoes use refrigerators to keep food from freezing
41% of all people take people with curly hair less seriously
20% of all females have had at least 1 homosexual experience
There is no such thing as an anti-wrinkle-creme
22% of the time, a pizza will arrive faster that an ambulance in Great Britain
96% of all women have at one time in their life faked an orgasm
3 people die every year, testing if a 9 volt battery works on their tongue
The 'Guinness Book Of Records' holds the record for being the most stolen book in public libraries
Butterflies taste with their feet
5% of the population is gay
The worlds best known word is 'okay', the second most well-known word is 'Coca-Cola'
The giraffe can clean its ears with its tongue
Charles Chaplin once won 3rd prize in a 'Charles Chaplin look-a-like contest'
In 1995 a Japanese trawler sank because a Russian cargo plane dropped a living cow from 30,000 feet
Only one book has been printed in more copies than the Bible - the IKEA-catalogue
1 cigarette takes away five minutes of a person's life
In 1950 we were 3 billion people on the earth - today we are 6 billion people
'Donald Duck' was banned in Finland, because he doesn't wear pants
74% of all nudist-females are nudists, because their husbands are nudists
More people die from a champagne cork popping, than from poisonous spiders
21% of all traffic accidents happen because the driver falls asleep
Did you know that originally a danish guy invented the burglar alarm? - unfortunately it got stolen
Dumb Laws for
Florida
? Apparently with an exaggerated idea of the laws of thermal dynamics, the city council of West Palm Beach, Fla., once decreed that the roofs of all outhouses be fireproof.
? Big Pine Key: It is illegal to molest a Key deer; If caught one will be fined or will have to go to jail.
? Cape Coral: It is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes outside on a clothesline; It it illegal to park a pick-up truck in your driveway or in front of your house on the street (This law is limited to only those who do not own the house)
? Daytona Beach: The molestation of trash cans is banned; While intoxicated, being under influence of narcotics is prohibited; It shall be unlawful for any person to swim or bathe in that portion of the Atlantic Ocean within the corporate limits of the city when under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs to the extent that his or her normal faculties are impaired;
? Don't plan on using any of the celebratory Champagne bottle sizes known as Methuselahs, Salamanazars, Balthazars or Nebuchadnezzars. These very traditional Champagne bottle sizes are all illegal in Florida.
? Florida deals with its prostitution problem by giving prostitutes spending money, a five-year banishment, and a bus ticket out of town.
? Florida law forbids rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa Bay.
? Florida prohibits topless walking or running within a 150 foot zone between the beach and the street.
? Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
? Hialeah: Ambling and strolling random but true factsis a misdemeanor.
? If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
? In Florida failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is illegal.
? In Florida it is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge.
? In Florida, a special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
? In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
? Miami Shores Village, Fla., has for years required that all goods made in Communist countries and offered for sale in Miami Shores Village be clearly marked as such. The ordinance notes that such goods are often marked in a "false, misleading or inadequate manner, to hide their Communist origins."
? In Sarasota it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
? In Saratoga, Florida it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.
? It is considered an offense to shower naked.
? It is illegal to block any traveled wagon road.
? It is illegal to fart in a public place after 6:00pm on a Thursday.
? It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
? It is illegal to skateboard without a license.
? It's against a Key West, Fla., ordinance to spit on a church floor.
? It's illegal in Florida for an unmarried man and woman to live together in "open and gross lewdness." Connecticut once had a similar law, but only the woman was penalized.
? Key West: Chickens are considered a 'protected species'.
? Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
? Miami: It is illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown; No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a bell or device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance of at least 100 feet, but no bicycle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a bicycle, any siren or whistle.
? Oral sex is illegal.
? Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
? Pensacola: Citizens may not be caught downtown without at least 10 dollars on their person; It is illegal to roll a barrel on any street, fines go up according to the contents of the barrel; A women can be fined (only after death), for being electrocuted in a bath-tub because of using self-beautification utensils.
? Pinecrest: In order to operate a burglar alarm, a permit must be obtained.
? Sanford Stage: Nudity is banned, with the exception of "bona fide" theatrical performances. Violating this ordinance results in a $100 fine.
? Sarasota: If you hit a pedestrian you are fined $78.00; You may not catch crabs.
? Tampa Bay: It is illegal to eat cottage cheese on Sunday after 6:00 P.M.
? Under a 1959 ordinance, stubborn children were considered vagrants in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Fla.
? When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.
? Women can be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer. The 沙龙 owner can also be fined for this horrible crime.
? You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
? You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.
an ostreches eye is bigger than its brain
a dolphin sleeps with one eye open
a ducks quack doesn't echo
a crocodial can not stick out its tounge
in 1983 a texas funeral home was put under frozen foods in the yellow p.
human thigh bones are stronger than concerite
months that begin on a sunday always have a ffriday the 13
there are about 6,800 languegse
you can throw a ball further to the west that the east
stewardesses is the longest word to be typed with only the left hand
leonardo da vinci could write with one hand an d draw with the other at thhe same time
In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
Diet Coke was only invented in 1982. Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.
The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.
On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun.
Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.
7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood
On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain
Guinness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad in first class.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"
The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."random but true facts;
When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.
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.
The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence.
It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.
The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927.
The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.
It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".
The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.
Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.
The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
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 sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
Lucy and Linus (who where brother and sister) had another little brother named Rerun. (He sometimes played left-field on Charlie Brown's baseball team, [when he could find it!]).
The pancreas produces Insulin.
1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.
The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
World Tourist day is observed on September 27.
Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.
The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).
Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
Sorry. I could do more :(
stephen harper plays the piano.
you can break glass with opera singing
cereal and juice tastes horrible together
putting milk in your fruit juice makes it have white specks
I spell my name wrong sometimes
you can study in your sleep i did it.
liebstraum means dream of love
that was german
life would be easier if there was no chores or deadlines or stress.
Wow, that was fun!
Here are some weird laws from the state in which I live, Kentucky! (I honestly had no idea these laws existed.)
Throwing eggs at a public speaker could result in up to one year in prison. (I guess I could understand this one.)
One may not dye a duckling blue and offer it for sale unless more than six are for sale at once. (Whoever came up with this must have been highly intoxicated...)
It is illegal to fish with a bow and arrow in Kentucky. (Live & let live!)
Fort Thomas- Dogs may not molest cars. (It's not their fault! They don't know!)
Owensboro (I live close to this town)- One may not receive anal sex. (Totally inappropriate.)
A woman may not buy a hat without her husband’s permission. (Sexist.)
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo
40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated
it is impossible to lick your elbow
it is impossible for pigs to look into the sky
virginia extends more west than west virginia.
at some point, england's official language was french.
no one knows where mozart is buried.
every continent in the world is more wider in north than in the south. nobody knows why.
every continent ends with the same letter it starts with.
You should check out this website:
and this website
I always go on here when I am bored, and they have several lists like "Strange but True Facts" and other similar conversation starters!
Good luck :)
a shark cant swim backwards or else he will drown, because it cant breathe in water, so it has to keep swimming so the water goes into its mouth
frogs dont drink water
panda bears eat bamboo
a cat whiskers tells it thats how far out it can go.
dogs are cleaner then humans
umm....
All of the ants in the world outweigh all of the people in the world (doesn't that kind of make you hope that ants don't decide to take over the world?)
haha, I'm not really sure what else I know... I know that hippopotomonstrosesqueppidaliophobia is the fear of long words.
-- Amy
-After Alexander Graham Bell passed away in 1922, all telephones using the Bell system for silent for one minute.
-Stewardesses is the longest word you can type with your left hand.
-Nothing rhymes with the words orange, purple, or silver.
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
A woodpecker can wrap it's tongue twice around it's head.
A giraffe can lick it's own ear.
Lollipop os the longest word you can type only using your right hand.
Elephats cant jump ( lool shocker...every1 knos this 1 =P)
this one is funny
the skin on your elbow is called...weinus =P
you cant fold a piece of paper more thn 7 times
the dot on the letter 'i' is called a tittle
a whale's heart is the size of a small car
Babies are born without knee caps.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Dalmatians are born without spots.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
it is absolutely impossible to make a circle on an etch a sketch. Believe me I tried. Yeah you can make a super crappy one but not a decent looking one
Spiders are part of the arachnid family.
Microwaves can give you cancer.
this is a random but true fact: I don't know any! :)
OH.....AND I MIGHT BE GETTING A PUPPY!
Bulls are colour blind.
that you are more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark :o)
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