UNBELIEVABLE FACTS

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- owls cannot move their eyes because their eyes are tubular in shape, unlike the human eye which is spherical
- Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length
- Snakes are immune to their own poison
- A shrimp's heart is in their head
- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky
- Hydra - an aquatic creature is the only living creature that never die. It regenerates, replacing its cells with fresh ones
- Elephants are the only animals that can't jump
- Hippos kill more animals then lions, jaguars, leopards and elephants combined
- Coca-Cola was originally green because of fresh cocoa leaves.

EDIT: accidentally pressed click. curse this laptop!

- The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with
- Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car
- If a statue of a person in the park 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 4 legs on the ground, the person died of natural causses
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
- Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
- If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib
- If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die
- Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the 'QWERTY' keyboard
- Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand
- 'E' is the most frequently used letter in English
- Uncopyrightable is the only 15-letter word in the English language that can be written without repeating a letter
- The word Set has 464 definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary. The word Run runs a distant second, with 396
- The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language
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I've done that a couple of times, but got away with it. That should be on YFOYL.
 
Albert Einstein was jewish but went to a catholic school. He also didnt really believe in brain power as much as imagination, you never know what you can find out of a hank zipzer book
 
heyboy963 said:
- owls cannot move their eyes because their eyes are tubular in shape, unlike the human eye which is spherical
- Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length
- Snakes are immune to their own poison
- A shrimp's heart is in their head
- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky But what if I pick it up and hold it up the sky?
- Hydra - an aquatic creature is the only living creature that never die. It regenerates, replacing its cells with fresh ones
- Elephants are the only animals that can't jump
- Hippos kill more animals then lions, jaguars, leopards and elephants combined
- Coca-Cola was originally green because of fresh cocoa leaves.

EDIT: accidentally pressed click. curse this laptop!

- The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with North America?
- Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car
- If a statue of a person in the park 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 4 legs on the ground, the person died of natural causses
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
- Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
- If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib
- If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die
- Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the 'QWERTY' keyboard
- Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand
- 'E' is the most frequently used letter in English
- Uncopyrightable is the only 15-letter word in the English language that can be written without repeating a letter
- The word Set has 464 definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary. The word Run runs a distant second, with 396
- The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language
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Im just joking
 
North America and South America doesn't count, sense they are both just "America".

Oh wait your joking.

/me hides in corner.
 
- The war between England and Zanzibar in 1896 was the shortest war in history, lasted only 38 minutes.
- Monumental Axis in Brazil is the world's widest road. 160 cars can drive side by side at the same time.
- The Central Railway in Peru is the world's highest railway. It climbs to 15,694 feet in the Galera Tunnel. (IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!)
- Australian $5 to $50 notes are made of plastic.
 
-_- i still cant find my book of facts...well time to consult the 1,000 page book of facts...HOORAY, now i have to make up for that whole time i didnt post...ULTIMATE FACT LIST HOOOOOO


Myth: For every cockroach you see in your house there are 10 more you don't see.

Fact: Actually the number is more around 1,000, not 10


Myth: Bumblebee flight violates the laws of aerodynamics

Fact: Nothing violates the laws of aerodynamics (peronally when i hear a person say that i just give them this look -_-)


What food are you most likely allergic to? Nuts

Leaf-cutter ants can build ant hills 16ft deep and 1 acre square

More babies are born in the month of september than any other month

How many muscles are in your ear? Nine

First TV show to win and Emmy for Outstanding Drama: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950)

53% of americans say they are paid "the right amount"

The darker green the vegetable, the more vitamin C it contains

First announcer to say "he shoots, he scores" during a hocky game: Foster Hewitt (1933)

Ketchup was once sold as a medicine

Two dogs were hung during the Salem Witch Trials

Odds of being injured by a toilet seat in your life: 1 in 6500

What do rabbits and horses have in common? They cant vomit

The heel of the sock is called the "gore"

If birds could sweat, they wouldn't be able to fly

Technically a female "dude" is a "dudine" not "dudette"

The odds of dying from falling out of bed: 2 in 1 million

In ancient Egypt pillows were made of stone

A spiders blood is transparent

Most ordered food in american restaurants: French Fries

When skiing, most men fall on there face while most women fall on there behinds

George Washington wore a size 13 shoe

i think that is enough for now...
 
catutie said:
-_- i still cant find my book of facts...well time to consult the 1,000 page book of facts...HOORAY, now i have to make up for that whole time i didnt post...ULTIMATE FACT LIST HOOOOOO


Myth: For every cockroach you see in your house there are 10 more you don't see.

Fact: Actually the number is more around 1,000, not 10


Myth: Bumblebee flight violates the laws of aerodynamics

Fact: Nothing violates the laws of aerodynamics (peronally when i hear a person say that i just give them this look -_-)


What food are you most likely allergic to? Nuts

Leaf-cutter ants can build ant hills 16ft deep and 1 acre square

More babies are born in the month of September than any other month

How many muscles are in your ear? Nine

First TV show to win and Emmy for Outstanding Drama: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950)

53% of americans say they are paid "the right amount"

The darker green the vegetable, the more vitamin C it contains

First announcer to say "he shoots, he scores" during a hocky game: Foster Hewitt (1933)

Ketchup was once sold as a medicine

Two dogs were hung during the Salem Witch Trials

Odds of being injured by a toilet seat in your life: 1 in 6500

What do rabbits and horses have in common? They cant vomit

The heel of the sock is called the "gore"

If birds could sweat, they wouldn't be able to fly

Technically a female "dude" is a "dudine" not "dudette"

The odds of dying from falling out of bed: 2 in 1 million Or 1 in 500,000?

In ancient Egypt pillows were made of stone

A spiders blood is transparent

Most ordered food in american restaurants: French Fries

When skiing, most men fall on there face while most women fall on there behinds

George Washington wore a size 13 shoe

i think that is enough for now...
 
^eh this book was made in 2009 i think...so it could be a little out dated...some famous band person died from falling out of his bed...well i guess to be more accurate, there van crashed and he was thrown from the bed out the window and the bus landed on top of him...
 
it was some really popular band...metalica or led zeplin....hmmm also....i just put what the book said verbatim
 
catutie said:
More babies are born in the month of September than any other month

I think October may be this month now. The reasoning for this occurrence is simple: New Year's.
 
^sigh....correctness ill just post more facts :p actually christmas....not new years :p

A whales heart beats every 6 and a half seconds

Jodie Fosters real name is Adrian Munker

In India playing cards are round

Top speed of a chicken in full gallop: 9 mph
 
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