Little Known Facts

[Revenant]

because i'm into stange facts, and i believe there must be others out there somewhere i have started this.

rules: your post must include a little known fact, (or a well known strange fact) it should not be about another person posting here, it should not be personal

example: a ducks quack does not echo (mythbusters)

[BoltBait]

a ducks quack does not echo (mythbusters)

One problem... this is not a fact.

[Revenant]

really... and why do you say that

jello used to come in cola flavor

[BoltBait]

Says Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.asp

[Revenant]

*feels like idiot*

*bangs head into wall*

*hides in corner*

promise this will have no, and no one knows why stuff, that's really anoying, just looking for more usless iotas of info to stick in my head

burping cows create much CO2 polution (can't remember exactly how much off hand)

[Yata]

There is more people in Tokyo then all of Canada.

God in Arabic has 99 names.

You can never be able to lick your elbow with your tongue. Also, after reading the above, 76% of people would attempt it.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

A lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.

All the people in the world can be squeezed onto the tiny island of Java if each person has 1 square meter to himself.

More people in China speak English than in the United States.

Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

After eating too much food, your hearing becomes less sharp.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

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

"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."

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

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.

The average American spends 6 years in the bathroom, and 6 months at a stoplight.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

:wink:

[Revenant]

wow are you good

they are trying to make gas from algae

[Yata]

Water is a more efficient way of gaining energy than celery: celery takes more energy to chew and digest than how much it gives you.

There are more ants in one ant hill then there are humans on Earth.

[Myrddin]

You can never be able to lick your elbow with your tongue. Also, after reading the above, 76% of people would attempt it.

I'm sorry, but I can and that is no figment of the imagination. However, how is your source defining licking of the elbow, with or without the aid of one finger belonging to the licker?

EDIT: actually, if I flex my shoulder a few times a finger is not necessary.

[Yata]

I don't know... I know I can if I stretch out a lot....

I don't fully agree with that one, but the 76% is true :cool:

[Myrddin]

...but the 76% is true :cool:

Most definitely.

I have to make a video one day...

[Sozo]

You can never be able to lick your elbow with your tongue. Also, after reading the above, 76% of people would attempt it.

I'm sorry, but I can and that is no figment of the imagination. However, how is your source defining licking of the elbow, with or without the aid of one finger belonging to the licker?

EDIT: actually, if I flex my shoulder a few times a finger is not necessary.

I believe it. That's why I said you were odd. :wink:

Twelve or more cows are called a flink.

Everyone has a unique tongue print.

Babies are born with 300 or so bones, but adults only have 206.

[Namiyoshi]

theres too many good ones for me to post so:

http://dumblaws.com/

[MRavioli]

Dumbledore dies on page 609

[Yata]

Did you really have to post that?

[usedHONDA]

George Bush was a prominent biblical scholar, preacher and controversialist.

[Bjerre]

You can never be able to lick your elbow with your tongue.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

Mythbusters has proved these are wrong

Mythbusters FTW!

[Yata]

Er...

In my opinion, The Mythbusters are overgrown children with too much knowledge of high-end experiences and too much time on their hands.

[Helio]

You can never be able to lick your elbow with your tongue. Also, after reading the above, 76% of people would attempt it.

I'm sorry, but I can and that is no figment of the imagination. However, how is your source defining licking of the elbow, with or without the aid of one finger belonging to the licker?

EDIT: actually, if I flex my shoulder a few times a finger is not necessary.

Also, what if you have a dislocated shoulder? Then anyone could do it.

[usedHONDA]

In my opinion, The Mythbusters are overgrown children with too much knowledge of high-end experiences and too much time on their hands.

*gasp*

Ironically, these are one of those times that you just need to say "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

[david.atwell]

Ahem...

[Paint_boy]

because i'm into stange facts, and i believe there must be others out there somewhere i have started this.

rules: your post must include a little known fact, (or a well known strange fact) it should not be about another person posting here, it should not be personal

example: a ducks quack does not echo (mythbusters)

Yes they're quacks do echo. Watch the whole episode. The echo blends in with the quack from what I remember.

[drakaan]

Er...

In my opinion, The Mythbusters are overgrown children with too much knowledge of high-end experiences and too much time on their hands.

...who get paid for it

[Ghost Ranger]

The grass is not plants, it's robots.

(remember that next time you go outside...)

[Yata]

That makes no sense whatsoever... disregarding any reality your in....