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Useless Facts
1. Most American car horns honk in the key of F.
2. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
3. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
4. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
5. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
6. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
7. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
8. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected after the original 7-ounce containers and 'UP' for the direction of the bubbles.
9. 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don't die throughout the movie. .
10. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
11. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
12. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.
13. Reindeer like to eat bananas.
14. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.
15. The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
16. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
17. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
18. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
19. More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes.
20. A 'jiffy' is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
Useless Facts
1. Most American car horns honk in the key of F.
2. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
3. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
4. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
5. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
6. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
7. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
8. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected after the original 7-ounce containers and 'UP' for the direction of the bubbles.
9. 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don't die throughout the movie. .
10. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
11. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
12. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.
13. Reindeer like to eat bananas.
14. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.
15. The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
16. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
17. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
18. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
19. More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes.
20. A 'jiffy' is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
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RE: useless facts
Very informative...here's some more:
Six people died in Oregon during WWII as a result of a Japanese balloon bomb.
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past royalty. This custom has evolved into the modern military salute.
Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
Cats sleep 16-18 hours per day. More than any other animal on the planet.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
When I go #2 I prefer two-ply paper.
Six people died in Oregon during WWII as a result of a Japanese balloon bomb.
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past royalty. This custom has evolved into the modern military salute.
Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
Cats sleep 16-18 hours per day. More than any other animal on the planet.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
When I go #2 I prefer two-ply paper.
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RE: useless facts
I don't like cats, but what kind of "study" was this???
6. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
6. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
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RE: useless facts
Hey Fats, what the cat is actually thinking the first eight stories is,"I wonder when someone will scratch my tail bone so I can shove my *** in their face and give them the old kneading bread action. I am not fond of cats, either, and I can't wait to get a house/fence/dog to eat the current house pet. [sm=badbadbad.gif]
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RE: useless facts
ORIGINAL: Blue Fox
I have a couple.......
- Average American spends 3 years of his life stuck in traffic.
- A sneeze is equivelant to 1/16 of an orgasm.
- Blue Fox's "two cents" is worth 22.6 million more than anyone elses.
I have a couple.......
- Average American spends 3 years of his life stuck in traffic.
- A sneeze is equivelant to 1/16 of an orgasm.
- Blue Fox's "two cents" is worth 22.6 million more than anyone elses.
....see if I can induce a sneezing fit
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