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Posted by: Starscream666
SUPERBULOUS!

SPLENDIFEROUS!

  • 08.23.2008 1:16 PM PDT
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The tallest man ever was 8' 11 1/2" tall.

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Everyday, americans eat a total of 18 acres of pizza!!!!!!!!

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Posted by: mAvErIcKxAS
Everyday, americans eat a total of 18 acres of pizza!!!!!!!!

I posted that one. =[

  • 08.23.2008 1:55 PM PDT
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Really thats kinda weird. I just skipped to the end and posted what I got on a snapple cap today.

My bad BLAZE...

  • 08.23.2008 2:05 PM PDT

if your hand is bigger than your face you have cancer

  • 08.23.2008 5:11 PM PDT
Subject: Say the most RANDOM FACTS! (Now with Leaderboards)

Random Facts

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Women blink nearly twice as much as men. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. (YUCK!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.(who leaves champers in their glass long enough to find out?) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded Wendy before ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War 2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w the film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.(WHAT???) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot Sink into quicksand. (GOOD FACT TO REMEMBER?? ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin Look-alike contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. (Not to mention the other drawbacks to farting in such a confined space....) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coca-Cola was originally green. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The youngest pope was 11 years old. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each king in a deck of playing cards represents! a great king from history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2,but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Super bowl. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed Firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the! wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In ancient England a person ! could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? A. Conception. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show? A. No theme song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat Name requested? A. Obsession ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laserprinters all have in common? A. All invented by women. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the Most ironic? A. He was allergic to carrots. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 60 % of statistics are made up..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • 08.23.2008 5:26 PM PDT

Dragon boat racing is the 8th most popular sport in the world!

(What the funk is Dragon boat racing)



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998 million people play Volleyball



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If you yelled for 8 years ,7 months and 6 days you would have produced

enough energy to heat a cup of coffee.



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Banging your head off a wall uses 150 calories an hour!(ouch)



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The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps blood out to the body

it could squirt blood 30 feet!



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There are more plastic lawn flamingos in the US than real ones.



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Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.



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There are more chickens in the world than people.



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A typist fingers travel over 12 and a half miles in an average day.



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2,500 left handers die each year using products designed for right handers.



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The Roman Catholic Church did not acknowledge that the earth revolves around the

sun until the mid 1990’s.



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The average life span of an umbrella is under two years.



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One googol written out is:

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000



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The world’s most common non-contagious disease is tooth-decay



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The only words in the English language to contain two "U’s" back to back are: vacuum,

residuum, and continuum.



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The only word in the English language to contain three back to back double

letter combinations is; Bookkeeper.



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The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.



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Pi has been calculated to over 2,260,321,363 digits.



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A can of SPAMâ„¢ is opened every 4 seconds.



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The McDonald’s™ at Toronto’s ‘SkyDome’ is the only McDonald’s™ location

that sells hot dogs.



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An ostrich egg would take four hours to hard boil.



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The left leg of a chicken is more tender than the right one.



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A novel with 50,000 words, non of which contained the letter ‘E’ was

written by Ernest Wright.



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You consume one tenth (.1) calories when you lick a stamp.



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A donkey will sink in quick sand, while a mule will not.



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Every year more people are killed by donkeys, than in aircraft crashes.



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The average speed of Heinzâ„¢ ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year.



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In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions.



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4,000 people are injured by tea pots every year.



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Little more than half of the people living in the U.S. would rather fold,

than wad their toilet paper.



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The short phrases of organ music played at a baseball game is called a tucket.



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Dungarees is another word for Denim



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If a word has two consecutive vowels, and both are pronounced, a diaeresis

[dy-AIR-ih-sis] is used. Diaeresis are two dots over a vowel. Example: ä or ö.

For instance; the word noel. Noel is actualy spelled Noël. This is used in

English, though it is not commonly written.



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Gibraltar is the only place in Europe were you can find wild monkeys.



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Every year, the moon moves 1/2 an inch further from the earth.



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In 1977, George Willig was fined $1.10 for climbing the World Trade Center building.



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There are only 18 countries richer than Bill Gates



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There have been fewer people below 2km in sea than have been on de moon



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In 50 million years, it is likely that Mars will have a ring around it.



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A deltiologist is someone who collects postcards



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One million $1 bills weighs 1 ton



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People descended from the Scottish clan of Kerr are more likely to be left

handed than any other ancestrial group.



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The sortest war ever recorded lasted only 38 minutes. (Britain vs. Zanzibar in 1896)



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Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names



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If you told someone that they were one in a million, you'd be saying

there were 1,800 of them in China



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In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls to 12



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In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh.



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In space you cannot cry because there is no gravity to make the tears flow



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In the Scottish Hebrides, an island is defined as being an island

only if it is big enough to sustain 1 sheep



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New York City has 570 miles of shoreline



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Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in our solar system



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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear

in the name of any of the United States.



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The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a

boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane



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The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in

every five must be straight. These straight sections are useable

as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies



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The most remote island in the world is Tristan da Cunha,

which is above the subantartic zone



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The number of births in India each year is greater

than the entire population of Australia.



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The smallest 'country' in the world to have its own

top-level domain name is Norfolk Island, off the coast of Australia.



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The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour.

It was set in a lunar rover.



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There is a city called Rome in every continent.



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Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy

a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck

regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time.



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Up to three thousand species of trees have been cataloged

in square mile of the Amazon jungle.



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We are in the middle of an ice age. Ice ages include both

cold and warm periods; at the moment we are experiencing a

relatively warm span of time known as an interglacial period.

Geologists believe that the warmest part of this period occurred

from 1890 through 1945 and that since 1945 things have slowly

begun freezing up again.



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A jogger's heel strikes the ground 1,500 times per mile.



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A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.



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A red-haired man is more likely to go bald than anyone else.

  • 08.23.2008 5:28 PM PDT
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Like sex? Women? Men? Trolls? Contests? Humpdays? Halos? Star Wars? Join KOTOR

My pants are off. Right now.

  • 08.23.2008 9:35 PM PDT
Subject: Say the most random fact to win prizes!

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Double Stuf oreo

  • 08.23.2008 10:43 PM PDT
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"Feet first into hell"
Here comes the Flood. Say goodbye to flesh and blood.

Butt plugs have always intrigued me.

  • 08.24.2008 12:27 AM PDT

Posted by: ID Phoenix: Enters thread, Looks at title**Laugh's til head assplodes
Posted by: Imfrikinbad: I lessthan3 Strat
Posted by: jonny oizumi: I wuv mah Strat.
Posted by: hamdog: Damnit Strat I just realized after 10 minutes of posting this, that your bigot-filled rant was supposed to be some retarded joke. I wanted my 10 minutes back Caster...
Posted by: Red_Gravemind: I now love strat.

If you said the right thing at the right time all the time you'd either be dead or Hugh Hefner.

Posted by: weeeee123
My pants are off. Right now.

I always assumed his pants were off...

  • 08.25.2008 11:53 PM PDT

*I sense a disturbance in the forum*
Jaws on Zanzibar?
Sniper 's Ed 101
my myspace
teh explosion
purchase a leaf blower at any Sears store
After kim saying pc gamers are more mature:
Posted by:ImSpartacus
we r?

Genghis Khan was the greatest ruler to ever live

He defined the modern world we live in now. He single handedly created it all

  • 08.25.2008 11:58 PM PDT
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for every akward moment, a bi baby is born

[Edited on 08.26.2008 12:04 AM PDT]

  • 08.26.2008 12:03 AM PDT
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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 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.




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 Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is



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.




1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.




There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.




The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.




The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.





Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired"



pretty random

  • 08.26.2008 12:11 AM PDT

Posted by: ID Phoenix: Enters thread, Looks at title**Laugh's til head assplodes
Posted by: Imfrikinbad: I lessthan3 Strat
Posted by: jonny oizumi: I wuv mah Strat.
Posted by: hamdog: Damnit Strat I just realized after 10 minutes of posting this, that your bigot-filled rant was supposed to be some retarded joke. I wanted my 10 minutes back Caster...
Posted by: Red_Gravemind: I now love strat.

This is post #3440

  • 08.26.2008 12:32 AM PDT
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Strat Caster is mah Strat and DC's Strat.
Big Vokes talks too much.

[Edited on 08.26.2008 1:55 AM PDT]

  • 08.26.2008 1:55 AM PDT

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

and I heard that "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

  • 08.26.2008 2:17 AM PDT

i aint 100% sure on this tho but...

their is 1 female working at bungie according to a pic on australian OXM a few months back

  • 08.26.2008 2:46 AM PDT

Can't you see I'm Busy!?

This insult derives from ancient english bowmen in response to the fact that the French would cut off the two fingers they used to pull the bowstrings if they captured them. So they would taunt them on the battlefield by holding the two fingers up at them.

  • 08.26.2008 3:28 AM PDT
Subject: Say the most random fact to win prizes!

Dogs And Cats like 2 fight

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IF YOU PLAY HALO YOUR THE MOST FAMOUS AND LOVED PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( but im not ) lolhe flop.

  • 08.26.2008 4:31 AM PDT

im pretty sure this is true

if you weigh all the ants in the world it would be the same weight of all the people in the world

  • 08.26.2008 2:16 PM PDT

Its peanut butter jelly time

about 5% of food has bugs in it.

  • 08.26.2008 7:04 PM PDT

Posted by: ID Phoenix: Enters thread, Looks at title**Laugh's til head assplodes
Posted by: Imfrikinbad: I lessthan3 Strat
Posted by: jonny oizumi: I wuv mah Strat.
Posted by: hamdog: Damnit Strat I just realized after 10 minutes of posting this, that your bigot-filled rant was supposed to be some retarded joke. I wanted my 10 minutes back Caster...
Posted by: Red_Gravemind: I now love strat.

If a woodchuck could chuck wood he would chuck about a cord.

True fact from my zoology class.

  • 08.26.2008 7:11 PM PDT