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Subject: Say the most random fact to win prizes!

1 googol 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 ,000,000,000
and the Shannon Number is the approximate number of chess game outcomes which is 10 to the 120th power(bigger than googol)

  • 03.11.2008 5:17 PM PDT

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An albatross can sleep while it flies.

Antarctica is the only continent without trees.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache on a standard playing card.

No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time. It's 1/100th of a second.


How's that for random?

[Edited on 03.11.2008 5:29 PM PDT]

  • 03.11.2008 5:19 PM PDT

Divers do it deeper and wetter...

You can hear up to 4 times better underwater and i think see twice as well.

[Edited on 03.11.2008 5:22 PM PDT]

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The next sentence is true.
The previous sentence is false.
Think about it.

  • 03.11.2008 5:22 PM PDT

Posted by: SKUNK APE93
A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds



Wrong. It be be 1 month+
they did it on mythbusters...

anyways-

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

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. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

The numbers “172″ can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is. (That's me!!)

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.

The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).

The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

People photocopying their ass are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

China has more English speakers than the United States. (not suprised with all the illegal mexicans)

If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.

Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the 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 of battle wounds; if all four of the horse’s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

There are only four words in the English language that end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.

Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.

The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as “Q-Link.”

Cats’ urine glows under a black light.

“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.

A jellyfish is 95% water.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.

Judy Scheindlin (”Judge Judy”) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.

The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

The tool doctors wrap around a patient’s arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.

A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)

“Lassie” was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.

In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.

Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag. (think about it for a while)

Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.

Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.

God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.

For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.

Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.

The “countdown” (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called “Die Frau Im Monde” (The Girl in the Moon).

There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul’s armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.

A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.

There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.

The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”.

Some are fake I know, but hey. Whatcha gonna do?

  • 03.11.2008 5:25 PM PDT

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The Floodonian Army

It is impossible (for most people) to lick your elbow.

The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

[Edited on 03.11.2008 5:43 PM PDT]

  • 03.11.2008 5:26 PM PDT
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The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).
HA! Europe! pwnd

  • 03.11.2008 5:32 PM PDT

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Around one in two million lobsters are blue.

See the picture here, the URL below just copy it and see the blue lobster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Blue_lobster_02.jpg

[Edited on 03.11.2008 5:38 PM PDT]

  • 03.11.2008 5:33 PM PDT

Do what it takes to win, cause it's do or die and living aint a sin.

did you know that sandpaper is not a good substitute for toilet paper?

  • 03.11.2008 5:34 PM PDT
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I like to pee with my elephant girlfriend on the 4th of yehupitz.

  • 03.11.2008 5:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: Nar Shruikan
Posted by: SKUNK APE93
A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds



Wrong. It be be 1 month+
they did it on mythbusters...

anyways-

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

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. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

The numbers “172″ can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is. (That's me!!)

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.

The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).

The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

People photocopying their ass are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

China has more English speakers than the United States. (not suprised with all the illegal mexicans)

If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.

Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the 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 of battle wounds; if all four of the horse’s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

There are only four words in the English language that end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.

Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.

The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as “Q-Link.”

Cats’ urine glows under a black light.

“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.

A jellyfish is 95% water.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.

Judy Scheindlin (”Judge Judy”) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.

The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

The tool doctors wrap around a patient’s arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.

A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)

“Lassie” was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.

In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.

Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag. (think about it for a while)

Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.

Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.

God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.

For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.

Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.

The “countdown” (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called “Die Frau Im Monde” (The Girl in the Moon).

There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul’s armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.

A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.

There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.

The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”.

Some are fake I know, but hey. Whatcha gonna do?

Wow. We all know he didn't copy and paste those or anything. He knew them all along. [/sarcasm]

  • 03.11.2008 5:37 PM PDT

When Darkness falls, do not fear
When all light seems to fade, do not hide,
When all hope has disappeared,
Do not fight back

For you are already dead.

Posted by: Sharkslayer1138
Global warming is a hoax.


FINALLY!!!


PS: I love you

capitol i looks like lowercase L

  • 03.11.2008 5:46 PM PDT
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world war IV will be fought with sticks and stones

  • 03.11.2008 5:55 PM PDT

Death before Dishonour.

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According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.

  • 03.11.2008 5:59 PM PDT

whrn the zombies arise will you be ready? I know I will be...

people hate hikou's
that don't make any sense
refrigorator

  • 03.11.2008 6:01 PM PDT

When Darkness falls, do not fear
When all light seems to fade, do not hide,
When all hope has disappeared,
Do not fight back

For you are already dead.


Posted by: Nesral301
A duck's quack doesn't echo.




thats not true, in fact, almost 60% of the noise you hear when a duck quacks is an echo.

  • 03.11.2008 6:06 PM PDT

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If the duck's quack is an echo than the echo can't echo. I really don't know but it just popped into mind.

  • 03.11.2008 6:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: Nesral301
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.


just another reason to hate mondays...hey thats a good fact

  • 03.11.2008 6:24 PM PDT

There is a golden (blam) on the cover of the little mermaid. I don't want to say what the (blam) was, just figure it out.

  • 03.11.2008 6:29 PM PDT
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fact: 6th place has the best prize

  • 03.11.2008 6:29 PM PDT
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Jesus was Jewish

  • 03.11.2008 6:30 PM PDT

When Darkness falls, do not fear
When all light seems to fade, do not hide,
When all hope has disappeared,
Do not fight back

For you are already dead.

the human male orgasm lasts 1 second,
but the female human orgasm lasts 4 seconds

  • 03.11.2008 6:30 PM PDT
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Hitler was only a Corporal when he started WW2

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  • 03.11.2008 6:36 PM PDT

Do what it takes to win, cause it's do or die and living aint a sin.

random fact-if you are reading this then Willard Nigma has succeeded in wasting a precious moment of your life to win a prize

  • 03.11.2008 6:36 PM PDT

Posted by: GW101
fact: 6th place has the best prize

Fact: I have sixth place

Fhakt: Eye Cannt Spill.

  • 03.11.2008 6:40 PM PDT