Fun Facts For the Day!!1one!
If you have nothing better to do, or maybe you do but don't want to do it
Thursday, March 10, 2011 by G3mpi3 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Fun Facts for the day!! I would be an example of a person with something better to do, but I don't want to do it. (eh-herm, studying genetics) If you haven't figured it out already, yes, I have to wake up early on Thursdays and I get bored easily.
Here we go!
-More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines. (yeah, that's a pizza vending machine, what are you gonna do about it?)
-All of the digital data in the world is equivalent to one human brain.
-In a very early draft of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones carried brass knuckles instead of a bullwhip.
-The lion used in the original MGM movie logo killed its trainer and two assistants the day after the logo was filmed.
-The character of Optimus Prime on the popular 1980s animated television series "Transformers" was originally written to speak with a Jamaican accent. (WTF weird gray text??!! Fine.)
-Buzz Aldrin left a Playboy magazine on the surface of the moon.
-Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day. (I didn't feel like doing a image search for pollen, SHUT UP.)
-Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
-The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South (sigh, who cares.)
-The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning. (it's probably higher after you pick up your winnings....)
-The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
-Some people don't know the difference between a can opener and a rubber duck. (Okay, that's probably not true....maybe, but at this point people are probably just looking at pictures and not reading anything I'm typing.) (Fun picture anyway!)
-If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
-Hippo milk is pink. (Does that mean it's strawberry flavor??)
-President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader!
-In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" translates to "eat your fingers off". (The other other white meat....)
-The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.(I don't like pickles...but I DO like Hawaiian Punch.) If you like pickles GTFO , naw it's okay if you like pickles.
-The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year. (Fine moon I didn't like you either.)
-Thats......creepy.
-Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked. (......pfft....HA!)
-In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits. (So....its legal to throw them at everyone else?)
The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina, well you can but it's illegal, so PLOW SOMETHING ELSE WITH YOUR ELEPHANT!
.....that's an elephant.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
-Last fun fact: You want to add more fun facts to this? Okay, well UR NOT ALLOWED. No, I'm kidding, add more, I don't care, do whatever you want, just try not to use too many commas, okay, cause, yeah, that would be bad.
Reply #2 Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:38 AM
You're welcome sir. These are all relevant things people need to know.
Reply #3 Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:51 AM
Having gotten that out of your system, should I presume you'll now return to studying Genetics....or do I have to have a chat with your teacher?
Reply #4 Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:47 AM
*Sigh...yeah....*Slowly covers face with book*
Reply #6 Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:23 PM
Texas law on the books for who knows how long. It is illegal to carry an ice cream cne in your back pocket. Like I would. Duh!! Lets google stuff, see what we get.
Reply #7 Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:37 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:54 PM
Very interesting stuff. Where did you find it all?
More! MORE!!! We need MORE!!!
You can never know too much!
"-All of the digital data in the world is equivalent to one human brain."
Um...has this been proven? Is there a way to measure digital to biological knowledge?
Well anyway, fascinating stuff.
FYI, I want a pizza vending machine. That would be SO AWESOME! Oh, and it heats it up for you too!
Reply #9 Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:36 PM
When you go to confession there's a 70% chance the priest in the cubicle beside you is reading the form guide for that day's races; a 20% chance he's looking to invest and is reading the Wall St Journal; a !0% chance he's reading Playboy... and a 10% chance you don't wanna know what else he's doing.
Reply #10 Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:40 PM
I read it in a popular science article, but I'm a little skeptical about that claim myself. LINK
Agreed. Maybe I'll do another post next week!
I know, right?? We need more of those around here.
Reply #11 Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:54 PM
in kansas it is Illegal to walk donw the street without a red light on your back side
so do fat people have to have a back up beeper? or over sized load?
luckily they don't inforce it..
Down town Kansas City Missouri
it is illegal to drive a vehicle after 6PM well it's still on the books
it was done way way back with the FIRST cars it scared the horses..
Reply #12 Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:59 PM
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature. This formula, however, only works in warm weather. (Try it!)
All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into view. When He died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four 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 word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
After the Civil War the U.S. sued Great Britain for damages that were caused by them building ships for the Confederacy. We originally asked for $1 billion but settled on $25 Million.
A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I keep my toothbrush in the living room now.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first class.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Turtles can breathe through their butts
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. i HAVE TO TEST THIS ONE
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
Reply #14 Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:40 PM
When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a two-way mirror?? Just conduct this simple test: Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, for it is a two-way mirror
Reply #15 Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:57 PM
That That That That That...hmmm...nothing happened!
Reply #16 Friday, March 11, 2011 10:36 PM
Did you know that smiles is the longest word in the English language?.... because it has a mile between the two S's
Oh, and for those who'd like to try proving it wrong... it is impossible to put your elbow in your ear.
And that if you can lick your own eyebrows, your name is Gene Simmons.
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
Reply #1 Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:24 AM
funny stuff, thx for posting this