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[RadZakpak]

Duck's quacks don't echo.

'Jaws' is the most common name for goldfish.
 too tired to post more LOL! 

[Goalie]

The most common street name in the United States is Second Street.
(Avenue, Blvd, Road, etc. doesn't matter)

Why?  Because cities commonly call the first street "Main Street."   Some don't, which leads to 2nd St. being more common.

[BFM_SüprM@ñ]

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

I imagine it being like this:

England: Yeah.... no... we're not going to do that...
Zanzibar: (Playfully) Then this can only mean one thing.... War!
England: Okay, sure....
Zanzibar: -drops telephone and it breaks-
England: Fine, I don't want to talk to you either. -click-
Zanzibar: -finally finds a replacement and calls England back- Just kidding.
England: Awwh man... v.v

-A snail can sleep for 3 years.

I wish I could sleep for 3 years... >.>

[jim360]

Here's another useless piece of information:

About 10% of "facts" in this thread are anything but.

[Marty]

About 10% of the "facts" in this thread are anything but.

Too true...so many of these funny 'facts' are urban legends...e.g. the impossibility of sneezing with your eyes open. bilge. I've done it a fair few times...it hurts, but it's possible.

[RadZakpak]

-"101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only feature-length Disney animated movies in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.

wow wierd

[RadZakpak]

I smell thread revival.

You may think a penny has a 50% chance of landing heads up and 50% tails. But in reality the head's side is BAAAARREEELY heavier, meaning technically......its more likely to land tails.

Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots (Now THATS a knee slapper.)

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die, they need gravity to swallow.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

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.

The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

A group of unicorns is called a blessing. Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink." A group of frogs is called an army. A group of rhinos is called a crash. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of officers is called a mess.


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

The phrase "sleep tight" derives from the fact that early mattresses were filled with straw and held up with rope stretched across the bedframe. A tight sleep was a comfortable sleep.

[»Xâñ«]

63% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

[TUR80]

did you know this thred is in the forum games

[BFM_Fénix]

Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."

Ahhhhhh yes... "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula" (I added the accents you lack in your standard "Anglo keyboard" ). Well, you have to admit we like long names huh...

More useless information:

México is a "nickname" for Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United States of Mexico). And yes, it was copied from USA...

México derives from the name of the prehispanic culture that ruled over Mexican territory: Mexicas, aka Aztecs.

Even though Spanish has its origins in Spain (particularly Castilla, Spanish is aka Castellano), it is considered that Spain's Spanish is the 2nd most corrupted form of the language (after Argentina). México and Venezuela have the "best" form of Spanish.

[Marty]

Some 'facts' posted here that aren't true...

If you drop a penny off of the Empire State Building, it will be going 106 miles per hour (terminal velocity) when it reaches the ground. Something moving this fast may actually cause head injuries if it lands on you

Mythbusters tested this...a penny's terminal velocity is 65mph (105kph) and its mass is too low to do any damage either to asphalt or a crash dummy. Even fired out of a rifle it didn't break the asphalt. Also, at the Empire State Building, there are updrafts that would prevent the penny from falling very far at all, and the tiers below the top would catch it anyway.

No piece of paper can be folded in half consecutively more than 7 times

In 2001, a fifteen-year-old American schoolgirl proved that the number of folds of a piece of paper is dependent upon its width, length and thickness. If you fold it in one direction only, the formula is:

L = ^πt/₆ (2ⁿ + 4)(2ⁿ -1)

L is length, t is thickness, n is number of folds. If you're folding in alternate directions, then the formula is...

W = πt2^(3/₂)(n-1)

W is width, t is thickness, n is number of folds.

To prove this, she folded a 1200 metre piece of toilet paper twelve times in one direction. She also folded a very thin piece of gold foil in alternate directions twelve times.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

Research has shown that goldfish have memories that can last at least three months. They have been trained to know that feed comes at a particular time of day, how to complete obstacle courses, and to recognise shapes and colours.

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

What about 'No'?. "Are you ready yet?". "No".

Polar bears are left-handed.

There's no evidence to support this fact at all. It could be true, but it's very doubtful.

Duck's quacks don't echo.

Again, Mythbusters tested this and found that it's very hard to hear the echo because of their very similar waveforms. Human ears cannot hear a quack's echo because it is 'swallowed' by the quack. But it is there.

[Tanxs1]

QUACK QUACK

[RadZakpak]

I just got these from some random site, so I have no idea whether they are true or not.

[Marty]

I just got these from some random site, so I have no idea whether they are true or not.

Always be careful...if you've ever watched the BBC show called QI (Quite Interesting) then you'll realise that just about everything you know is wrong. QI is not suitable for children.

[jim360]

Mind, QI is sometimes wrong too:

"What are atoms mostly made of? Nothing!"

Rubbish.