Pointless Facts Thread

[Lobo]

Brandon Routh the new Superman was the guy at the beginning of Christina Aguilers's what a girl wants video

[POWdER-man]

WWE wrestling gives grown men an escuse to grope each other...

[Arkady Rossovich]

A starfish can regrow any limb,as long as a part of its core was cut off also.The cut off limb will actually grow into a completely new starfish also.

[Equint77]

Eric Bana can't act to save his mother.

[J.K]

Samuel Davidson from the Uk, has had at least 78,900 insulin injections since 1923.

[J.K]

Russia has about 15,000 circus artists, more than any other country.

[J.K]

Russia has about 15,000 circus artists, more than any other country.

[J.K]

Whoa, that wasn't supposed to happen. :eek:

[J.K]

Thomas Macaulay (1800-59), the English historian and essayist, could recite all of Milton's 10-book epic poem Paradise Lost by the time he was 15.

[J.K]

A lollipop weighing !.37 tonnes (3,011lb 5oz) was made by staff at BonBon, Holme Olstrup, Denmark, on 22 April 1994.

[J.K]

As of May 1997, Angelika Unverhau, of Dinslaken, Germany, had a collection of 108,500 different ball-point pens.

[Lurk]

Though 120 MPH is the avergae rate of descent for a skydiver, the record is 311.00 MPH!!

[J.K]

Though 120 MPH is the avergae rate of descent for a skydiver, the record is 311.00 MPH!!I take it you know stuff about skydiving, or maybe you are even a skydiver yourself, by the way you had that debate about skydiving in the pregnant skydiver thread, and now this. ;)

[J.K]

Geer Garson's speech on receiving Best Actress award for Mrs Miniver (USA, 1942) lasted 5 min 30 sec.

[J.K]

The most No. 1 albums by a group is 18, by the Beatles.

[J.K]

Cedric Gibbons of MGM film won 11 awards for Art Direction.

[J.K]

The Pentagon in the USA is the world's largest administrative building.

[musclesforsupes]

Yum has three letters in it
http://www.erw.ndirect.co.uk/reviews/princeno27.jpg

[J.K]

Hailstones weighing up to 1kg fell in Gopalganj district, Bangladesh, in 1986.

[J.K]

When in the water the gentoo penguin has a maximum burst speed of about 17 mph

[J.K]

Ticks from the subclass Acarina are only 0.08mm in length.

[J.K]

Phreatobius walkeri is the only completely terrestrial fish. Other fish species spend part, but not all their time on land.

[Lurk]

I take it you know stuff about skydiving, or maybe you are even a skydiver yourself, by the way you had that debate about skydiving in the pregnant skydiver thread, and now this.

Yeah :) I love it. Started jumping 4 or 5 years ago. It's where I met my hubby.

Factoid #2: The largest freefall formation included 357 people.

[J.K]

Opened in 1875, the Istanbul Metro, Turkey, is just 650m long.

[J.K]

Yeah :) I love it. Started jumping 4 or 5 years ago. It's where I met my hubby.

Factoid #2: The largest freefall formation included 357 people.I see. It takes all kinds of people to make a message board. :p

[J.K]

Jan Leighton has played 3395 theatrical, film and TV roles since 1951.

[J.K]

Counting out loud, it would take you 32 years to reach one billion.

[J.K]

"The Cat in the Hat" writer Dr, Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.

[J.K]

When there is heavy snowfall on the top of the mountain K2, it is taller than Mount Everest.

[J.K]

For every person on earth, there are 200 million insects.

[J.K]

The French eat more cheese than any other country in the world.

[J.K]

More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.

[J.K]

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in a single night.

[J.K]

Blood is thicker than fresh water, but about the same thickness as sea water.

[J.K]

Human adults breathe about 23,000 times a day.

[J.K]

A butterfly has 12,000 eyes.

[J.K]

A baby is born every seven seconds.

[J.K]

Cats will not walk on aluminium foil.

[J.K]

Fishing is the biggest participant sport in the world.

[J.K]

Every person has a unique tongue print.

[J.K]

A cat's hearing is more sensitive than a dog's.

[J.K]

Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people.

[J.K]

I post too much.

[J.K]

Diamonds are flammable.

[Darkness Brodie]

stop.

[J.K]

If your skin is laid flat it will cover an area of 18 square feet.

[J.K]

stop.Ok. :( I wondered how long it would take before someone tried to stop me. :P

[dmcnx]

Counting out loud, it would take you 32 years to reach one billion.

I bet I could make it last 50:o

[J.K]

Male mosquitoes do not bite.

[J.K]

Four percent of the energy put out by a light bulb is light. The rest is heat.

[J.K]

Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.

[J.K]

Approxamitely one out of every ten people who ever lived are alive today.

[J.K]

You can't buy chewing gum in Disney World.

[J.K]

Napoleon was terrified of cats.

[C.F. Kane]

The answer to the ultimate question is 42. To find the ultimate question, we would need a bigger computer.

[Arkady Rossovich]

Having a large post count doesnt really make you a valued,or respected member of a forum.

[J.K]

Having a large post count doesnt really make you a valued,or respected member of a forum.Was that directed at someone? ;)

[Riven]

Throwing a cat out of a seven story window is lethal. If you throw a cat out of a window higher than seven stories, the animal will land on its feet and survive. This has to do with the time it takes for the cat to twist and turn in mid-air and how rigid its spine is during freefall.

I wonder which sick bastard scientist found that out empirically. :o

[musclesforsupes]

I ate 4 donuts this morning, plus biscuit and gravy, plus a capacino

[redmarvel]

Coffee that sits in the percolator for over an hour becomes bitter.

If you leave an inch of coffee in the pot on Friday night at work and no one turns the machine off, it will become as hard as charcoal by Monday morning. However if you allow the pot to cool down and then add water it will slowly dissolve back into a liquid form that can then be dumped down the drain.

[CapBeerCino]

You can't buy chewing gum in Disney World.

That's for real?

[BboyKitkat]

Japan have vending machines with used women's panties. People actually buy them....!

[POWdER-man]

Throwing a cat out of a seven story window is lethal. If you throw a cat out of a window higher than seven stories, the animal will land on its feet and survive. This has to do with the time it takes for the cat to twist and turn in mid-air and how rigid its spine is during freefall.

I wonder which sick bastard scientist found that out empirically. :o

Probably Nazi scientist...look how much they learned on humans during WW2.....

[POWdER-man]

Japan have vending machines with used women's panties. People actually buy them....!

Yeah....your point...:o

[Riven]

Green tea differs from black tea in the respect that the leaves used to make green tea (same ones as for black tea) are steamed after being picked and therefor do not ferment. This is why they lack tannine, an element that gives a rich flavor to tea, but also increases the caffeine level, making green tea healthier.

[Mentok]

Japan have vending machines with used women's panties. People actually buy them....!

And its a damn great idea :mad:

[redmarvel]

There is one country in the world in which it is actually illegal to chew gum.

[Kni-Ton]

There is one country in the world in which it is actually illegal to chew gum.In Turkey it is illegal to ballet dance.

[redmarvel]

The people who started university this year across the nation were born in 1985. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine

They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

[Equint77]

the secret sauce in a big mac is thousand island dressing.

[C.F. Kane]

The people who started university this year across the nation were born in 1985. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine

They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

People all try to put us d-d-d-down, talking 'bout my generation.


But yes, all of those are true.

[Kni-Ton]

Wouldn't a typewriter be the same as using a keyboard?

[SuperFerret]

Except for the fact that you have to slap it, yes.

[GoldenAgeHero]

The people who started university this year across the nation were born in 1985. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine

They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.


i started university in2003 and i was born in 85' so apparently your post is not fact!!

[TheSumOfGod]

Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.

Castor oil can be used as a lubricant for more than just jet planes. *wink wink*

[Kni-Ton]

Castor oil can be used as a lubricant for more than just jet planes. *wink wink*:eek:































*wink wink*

[Golgo-13]

Semen, when mixed with Snail extracts can rejuvenate the skin when used as a moisturizer.

[Kni-Ton]

Semen, when mixed with Snail extracts can rejuvenate the skin when used as a moisturizer.Disgusting stuff always does. :up:

[Mister Sinister]

Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and came third.

[C.F. Kane]

Pornstar Traci Lords took her alias from Katherine Hepburn's character in The Philadelphia Story

[Hades]

Semen, when mixed with Snail extracts can rejuvenate the skin when used as a moisturizer.
Is there anything semen cannot do.

[Riven]

When Hollywood movies open on a jungle scene, usually the same sound is heard in each movie, namely an animal cry that goes something like "oohoohoohoo-aaaah-aaaah-aaaaah". Perceived by many as a monkey's holler, it's actually the call of a particular parrot that is found exclusively in the Australian outback, regardless of what jungle the movie supposedly takes place in.

[C.F. Kane]

When Hollywood movies open on a jungle scene, usually the same sound is heard in each movie, namely an animal cry that goes something like "oohoohoohoo-aaaah-aaaah-aaaaah". Perceived by many as a monkey's holler, it's actually the call of a particular parrot that is found exclusively in the Australian outback, regardless of what jungle the movie supposedly takes place in.

In a semi-related fact,

Of the thousands of species of frog in the world, there is only one species that goes "ribbit". Different species of frogs can croak, squal, chirp, whistle and make any other number of sounds to attract mates. The reason we associate the "ribbit" sound with most frogs is because the lone ribbiting species dwells in southern California, with a large presence in the greater Los Angeles area. Hollywood filmmakers have recorded this frog's call and used it to evoke settings ranging from the Louisiana bayou to the jungles of Vietnam.

[Riven]

In a pivotal scene in the movie "The Usual Suspects", a total of 6 different people played the character of Keyser Söze. Among them were actors Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri's double and director Bryan Singer. This could be pulled off cause his face cannot be clearly seen.

In one sequence, Gabriel Byrne (in character as Söze) was asked to shoot himself (as the character of Dean Keaton, which he played for most of the movie). The two shots were edited together later. Byrne admitted to being very confused by this while filming. It took Bryan Singer some convincing to assure him it would make sense in the final cut. Even after seeing the completed movie, Byrne remained unsure exactly who he was playing in which scene...

One particular sequence in the scene shows nothing other than a gloved hand dropping a burning sigarette onto a trail of gasoline and a foot walking away from it. It took three people to "act" out this sequence: Bryan Singer, writer Christopher McQuarry and one of the producers. One of them plays the gloved hand, the other the foot and yet another to drop the actual sigarette you see falling.

Bryan Singer explains this elaborate ploy is part of a ruse to obscure the identity of the mysterious Keyser Söze and to suggest that anyone could be Keyser Söze, even if they don't know it themselves.

[redmarvel]

Wouldn't a typewriter be the same as using a keyboard?

Not quite. There's inserting the paper (and the carbon + extra sheets if you want copies). Placing the roller against the paper to hold it in place. Then there's the whole carriage return business.

Basically it's the difference between driving a Stick shift and an Automatic.

[redmarvel]

i started university in2003 and i was born in 85' so apparently your post is not fact!!

It was taken from an e-mail and may be a few years out of date.

[J.K]

Polar Bears aren't white. Their hair is transparent. Air gets trapped in the fur and gives the illusion of being white.

[redmarvel]

Weird Science

Green eggs and ham is a cute idea when you see it in a children’s book, but you may not think it’s so nifty if it actually ended up on your plate.

Scientists in Taiwan have bred transgenic pigs that are fluorescent green – both inside and out. Bright green proteins were injected into embryonic pigs producing three, green, male swine.

"There are partially fluorescent green pigs elsewhere, but ours are the only ones in the world that are green from inside out. Even their hearts and internal organs are green," professor Wu Shinn-Chih of National Taiwan University said.

Transgenic pigs are often used to study human diseases and the green ones could help researches monitor and trace changes in tissues during the physical development, researchers said.

Scientists in Taiwan are also responsible for creating the first transgenic glowing fish.

And you thought green ketchup was bad.

http://www.pulse24.com/News/Strange_But_True/20060112-001/page.asp

[Riven]

Polar Bears aren't white. Their hair is transparent. Air gets trapped in the fur and gives the illusion of being white.
In a related story, when polar bears go hunting and are lying in wait near a prey (such as a seal), they cover their black noses with their paws, so that they totally blend in with the icey environment. Camouflage in action!

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Possibly half a million dead in Iraq.

[Riven]

Statistically, there is more chance the thirteenth day of a month will fall on a friday than on any other day of the week.

B.H. Brown, a Dartmouth math professor in the 1930's discovered this strange fact. Over any given 400-year cycle the 13th day of the month occurs 4800 times. The distribution of 13th day of the month is as follows:

Monday ( 685 or 14.27% )
Tuesday ( 685 or 14.27% )
Wednesday ( 687 or 14.31% )
Thursday ( 684 or 14.25% )
Friday ( 688 or 14.34% )
Saturday ( 684 or 14.25% )
Sunday ( 687 or 14.31% )This means the 13th day of the month is slightly more likely to occur on a Friday.


So statistically, it makes perfect sense that more "bad things" will happen on fridays the thirteenths than on any other day, since there are more of them.

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

There are coffe-flavored pez.:o

[TheSumOfGod]

Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, he needs Ritalin, he's getting married to a 26 year-old brainwashed virgin, but he is NOT gay.

[Riven]

It's a well known fact that the movie "Cruel Intentions" is an adaptation of the novel/film "Dangerous Liaisons", but did you know that "Clueless" (starring Alicia Silverstone) is actually a re-working of Jane Austen's "Emma" and that the utterly wretched "Barb Wire" (starring Pamela Anderson) lifted its entire plot from the classic film "Cassablanca"?

[Drakon]

Wretched, but got me through a good part of puberty. :p

[Riven]

The word "snob" derives from the Latin "sine nobilitas", which means "devoid of nobility".

[Lady Stormcrow]

today is the anniversary of the day shackleton reached the south pole

[redmarvel]

The Rhinocerous Party was a legitimate political party in Canada up until the 1990's.

The Green Party is NOT the same as the Marijuana Party.

[Riven]

Chickens have no or very little depth perception, meaning they can't see things in three dimensions. At least, not just by looking. This is why they bob their heads back and fro when they walk, to create an illusion of depth for their eyes.

[redmarvel]

Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris Haney invented Trivial Pursuit. They were planning on playing Scrabble and realized that some of the pieces were missing so they came up with the idea of making their own game.

[musclesforsupes]

my burrito had beans in it :(

[Lady Stormcrow]

When filming the spaghetti westerns, clint eastwood never once washed his poncho

[user123456789]

here's one:

jane fonda had threesome

[Superman79]

The rueben sandwich was created in Nebraska...as was Kool-Aid

[Clobberin' Time]

Rotavator is the same word spelled backwards.

[kingman]

A hedgehog's heart beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats per minute during hibernation.

An average beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year.

An average pig squeals at a range from 100 to 115 decibels.

An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.

Average calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in Alaska's annual Iditarod race: 10,000.

Average length of a coat hanger when straightened: 44 inches.

Average number of eggs laid by the female American Oyster per year: 500 million. Usually only one oyster out of the bunch reaches maturity.

Average number of hummingbirds required to create the weight of 1 ounce: 18.

Average number of squirts from a cow's udder needed to yield a gallon of milk : 345.

[Equint77]

The first american beer brewery started in downtown Manhattan.

[DV8]

Al Pacino turned down the role of the dude in "Pretty Woman"

[kingman]

Cats average 16 hours of sleep a day, more than any other mammal.

During pregnancy, the average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size.

Every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.

Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour - about 1.5 pounds a year. By 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.

If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

In 1900 the average age at death in the US was 47.

It takes a lobster approximately 7 years to grow to be one pound.

On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.

On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day.

[Sensi]

the average raccoon weighs 21 pounds

[kingman]

The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.

The average capacity of a pelican's pouch is 12 quarts.

The average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year, nearly 28 times its own weight in food and the same amount again in liquids.

The average chicken lays about 260 eggs a year.

[Griffin]

Daffy Duck's middle name is "Dumas"

[Griffin]

Betty Boop is a red head. She appeared in her only colour cartoon, Cinderella, with red hair

[Griffin]

In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer's name is "Yensid" (Disney backwards.)

[Griffin]

In the Wizard of Oz Dorothy's last name is Gail. It is shown on the mail box.

[Griffin]

A Canadian invented the paint roller

[Griffin]

The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have 1 syllable... it has three.

[Griffin]

15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toenails

[Griffin]

A Canadian was the creator of "Superman"

[Griffin]

Canada makes up 6.67 percent of the Earth's land area

[Griffin]

The full name for Los Angeles is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula

[passerby]

in 22 seconds Krispy Kreme can make enough donuts to stack as high as the Empire State building.

[Griffin]

160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the worlds widest road

[Griffin]

There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower

[passerby]

There is no word in the human language that rhymes with "month"

[passerby]

The average American watches 3 hours and 46 minutes of television a day...thats 52 days nonstop a year. By the age the 65 the average American has spent about 9 years of their life watching television.

[Griffin]

# Leonardo da Vinci invented the scissors.

# Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other

[Griffin]

# The human brain uses the same amount of energy as a 10-watt lightbulb

# The human brain is 85% water

[Griffin]

People speak at a rate of about 120 words per minute

[Griffin]

The average person supposedly falls asleep in seven minutes

[Griffin]

the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet can not tan

[Griffin]

The resolving power of the human eye is 0.0003 of a radian or an arc of one minute (1/60th of a degree), which corresponds to 100 microns at 10 in. (confused yet?) A micron is a thousandth of a millimeter, hence 100 microns is 0.00397, or less than four thousandths of an inch, the human eye can detect a bright light shining through an aperture of only three or four microns

[passerby]

Number of minutes per week that the average American child ages 2-11 watches television: 1,197

Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children: 38.5

[Hades]

Al Pacino turned down the role of the dude in "Pretty Woman"
That gives "Say hello to my little friend" new meaning.

[passerby]

Number of TV commercials seen in a year by an average child: 30,000

Number of TV commercials seen by the average American by age 65: 2 million

[Griffin]

Your left lung is slightly smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart

[Griffin]

# Your fingers can detect a vibration with a movement of 0.02 of a micron

# The loudest snore ever recorded is 87.5 decibels

# The human feet perspire half a pint of fluid a day

# One person in two billion will live to be 116 or older

[Griffin]

The septum linguae is located on the tongue

[passerby]

Chewing gum everyday will make you live 3 % longer

[Griffin]

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age

[Griffin]

More people are killed annually by donkeys than are killed in airplane crashes

[Griffin]

# The smelliest animal in the world is the Zorilla, it can discharge a nauseous fluid from it's anal glands which can be smelled over a radius of half a mile

# Crickets hear through their knees

# A female ferrit is known as a "jill"

# Butterflies taste through their feet

# The donkey gets its name from "key" meaning color, and "dung"

# An Ostrich's eye is larger than it's brain

[Griffin]

# Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

# Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten

[Griffin]

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

[Griffin]

It is physically impossible for a pig to look up at the sky

[Griffin]

A dragonfly has a life-span of 24 hours

[Griffin]

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds

[Griffin]

The average flight speed of a house fly is five miles an hour

[Griffin]

Stan, the first Spanish dog ever fitted with contact lenses, was hit by a car the day after he was fitted with them

[Griffin]

The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.

[passerby]

A galaxy called Hercules is so far away that it takes 30,000 years for light from its galaxy to reach Earth. The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second.

[Griffin]

# There are only three animals with blue tongues, the Black Bear, the Chow Chow dog and the blue-tongued lizard

# The pupil of an octopus' eye is rectangular.

# A frog's favorite color is blue

[Griffin]

# Butterflies can fly at twenty mph

# The hummingbird is the only bird which can fly backwards

# Hummingbirds have the fastest metabolism of any animal, they require from 6,000 to 12,400 calories per day (depending on the species)

# An electric eel will short circuit if put into salt water

# A kangaroo can't jump unless it's tail is touching the ground

# Camel's milk does not curdle.

# Reindeer milk has three times the protein of cow milk

[Griffin]

The dog name "Fido" comes from the Latin meaning "I trust thee"

[Griffin]

Starfish have no brains

[Griffin]

Porcupines masturbate (I'm not kidding)

[passerby]

griffen slow down....

[Griffin]

# It takes 4 hours to hard boil an ostrich egg

# The male earwig's rear-end pincers are curved

# It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have been only 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world

# A jiffy is one-hundred-thousand-billion-billionth of a second

[Griffin]

there is 1/10 of a calorie on the back of a stamp

[Griffin]

sorry i have loads lol.

[Griffin]

An Olympic gold medal must contain 92.5 percent silver

[Griffin]

Sigmund Freud bought his first sample of cocaine for $1.27 a gram

[passerby]

ya i can see that but only put like the really really weird ones
oh and im pretty sure that with every lick of a postage stamp its 1 calorie

[Griffin]

griffen slow down....

keep posting then lol

[Griffin]

The toilet on the Space shuttle boasts a footrest, handholds, a seat belt and a suction fan

[Griffin]

There is an odd number of steps in every staircase in Thailand

[passerby]

heres a pointless fact: Griffen posts at about 5 posts in 10 seconds

[Griffin]

Louis the XIV took only three baths in his lifetime

[Griffin]

heres a pointless fact: Griffen posts at about 5 posts in 10 seconds

hay i am quick at typing lol

[Griffin]

The yo-yo was originally a weapon in the Philippines

[passerby]

William the Bastard was the last person to invade and conquer England in 1066AD

[Griffin]

# There are only thirteen blimps in the world.

# Nine of the thirteen blimps are in the United States.

# The largest existing blimp is the Fuji Film blimp

[Griffin]

No piece of paper can be folded more than twenty times

[Griffin]

The only acceptable sexual position in Washington D.C. is the missionary-style position. Any other sexual position is considered illegal.

[passerby]

In Raiders of the Lost Ark there is a wall carving of R2-D2 and C-3P0 behind the ark

[Griffin]

Sheep statistics - Body temperature: 100o F- 103o F, Pulse/heart rate: 70-80 beats per minute. Respiration rate: 12-20 breaths per minute, gestation: 145 days, Weight, adult sheep between 150-200lbs.

[Griffin]

A cat is 9% skeleton, for an elephant to be as flexible as a cat, it would have to be nearly 85% skeleton, leaving almost no room for internal organs

[passerby]

It used to be illegal to swim by daylight

[Griffin]

The USDA allows a maximum of six maggot eggs or partial carcasses in every can of canned mushrooms.

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

The human brain uses the same amount of energy as a 10-watt lightbulb.

[passerby]

When a male whale ejaculates it release 40 gallons of sperm...only 4 gallons of this goes into its mate....this is why you never drink ocean water.

[Griffin]

Abraham Lincon signed the legislation to create the Secret Service on April 14, 1865, the same day he was shot

[passerby]

The two longest one-syllable words in the English language are "screeched" and "strengths."

[passerby]

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

[Griffin]

The closest living relative of the t-rex is the chicken

[Griffin]

The longest section in the "American Dictionary of Slang" is devoted to vomit.

[Griffin]

The word 'pound' is abbreviated 'lb.' after the constellation 'libra' because it means 'pound' in Latin, and also 'scales'. The abbreviation for the British Pound Sterling comes from the same source: it is an 'L' for Libra/Lb. with a stroke through it to indicate abbreviation. Same goes for the Italian lira, which uses the same abbreviation ('lira' coming from 'libra'). So British currency (before it went metric) was always quoted as "pounds/shillings/pence", abbreviated "L/s/d" (libra/solidus/denarius).

[Griffin]

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

[Griffin]

Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?

[Griffin]

St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers

[passerby]

Children grow faster in the springtime

[Griffin]

Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

[Griffin]

The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanastan.

[Griffin]

The names of the three wise monkeys are Mizaru: See no evil, Mikazaru: Hear no evil and Mazaru: Speak no evil.

[Griffin]

During the heat of the space race in the 1960s, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules. After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of about US $1 million. The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth. The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil

[Griffin]

The names of the 50 states used up just about every letter in the alphabet except the letter Q.

[passerby]

A kangaroo can't jump unless it's tail is touching the ground

[Griffin]

Australia is home to the koala bear, the platypus, and the kangaroo, but not one active volcano or glacier. It is the only continent that lacks either one.

[Griffin]

The length of the finger dictates how fast the fingernail grows. Therefore, the nail on your middle finger grows the fastest, and on average, your toenails grow twice as slow as your finger-nails

[Griffin]

In 1980, the Yellow Pages accidentally listed a Texas funeral home under frozen foods.

[passerby]

It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have been only 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world

[Griffin]

In 1983, a Japanese artist made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of toast.

[Griffin]

In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows.

[Griffin]

An average person laughs about 15 times a day.

[passerby]

The next year which will read the same way upside down as rightside up is the year 6009, the last was 1961

[Griffin]

A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.

[Griffin]

The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is

[Griffin]

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

[passerby]

In Alaska it is illegal to look at a moose from the window of an airplane or any other flying vehicle.

[Griffin]

The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.

[Griffin]

In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan.

[Griffin]

Bubble gum contains rubber.

[Griffin]

When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit.

[passerby]

In Tennessee, it's illegal for a female to drive a motor vehicle, unless there's a man on the hood of the car, with a shot gun which is used to shoot off rounds of ammunition to alert oncoming drivers that there is a women at the wheel.

[Griffin]

The only person they could find to first model the bikini was a stripper

[Griffin]

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

[passerby]

If it were possible to sneeze with your eyes open, they would pop out of their sockets

[Griffin]

The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.

[Griffin]

In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.

[Griffin]

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.

[Guyverjay]

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.


Funnily enough I believe that:o

[Griffin]

Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the western Pacific.

[passerby]

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

Shirley Temple received 135,000 presents on her 8th birthday

[Griffin]

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

[Griffin]

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

[passerby]

Percentage of youths ages 2-6, when asked if they would rather spend time with their father or watch tv, preferred tv:54%

[Hades]

If it were possible to sneeze with your eyes open, they would pop out of their sockets
I have sneezed with my eyes open:o

[passerby]

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

The billionth digit of pi is 9.

[passerby]

I have sneezed with my eyes open:o

no you havent its impossible you just thought you did.

[Griffin]

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

[passerby]

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere

[Hades]

no you havent its impossible you just thought you did.
No. I have.

[Griffin]

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.

[Iceman]

No. I have.
Did you lose your eyes?

[Griffin]

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

[passerby]

In 1977, a 13-year-old boy discovered a tooth growing on his left foot.

[Griffin]

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.

[passerby]

No. I have.

i dont believe you:o

[Griffin]

The longest interruption of a tv program in history was when the BBC interrupted a Mickey Mouse cartoon to announce that WWII had started: over 6 years later, the cartoon was resumed, in the exact same spot it had been cut

[passerby]

In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary formally married her 50-pound pet rock.

[Griffin]

Ancient Romans used condoms made out of sheep intestines

[passerby]

The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.

[passerby]

A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.

[Griffin]

Dead Egyptian noblewomen were given the special treatment of being allowed a few days to ripen, so that the embalmers wouldn't find her too attractive

[Griffin]

The average human sheds around 18kg of dead skin in a lifetime

[Hades]

i dont believe you:o
The holocaust didn't really happen:o

[Griffin]

Each eyelash hosts a minimum of three hundred dust mites

[passerby]

In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal.