Random Facts...

[SuperFerret]

The plague is endemic in prairie dogs in the state of Colorado.

Figures, I move here and THEN I find out that the friggin' plague is here.

 

[ih8nyy]

Porcupines float in water.

 

[Wiseman]

Turtles stick to the ceiling

 

[redmarvel]

The smallest erect penis on record was just 1cm long - but thankfully, I can't claim that I've witnessed this.

 

[Suirou]

My favorites are in bold red.

• In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands.

• Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products.
• Honeybees never sleep
• You will weigh less if you weigh yourself when the moon is full
• 80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
• Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky
• If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)
• Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
• Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts.
• The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
• In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives. (Was it boiling? )
• Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.
• More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
• Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children
• Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.
• Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and drink.
• The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta.
• Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
  
• Abe Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in 1860
• Goldfish swallowing started at Harvard in 1939.
• The Ottoman Empire once had seven emperors in seven months. They died of (in order): burning, choking, drowning, stabbing, heart failure, poisoning and being thrown from a horse.
• Naturalists use marshmallows to lure alligators out of swamps.
• Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
• Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%.
• Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%.
• Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. The last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
• Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
• More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products

 

[jolldan]

Ireland is the only country in the world that's population is lower than it was 100 years ago.

 

[Flash525]

• Occasionally, someone will unknowingly or intentionally resurrect a ten year old topic.

 

[ComicChick]

the "snow/dust" in the poppy scene in the Wizard of Oz was actually asbestos

 

[jolldan]

This is the emblem of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps.

They adopted a bear cub and named him Wojtek who started off as a mascot but was eventually drafted into the Polish Army as a private.

They have this emblem because of the fact is because during the Battle of Monte Cassino, when Wojtek's unit conveyed ammunition, he helped by carrying 100-pound (45-kilogram) crates of 25-pound artillery shells, all without dropping a single one. The boxes he carried normally required 4 men, and he would stack them onto a truck, or stack the boxes of ammunition onto each other. It was his role in the Battle of Monte Cassino that earned him his promotion to the rank of corporal.

 

[CJ]

The Walt Disney Company has a net worth of $130 billion dollars.

Strange considering they own Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar & Mickey Mouse. You'd think they'd be worth a few trillion.

 

[Guts]

Dr Pepper actually has only 22 flavors.

 

[GunBlade]

this thread is fake news without citations

 

[Lighthouse]

The Earth is round, not flat.

Vaccines work and don't cause autism.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

 

[jolldan]

Crocodiles can climb trees

 

[jolldan]

At 94 years and 172 days old Jimmy Carter becomes the oldest living former president ever

 

[CJ]

Mark Millar, writer of Kick Ass, Wanted and Civil War, got his start writing Sonic comics in the UK.

 

[jolldan]

Definitely the most random fact I have heard this week.

Kelloggs Corn Flakes were created to try and stop *********ion.

 

[jolldan]

 

[squeekness]

Giving your kids bleach won't cure their autism.

 

[jolldan]

Weird little fact for the day i just learned joe rogan & MCR frontman Gerard Way are cousins

 

[Sundancer]

You don't have to refrigerate ketchup