Fascinating Facts

[bramble]

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have
produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is
produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the
body to squirt blood 30 feet.
(O.M.G.!)

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves
to death. (Creepy.)
(I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
(Do not try this at home. Maybe during lectures/lab/in the library)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached
to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off
("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human
jumping the length of a football field.
(30 minutes... lucky pig. Can you imagine??)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm........)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(OK, so that would be a good thing....................)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains.
(I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for
pleasure.
(What about that pig??)


[hr]And so it is
Just like you said it would be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
I can't take my eyes off of you
I just can't take my eyes off of you

[Rrrr]

are they your asides, or someone elses?
just wondering, interesting anyway.


[hr]Splat!

[papercutheart]

what the fuck is a black light....

[Mr_Big_Dave]

The great wall of china isn't the only thing man made that's visible from space... infact... it isn't even visible!!!

[Nell]

black light is uv light.

[Prophet Tenebrae]

Americans had to call it black light for reasons of racial equality.

[Duggeh]

According to my "Schoolboys Pocketbook" (revised edition (march 1957)) the following are all useful facts:


Space

The new unit of astronomical measurement (the Parsec) is equivilent to 3 and 1 quarter light years.


The Oceans

The Pacific Ocean is more than twice the size of the Atlantic Ocean at 64 million square miles compared to 31.5 million square miles.


Physical Geography

Austrailia is the worlds largest island with an area of 2,974,580 quare miles. The next largest island, Greenland is (only) 827,300 square miles.


Political Geography

Of the worlds 122 countries, 44 are British Territories.


Bridges

The Tay Bridge is the 3rd longest bridge in the world, beaten by the Storsstromsbroen in Denmark and the Zambizi in North Mozambique.


Buildings

The Empire State Building is the tallest building in the world at 1,470 feet over 102 stories.


Cities

London, England has the largest population of any capital city in the world, with a population of 8,346 thousand.


Ancient History

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were:
1)The Pyramids of Egypt
2)The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
3)The Tomb of Mausolus
4)The Temple Of Diana
5)The Colossus of Rhodes
6)The Statue of Jupiter
and
7)The Pharos of Egypt


Royalty

The Queen of England is Elizabeth II, she has been monarch for 5 years.


Imperial Measurements

12inches = 1 foot
3 feet = 1 yard
5.5 yards = 1 pole
22 yards = 1 chain
220 yards = 1 furlong
8 furlongs = 1 mile


Chemistry

There are 101 chemical elements in the Periodic Table.


Sport

The world record for the 100 yards is 9.3 seconds, by D. Sime (USA).


Speed

The world air-speed record is 1,147 miles per hour, set by test pilot Peter Twiss in a research aricraft.


How many of these facts are accurate now? Probably none.


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[bramble]

The asides are mine and my sisters - we made them up together


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To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy

[Mr_Big_Dave]

Oddly enough... Greenland is the world's biggest island!

Think Australia is classed as a continent.

Strange!

[CrisisLoan]

If you punched your wife repeatedly in the face, your dinner will be on the table when you get home from work the next night.

[Campbell]

[s]bramble wrote on 19:01, 2nd Mar 2005:
The asides are mine and my sisters - we made them up together


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To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy


really? i've seen those same asides about 400 times in emails

[bramble]

really? i've seen those same asides about 400 times in emails
[/i]

That'd be interesting since me and my sis sat there for ages doing them

[hr]
To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy

[Peter Piper]

[s]bramble wrote on 19:01, 2nd Mar 2005:
The asides are mine and my sisters - we made them up together


[hr]
To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy




http://www.thesinner.net/messageboard-v ... hread=6271
Lier? Or just forgetful?

[chills]

[s]bramble wrote on 19:01, 2nd Mar 2005:
The asides are mine and my sisters - we made them up together




http://wordscapes.net/things-to-think-about.htm

Busted!

[Peter Piper]

[s]chills wrote on 19:43, 2nd Mar 2005:
[s]bramble wrote on 19:01, 2nd Mar 2005:[i]
The asides are mine and my sisters - we made them up together




http://wordscapes.net/things-to-think-about.htm

Busted!
[/i]


I busted her first

EDIT: Oops, no I didn't

Need sleep...

[exnihilo]

Haha! Thought it all looked a bit familiar.

[bramble]

Hmmmm well my sister showed me the facts and then made up stuff about them with me - i guess she'd read the original already then , it is slightly different....
Ah well - its so difficult to come up with new stuff in this place thats interesting enough to start a thread


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To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy

[Scully]

Apparently, according to the Herald's 7 wonders of the world poster, the Great Wall of China and Stone Henge are not on the list because those that compiled it never visited China or Ancient Britain.

[DrAlex]

[s]bramble wrote on 18:11, 2nd Mar 2005:

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for
pleasure.
(What about that pig??)


[hr]And so it is
Just like you said it would be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
I can't take my eyes off of you
I just can't take my eyes off of you



Actually, there's an African regional chimp that does too.

How sad am I?

[Slash wannabe]

Sweet popcorn tastes better if you eat it upside down apparently. Eating upside down also increases you chance of death by 11.6% - so watch yourself.

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