'Did you know'
· Jan 11, 2005, 11:20 AM
#2477
Weird facts that you would rather not know...
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
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More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
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The greatest recorded number of children that have been born by one mother is 69! The poor lass gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and a measly 4 sets of quadruplets.
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Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus
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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.
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Hydrogen is an explosive gas. Oxygen supports combustion. Yet when these are combined it is water which is used to put out fires.
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
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No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
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The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
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The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
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1 in every 200 people are a psychopath and they look just like everyone else......
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An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.
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In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
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It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open? Next time you feel a sneeze coming try it!
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The expression "to get fired" comes from long, long ago. When clans wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down.
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Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". In English this means 'The City of Angels'
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Some things about Croatia that you probably didn?t know
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That the ball-point pen was invented by a Croat, Eduard (Slavoljub) Penkala (1871-1922), that it bears his name and is in daily use.
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That the necktie has its origin in Croatia (in Croatian: Kravata, English: Cravat, French: Cravate, German: Krawatte, Italian: Cravatta, Spanish: Corvatta) and that the word ?cravat? came from the word ?Croat? (Hrvat in Croatian); so called because worn by Croats in the French army during the Thirty Years? War. In their own way, with the cravat, the Croats have started conquering the world from the coasts of the Adriatic Sea from 17th century. The consequences of that conquering are today felt around the necks by 600 million businessmen worldwide.
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That Marco Polo (1254-1324), an adventurer, merchant and one of the best known world travelers, whose book ?The Travels of Marco Polo? is the first tourist book in the world, comes from Korcula on Korcula island in Croatia.
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Ivan Lupis (1813-1875) a navy officer from Rijeka and inventor of the torpedo, that has first been produced in 1866 in the Whitehead factory in Rijeka.
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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) invented the first system for generating and transmitting alternating current for electric power, selling the rights to his system to Westinghouse in 1885. He also invented the Teslacoil, widely used in radios and television sets. ?
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Faust Vrancic, a 16th century Croatian scientist and writer, was the first person to build and fly a parachute. ?
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That the Dalmatian dog from the film ?101 Dalmatians? was named after Dalmatia, in which most of the Croatian Adriatic is located.
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That the first public theatre in Europe was opened in 1612 on the island of Hvar, in the town which ?Conde Nast Traveler Magazine? entered at the fifth place on its Top Ten list of best island towns in the world.
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That the names of two Croats are on the map of the Moon ? names of scientists J. R. Boskovic and A. Mohorovicic.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
.
.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
.
.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
.
.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
.
.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
.
.
The greatest recorded number of children that have been born by one mother is 69! The poor lass gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and a measly 4 sets of quadruplets.
.
.
Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus
.
.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
.
.
Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.
.
.
Hydrogen is an explosive gas. Oxygen supports combustion. Yet when these are combined it is water which is used to put out fires.
.
.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
.
.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
.
.
No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
.
.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
.
.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
.
.
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
.
.
1 in every 200 people are a psychopath and they look just like everyone else......
.
.
An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.
.
.
In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
.
.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open? Next time you feel a sneeze coming try it!
.
.
The expression "to get fired" comes from long, long ago. When clans wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down.
.
.
Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". In English this means 'The City of Angels'
.
.
Some things about Croatia that you probably didn?t know
.
.
That the ball-point pen was invented by a Croat, Eduard (Slavoljub) Penkala (1871-1922), that it bears his name and is in daily use.
.
.
That the necktie has its origin in Croatia (in Croatian: Kravata, English: Cravat, French: Cravate, German: Krawatte, Italian: Cravatta, Spanish: Corvatta) and that the word ?cravat? came from the word ?Croat? (Hrvat in Croatian); so called because worn by Croats in the French army during the Thirty Years? War. In their own way, with the cravat, the Croats have started conquering the world from the coasts of the Adriatic Sea from 17th century. The consequences of that conquering are today felt around the necks by 600 million businessmen worldwide.
.
.
That Marco Polo (1254-1324), an adventurer, merchant and one of the best known world travelers, whose book ?The Travels of Marco Polo? is the first tourist book in the world, comes from Korcula on Korcula island in Croatia.
.
.
Ivan Lupis (1813-1875) a navy officer from Rijeka and inventor of the torpedo, that has first been produced in 1866 in the Whitehead factory in Rijeka.
.
.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) invented the first system for generating and transmitting alternating current for electric power, selling the rights to his system to Westinghouse in 1885. He also invented the Teslacoil, widely used in radios and television sets. ?
.
.
Faust Vrancic, a 16th century Croatian scientist and writer, was the first person to build and fly a parachute. ?
.
.
That the Dalmatian dog from the film ?101 Dalmatians? was named after Dalmatia, in which most of the Croatian Adriatic is located.
.
.
That the first public theatre in Europe was opened in 1612 on the island of Hvar, in the town which ?Conde Nast Traveler Magazine? entered at the fifth place on its Top Ten list of best island towns in the world.
.
.
That the names of two Croats are on the map of the Moon ? names of scientists J. R. Boskovic and A. Mohorovicic.