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Useless Knowledge!

Salamander94 said:
^ Uhm, that was actually proven to be false. Apparently some or other scientist actually took the time to test this and found out that a duck's voice (quack) does indeed resonate, albeit more softly than other sounds.
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I know, I've read it somewhere and it proven to be false, just posting..

more:
o. Shark tooth loss is more than 6000 pieces every year, and new teeth grow within 24 hours
o. Julius Caesar was killed with 23 stab wounds
o. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels
o. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it does not digest itself.
o. 98% of rapes and murders committed by a family member or close friend of the victim.
o. Ants can lift 50 times its body
o. American Declaration of Independence was written on paper of marijuana
o. The dot over the letter i is called a "title"
 
There are always 118 ridges on a dime
A slug has 4 noses
Your big toe is called a "hallux"
About 25% of your bones are in your feet
You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
"Almost" is the longest common word with the letters in alphabetical order
This symbol # is called an "octothorpe"
Your thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

Lol, completely useless:)
 
I got lots.

In England in the 1800s, "pants" was considered a dirty word.
A class called Philosophy of Star Trek is offered at Georgetown University.
Astronauts use liqufied salt and pepper on their food.
In November 2009, a 68 year old woman finally passed her written drivers test after taking it 950 times.
Philantrophist J.P. Morgan was booked to sail on the Titanic but changed his mind at the last minute.
Mister Rogers was a vegitarian and an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Sapphire glass is used for grocery store barcode scanners because it dosen't scratch.
Between 1936 and the mid-1960's, 40,000 mental patients were lobotomized in the United States.
The brain circuitry involved with storing memories often develops by age 3, which is why few people have memories beforehand.
The average adult has about 6 pounds of skin.
Scientists can now harvest stem cells from extracted wisdom teeth.
The Geico Gecko's first name is Martin.
The KFC slogan "Finger Lickin Good" translates to "Eat Your Fingers Off" in Chinese.
A Japanese company sells rose scented gum that sends a floral aroma out of body pores. 0.o
 
Once, in the 1600s, in a small town in France, it was illegal to die, the reason being, the town cemetery was full.
In 1993, the USA government spent $277,000 on pickle research.
Koala fingerprints are so similar to human ones that they can be confused for each other at a crime scene.
Coffee has over 1000 chemicals in it. Only 26 have been tested and 13 of those caused cancer in rats.
Pokemon was invented by Satishi Tajiri when he imagined little bugs (he was big on bug catching) crawling across the wire for inter-game boy connection.
I am the king of random facts.
 
Water expands 9% when it is frozen.
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.
The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
 
chocoboy said:
There are always 118 ridges on a dime
A slug has 4 noses
Your big toe is called a "hallux"
About 25% of your bones are in your feet
You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
"Almost" is the longest common word with the letters in alphabetical order
This symbol # is called an "octothorpe"
Your thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

Lol, completely useless:)
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You're such a rip off. I know where you got all of those.
 
Mexican jumping beans contain the larva of a moth. They jump because the larva snaps (not in half) when in a warm spot in an attempt to move to a cool spot.
 
In some states, it is illegal to make love in a meat freezer.
 
When it's a bright and sunny day and you stare at concrete without any eyewear on, your eyes will feel like they are burning. I discovered this a few days ago when I stared at some concrete.

I dare someone to disprove this. As long as you aren't blind.
 
I saw on tv once that none of your body parts are older then like a month (i think). They are constantly being replaced
 
grapes exsplode in the microwave
in Ohio U.S.A it is illegal to get a fish drunk
in England drivers of black taxi cabs are required to ask all passengers if they have smallpox or the plague
in the UK any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end can be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks
in the city of joliet in lllinois U.S.A. a woman can be arrested for trying on more than six dresses in one shop
in france itis illegal to call a pig Napoleon
 
Piekid11 said:
In some states, it is illegal to make love in a meat freezer.
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So thaaaats why the police have been after me... :D

-It is too cold to ice skate in Antartica; even under your own weight, the ice won't melt long enough to let the blades slip. (who woulda thought...)
-Everyday, blinking causes the eye to be closed for about 1/2 hour.
-The international dialing code for Antartica is 672.(like, who they gonna call...eskimos?)
-Sponges hold more cold water than hot water.
-The number of possible ways of playing the first moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
-On Average, 13 people die every year from vending machines falling on them.(under what conditions would this even happen?)
 
*goes to look up useless facts in useless facts book*

*The longest time spent standing on one foot is 76 hrs, 40 minutes
*The only food that doesn't spoil is honey
*There are 701 official breeds of dog
*A female pigeon cannot lay an egg unless she sees another pigeon. If another pigeon is not available, her own reflection will do.
*Syngenesophobia is the fear of relatives
*Walt Disney was afraid of mice
*The Bible has been translated into Klingon

:644:
 
9/10 people enjoy gang-rape.
 
The mouse is the most common mammal in the United States.
Camel's milk has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.
Ants don't sleep.
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
 
fuyu-seetaa said:
In Tennessee, it is illegal to sleep while driving.
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...shocking.

If you type in Women's World Cup on Bad Translator, and translate it 50 times, the result will be egg yolks.
 
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It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time.
 
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