Tag: factoid
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September 14, 2008 12:47 PM EDT --
Did You Know...? (#4)
"1) What is nikhedonia? The feeling of pleasure one gets from anticipating victory.
2) The Himalayan Mountains cover 1/10 th of the Earth's land mass.
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September 14, 2008 11:23 PM EDT --
Did You Know...? (#5)
"1) A human eyeball weighs about an ounce.
2) What is the most nutritious "food" in the world? Blood.
3) The average person owns 25 t-shirts. . . .
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March 27, 2007 05:21 PM EDT --
Feeling a little less than clean?
The average human body is composed of enough fat to create seven bars of soap.
Kind of ewwwww.
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January 15, 2008 11:16 AM EST --
Do you know what the original purpose for bubble wrap was supposed to be?
Textured Wallpaper!
Can you imagine that? "Excuse . . .
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September 21, 2008 02:41 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(#8)?
"1) A typical American driver will honk the horn 15,250 times in his/her life.
2) It took 20,000 people 22 years to build the Taj Mahal.
3) A "gut feeling" is . . .
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October 11, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 10)?
"1) Approximately 165 million Easter cards are purchased each year in the U.S.
2) Baby Ruth's salary in 1932: $80,000. Barry Bond's in 2007: $15.5 . . .
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December 11, 2006 06:08 AM EST --
Useless, but always fun. ;)
Of approximately 25,000 Japanese polled via the Internet, 93% of them DO NOT untie and retie their shoes. They simply slip them off and then back on, pre-tied. Many of them . . .
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October 19, 2008 05:28 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 15)?
"1) People who once cleaned out cesspits were known as gongfermers.
2) A pelican can hold about 25 pounds of fish in its pouch.
3) Scientifically . . .
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November 26, 2008 03:26 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 25)?
"1) When told that General Grant drank too much whiskey, President Lincoln reportedly replied, "Find out the name of the brand so I can give it to my . . .
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January 01, 2009 01:25 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 30)?
"1) It is legal in two states to fish with a semiautomatic rifle.
2) Each week, about 50 people visit the grave of Harry Potter, a British man buried . . .
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January 01, 2009 01:53 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 31)?
"1) The human body's total daily requirement of vitamins and minerals is less than a thimbleful.
2) You can tear a Canadian $20 bill in half and . . .
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February 07, 2009 04:29 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 36)?
"1) The "real" name of the Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons: Jeff Albertson.
2) The South Korean government has promised to put a robot in every . . .
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October 11, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 9)?
"1) About 27% of the food in developed countries is wasted each year.
2) Americans generate an extra 5 million tons of trash between Thanksgiving and New Year's. . . .
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November 21, 2009 11:40 AM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 72)?
1) Japanese high-speed trains use magnets to "float" over the tracks so they can go faster.
2) Earth's water is 97% salt water, 2% frozen water, and 1% . . .
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October 19, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 14)?
"1) There are more insects in 10 square feet of a rain forest than there are people in Manhattan.
2) Donald Rumsfeld was the youngest, and oldest, defense . . .
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October 20, 2008 05:13 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 16)?
"1) The saddle on an elephant is called a "Howdah".
2) If you weigh yourself and multiply that number by 0.0028, that's roughly how much . . .
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October 21, 2008 09:16 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 17)?
"1) Your tongue cab detect sweetness in a solution of 1 part sugar to 200 parts water.
2) A rooster cannot crow unless its neck is fully extended. . . .
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November 26, 2008 02:33 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 24)?
"1) The average adult American male receives 6 Christmas presents.
2) Quebec is twice the size of Texas.
3) The Apollo 11 astronaut who didn't . . .
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November 26, 2008 03:39 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 26)?
"1) Country with the most kidney donors per capita: Iran. (The U.S. is #2.)
2) There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.
3) Americans eat . . .
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December 04, 2008 08:34 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 27)?
"1) A single bale of cotton will yield 215 pairs of jeans.
2) Most common school colors in America: blue and white.
3) Generally, men can read . . .
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