Tag: weird facts
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May 23, 2008 08:32 PM EDT --
Our Amazing Bodies
by Marilyn Mackenzie
I discovered a site that has 100 Weird Facts About the Human Body.
Like:
Blondes have more hair. They're . . .
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March 12, 2007 06:53 AM EDT --
Here is my contribution to furthering your education. Of course much of this is totally useless, but I guess it's all how you look at it. If you walk away knowing something you didn't . . .
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August 06, 2008 06:22 PM EDT --
Has the most billionaires? Moscow, with 33
Has the most people? Tokyo. Population: 34 million
Is the most densely populated? Manila, the Philippines, with 108,000 people . . .
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May 20, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
Heres another edition to my "Weird things you never knew you wanted to know" series.
The only contemporary words that end in -gry are hungry and angry.
The Aztecs restricted . . .
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June 08, 2008 12:18 AM EDT --
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People with higher number of moles tend to live longer than people with lesser number of moles.
When filming summer scenes in winter, actors suck on ice cubes just before the camera rolls . . .
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February 28, 2008 08:57 AM EST --
Here is some obscure knowledge for the day in keeping with my belief that you should learn at least one new thing everyday. Even if you will never use the information again.
1. . . .
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July 06, 2008 03:58 AM EDT --
Snakes see through their eyelids.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
Polar bears look white, but they actually have black skin.
Crickets have ears on their front legs.
A hummingbird . . .
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March 23, 2009 06:19 AM EDT --
I was doing a research project a while back and I remember finding some really interesting material about fish.
There are over 21,000 species of fish and 15% of the fish population . . .
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March 24, 2007 10:20 PM EDT --
I was tagged by Randy Acceptance is emancipating D.
So the rules of the game:
If you are tagged, you have to share 6 weird things about yourself and then you have to tag six other people.
1. . . .
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September 06, 2007 08:45 PM EDT --
A drop of iodine or mercurochrome on a splinter will make it show up better.
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March 26, 2007 02:25 PM EDT --
I’ve been tagged by a bunch of game-sters! It began with Janno O. The mysterious tagging continued. With Tonia “who hugs trees” G., Paula Carpenter, Arlene M., and . . .
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November 11, 2006 08:01 PM EST --
Here are some more strange facts. I have not personally verified any of them. These will probably never be useful to you in any way, but they are fun to read.
Human birth control . . .
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June 17, 2008 08:26 AM EDT --
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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July 14, 2008 02:21 PM EDT --
In Heinz 57 Ketchup, the 57 stands for the variety of pickles they once produced.
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June 16, 2008 10:42 PM EDT --
In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.
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June 17, 2008 09:30 AM EDT --
It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas!
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July 05, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
Diet Coke wasn't invented until 1982. Over 60 years after coke. Oh and coke use to have real sugar too... damn things tasted better back in the day!
Oh and this picture is of a diet coke . . .
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June 17, 2008 06:34 AM EDT --
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
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June 18, 2008 04:55 PM EDT --
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
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August 24, 2006 07:14 PM EDT --
No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Go ahead and try it...see if you can fold it more than seven times to prove this wrong!
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